Dec. 30, 2010

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CSU senior Norris Cole
- Became the 7th Viking to score 1,500 points in a career, tallying a season-low 12 points to raise his career total to (1,511), playing just 32 minutes.
- It was his 72nd career double figure scoring effort, including all 15 this year.
- Added six assists, five rebounds and three steals.

CSU junior Trey Harmon
- Ended a streak of two straight games scoring in double figures by scoring 14 points, 10 coming in the first half.
- Was 6-for-10 from the field with 3 rebounds.
- Had a game-high 4 steals.

CSU junior Aaron Pogue
- Registered his second career double-double, totaling 16 points and 12 rebounds (had his double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the first half).
- Was 8-for-11 from the field.

Miscellaneous Notes
- This was the 38th meeting between CSU and Loyola with the Ramblers now owning a 22-16 advantage though tonight's win was the sixth straight CSU victory (and seventh in the last eight meetings).
- Loyola scored the first five points of the game (5-0, 16:45) before CSU answered with 13 of the next 14 (13-6, 11:48) and never trailed, eventually leading by as many as 18 (41-23, 1:16) in the first half.
- Loyola would close to within 14 in the second half (47-33, 16:10)before a 10-2 Viking run would push the lead past 20 (57-35, 12:31) with Loyola coming no closer than 19 the rest of the way.
- The win improved CSU to 14-1 on the year (joining Syracuse as the only other 14-game winner in the country) and 3-0 in Horizon League play. Loyola slipped to 9-5 (0-3).
- The win also extended CSU's Wolstein Center winning streak to 11, leaving CSU two wins short of the building record of 13 wins set from Dec., 20098 to Nov. 2009.
- The victory allowed CSU to end the 2010 calendar year with a 26-8 record, with the 26 wins trailing only the 29-4 record amassed in 1986.
- The contest was the 150th in the CSU head coaching career of Gary Waters, making him the sixth Viking head coach to reach that plateau. CSU is 87-63 (.580) under Waters.
- The Vikings did not shoot well from the perimeter, going 4-for-15 from three-point (.267), but made up for it by scoring 46 points in the paint and shooting .475 from the field for the game (29-61).
- CSU limited Loyola to .375 shooting (18-48), the ninth opponent to shoot 40-percent or lower (in 15 games).
- After having a +20 turnover margin in its last game, CSU was +7 tonight, forcing 18 turnovers (with 28 points of turnovers) and making 11 miscues.
- Charlie Woods made a career-high 8 rebounds (old high 6 at Louisiana, 11/19/10) and 3 steals (2 vs. Valpo, 2/11/10)