Feb. 4, 2001

CLEVELAND - The Cleveland State University men's basketball team, which has won five straight games and 10 of its last 13, closes out the home portion of the 2000-2001 schedule this week with a trio of games.

On Monday, Feb. 5, the Vikes, 15-9 overall and 7-2 in the MCC, step out of conference play to play host to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11-12) at 7 p.m. at Goodman Arena in a contest that will be aired on FoxSportsNet Ohio. Earlier this season, Cleveland State beat the Islanders 81-77 in the championship game of the Koch Petroleum Islander Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas on Dec. 29.

The Vikings, who hold a half-game lead over Butler in the league race, return to MCC action on Thursday, Feb. 8 with a 7:05 p.m. tip-off against the Wright State Raiders (14-7, 5-3 MCC). CSU then wraps up with the Butler Bulldogs (15-6, 6-2) with a 7:05 p.m. game on Saturday, Feb. 10 on Senior Night. The Raiders and the Bulldogs account for the only two marks in CSU's MCC loss column. The Vikes droped a 65-52 decision at Butler on Jan. 11 and fell at Wright State 67-58 on Jan. 13.

Junior Theo Dixon, who poured in a career-high 33 points at Loyola on Saturday, leads the Vikings with 18.3 ppg while Jamaal Harris, who scored 21 at UIC Thursday, backs him up with 14.4 ppg.

Tickets for CSU men's basketball are available for $5, $8 and $10 and may be obtained through TicketMaster or at the CSU Convocation Center. Group discounts also are available. For questions regarding tickets, call 216/687-4848.