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GAME #29
Cleveland State (13-15, 5-10 HL) at Wright State (11-17, 5-10 HL)
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: Nutter Center - Fairborn, Ohio
Last Meeting: CSU 68, WSU 63 (@CSU, 2/7/13)
Series: CSU Leads, 32-28
SETTING THE SCENE
The Vikings will close out the regular season this Thursday (March 7), traveling to Wright State for a 7:00 p.m. contest. Entering Thursday's matchup, CSU stands at 13-15 overall this season and 5-10 in Horizon League play. The Vikings will be going for the season sweep of the Raiders, as they captured a 68-63 victory over WSU earlier this season.
WINTON MOVES UP SCORING LIST
Shalonda Winton moved up on the all-time scoring list at CSU following her 21-point performance against Valparaiso (March 2), entering Thursday's contest ranked third with 1,806 career points. Winton is just the fourth Viking to reach the 1,800-point milestone and is 46 points shy of moving into second place which is currently held by Dianne Foster (1,851 points).
GORDON SETS CAREER-HIGH AGAINST CRUSADERS
Imani Gordon tallied a career-high 17 points against Valparaiso last Saturday (March 2), marking her 10th double-digit scoring game of the season. Gordon was 6-for-15 from the field and had a perfect 5-for-5 performance from the free throw line. Eleven of Gordon's 17 points came during the second half, including seven during the final five minutes when CSU made its comeback against the Crusaders.
KING CLOSING IN ON CAREER THREE-POINT LIST
Honesty King is closing in on the top-10 career three-point field goals list, entering Thursday's contest with 119 made three-pointers. King has made at least 30 shots from behind the arc in each of her last three seasons, including a career-high 42 as a sophomore. The senior needs just two more three-pointers to be tied for 10th all-time and would need 10 more to be tied for ninth all-time.
COLEMAN FROM BEHIND THE ARC
With 51 three-pointers so far this season, Cori Coleman is closing in on CSU's single season top-10 list - needing just four more made three-pointers to rank ninth all-time in single season three-pointers. Coleman is averaging 1.9 three-pointers per contest, and has converted at least two shots from behind the arc in 16 games this year, including a career-high five at UIC (Jan. 9).
WINTON CLOSING IN ON SINGLE SEASON SCORING RECORD
Following her 19th 20-point game of the season, Shalonda Winton is closing in on the single season scoring record, entering the final regular season contest with 625 points. Winton became the third Viking to reach 600 points in a single season against Loyola (Feb. 25) - and the first since the 2009-10 season. Winton needs just 30 more points throughout at least two more games to own the single season scoring record which is currently held by Kailey Klein (654 pts/2007-08).
IN LEAGUE GAMES ONLY...
Cleveland State ranks fourth in scoring (68.1 ppg) and rebounding (37.3 rpg) and third in steals (8.7 spg)...Shalonda Winton leads the league averaging 22.9 points per game and ranks third averaging 10.1 rebounds per game...Kiersten Green ranks sixth with 2.0 steals per game and 20th averaging 11.0 points per game...Cori Coleman ranks 13th with 12.7 points per game and 12th averaging 1.7 three-pointers per contest.
WINTON LEADING THE WAY
Entering the final regular season game, Shalonda Winton leads the Vikings in all five major statistical categories; points (625), rebounds (292), assists (113), steals (64) and blocks (37). Last season Winton became the first Viking all-time to lead CSU in all five categories - and would become the first Viking all-time to do so twice.
UP NEXT
The Vikings will begin Horizon League Tournament play next week, with first round action on Monday (March 11), Quarterfinal play on Wednesday (March 13), Semifinals on Friday (March 15) and the Championship game on Sunday, March 17.