GAME #28
vs. UIC
2 p.m. | Sat., March 1
Wolstein Center | Cleveland, Ohio
Senior Day
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SETTING THE SCENE
The Cleveland State women's basketball team will host its final regular season home game Saturday (March 1) afternoon, as the Vikings welcome in the UIC Flames. Entering the contest, CSU stands at 13-14 overall this season and 8-6 in Horizon League play, while UIC stands at 20-7 overall and 9-5 in league action. Saturday's contest will be the 63rd meeting between the two teams, with Cleveland State owning the slight edge in the overall series, 32-31.
A WIN SATURDAY WOULD…
Split the season series between UIC and Cleveland State…Put the Vikings back to .500 on the season (14-14)…Make CSU one of five league teams with at least nine wins this year.
SCOUTING THE FLAMES
UIC enters Saturday's contest with a 20-7 overall record and a 9-5 mark in league games…Last time out the Flames picked up a 73-65 victory at Youngstown State, notching 20 wins for the first time in program history…Entering the weekend, the Flames sit in fourth place in the league standings, and have won four of their last six games…UIC leads the league with 42.9 rebounds per game, as the Flames have four players with at least 100 boards on the season…Ruvanna Campbell is the only Horizon League player to average a double-double on the season, as she leads the league with 11.8 rebounds per game and ranks seventh with 16.7 points per game…Rachel Story is averaging a team-high 17.6 points per game, ranking fifth in the league…Terri Bender leads the league with 3.0 steals per game, the only league player to average three or more steals per contest…Katie Hannemann is the third Flame to average double-digit points this season (14.4), while also ranking third in the league with a .522 field goal percentage.
SENIOR DAY
Before Saturday's contest the Vikings will honor Haley Schmitt - the lone senior on this year's squad. Schmitt will be playing in her final regular season home game Saturday afternoon, and will conclude her four-year career in a Viking uniform at the end of the 2013-14 season.
VIKING OFFENSE VS. OAKLAND
For the first time this season the Vikings had six players finish in double-figures, as Khayla Livingston, Kiersten Green, Imani Gordon, Adesuwa Aideyman, Cori Coleman, and Haley Schmitt did so against Oakland. Livingston led the group with 16 points, while Green added 12, Gordon, Aideyman, and Coleman tallied 11 and Schmitt notched 10. This also marked the second time this year that all five starters finished with double-digit points.
GORDON ON THE REBOUNDING CHART
Following her 15-rebound performance at Milwaukee last Sunday, Imani Gordon cracked the top-20 career rebound list at Cleveland State, entering Saturday's contest ranked 20th all-time. Gordon, who has tallied 11 double-digit rebound games this season, ranks second in the league with 260 total rebounds on the year and has 516 boards for her career.
LIVINGSTON TURNS IT UP AGAINST GRIZZLIES
Freshman Khayla Livingston had a standout game against Oakland last time out, posting a team-high 16 points on a 5-for-10 performance from the floor and a 4-for-6 effort from three-point. Livingston also went 2-for-2 from the free throw line, while grabbing five rebounds, two assists, and one steal. Thursday marked the third time this season that Livingston has notched four three's in a game, and the 14th time that any CSU player has done so this season.
VIKINGS SET SEASON 3-PT RECORD
Following its five three-pointers against Milwaukee last Sunday, Cleveland State set a program record with 232 three-pointers this season. Earlier this year the 2013-14 team also became just the fifth team in program history to knock down 200 three-pointers in a single season. On the year, the Vikings lead the league with a .357 clip from three-point, and average a league-leading 9.0 three-pointers per game.
…VIKINGS ADD TO SEASON TOTAL AT OAKLAND
The Vikings added to their record-breaking single-season three-point total Thursday evening, knocking down 12 three-pointers against Oakland. This was the 13th time this year that CSU converted 10 or more shots from behind-the-arc, and gave the Vikings 244 three-pointers on the year. Against the Grizzlies, CSU shot 42-percent from three-point (12-for-28), the eighth time this season that the Vikings had at least a .420 clip from three-point.
COLEMAN NOTCHES 1,000TH POINT
With a three-pointer at the 18:12 mark of the second half at Green Bay (Feb. 21), Cori Coleman became the 24th Viking to record 1,000 career points. Coleman, who finished the contest with a team-high 17 points, enters Saturday's game with 1,030 career points. Coleman is just the fifth player to reach 1,000 career points as a junior, and the eighth to reach 1,000 points under head coach Kate Peterson Abiad.
…COLEMAN ON THE 3-POINT TOP-10 LIST
A large portion of Coleman's points have come from behind-the-arc this season, as she has now tallied multiple three-pointers in the last 10 games - and 12 of the last 13. Coleman enters Saturday's contest ranked sixth on the CSU career three-point list with 147 converted shots from behind-the-arc, while she ranks fifth on the single-season list with 62 three-pointers so far this season. For the year, Coleman ranks fifth among league players averaging 2.3 three-pointers per game.