GAME #6
@ Eastern Michigan | Tuesday, Dec. 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Cleveland State @ Eastern Michigan 

SETTING THE SCENE
After a brief one-game homestand, the Cleveland State women's basketball team will return to the road on Tuesday (Dec. 2), traveling to Eastern Michigan for a 7:00 p.m. contest. The Vikings enter Tuesday's contest with a 3-2 record, while EMU is 4-2 on the season. This will be the 15th meeting between the two teams, with Eastern Michigan owning a 10-4 advantage in the overall series.

A WIN TUESDAY WOULD…
Give the Vikings three straight wins…Bring Kate Peterson Abiad within one win of the 150th of her career…Mark CSU's fourth win against the Eagles through the last seven meetings.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES
Eastern Michigan enters Tuesday's contest with a 4-2 overall record and has won three straight entering the week…Last time out EMU posted a 2-0 record at the Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic, picking up wins against Cal State Fullerton (78-74) and Weber State (57-42)…The Eagles are 2-0 at home this season, defeating Kent State-Tuscarawas and Hillsdale…Over the past seven seasons, the Eagles are 52-16 at home…EMU has three players averaging double-digit points so far this season, led by Cha Sweeney who is averaging 14.3 points per game…Jamaica Bucknor leads the Eagles averaging 7.2 rebounds per game.

LAST TIME OUT
For the first time this season the Vikings posted back-to-back wins, after picking up an 83-67 victory over Notre Dame (OH) last time out. The Win kept the Vikings perfect against the Falcons all-time, while it also kept Cleveland State perfect at home this season. Four Vikings finished the game with double-digit points, led by Alexis Eckles who tallied 20 points along with a team-high seven rebounds.

VIKINGS FROM THE FLOOR
After the first three weeks of the season, Cleveland State has three players shooting 50-percent or better from the floor, with Alexis Eckles posting a team-high .605 field goal percentage (23-for-38). Eckles also leads the Horizon League with her .605 clip from the floor, while Kiersten Green (.500, 17-for-34), and Brooke Smith (.500, 16-for-32) are tied for fourth among league players in the category.

ECKLES GOES FOR 20 AGAINST NDC
Alexis Eckles recorded Cleveland State's second 20-point game of the season last time out, posting a career-high 20 points against Notre Dame (OH). Eckles was 9-for-11 from the floor and 2-for-2 from the free throw line in just 14 minutes of action. For the season, Eckles is averaging 10.0 points per game, and has scored 15 or more points in two of the last three games.

SPREADING THE OFFENSE
Entering the fourth week of the 2014-15 season, all five of Cleveland State's starters are averaging double-digit points, led by Cori Coleman who is averaging 14.2 points per game. Adesuwa Aideyman (11.4 ppg) and Imani Gordon (11.2 ppg) are both averaging 11+ points per game, while Kiersten Green (10.6 ppg) and Alexis Eckles (10.0 ppg) are averaging 10+ points per game. The Vikings, who lead the Horizon League averaging 77.4 points per game as a team, have had at least three double-digit scorers in all five games this season.

VIKINGS WITH THE HELPING HAND
So far this season the Vikings have recorded an assist on 68-percent of their field goals - leading the Horizon League averaging 20.2 assists per game. The Vikings tallied a season-high 26 assists against Notre Dame (OH) last Saturday, a mark that is also tops among league teams this year. Through five games, the Vikings have combined for 101 assists - the highest assist total through the first five games under head coach Kate Peterson Abiad (dating back to 2003-04).

…AND LIMIT TURNOVERS
The Vikings also lead the Horizon League with a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio this season, committing just 58 turnovers to their 101 assists. Cleveland State has had single-digit turnovers twice this season (Toledo & Florida Atlantic), while they are forcing their opponents into an average of 14.4 turnover per game.

VIKINGS AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS
After the first three weeks of the season Cleveland State leads the Horizon League in five statistical categories, and ranks in the top-4 in two others. The Vikings lead the league in scoring offense (77.4 ppg), three-point field goal percentage (.430), blocked shots (4.0), assists (20.2), and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.7). 

COLEMAN MOVES UP SCORING LIST
Cori Coleman once again moved up the CSU career scoring list last time out, entering Tuesday's game ranked 16th all-time with 1,141 career points. Coleman, who leads the Vikings averaging 14.2 points per game this season, is just 59 points shy of becoming the 12th Viking all-time to record 1,200 career points. She needs just three more points to move into 15th place on the list, and nine more points to move into 14th place.

VIKINGS FROM BEHIND-THE-ARC
After the first five games of the season, Cleveland State leads the Horizon League averaging 10.4 three-pointers per game. The Vikings have notched at least 10 three-pointers in four of the five games this season, including a season-high 13 against Minnesota (Nov. 19). Cleveland State also leads the league with a .430 three-point field goal percentage.

…COLEMAN FROM BEHIND-THE-ARC
Cori Coleman has once again been one of Cleveland State's top three-point shooters, recording 11 three-pointers through the first five games. Coleman ranks fourth in the Horizon League averaging 2.2 three-pointers per game, and enters Tuesday's contest with 163 career three-pointers. She is tied for third on the CSU record list, needing just three more three-pointers to move into second place all-time.

…GREEN CLOSING IN ON TOP-10
Kiersten Green continues to add to her career three-point total, entering Tuesday's contest with 106 after notching at least four three-pointers in a single game for the third time this season. Last time out, Green went 4-for-6 from behind-the-arc, and leads the Horizon League averaging 3.0 three-pointers per game. Green is now just 23 three-pointers shy of cracking the top-10 list in the CSU record book.

TRACKING 1,000 POINTS
Imani Gordon and Kiersten Green are both closing in on 1,000 career points entering their senior seasons - as Green currently has 909 points and Gordon has 864 career points. The duo would become the 25th and 26th Vikings to record 1,000 career points, and the ninth and 10th to do so under head coach Kate Peterson Abiad. They would also be the second and third Vikings on the 2014-15 roster to achieve the feat, as Cori Coleman notched her 1,000th career point last season.