GAME #16
Detroit | Saturday, Jan. 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Wolstein Center
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Cleveland State vs. Detroit
SETTING THE SCENE
The Cleveland State women's basketball team will return home to begin a brief two-game homestand this Saturday (Jan. 17), hosting the Detroit Titans at 2:00 p.m. The Vikings enter the contest with a 9-6 overall record and a 1-1 mark in Horizon League play, while Detroit stands at 6-10 overall and 1-2 in league action. This will be the 52nd meeting between the two teams, and although Detroit owns a 35-16 advantage in the overall series, CSU has won six of the last 10 meetings.
A WIN SATURDAY WOULD…
Improve the Vikings to 8-1 at home this season…Give CSU a 4-1 record against the Titans over the last five games…Keep the Vikings perfect at home in Horizon League contests this season.
SCOUTING THE TITANS
Detroit enters Saturday's contest with a 6-10 overall record, and a 1-2 mark in league play…The Titans snapped a five-game losing streak with a 70-65 victory over UIC last time out…Detroit has managed just a 2-6 record on the road this season…Rosanna Reynolds ranks sixth in the Horizon League averaging a team-high 15.6 points per game, while she leads the league averaging 2.7 three-pointers per game…Haleigh Ristovski ranks sixth among league players averaging 7.6 rebounds per game and third averaging 6.7 defensive boards per game.
LAST TIME OUT
The Vikings dropped their first Horizon League contest of the season, falling at Youngstown State, 79-65. Despite the loss, Cleveland State committed just four turnovers - a program-low under head coach Kate Peterson Abiad - with three Vikings notching double-digit points - Imani Gordon (19 pts), Kiersten Green (17), and Cori Coleman (14).
VIKINGS TAKE CARE OF THE BALL
For the first time under head coach Kate Peterson Abiad the Vikings committed just four turnovers against Youngstown State last time out, improving their turnover margin to +2.3 this season. CSU also owns a league-best 1.2 assist-to-turnover ratio, posting 241 assists to just 201 turnovers. Under Peterson Abiad, the Vikings have tallied five or fewer turnovers just three times, and have tallied single-digit turnovers four times this season alone.
LENDING A HELPING HAND
Cleveland State has been very good at spreading the offense this season, as the Vikings are the only Horizon League team to have four players with 40 or more assists. The Vikings are averaging a league-best 16.1 assists per game, with Imani Gordon (43 assists), Brooke Smith (42), Cori Coleman (41), and Kiersten Green (41) all ranked in the top-15 in the individual category. As a team, CSU has tallied 20 or more assists three times this season, with a season-high 26 assists coming against Notre Dame College (Nov. 29).
TRIO OF VIKINGS IN THE 1,000 POINT CLUB
For the first time in program history, three Vikings on the same roster have recorded 1,000 career points, as the senior trio of Cori Coleman, Imani Gordon, and Kiersten Green have all achieved the feat. Coleman, who recorded her 1,000th career point as a junior, ranks ninth on the all-time scoring list with 1,315 points, while Green (1,045) and Gordon (1,043) are just shy of the top-20.
GORDON ON THE REBOUNDING CHARTS
Senior Imani Gordon continues to improve her standing on the Cleveland State career rebounding charts - entering Saturday's contest ranked 14th with 637 total rebounds, seventh with 431 defensive rebounds, and ninth with 206 offensive boards. So far this season Gordon is averaging 6.5 rebounds per game, and has recorded double-digit rebounds three times (Ohio, Morehead State & Florida Atlantic).
COLEMAN CLOSING IN ON THREE-POINT RECORD
Cori Coleman is closing in on the Cleveland State career three-point record, entering Saturday's contest with 181 career three-pointers, just 10 shy of breaking the current record of 190 which is held by Erika Roudebush (1999-03). Coleman has 29 three-pointers so far this season, and ranks third among Horizon League players averaging 1.9 three-pointers per game. Coleman would become the first current Viking to own a CSU career record.
FLASH BACK…PRESEASON HORIZON LEAGUE POLL
Before the season started, Cleveland State was selected to finish third in the Horizon League Preseason Poll - behind league-leader Green Bay and 2014 Tournament Champion Wright State. The Vikings earned 182 points and two first-place votes in the poll, which is voted on by the league's nine head coaches, sports information directors and select media members. This marked the third time out of the last six seasons that the Vikings were tabbed to finish in the top three in the preseason poll.
…CLEVELAND STATE IN LEAGUE PLAY
Since the 2007-08 season, Cleveland State has posted a 66-58 record in Horizon League regular season play, including a program-best 12 league wins during the 2010-11 and 2008-09 seasons.
