TOLEDO AT CLEVELAND STATE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 | 7 P.M.
WOLSTEIN CENTER | CLEVELAND, OHIO
VIDEO | AUDIO | LIVE STATS
OPENING TIP: Cleveland State plays the second of back-to-back home games as it welcomes Toledo to the Wolstein Center for a non-conference game...The Vikings enter the contest on a three-game winning streak having defeated UNC Wilmington, Eastern Kentucky and Robert Morris in succession...Cleveland State is 2-1 in the Wolstein Center this season after beating Edinboro and Robert Morris and losing to Florida International...The Vikings are currently 4-4 on the season
BEEN AWHILE: Cleveland State has won three consecutive non-conference games for the first time since the 2011-12 season...The Vikings won five consecutive games to start the 2011-12 season...Cleveland State is also .500 after eight games for the first time since the 2014-15 season
CSU 70, ROBERT MORRIS 59 (11/30/19): Algevon Eichelberger scored a career-high 21 points leading Cleveland State to a 70-59 victory over Robert Morris...The Vikings shot a season-high 55.6 percent from the floor...Tre Gomillion was 7-of-7 from the field and finished with 15 points...Craig Beaudion was 6-of-10 from the field and had 14 points, three assists and two steals
CSU 65, EASTERN KENTUCKY 51 (11/23/19): Tre Gomillion scored 15 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds and Cleveland State turned in a dominating defensive performance in a 65-51 win over Eastern Kentucky in the finale off the Battle for the Capital...The Vikings held the Colonels to just 25.5 percent shooting from the floor for the game....Craig Beaudion added 14 points and Algevon Eichelberger finished with nine points and seven rebounds... Cleveland State held Eastern Kentucky without a field goal for 15:08 of the second half
CSU 47, UNC WILMINGTON 46 (11/22/19): Tre Gomillion converted a putback layup with 10.7 seconds to go in regulation leading Cleveland State to a 47-46 victory over UNC Wilmington...Algevon Eichelberger recorded his first career double-double with a career-high 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds...Cleveland State limited UNC Wilmington to just 27.3 percent shooting for the game...Craig Beaudion added 10 points and three assists for the Vikings...The Vikings held the Seahawks without a field goal for the final 7:47 of the game
THE TOLEDO SERIES: This will be the 17th meeting between the two teams...The Rockets lead the all-time series by an 11-5 margin...This will mark the third consecutive year in which the two teams have met...The series is deadlocked 3-3 in games played in Cleveland...Cleveland State's last win in the series came in the 2012-13 season when the Vikings won 78-75 in Cleveland
DOUBLE TROUBLE: Cleveland State's Algevon Eichelberger and Tre Gomillion each posted their first career double-double in the Battle for the Capital in Washington, D.C....Algevon Eichelberger notched his first career double-double when he recorded a career-high 19 points and grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds in the 47-46 win over UNC Wilmington...Tre Gomillion recorded his double-double in the 65-51 win over Eastern Kentucky as he had 15 points and a career-high 16 rebounds...Algevon Eichelberger and Tre Gomillion were each named to the Battle for the Capital All-Tournament team
YOU CAN'T WIN IF YOU CAN'T SCORE: Cleveland State turned in a pair of brilliant defensive efforts in recording victories over UNC Wilmington and Eastern Kentucky...Cleveland State held UNC Wilmington to 27.3 percent shooting from the floor and did not permit the Seahawks to score a field goal in the final 7:47 of the game...The Vikings then held Eastern Kentucky to 25.5 percent shooting from the floor and held the Colonels without a field goal for 15:08 of the second half
THE DENNIS GATES ERA: This will mark the first season for new Cleveland State head coach Dennis Gates...Gates earned his first career victory at Cleveland State on Nov. 9 with a 79-54 victory over Edinboro in the Wolstein Center...Gates was named the Vikings head coach on July 26, 2019...He comes to Cleveland State after spending the previous eight seasons as an assistant coach at Florida State...Gates brings 16 years of Division I coaching experience to Cleveland State...Gates also coached at Marquette, Cal, Northern Illinois and Nevada
HORIZON LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL: Cleveland State has been selected to finish 10th in the Horizon League Preseason Men's Basketball Poll as voted upon by the league head coaches, sports information directors and media members...Cleveland State received one first-place vote and finished with 62 points
HOME SCHEDULE: Cleveland State will host 15 games in the Wolstein Center this season...The Vikings will play nine Horizon League contests and six non-conference games...The Vikings first home game will be on Nov. 9 versus Edinboro...Cleveland State will face Youngstown State on Jan. 4 in its HL home opener
BACK FROM LAST SEASON: Cleveland State welcomes back five players from the 2018-19 roster...Kasheem Thomas, Jaalam Hill, Algevon Eichelberger, Deante Johnson and Liam Doup all return from a season ago...Jaalam Hill is the Vikings leading returning scorer and rebounder from last season...The senior averaged 11.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game in 28 contests last year....Kasheem Thomas averaged 5.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per game...Thomas also averaged 2.9 assists per contest...Algevon Eichelberger averaged 5.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game after playing in 31 games and making 12 starts...Deante Johnson appeared in 29 games and finished the year averaging 2.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game...Liam Doup was a walk-on to the team in January, but did not see any game action
FRESH FACES: Cleveland State will feature 11 new players in 2019-20, which ties for the fifth most in Division I...Tyrese Potoma, Craig Beaudion, Franklyn Penn Jr., Tre Gomillion, Hugo Ferreira, Anthony Rego, Daylen Williams, Aria Eskandari, Jeremy Sanchez, Torrey Patton and Jalen Williams are all new to the Vikings this season
COACHING STAFF: Dennis Gates announced his coaching staff shortly after his appointment...Rob Summers, Dru Joyce, Ryan Sharbaugh are all assistant coaches on the staff....Veteran coach Dickey Nutt is the special assistant coach for student-athlete development...Chase Goldstein is the director of basketball operations and Steven Wright is the video coordinator
FROM EVERYWHERE: Cleveland State is represented by players from four countries and and eight different US states...Tyrese Potoma (Saskatchewan), Kasheem Thomas (Quebec), Franklyn Penn Jr (British Virgin Islands) and Hugo Ferreira (Portugal) all hail from foreign countries
STRAIGHT SHOOTING: Cleveland State shot a season-high 55.6 percent from the floor in the victory over Robert Morris...The Vikings finished the game 25-of-45 from the floor against the Colonials...The Vikings shot a season-best 66.7 percent from the floor in the second half of the game against Robert Morris...Cleveland State topped 50.0 percent shooting from the floor for the first time this season in the victory over Edinboro...The Vikings finished the game shooting 50.9 percent from the field having made 28-of-55 attempts...Cleveland State shot better than 50 percent from the floor in each half...The Vikings shot 51.5 percent in the first half and 50.0 percent in the second half...The Vikings shot 56.0 percent from the field in the first half of the game at South Carolina
ECONOMICAL EFFORT: Junior Franklyn Penn Jr., made the most of his 23 minutes of court time against Edinboro...He scored 12 points, collected eight rebounds, handed out four assists and recorded four steals
AGAINST THE MAC: This will mark the Vikings 247th all-time meeting against a member of the Mid-American Conference...Cleveland State has a 95-151 record against MAC opponents...The Vikings have faced Akron 69 times in school history, which is the most games Cleveland State has played against a MAC institution...Cleveland State has faced Kent State on 51 occasions, which stands as the second-most games played
TIGHT ON THE DEFENSIVE END OF THE FLOOR: Cleveland State has held five of its eight opponents under 38 percent shooting from the floor...Cleveland State limited Eastern Kentucky to 25.5 percent shooting from the floor...The Vikings held UNC Wilmington to 27.3 percent shooting...The Vikings limited South Carolina to 37.8 percent shooting from the field, including 35.9 percent in the opening half...The Vikings held Missouri State to just 37.7 percent shooting for the game, including 32.0 percent in the second half...Cleveland State limited Edinboro to 28.3 percent shooting from the floor in a 79-54 win...Cleveland State held Edinboro to 20.8 percent shooting from the floor in the first half...Minnesota, Florida International and Robert Morris are the only teams Cleveland State has faced to top 38 percent shooting from the field...For the season, Cleveland State is holding opponents to 39.1 percent shooting from the field
ALSO TOUGH ON THREE'S: Cleveland State has also done an excellent job defending the three-point line through eight games...The Vikings have held the opposition to 32.6 percent shooting from distance...The Vikings limited Robert Morris to 20.7 (6-of-29) percent shooting from beyond the three-point line...Cleveland State limited Eastern Kentucky to 18.8 percent shooting from the three-point line...The Vikings held UNC Wilmington to 23.1 percent shooting from deep...Cleveland State held Missouri State to 29.4 percent shooting from the three-point line...Cleveland State's defense held Edinboro to 15.8 percent shooting fromm beyond the three-point line...The Vikings held South Carolina to 32.0 percent shooting from distance
IT'S JUST STEALING: Cleveland State has notched at least seven steals in six of its eight games on the season...The Vikings recorded a season-high 12 steals in the victory over Robert Morris...The Vikings posted 10 steals in the victory over Edinboro and in the game against Florida International...Craig Beaudion leads the team with 12 steals, while Tre Gomillion, Hugo Ferreira and Kasheem Thomas each have 10 steals
GIMME THE LEFTY: Cleveland State is not short on left-handed players this season...Tyrese Potoma, Hugo Ferreira and Daylen Williams all play left-handed
BETTER EVERY GAME: Junior Algevon Eichelberger has surpassed his previous career scoring high on two occasions this season...Eichelberger tallied a career-high 19 points in the Vikings victory over UNC Wilmington on Nov. 22...Two games later he established a new career high as she scored 21 points in the Vikings win against Robert Morris...Eichelberger became the first Cleveland State player to top 20 points in a game this season with his 21-point effort against Robert Morris...Eichelberger also notched his first career double-double against UNC Wilmington has he grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds...Eichelberger is shooting 51.5 (17-of-33) percent from the floor in the last three games
ON A ROLL: Junior Craig Beaudion has reached double figures in scoring in each of the last four games for Cleveland State...Beaudion scored 11 points against Florida International, 10 points versus UNC Wilmington, and tallied a career-high 14 points against both Eastern Kentucky and Robert Morris...Over the four-game stretch, Beaudion is shooting 51.5 (17-of-33) percent from the floor
MR CONSISTENCY: Sophomore Tre Gomillion has been the Vikings most consistent performer during the 2019-20 season...Gomillion ranks second on the team averaging 10.4 points per game and leads the team averaging 6.9 rebounds per contest...Gomillion has scored at least five points in all eight games and has reached double ffigures in four games...Gomillion has grabbed at least four rebounds in every game this season and grabbed a career-high 16 boards against Eastern Kentucky
