TOLEDO, Ohio – Trey Lewis scored a game-high 21 points and Cleveland State rallied from an early double-digit deficit, but Toledo held on to remain perfect this year with a 71-67 victory at Savage Arena on Saturday afternoon.

CSU fell to 6-6 this year, while Toledo improved to 11-0.

Lewis hit 8-of-16 from the floor and added seven rebounds and three assists. Charlie Lee scored 12 points with four assists, while Bryn Forbes tallied 11 points, hitting three three-pointers.

J.D Weatherspoon led three Rockets in double figures with 18 points and eight rebounds, while Nathan Boone scored 14 points and Rian Pearson added 11. The 71 points were a season-low for Toledo who came in averaging 87.2 points per game.

The Rockets took advantage of 21 offensive rebounds that they turned into 24 second chance points.

Anton Grady answered two UT free throws to open the scoring, but the Rockets rattled off 14 straight points to open up a 16-2 advantage just five minutes in. Lewis stopped the bleeding with a jumper and three-pointer that ignited a 15-2 run by the Vikings over the next four minutes

It was capped by a Grady three-pointer that brought CSU within 18-17. Lewis had seven points in the run, while Jon Harris added five on a put back dunk and three-pointer.

A Lewis layup in transition gave the Vikings their first lead of the afternoon, 22-21, with nine minutes to go in the half and the Vikings still led by one (33-32) after a Forbes three-pointer with just under four minutes to play.

However, a 9-2 spurt from the Rockets allowed them to open up a seven point lead (42-35), but Lewis beat the buzzer with a driving layup to slice CSU's halftime deficit to five at 42-37.

UT saw its lead grow to nine points (59-50) midway through the second half, but a 10-2 spurt, capped with back-to-back three-pointers by Lewis and Forbes, brought CSU within one at 61-60 with 6:21 to play.  Julius Brown answered with a jumper on the other end, but a three from Lee tied the contest at 63-63 with 4:30 left.

Two Rocket free throws at the 4:12 mark were the only points over the next three minutes until a Lewis jumper tied it at 65-65 with 1:36 left. However, the Rockets scored on back-to-back possessions, including the second after a CSU turnover to take a four point lead.

Lewis hit a bucket to bring CSU within two (69-67) with 11 seconds left and after a missed UT free throw, the Vikings had a chance to tie or go ahead, but a turnover on the sideline and two free throws by Toledo iced the game.

CSU held the Rockets to .365 percent shooting overall and just 3-of-18 on 3-pointers.

The Vikings return to action on Monday (Dec. 23) when CSU hosts LaRoche at 3:00 p.m. in the Wolstein Center.