BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Playing for the first time since last Sunday, Cleveland State was victimized by a strong second half by Bowling Green and fell to the Falcons, 67-57, on Saturday afternoon at the Stroh Center.

CSU fell to 4-5, while the Falcons moved to 6-2 this season.

Trey Lewis paced the Vikings with 14 points, seven rebounds, five steals and four assists, while Charlie Lee added 13 points and three assists. Marlin Mason added 11 points, six rebounds and three steals and Kaza Keane chipped in eight points off the bench.

Richaun Woods led four Falcon players in double figures with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Trailing 12-11 seven minutes in, the Vikings used three straight three-pointers from Lee to take a 10 point lead (21-11) with 11:24 to play. Lee hit the three trifectas over a 43 second span.

CSU's lead grew to as many as 12 points (31-19) on a Lewis three-pointer with four minutes to play in the half, but it would be the last points for the Vikings in the first half as CSU took a 31-24 lead into the locker room.

The Falcons came out of the intermission and scored the first nine points of the second half to build a 33-31 lead five minutes into the half. A pair of free throws from Keane gave the Vikings their first points in over nine minutes to knot the game at 33-33 and after the teams traded free throws to make it 35-35, the Falcons used a 20-6 spurt to open up a 14 point lead (55-41) with 7:38 left.

CSU could not get the deficit under double digits the rest of the way.

The Vikings, who came into the game leading the Horizon League in steals, made 13 today and forced 20 Falcon turnovers. CSU shot just 20-of-61 from the floor, including 6-of-27 from three-point.

The Falcons were just 19-of-45 from the floor, but went to the free throw line 32 times, making 24. BGSU also held a 42-31 advantage on the glass.

The Vikings return to action on Monday (Dec. 15) night when CSU hosts Mount Vernon Nazarene at 7:00 p.m. in the Wolstein Center. The game will be streamed live on ESPN3 and Al Pawlowski will have the live play-by-play call on AM 1420 WKH.