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Edwards Scores 28 in Setback at Green Bay

Edwards Scores 28 in Setback at Green Bay

Game Leaders

Cleveland State
Pts: Rob Edwards - 28
Reb: TEAM - 10
Ast: 4 Players (#00, #05, #11, #12) - 2
Green Bay
Pts: COOPER, Charles - 16
Reb: 2 Players (#01, #34) - 7
Ast: LOWE, Kenneth - 3

Team Stats

Cleveland State
Green Bay

Field Goals

(23-63)
(27-54)

Field Goal %

36.5%
50.0%

Rebounds

38
41

Assists

11
13

Turnovers

15
17

Pts off Turnovers

19
16

2nd Chance Pts

23
16

Pts in the Paint

26
40

Fastbreak Pts

14
10

Bench Pts

9
52
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Posted: Jan 23, 2017

VIDEO: Highlights

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Cleveland State concluded the first half of Horizon League play with an 83-73 setback at Green Bay on Monday night at the Resch Center.

The Vikings fell to 6-15 overall and 2-7 in the League, while Green Bay moved to 12-8 overall and 6-2 in the HL.

STAT LEADERS

  • Rob Edwards scored a game-high 28 points for his 11th career 20-point game. He hit 8-of-18 from the field, including five of eight three-pointers and added five rebounds.
  • Bobby Word scored 19 points, hitting four three's.
  • Demonte Flannigan posted six points and six rebounds, while Derek Sloan tallied four points, three rebounds, two assists and three steals. 
  • Kasheem Thomas finished with seven points, three rebounds and two assists, while Anthony Wright and Jibri Blount both had two steals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Edwards scored the first eight points for CSU as the Vikings opened up an eight point lead (16-8) midway through the first half.
  • The Phoenix answered with an 8-2 run to slice the deficit to two points (18-16) at the eight minute mark and force a CSU timeout.
  • The Vikings responded with a Word layup and dunk from Jibri Blount to push the lead back to six points (22-16), but Green Bay used a 9-3 spurt to knot the contest at 25-25 with just under five minutes left in the first half.
  • Green Bay led at halftime, 36-34, and opened up a 55-49 lead on a three-pointer from Warren Jones with 11:11 to play.
  • But CSU used a driving layup from Nelson Maxwell and three-point play from Edwards to cut the deficit to one point (55-54) with under 10 minutes to play, but the Phoenix responded with 11 straight points to open up a 66-54 lead with 6:48 to play.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • Green Bay held a slim 41-38 advantage on the boards, but received 52 points from its bench.
  • The Phoenix hit 25-of-37 at the free throw line as CSU was called for 31 fouls, the second most in a game this year for the Vikings.
  • The Vikings made 10 steals.
  • CSU finished 23-of-63 from the floor, while the Phoenix went 27-of-54.
  • The Vikings had 23 second chance points with 18 offensive rebounds.

UP NEXT

  • CSU concludes its four-game road swing on Saturday (Jan. 28) when the Vikings play at Youngstown State at 7:00 pm.