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Postgame Notes

Posted: Jan 17, 2008

Jan. 17, 2008

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Cedric Jackson
• Scored in double figures for the 15th time (19 games), finishing with 14 points.
• Added 4 assists to increase his league-leading total to (90).
• The Horizon League leader in steals with 44, he added to his lead with a career-high 5 thefts.

J'Nathan Bullock
• Scored in double figures for the 14th time (19 games), finishing with 14 points.
• Added a game-high 9 rebounds.
• His 14 points give him 994 for his career (18th in school history).

Joe Davis
• Sparked the Vikings off the bench, scoring 10 of his 13 points in the first half.
• He was five-for-seven from the field, including three-for-four from three-point.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Butler entered the contest ranked 12th in both of the major college basketball polls.
• The crowd of 5,352 was the largest in the Wolstein Center since the curtain was put up three years ago.
• The Viking win improved CSU to 13-5 overall and 6-0 in Horizon League play, a game-and-a-half ahead of Butler (16-2, 5-2). CSU has won six straight league games to begin a year for the first time since 1992-93.
• Butler had its win streak snapped at eight.
• The win was only CSU's sixth (in 27 games) against the Bulldogs and snapped a Butler four-game win streak in the series. CSU improves to 5-8 in the Wolstein Center in the series.
• The win snapped a 19-game CSU win streak against ranked opponents and gave the Vikings just its second win ever over a ranked opponent (in 27 games) (Indiana, 3/14/86 in NCAA Tourney).
• CSU led for the entire first 20 minutes, though the game was tied three times (6, 10 & 12). The Vikings ran off seven straight points to open a 19-12 lead (8:28). Butler trimmed the lead to 24-22 (4:00) but a 7-1 run pushed the lead back up with CSU leading, 31-26 at half.
• Butler tooks it first lead, 44-42, on a Green basket with 7:58 left but the Vikings answered, taking the lead for good on a Bullock basket with 4:54 left.
• Butler committed just 14 turnovers but the Vikings made 11 steals.
• Butler shot just .273 from three-point (6-22) with Pete Campbell going five-for-six. CSU was an efficient four-for-seven (.571).
• The Vikings had the rebounding advantage for the 16th time this year, outrebounding the Bulldogs (36-33).