GAME #19
Cleveland State (4-14, 1-4 HL) at Northern Kentucky (11-6, 4-1 HL)
Monday, January 15, 2018 | 7:30 pm
Highland Hills, Ky. | BB&T Arena
Live Stats | ESPN3 | AM 1420
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Cleveland State at Northern Kentucky
***GAME PREVIEW Provided by CSU***
• Cleveland State concludes its three game road swing with a 7:30 pm game at Northern Kentucky on Monday (Jan. 15) night.
• The Vikings are 4-14 this year and 1-4 in the Horizon League after an 81-68 setback at Oakland on Friday night..
• The Norse are 11-6 (4-1 HL) this year and dropped its first home game of the season, 84-81, to Wright State on Thursday.
• Monday’s game will be available live on ESPN3, while Al Pawlowski will provide the call of the game on AM 1420 and AM 1440.
THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY SERIES:
• The two teams have split four all-time meetings.
• The Vikings won both meetings in the 2015-16 season during NKU’s inaugural season in the Horizon League, while the Norse won both match-ups last year.
GAME 18: @OAKLAND 81, CSU 68 (1/12/18):
• CSU had three players in double figures, but Oakland used a strong shooting second half to top the Vikings.
• The Vikings led at halftime, 32-29, but the Golden Grizzlies shot .731 (19-26) from the floor in the second half.
• Kenny Carpenter led the Vikings with 17 points.
• Tyree Appleby scored 14 points and tied a career-high with seven assists. It was his second straight game with seven assists.
• Stefan Kenic scored 10 points with six rebounds and three assists, while Jamarcus Hairston added nine points, six rebounds and a career-best three steals.
• Dontel Highsmith grabbed a team-best eight rebounds as CSU held a 36-25 advantage on the glass.
BACK TO BB&T ARENA:
• CSU will be playing its second game at BB&T Arena this year on Monday night.
• The Vikings played Cincinnati at NKU’s home arena on Dec. 21. UC is playing its home games at BB&T Arena this year while its home – Fifth Third Arena – is undergoing renovations.
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE:
• Monday will be a true doubleheader with the CSU women’s team taking on Northern Kentucky at 5:00 pm.
• It will be the third of six doubleheaders for the CSU men’s and women’s programs this year.
• The teams played doubleheaders at home on Jan. 4 and Jan. 6 and will play the final home twinbill of the year on Saturday (Jan. 20).
• The teams will once again play true road doubleheaders during the final week of the season with both squads playing at Wright State on Feb. 19 and at Youngstown State on Feb. 24.
CARDIAC VIKINGS:
• The Vikings have played in seven one possession games this year, posting a 2-5 mark in those games.
• Three of CSU’s five Horizon League games have come down to the final possession as the Vikings fell to Youngstown State (80-77), defeated Green Bay (80-79) and lost at Detroit Mercy (85-84).
• CSU played in three straight one poessession games from Nov. 20 through Nov. 29.
• CSU fell at ECU, 72-69 (Nov. 20), lost at home to Central Conn., 74-73, (Nov. 24), and topped Arkansas State, 75-72 (Nov. 29).
• It was the first time CSU played three straight one poessession games since the 1999-2000 season when CSU fell at St. Bonaventure, 71-69, (12/30/99), and won at Loyola, 70-68 (1/6/00) and at UIC, 91-89 (1/8/00).
• The Vikings also had a one possession games at Niagara (L, 79-77 on Dec. 19).
WORD HITS 1,000 CAREER POINTS WITH DOUBLE DOUBLE:
• With his 11 point effort vs. Green Bay on Jan. 4, Bobby Word reached 1,000 career points.
• Word scored 487 points during his two seasons at Oral Roberts and has 554 points during his CSU career for 1,041 career points.
• Word also notched his first career double-double vs. Green Bay.
• He scored 14 points and added a career-high 10 rebounds. His old career-high was seven rebounds.
WORD UP!:
• Senior Bobby Word has started all 50 games of his CSU career.
• He is 20th in the League in scoring this year (11.6), while ranking third in the League in three pointers (2.6).
• Word is averaging 15.2 points in League play, while shooting .475 (19-40) from three-point.
• Word scored a career-high 26 points – hitting a career-best seven threes – at Michigan State (Dec. 29).
• He followed that up with a 24 point effort vs. Youngstown State (Jan. 1), which included nine points in the final 49 seconds. His three-pointer with nine seconds left tied the game at 77-77 before the Penguins won it with a buzzer beater.
• Word is the top returning scorer from last year’s team (11.1).
HAIRSTON EARNS FIRST CAREER START:
• Jamarcus Hariston earned his first career start at CSU in vs. Green Bay (Jan. 4). He totaled two points, four rebounds and two steals in 26 minutes.
• In five League games, Hairston is averaging 7.4 points and 5.2 rebounds. He is also shooting .500 (13-26) from the floor.
• He had 14 points (5-6 FG) with six boards at Detroit (Jan. 10).
• Hairston tallied seven points and set career-highs in rebounds (6) and assists (3) against Youngstown State (Jan. 1).
• He scored a career-high 17 points at Niagara (Dec. 19), hitting 7-of-9 from the field, adding five boards and two assists in a career-high 31 minutes.
• Hairston’s old career-high was 13 points set in the season opener against Kent State last year.
KENIC SCORES CAREER-HIGH:
• Stefan Kenic scored a career-high 15 points at Detroit Mercy (Jan. 10).
• He hit 6-of-10 from the floor and his three-pointer from the top of the arc with 3.9 seconds left gave the Vikings an 84-83 lead before UDM won the game at the buzzer.
• Kenic is averaging 8.5 points and 3.0 rebounds this year.
CARPENTER GOING TO WORK:
• Senior Kenny Carpenter is enjoying his best season to date.
• He ranks 17th in the Horizon League in scoring (12.9) and 15th in rebounding (5.2), while adding 2.4 assists.
• Carpenter is also 11th in field goal percentage (.479).
• He has two, 20-point games this year and has scored in double figures 13 times.
• Carpenter scored a career-high 26 points against Coppin State (Nov. 17), bettering his old career-high of 24 points set at UIC as a sophomore.
• He scored 24 points in the first half vs. Coppin State and finished the game 10-of-17 from the field, including 6-of-11 from three-point.
• The six three-pointers are tied for the fourth most in a game in program history and the 17th time a CSU player made six three’s.
• He became the first CSU player to make six threes since Charlie Lee hit six at Oakland on Feb. 6, 2014.
… AND DOUBLES UP TWICE:
• Kenny Carpenter has posted two double-doubles this year, the first two of his career.
• Carpenter recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 12 boards in the season opener at Akron (Nov. 11).
• He posted a career-high 26 points and 11 rebounds against Coppin State (Nov. 17).
• Carpenter is one of eight players in the Horizon League who has multiple double-doubles this year.
APPLEBY APPEALING:
• Tyree Appleby is averaging 11.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.6 steals in his first season of college basketball.
• He ranks fourth in the League in steals, sixth in assists and is 21st in scoring – the second highest scoring freshman in the League.
• He is a two-time Horizon League Freshman of the Week, earning the award in back-to-back weeks (Dec. 4 & Dec. 10).
• Appleby has dished out a career-best seven assists in four games this season.
• Appleby earned the first award after averaging 10.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals vs. Arkansas State and at Kent State, shooting .562 (9-16) from the floor.
• Appleby picked up his second straight honor after averaging 18.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.5 steals, while shooting .800 (12-15) from the field, including 5-of-6 (.833) from three-point at Western Michigan and vs. Notre Dame College.
• Appleby scored a career-high 24 points at Western Michigan (Dec. 6), hitting 8-of-10 from the field, including 4-of-5 from three-point and all four free throws, while adding three rebounds, three assists and three steals.
• It was the most points by a CSU freshman since Rob Edwards scored 26 points at Detroit Mercy on Jan. 4, 2016.
THE WRIGHT STUFF:
• Anthony Wright recorded his first career double-double on Dec. 2 at Kent State.
• Wright scored a career-high 21 points, hitting 8-of-11 from the field, including a career-best four three’s (in six attempts). He also had a career-high tying 11 rebounds.
• Wright is averaging 7.6 points and ranks 10th in the League with 5.8 rebounds.
• Wright is shooting .806 (25-31) at free throw line and has made his last 11 free throws.
• After coming off the bench in the first two games, Wright has drawn a starting assignment in the last 14 contests.
THE FELTON FILE:
• First-year head coach Dennis Felton earned his first victory at CSU with an 80-56 win over Coppin State (Nov. 17).
• Felton, who made his CSU regular season debut on Nov. 11 at Akron, was named the 15th head coach in CSU history on March 24.
• Felton, a coaching veteran with more than 30 years of experience, is in his 12th season as a head coach, having spent five years at Western Kentucky (1998-03) and five-plus seasons at Georgia (2003-09).
• During his time on the sidelines Felton has amassed 188 victories, won seven conference championships and led six of his teams to the postseason, including four NCAA berths.
KASH IS MONEY:
• Kasheem Thomas has had a strong start to Horizon League play, averaging 7.6 points and 3.6 assists, while shooting .500 (13-26) from the field.
• Thomas scored a season-high 11 points with six assists against Youngstown State (Jan. 1).
• He had eight points with six assists at Detroit Mercy (Jan. 10).
• Thomas started 39 consecutive games to open his career, including all 31 last year, the most by a freshman in program history.
• Thomas has a career assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.9 (140 assists to 74 turnovers).
VIKINGS TIE THREE POINT MARK WITH 14 MAKES:
• The Vikings have tied the single game school record with 14 made three-pointers three times this year.
• CSU was 14-of-32 from three-point against Coppin State (Nov. 17) and went 14-of-39 from long distance against Notre Dame College (Dec. 10).
• The Vikings were 14-of-31 from three at Detroit Mercy (Jan. 10).
• CSU has hit 14 three’s in a game seven times in school history.
FOR THREE:
• CSU has hit a three-pointer in a school record 615 straight games.
• The Vikings have hit at least three three’s in 164 straight contests, extending the streak with eight threes at Oakland on Friday.
• The last time CSU failed to make a three-pointer was Feb. 21, 1998, when the Vikings were 0-for-8 in a 60-57 win over Detroit.
UP NEXT:
• CSU returns home to host a pair of games this week, beginning with a 7:00 pm game vs. IUPUI on Thursday (Jan. 18).
• The Vikings also host UIC on Saturday (Jan. 20) at 3:30 pm.
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