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GAME #14
Youngstown State (2-11, 0-0 HL) at Cleveland State (3-10, 0-0 HL)
Monday, January 1, 2018 | 1:00 pm
Cleveland, Ohio | Wolstein Center
Live Stats | ESPN3 | AM 1420
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Youngstown State at Cleveland State
GAME PREVIEW:
• Cleveland State begins the 2018 calendar year and opens Horizon League play on Monday (Jan. 1) when the Vikings host Youngstown State at 1:00 pm in the Wolstein Center.
• CSU went 3-10 in the non-league slate, while the Penguins enter the game at 2-11. Both teams fell at Big 10 opponents on Friday night with CSU losing at Michigan State and YSU falling at Indiana.
• Monday’s game will be broadcast live on AM 1420 and AM 1440, as well at ESPN3.
• Al Pawlowski and Pat Vuyancih will provide the call on both the radio and video stream.
THE YOUNGSTOWN STATE SERIES:
• CSU leads the all-time series with YSU, 46-42, and has won 15 of the last 22 meetings between the two teams.
• The 88 games are the most CSU has played against a school in program history.
• The Penguins won two of the three match-ups last year, including a victory in the first round of the League tournament.
• CSU is 27-15 all-time vs. YSU in Cleveland, including a 69-55 win in last year’s regular season finale in the Wolstein Center.
GAME 13: @#2 MICHIGAN STATE 111, CSU 61 (12/29/17):
• Bobby Word scored a career-high 26 points, hitting a career-best seven threes in CSU’s setback at second-ranked Michigan State.
• Word finished 7-of-13 from three-point in the game as the Vikings knocked down 11 three-pointers as a team.
• Anthony Wright finished with 14 points and three rebounds, while Tyree Appleby scored nine points with four assists.
• Kasheem Thomas added seven points and Kenny Carpenter grabbed four rebounds.
• The Vikings committed a season-low nine turnovers.
LEAGUE OPENERS:
• Monday’s game will be the 24th Horizon League opener and 34th league opener for CSU.
• CSU is 9-14 in Horizon League openers and 16-17 in overall league openers.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!:
• Monday’s game will be just the second time CSU will play on New Year’s Day in program history.
• CSU defeated UIC, 83-59, on Jan. 1, 2011, in the Wolstein Center.
• The Vikings hosting YSU will be one of just 10 scheduled games on the Division I schedule on Jan. 1.
WORD POURS IN CAREER HIGH:
• Senior Bobby Word scored a career-high 26 points in Friday’s setback at No. 2 Michigan State.
• Word hit 9-of-17 from the field, including 7-of-13 from behind the arc. The seven threes are tied for the third most in a game in school history.
• Word’s previous career-high was 25 points last year against Western Michigan.
APPLEBY APPEALING:
• Tyree Appleby is averaging 11.5 points, 1.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.6 steals in his first season of college basketball.
• He ranks fourth in the League in steals, eighth in assists and is 20th in scoring.
• He is a two-time Horizon League Freshman of the Week, earning the award in back-to-back weeks (Dec. 4 & Dec. 10).
• 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.
CARPENTER GOING TO WORK:
• Senior Kenny Carpenter is enjoying his best season to date.
• He ranks 15th in the Horizon League in scoring (12.8), 13th in rebounding (5.8) and 16th in assists (2.7).
• Carpenter is also fifth in field goal percentage (.467).
• 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 three’s 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).
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 8.5 points and ranks 11th in the League with 6.0 rebounds.
• He is shooting .513 (39-76) from the field and .793 (23-29) at free throw line. Wright has made his last nine free throws.
• After coming off the bench in the first two games, Wright has drawn a starting assignment the last 11 contests.
WORD UP!:
• Senior Bobby Word has started all 44 games of his CSU career.
• He is averaging 10.2 points this year, while ranking 10th in the League in three’s (2.1).
• Word scored a career-high 26 points – hitting a career-best seven threes – at Michigan State (Dec. 29).
• Word scored a team-high 19 points in a win over Notre Dame College (Dec. 10).
• He made 5-of-6 from three-point for 15 points vs. Central Connecticut (Nov. 24).
• Word is the top returning scorer from last year’s team at 11.1 ppg.
HAIRSTON NETS CAREER HIGH:
• Jamarcus Hairston had a career-high 17 points at Niagara (12/19).
• He hit 7-of-9 from the floor, 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.
CARDIAC VIKINGS:
• The Vikings have played in four one possession games this year, including a 79-77 setback at Niagara on Dec. 19.
• 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 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 187 victories, won seven conference championships and led six of his teams to the postseason, including four NCAA berths.
VIKINGS TIE THREE POINT MARK WITH 14 MAKES:
• The Vikings have tied the single game school record with 14 made three-pointers two 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 have hit 14 three’s in a game six times in school history.
FOR THREE:
• CSU has hit a three-pointer in a school record 610 consecutive games.
• The Vikings have hit at least three three’s in 159 straight contests, extending the streak with 11 threes at Michigan State on Friday night.
• 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 concludes a three game homestand to open League play with two games this week.
• The Vikings host Green Bay on Thursday (Jan. 4) at 7:00 pm and Milwaukee on Saturday (Jan. 6) at 3:30 pm.
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