Detroit 69, Cleveland State 62

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Wright State 73, Cleveland State 64

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CSU's Roque named Player of the Week

Cleveland State senior guard Jessica Roque was named the Horizon League women's basketball Player of the Week, the Horizon League announced today.

Rogue averaged 19.0 points, 3.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game last week in two games in Cancun, Mexico. She hit 12-of-20 (60 percent) from the floor, including a sizzling 10-of-15 (66.7 percent) from three-point distance.

The Mississauga, Ontario, native is averaging 12.6 points, 3.8 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 31.6 minutes per game this season.

CSU press release: Jessica Roque Named Horizon League Player of the Week

Wichita State 69, Cleveland State 54

Ice-cold Vikings fall to Shockers

By Tom Mieskoski

The Cleveland State men’s basketball team's early season struggles continued as the Wichita State Shockers soundly defeated the Vikings, 69-54, Saturday afternoon at the Wolstein Center.

“I thought Wichita State came here focused and knowing what they wanted to accomplish. They basically took it to us and we didn’t respond,” said CSU head coach Gary Waters. "I got to take the lumps as I get them early and we have to learn from them. Right now we are going to take some losses to learn."

What hurt CSU Saturday was poor shooting. The Vikings shot a season-low 25.8 percent (16-of-62) from the field.

CSU might have been a little bit leg weary since playing two games in Cancun, Mexico early in the week. But CSU's players and coaches were not going to use leg weary as an excuse. Sophomore guard Trey Harmon said, "We should have been prepared and came out the way we usually play. We came out flat. Now we got to regroup and find ourselves."

Waters added, "We didn't shoot well. I don't want to blame it on their legs. (Wichita State) played good defense too. I don't want to take anything away from them."

The Vikings (3-4) came out ice-cold in the first half, making 9-of-33 (27.3 percent) from the field. While The Shockers started the game sizzling, making 13-of-24 (54.2 percent) from the field in the first half, including 5-of-8 (62.5 percent) from 3-point distance, to take a 38-24 halftime lead.

"We have a lot of new faces on the team. People who don't understand certain roles. We can't let teams come in here and throw the first punch at us," Harmon said.

The second half was even worse for the young Vikings, as CSU only made 7-of-29 (24.1 percent) from the field, including missing their first 16 shots of the half, until Harmon's 3-pointer with 8:43 left. By that time the game was pretty much over, as WSU lead, 56-36.

"I maybe forcing something upon this young group of men that's not who they are, that is pressure defense," said Waters. "We will go back to the drawing board. I promise them I will stay up two nights figuring this out. I think when we go back to the drawing board something good will come out of it."

Junior guard Norris Cole, who entered the game leading CSU in scoring at 17.3 points per game, finished with seven points on a dismal 2-of-11 from the field. Cole wasn't the only Viking struggling from the field, as D'Aundray Brown, Jared Cunningham and Jeremy Montgomery went a combined 0-for-18 from the field.

"We wanted to make sure that we did not give (Norris Cole) anything easy," said Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall. "We wanted for him to work on the ball screens to keep him in check. I thought our post players did a marvelous job helping on the flat back ball screen on the top."

A couple of bright spots for CSU were Harmon, who finished with 23 points on 7-of-18 from the field, including 5-of-11 from 3-point distance. And the continued development of sophomore center Aaron Pogue, who finished with 16 points and nine rebounds. The Vikings also turned the ball over a season-low eight times.

The Shockers (4-1) were led by Clevin Hannah with 16 points. Toure' Murry had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Garrett Stutz contributed 13 points and six rebounds.

CSU better regroup quick as the Vikings start conference play next week with two road games against Wright State on Thursday and Detroit on Saturday.

"I don't cherish those (conference games) because I don't think we are ready for them yet," said Waters.

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Jackson makes NBA D-League debut

Cedric Jackson made his NBA D-League regular season debut yesterday in the Erie BayHawks' 85-77 win.

The former Cleveland State point guard had his usual stat-stuffer of a game, finishing with nine points, eight rebounds, four assists, two steals and seven turnovers in 34 minutes.

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Cancun Challenge: Virginia 76, Cleveland State 65

The highlight video is from Virginia's official website. Not much highlights from Cleveland State, only about two.


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Cancun Challenge: Kentucky 73, Cleveland State 49

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