Cleveland State senior Trey Harmon (concussion) was dressed for Thursday's game against Illinois-Chicago and took part in the shootaround, but wasn't cleared to play in the game by the doctors.Still CSU head coach Gary Waters is staying optimistic that Harmon has "a chance" to play against Loyola-Chicago on Saturday.
Harmon, CSU's second leading scorer (10.9 points), suffered the concussion early in the second half of CSU's loss to Youngstown State last week.
Douglas out for the Year: Redshirt freshmen Sebastian Douglas is out for the year after suffering a torn medial collateral ligament (MCL) and a meniscus tear in his left knee that will need surgery.
It's the same knee that he had season-ending surgery last year after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during a charity basketball game in the summer.
"It buckled on him," said Waters.
Mason debuts: With Douglas out for the year, Waters has decided to "de-redshirt" freshmen Marlin Mason.
Mason, a 6-6 forward from Detroit, Mich., made his debut against UIC and scored his first basket - a three-pointer from the left corner - just a minute into the game.
"It felt good to get out there and finally experience a real college game," said Mason, who finished with five points and three rebounds in 14 minutes. "I would do anything to help my team out and I'm glad they had faith in me."
Mason said he found out he was going to play on Wednesday before practice. He said that he has been working on his defense during the redshirt season.
Waters said he didn't want to redshirt Mason.
"The reason that he was being redshirted is because he had never played small forward (before) and he just turned 18 (in August)," said Waters. "The thing that he brings us is a big three that can rebound the basketball."
Lee gets the start: With Harmon out, freshmen Charlie Lee made his first collegiate start against the Flames and was impressive on both sides of the court.
Lee, a 5-9 point guard from Milwaukee, Wisc., finished with a career-high 13 points, five assists, three steals and did not have a turnover in 33 minutes.
"I thought Charlie did a good job of leading our ball club as the point guard of our program. He will be our point guard for a long time," said Waters. "I thought he did a great job guarding (Gary Talton)."
Lee held Talton to six points. Talton came into the game as the second leading scorer in Horizon games only at 18.5 points per game.
News and notes:
*SportsTime Ohio will televise Saturday's home game against Loyola as part of the Horizon League's "Game of the Week" TV package. Tipoff is 2 p.m. The Vikings (13-3, 3-1 Horizon League) have won seven straight against the Ramblers (5-10, 0-5 HL).
*According to Brandon Sprague of CSNNW.com, Oregon State sophomore Chris Brown will transfer to CSU. Brown, a 6-11, 240-pound center, didn't play in any games for the Beavers this season. As a freshman, Brown played in 15 games, totaling 12 points and 11 rebounds in 38 minutes.
*Former CSU standout Norris Cole is averaging 11.1 points and 3.6 assists through eight games with the Miami Heat.
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