On Thursday, the Cleveland State Vikings (14-9, 9-3 Horizon) visit Detroit, Michigan and Calihan Hall for an Horizon League game against the Detroit Mercy Titans (8-15, 4-8 Horizon). Cleveland State defeated IUPUI 78-72 on Sunday for its third consecutive victory and sixth win in the last seven games. Cleveland State is tied for first place in the Horizon League with three other teams. Detroit Mercy was defeated by Youngstown State 73-63 on Sunday and the Titans have lost each of the last three. Cleveland State and Detroit Mercy do not have any players listed on their respective injury lists.
Cleveland State is one of four teams at 9-3 in the Horizon League standings, two games ahead of the fifth place Oakland Grizzlies. Each game of Cleveland's remaining eight regular season games will be very important for conference tournament seeding. Cleveland is scoring an average of 70.3 points per game while shooting 45.6% overall but only 30.7% from long distance. The Vikings are allowing an average of 65.8 points per game, while holding opponents to a 41.9% field goal shooting percentage and a 32.0% shooting percentage.
Tristan Enaruna is the leading scorer for Cleveland State with an average of 14.1 points per game while shooting 49.2% overall and only 18.9% from behind a three-point line. However, Enaruna takes most of his shots from inside the line, attempting only 37 3-pointers this season. Tae Williams is t he second leading scorer with an average of 10.6 points per game and shoots 53.8% overall and has only taken 9 3-pointers this season. Deshon Parker is the leader in assists with an average of 4.0 dishes per contest. Enaruna is the leading rebounder for Cleveland State with an average of 6.3 per game and the Vikings as a team average 34.5 boards per contest. Williams is the leader in steals with an average of 1.6 per game and Deante Johnson is the rim protector with an average at 1.0 blocked shots per contest.
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