This weeks games (12/15-12/21)

[Class of '83]

Monday, December 15
Cleveland State at Syracuse
Youngstown State at Kent State

Wednesday, December 17
Norfolk State at Wright State
Aquinas at Detroit
Lewis at UIC

Thursday, December 18
Oakland at Green Bay

Friday, December 19
Youngstown State at High Point

Saturday, December 20
La Roche at Cleveland State
Florida Gulf Coast at Butler
North Dakota at Green Bay
Valparaiso vs. North Carolina
Wright State vs. Oral Roberts
Loyola at Northern Illinois
Detroit at Illinois
Bradley at Milwaukee
UIC at Illinois State

Sunday, December 21
Youngstown State at Charlotte
Wright State vs. South Florida

[Class of '83]

HL Standings/Records:
Butler 2-0 8-1
Green Bay 2-0 6-3
Milwaukee 2-0 5-5
UIC 1-0 6-2
Cleveland State 1-1 6-4
Valparaiso 1-1 3-6
Loyola 0-1 5-5
Detroit 0-2 2-6
Wright State 0-2 2-7
Youngstown State 0-2 1-6

[Class of '83]

Non-conference Opponent's records:
Wake Forest 9-0
Illinois St. 9-0
AR Little Rock 7-2
Miami (OH) 6-3
Murray St. 3-3
South Florida 3-4
Cent. Michigan 2-5
Sam Houston St. 1-5
Norfolk St. 1-5
Toledo 1-7
Oral Roberts 1-7

[Glory Days]

This next week is very important for the remainder of our season. We are 2-7, with a chance to get to 6-7 by next week. We have 4 games coming up and all 4 games are winnable. Norfolk State is 1-5, Oral Roberts is 1-7, Murray State is 3-3, and South Florida is 3-4. We are starting to come together as a team and need to buckle down this week. We only have 1 non-conference game after the Puerto Rico tournament. Our Bracket Buster opponent is determined by our RPI going into the game, so we need to make this a memorable week. Let's go Raider!

[raiderscout]

Dec 14, 2008 23:28:34 GMT -5 Glory Days said:

This next week is very important for the remainder of our season. We are 2-7, with a chance to get to 6-7 by next week. We have 4 games coming up and all 4 games are winnable. Norfolk State is 1-5, Oral Roberts is 1-7, Murray State is 3-3, and South Florida is 3-4. We are starting to come together as a team and need to buckle down this week. We only have 1 non-conference game after the Puerto Rico tournament. Our Bracket Buster opponent is determined by our RPI going into the game, so we need to make this a memorable week. Let's go Raider!

I agree. I feel that the UALR game was the turning point of the season and that we can possibly run off 6-9 wins in a row. Each year under Brownell, we have turned the season around during winter break. Lets hope that happens again.

[Willie]

Youngstown St. 74
Kent St. 82

Cleveland St. 72
Syracuse 69

[Willie]

Jackson's 60-foot shot at buzzer upends No. 11 Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Cedric Jackson swished a 60-foot shot at the buzzer to give Cleveland State a 72-69 victory over No. 11 Syracuse on Monday night.

Jackson took an inbounds pass with 2.2 seconds remaining and let the desperation shot go just as time expired to send the Orange (9-1) to their first loss.

Cleveland State's last appearance in the Carrier Dome was also a memorable one.

The Vikings (7-4) won NCAA tournament games over Indiana and Saint Joseph's in the building in 1986 to advance to the round of 16. The 83-79 victory over Indiana was the first by a No. 14 seed over a No. 3 seed in tournament history and was the first time former Hoosiers coach Bob Knight lost a first-round game.

Neither team led by more than six points -- there were 16 ties and 15 lead changes -- but when Norris Cole hit a 3 to break the last tie, and D'Aundray Brown converted a fastbreak layup off a Syracuse turnover, Cleveland State had a 64-59 lead with 2:31 remaining.

Eric Devendorf responded for the Orange with a 3 from the right corner to make it a two-point game. But the Orange, beaten much of the game on the offensive glass, were victimized again when Jackson missed and Chris Moore grabbed the rebound to set up J'Nathan Bullock's shot off the glass that put the Vikings ahead 66-62 with 71 seconds left.

Jonny Flynn fed Paul Harris for a layup to pull the Orange back within a basket, but Bullock hit a 3 with 26.5 seconds left to boost the lead back to five.

Undaunted, Flynn hit a 3 from the right corner to make it 69-67 with 19 seconds left, and the Orange press forced Bullock to lose the ball out of bounds with 15 seconds to go, giving Syracuse a chance to win or tie it.

Andy Rautins went for the win but missed a 3 from the right corner to set up Jackson's amazing shot.

Bullock led Cleveland State with 18 points, all in the second half, while Cole had 16 and Jackson 13, including his only make in five tries from beyond the arc.

Devendorf led Syracuse with 17 points, while Flynn had 16 and Harris and Arinze Onuaku added 11 each.

Syracuse, which continued its erratic first-half play, was fortunate to go into the locker room tied 30-30 at halftime. The Orange shot 52.2 percent but took 14 fewer shots in the half as the Vikings dominated the offensive glass 11-1, scoring eight second-chance points to none for Syracuse. But Bullock, a 41 percent shooter, struggled. Averaging 13.5 points, he missed all nine of his shots in the first half.

sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=283500183

[Willie]

South Florida 52
Vanderbilt 71

[Sixth Man]

Norfolk St. 43
Wright St. 66

Illinois St. 73
Cent. Michigan 69

[Willie]

Aquinas 48
Detroit 58

Lewis 57
Ill. Chicago 80

[Willie]

AR Little Rock 51
Memphis 59

Oral Roberts 63
New Mexico 66

[Willie]

Oakland 79
Wis. Green Bay 76

[Willie]

Youngstown St. 64
High Point 61

Wake Forest 86
Richmond 79

[Nutt House]

Laroche 46
Cleveland St. 72

Miami (OH) 46
West Virginia 82

Robert Morris 73
Cent. Michigan 60

[Nutt House]

North Carolina 85
Valparaiso 63

Fla Gulf Coast 53
Butler 73