Men’s Basketball Scoreboard (Dec. 18)
Cleveland State 97, Notre Dame College 72
Akron 79, Detroit 60
Cleveland State 97, Notre Dame College 72
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Bryn Forbes scored a career-high 27 points and CSU shot 61-percent from the field as the Vikings defeated Notre Dame College, 97-72, on Wednesday night in the Wolstein Center.
The Vikings, who scored a season-high in points, improved to 6-5 this year, while NDC fell to 3-7.
Forbes, whose previous career-high was 24 points on numerous occasions, hit 10-of-16 from the field and 5-of-10 from three-point. He added five rebounds and four assists.
Marlin Mason scored a season-high 15 points to go along with six rebounds and four assists, while Sebastian Douglas finished with 13 points. Trey Lewis also reached double-digits with 10 points, while Demonte Flannigan tallied eight points and three rebounds.
Jon Harris chipped in eight points and six rebounds off the bench.
The Vikings led 41-37 at the half, but broke the game open with a 13-4 run over the first five minutes of the second half. Anton Grady's slam dunk gave CSU a 54-41 lead with 15:21 to play and the Falcons would not threaten from there as CSU's lead reached as many as 33 points.
The Vikings scored 56 second half points, shooting 19-of-30 (.633) from the floor, including 7-of-11 (.636) in the final 20 minutes.
The win was the 142nd at CSU for head coach Gary Waters, tying him for second place on the all-time wins list with Kevin Mackey. Ray Dieringer is the all-time wins leader at CSU with 149.
Akron 79, Detroit 60
AKRON, Ohio – The Akron Zips opened the second half with a 25-6 run, en route to scoring 58 points in the second stanza to top the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team, 79-60, Wednesday night at James A. Rhodes Arena. The Titans led 30-21 at the half, before the Zips made three-straight three pointers to tie the game to open the second half.
Detroit (5-7) was led by sophomore guard Anton Wilson who finished with 16 points - 11 in the second half - while junior forward Juwan Howard Jr. pitched in 13 points and senior co-captain Evan Bruinsma added 12 points and six rebounds.
Detroit opened the game with a 9-0 run over the first four minutes of action, before a three-pointer from Deji Ibitayo put the Zips on the board 9-3. The Titans then answered back with an 11-3 run to build a 20-6 lead with nine minutes left in the opening stanza. Akron would trim the lead to 22-15 with just over four minutes reaming, before the Titans took a 30-21 lead into the locker room. Howard led Detroit with nine points, while Bruinsma added seven.
Akron (5-2) made three three-pointers form three different players during it first three possessions of the second stanza to tie the score 30-30 with 18:04 left. Detroit then regained the lead after a jumper from Howard, before the Zips responded with a 14-2 run to build a 10 point lead, 46-36, with 13 minutes left. Detroit trimmed the lead to 50-41 with 10:49 remaining, before the three-pointers started to fall again for Akron as it closed the game with a 29-19 run. The Zips made nine three-pointers in the second half.
Demetrius Treadwell led Akron with 22 points – 15 in the first half – and 13 rebounds, while Nyles Evans pitched in 17 points and Quincy Diggs scored 10 with seven assists.
Detroit finished shooting 36.1 percent (22-of-61) overall, while Akron shot 48.1 percent (26-of-54) overall, including an unheard of 71.4 percent (20-of-28) in the second half. The Titans finished 7-of-18 from downtown, while the Zips finished 11-of-21 from beyond the arc, including 9-of-12 in the second stanza.
