Cleveland State gets pounded by Valparaiso

Cleveland State guard Trey Harmon tries unsuccessfully to score late in the first half Thursday night

In what was clearly their most important game of the season, the Cleveland State Vikings (20-5, 10-3 Horizon) laid an enormous turd last night at the Wolstein Center. Facing Valparaiso (18-8, 11-3 Horizon) for the top spot in the Horizon League, the Vikings hyped the game up as their biggest of the season, and certainly their most noteworthy game since toppling then-#5-ranked Vanderbilt back in November. The Vikes lost 59-41, in a thoroughly demoralizing fashion.

Adding further… injury… to injury (?), it appears that Cleveland State senior forward DAAUUUUNDRAAAYYY Brown will miss significant time after suffering a groin injury early in the first half of the game.

Cleveland State will face Butler (14-12, 8-6 Horizon) at the Wolstein Center at 11:00am on Saturday, a game that will be featured on ESPN2, and is expected to draw the largest crowd of the season. It will serve as the Vikings closest shot at redemption, and a victory would allow them to remain just a half-game back behind Valparaiso in the Horizon League standings.