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CSU guard Trevon Harmon says plenty of effort has been given to straighten out the slumping Vikings.

Norris Cole's 29 points kept the Vikings within reach of an upset victory Saturday of West Virginia.

A game against Cleveland State tonight might not hold a little extra for Ohio State men's basketball fans, but it does for some of the players.

The 17th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes will attempt to avoid an upset tonight as they play host to the struggling Cleveland State Vikings in non-conference action.

Ohio State proved it can win against a deliberate opponent in its last game. Cleveland State feels confident its pressing style can provide a breakthrough victory after a near-upset of a top 10 team over the weekend.

West Virginia beat Cleveland State's press once and, as it turned out, that was enough.

Cleveland State nearly upset the sixth ranked team in the nation on Saturday, West Virginia.

The sixth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers are set to play their first true road game of the season today against the Cleveland State Vikings as part of the John McLendon Classic at the Wolstein Center.

Bob Huggins has been searching for someone to step up and provide some consistent offense for undefeated West Virginia.

Gary Waters and his Cleveland State Vikings now hopefully know what the bottom looks like.

Robert Morris defeats Cleveland State 78-70 Eds: APNewsNow. Robert Morris 78, Cleveland State 70.

Jared Cunningham scored 18 points and Norris Cole 16 as Cleveland State ended a five-game losing streak with a 113-61 victory over NAIA opponent Wilberforce on Saturday.

There is not much positive a basketball coach can find after his team has spent most of a game climbing in and out of 20-point deficits.

Cooper Land scored 14 points and Cory Cooperwood tallied a double-double, leading Wright State to a 73-64 win over Cleveland State in the Horizon League opener for both teams on Thursday night.

Aaron Pogue is learning plenty of lessons and getting plenty of minutes on the front line of the Vikings as Horizon League action begins Thursday night.

Athletes are always asked to forget the game just past and concentrate on the game coming up, and that's exactly what the Wright State Raiders will have to do beginning today, even though senior guard Todd Brown said, "We'll be talking about this one at the end of the year." This one was Saturday's 70-67 loss at Northeastern, where a first-half ...

Thanks to walk-on Will Sherrill, Virginia's memories of the Moon Palace Resort are a little more favorable than they might have been otherwise.

FACTS & STATS: Site: Moon Palace Resort -- Cancun, Mexico. Television: None. Home Record: Cleveland St.

Sylven Landesberg scored 20 points to pace five players in double figures as Virginia came from behind to beat Cleveland State 76-65 in the Cancun Challenge.

Kentucky overpowered Cleveland State 73-49 in the Cancun Challenge semifinals on Tuesday.