Cleveland State Women's Basketball 2015 NIT Tournament Capsule

Cleveland State Vikings
Horizon (19-12, 10-6)

 

Big Wins: 12/4 East Carolina (59-57), 2/18 Wright State (67-63), 3/4 Youngstown State (73-62)
Bad Losses: 11/21 at FAU (74-79), 12/18 Niagara (58-76), 2/28 at Milwaukee (69-76)
Coach: Kate Peterson Abiad

Probable Starters:
Alexis Eckles, Sophomore, Guard, 9.6 ppg, 1.6 apg, 7.9 rpg, 1.5 bpg
Kiersten Green, Senior, Guard, 12.9 ppg, 2.4 apg4.1 rpg
Cori Coleman, Senior, Guard, 16.0 ppg, 2.8 apg, 6.3 rpg
Brooke Smith, Sophomore, Guard, 7.2 ppg, 2.9 apg
Imani Gordon, Senior, Forward, 16.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Allison Mitchell, Junior, Forward, 3.1 ppg, 1.9 rpg
Allyssa Copley, Freshman, Forward, 1.2 ppg, 1.3 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.6 (57th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 71.2 (311, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.1 (114, 3)    
Field-Goal Defense: 41.9 (286, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.1 (43, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.4 (89, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 65.7 (263, 7)
Rebound Margin: -2.2 (245, 7)
Assists Per Game: 14.7 (77, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.3 (63, 6)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2011    WBI    First Round win over IPFW
2011    WBI    Second Round loss to Cleveland State
2010    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Notre Dame
2008    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Stanford

*all team stats through 3/5

 

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