Feb. 13, 2006

Final Stats

CLEVELAND - On a night when Erin Martin became the 19th player in school history to score 1,000 career points, Cleveland State's shooting woes doomed the Vikings in a 72-54 loss to in-state rival Youngstown State.

Martin achieved the milestone with her basket at the 11:37 mark of the second half, cutting the Penguin lead to just seven (46-39) after YSU had led by as much as 21 earlier in the stanza. However, the Penguins answered with a 22-6 jaunt to take their biggest lead of the game (68-45) with 4:35 remaining.

The Canfield, Ohio native finished with 14 points in addition to pulling down a career-high 14 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season. Dominique Butler added 12 points, a career-best eight steals and seven rebounds. Her steal total is tied with six other players for the fifth-best single-game mark in school history.

YSU (7-17, 3-10 HL) connected on 45.1 percent of its field goal attempts (23-51), while holding the Vikings to a 33.9 percent effort (21-62). In addition, the Penguins turned 24 CSU turnovers into 32 points to offset 19 second-chance points by the Vikings (3-21, 1-12 HL).

"It's a great milestone for Erin -- she's worked really hard to get here," CSU head coach Kate Peterson said. "Our problem is we still go minutes at a time without being able to put the ball in the basket. We got good looks, we just couldn't convert. And we made entirely too many turnovers."

Ashlee Russo and Monique Godfrey scored 16 and 15 points, respectively for YSU, while Jessica Schloemp added 13 points and 13 rebounds.

The Vikings close out their regular season home schedule when they host Loyola on Saturday (Feb. 18) at 3:00 p.m. Seniors Omega Harrington, Erin Martin and Kim Neidermeyer will be recognized in a pregame ceremony. The contest is part of a doubleheader with the Cleveland State men hosting Delaware at 5:30 p.m.