Jan. 8, 2009

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J'Nathan Bullock
• Led CSU with 20 points, going 7-for-9 from the field, making all three of his three-point attempts.
• It was his 18th career 20-point game and fifth this season
• Tied Ken McFadden's school record by starting his 86th consecutive game.

Trevon Harmon
• Celebrated his first career start by scoring a career-high 17 points, 14 coming in the first half.
• He was 5-for-9 from the field and 4-for-7 from three-point.

George Tandy
• Scored a season-high 13 points, going a perfect 5-for-5 from the line.
• Added 7 rebounds

Cedric Jackson
• The Horizon League leader in assists and steals, he handed out 8 assists with just two turnovers while making one steal.
• Added a team-high matching 7 rebounds.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• This was the 33rd meeting between CSU and Loyola all-time with the Ramblers entering the game with a 22-10 series lead.
• CSU improved to 12-5 overall and 3-2 in league play while Loyola slipped to 9-7 and 1-3.
• The Vikings are now 6-2 at home this year and 18-4 on campus over the last two years.
• The 26-point margin of victory was the most by CSU in the series against Loyola, topping the old high of 21 (CSU 81-60, 1/31/02).
• CSU played without the services of sophomore D'Aundray Brown, who missed his second straight game with a stress fracture in his rib cage on his left side.
• Freshman Trey Harmon, who became eligible at the semester break and has played in the last five games, earned his first career start in place of Brown.
• CSU scored the first eight points of the game and never trailed, eventually leading by as many as 25 (42-17, 3:43) before going to the intermission with a 48-26 lead.
• CSU shot .652 from the field in the first half (15-23) compared to just .281 for Loyola (9-32).
• CSU matched a season-high with nine three-point field goals (old high 9 vs. Notre Dame), going 9-for-17 from three-point (.529).
• Loyola had a decisive 41-32 advantage on the boards, grabbing 19 offensive rebounds to CSU's 9.
• Loyola became the 11th CSU opponent in 17 games (and 10th in the last 12) to shoot less than 40-percent from the field. The Ramblers were 19-for-59 from the field (.322).
• CSU, which entered the game ranked second in the nation in scoring defense (55.1 ppg), held the Ramblers below the average.
• CSU forced 19 Loyola turnovers and made 10 steals.