Nov. 9, 2009

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Sophomore Guard Trevon Harmon
l Came off the bench to score a career-high 22 points (old 17 vs Loyola)
l Added 4 assists and 3 steals
l Was six-for-eight from three-point (.750).

Sophomore Center Aaron Pogue
l Led the Vikings with 10 rebounds, six coming from the offensive glass
l Added four points.

Sophomore Forward Nigel Ajere
l Came off the bench to score in double figures, finishing with 15 points
l Was seven-for-eight from the field.
l Added two assists and two steals.

l This was the lone exhibition game of the preseason for the Vikings, who are coming off a 26-11 season in 2008-09. CSU will open the regular season at St. Bonaventure on Friday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m.
l This is the second straight year that CSU played JCU in an exhibition contest. Last year, the Vikings handed the Blue Streaks an 81-33 setback.
l JCU went on to post a 25-5 mark and entered tonight's game ranked second in the nation in the NCAA Division III preseason poll.
l John Carroll opened up leads of 8-2 (15:03) and 11-6 (13:28) in the first half before CSU ran off 13 straight points to take a 28-17 advantage with 3:30 left.
l CSU opened the second half on a 10-2 run in just 1:32 to open up a 48-31 lead (18:28).
l The Vikings showed good passing skills, handing out 24 assists on 31 field goals.
l The Vikings forced 29 John Carroll turnovers in the game. (25 was the most forced in 2008-09)
l After going just two-for-nine from three-point in the first half (.222), CSU warmed up, hitting eight-of-14 in the second stanza to shoot .435 for the game (10-23).