CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State women's basketball team returned to the court for the first time in a week Saturday, picking up a 94-52 victory over Ohio Dominican as part of Cleveland State Homecoming Week. With the win, the Vikings are now 3-2 overall this season.
Game Stats
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Jordana Reisma (24 points) and
Mickayla Perdue (23 points) led the Viking offense, while
Macey Fegan added 11 points and
Sara Guerreiro chipped in 10.
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Jordana Reisma grabbed a team-best nine rebounds, while
Sara Guerreiro recorded eight boards.
-As a team, the Vikings combined for 23 assists on the game, including eight from
Sara Guerreiro and five from
Mickayla Perdue.
-Cleveland State shot 54-percent from the field on the game.
Game Notes
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Jordana Reisma recorded the first 20-point game of her career after finishing with 24 on the game.
-With 23 points on Saturday,
Mickayla Perdue has now posted 20+ points in four of the first five games this season.
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Destiny Leo added to her CSU career record for three-pointers made with two on the game, currently sitting at 236 total three-pointers.
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Jannah Eissa made her Cleveland State debut on Saturday, finishing with two points in four minutes of action.
-Saturday's win over Ohio Dominican extended Cleveland State's current home win streak to 25 straight games.
The Game
During the opening quarter the Vikings used 11 points from
Jordana Reisma to gain a 19-13 lead after 10 minutes of play, before extending this lead to 21-13 in the opening minute of the second quarter on a
Kali Howard jumper. The two teams then traded baskets over the next few possessions, until a 6-0 CSU run put the Vikings up by 10 points at the 34-24 mark on a
Mya Moore jumper at the 2:35 mark.
The Vikings then closed out the second frame on a 6-2 run – with all six points coming from
Mickayla Perdue – taking a 40-26 lead into the halftime break.
A pair of baskets from Reisma and Perdue to open the third quarter extended Cleveland State's advantage to 44-26, while a
Macey Fegan layup off a Perdue steal a few plays later gave the Vikings a 20-point lead at 51-31.
The Vikings continued their momentum with a
Destiny Leo three-pointer 30-seconds later to put the score at 54-31, and then controlled play throughout the rest of the frame to take a 71-44 lead into the final 10 minutes of action.
Cleveland State then used a dominant 23-8 fourth quarter, closing out the 94-52 victory.
Up Next
Cleveland State will travel to New Orleans, La. for the Big Easy Classic next week, taking on Louisiana (Friday, November 29) and Lamar (Saturday, November 30).