CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State women's basketball team will close out its annual trip to Wisconsin on Saturday, February 1, traveling to Milwaukee for a 3:00 p.m. EST contest. Entering the matchup, the Vikings stand at 17-5 overall this season and 8-3 in Horizon League play, while the Panthers are currently 5-18 on the year and 2-10 in #HLWBB play.
Saturday's contest marks the second of a two-game roadswing for the Vikings, and the first of just three road games for Cleveland State during the month of February. So far this season, the Vikings are 9-4 when playing away from home and 4-2 in #HLWBB road games.
Through seven+ weeks of league play, Cleveland State sits third in the league standings, while the Panthers are currently 11
th heading into Saturday's contest. During the first meeting of the 2024-25 season, the Vikings picked up a 73-68 victory in overtime as part of Cleveland State's 29-game home win streak.
Entering Saturday's contest,
Mickayla Perdue continues to lead the Horizon League averaging 20.0 points per game, and has 439 total points on the year after finishing with a team-high 17 at Green Bay last time out. Perdue is part of a Cleveland State offense that leads the league with a .476 field goal percentage, while the Vikings rank second averaging 76.0 points per game this year.
Cleveland State has been one of the best Horizon League teams to share the ball this season, currently averaging 16.27 assists per game as a team. Through 22 games played, the Vikings have tallied 10+ assists in all but one game this year, with four Vikings posting 40+ helpers on the year.
Sara Guerreiro has a team-best 99 assists, while Perdue has 71 on the year,
Macey Fegan has added 48, and
Destiny Leo has chipped in 43.
Defensively, Guerreiro also remains at the top of the league standings averaging 8.0 rebounds per game, notching 175 total boards on the season. Guerreiro and
Jordana Reisma (6.6 rpg) are part of a Cleveland State team that sits at the top of the standings averaging 38.5 boards per game, while holding a league-best 31.6 rebounding margin.
Scouting The Panthers
Last time out, Milwaukee picked up a 66-62 victory over IU Indy, snapping a six-game losing skid. Saturday's contest will be the first of a three-game homestand for the Panthers, a place where they stand at just 3-6 on the year. In addition to IU Indy, Milwaukee's other league win this season came over Wright State at the beginning of January.
