GET AFTER THE TIP
Cleveland State begins a four-game road trip, the longest of the season, on Monday at Bowling Green with a 7 p.m. tipoff. The Falcons are the first of two MAC teams that the Green and White will play this season.

LAST GAME OUT

• The Vikings picked up their first win of the season in the home opener against Michigan-Dearborn 103-79 on Friday night.
• Rayvon Griffith scored a career-best 34 points to pace four players in double-digits, followed by Micah Bays (18), Jordan Lowery (15), and Obie Bronston Jr. (10).
• Cleveland State shot 52.9 percent in the first half, 70.3 percent in the second half, and finishing at 60.7 percent for the game.
• The battle on the glass went to the Vikings 36-19 as Gavin Headings pulled down eight boards off the bench to lead the way.
• Lowery and Bays dished out five assists apiece as the team finished with 16 on 37 made field goals.

 
ABOUT THE FALCONS

• Bowling Green has played just one game, defeating Georgia State on the road, 76-73.
• Four players scored double-digit points behind a game-best 28 from Zach Howell on 10-of-14 shooting. Josiah Shackelford hauled in a game-best nine rebounds and dished out three assists.
• The Falcons brought in nine newcomers, consisting of six transfers and three freshmen, to go along with six returners.
• Last season, the Falcons went 18-14 overall with a 10-8 mark at home.
• Todd Simon is in his fourth season as the head coach of the Falcons.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• Bowling Green leads the all-time series 11-8, but each team has won five games apiece during the last ten.
• The last meeting was in 2019 with BGSU winning at home, 72-58.
• Cleveland State last won in 2018 inside the Wolstein Center, 82-64.

 
TOOK JUST TWO GAMES

• Cleveland State has used the same starting five in both games.
• All 13 available players have played at least four minutes.
• Every suited-up player has scored at least two points with four players averaging double-digits.

 
GRIFFITH IS JUST GETTING STARTED

• Rayvon Griffith led the scoring in both games thus far with 13 at Missouri before dropping a career-best 34 points versus Michigan Dearborn.
• The senior is averaging is 23.5 points on 48.6 percent shooting from the field.
• Has gone 9-of-10 at the free throw line and averages 4.5 rebounds and one assist per game.

 
TOUGH ON THE GLASS

• The Green and White have pulled down 12 offensive boards in each of its first two games.
• Those rebounds have led to 29 second chance points.
• Cleveland State held Michigan-Dearborn to six offensive rebounds and just two second chance points.
• Dre Jones led the way in the first game with eight rebounds and Headings matched that number in the second game.

 
THE LINE WAS OUR FRIEND

• Cleveland State went 23-of-26 from the charity stripe against the Wolverines.
• Five different Vikings went to the line led by Griffith and Bays making six apiece.

 
TRIPLE-DIGIT NOTES

• The Vikings have reached triple-digits three times under coach Summers.
• The Green and White are 3-0 when scoring 100+ points under coach Summers.
• The 103 points against Michigan-Dearborn was the second-most.
• Cleveland State has scored 100+ points in back-to-back games inside the Wolstein Center after doing so against IU Indy in the tournament and UM-Dearborn in the opener.

 
MTE HISTORY FOR THE VIKES

• The Vikings went 1-1 at last year's MTE which was the Greenbrier Tip-Off event.
• Cleveland State fell to Kent State (102-95) before defeating Radford (87-82).
• Since the 1999-00 season, the Green and White are 41-35 during in-season tournaments.
• In the last five seasons, Cleveland State is 8-2 during the events.

 
THE RADIO SHOW IS BACK
Fans will have eight opportunities during the 2026-27 campaign to hear coach Summers and select guests on the Cleveland State Basketball Coaches Show. The show airs from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on 99.1 FM.
 
ABOUT THE 2026-27 VIKINGS

• Cleveland State has 14 new faces on the roster.
  • 9 {Ohio} | 1 {Texas} | 1 {North Carolina}, 1 {Iowa}, 1 {Florida}, 1 {Denmark}.
  • 8 Division 1 Transfers | 2 JUCO | 1 Division 2 Transfer |3 Freshman.
• All 14 players on the roster are above six-foot tall with a pair of them being 6-10.
• The Vikings were picked 11th in the Horizon League Preseason Poll.

 
NEW BUT FAMILIAR FACES ON THE SIDELINE

• Coach Summers announced in May the addition of Tre Gomillion (Assistant Coach) and Drew Denisco {Chief of Staff}.
• Gomillion played three seasons for the Vikings (2019-22) under coach Gates and followed him to Missouri for his final year. Gomillion then joined the staff as a Graduate Assistant for two seasons.
• Denisco spent one season as a Graduate Assistant Coach for the Green and White in 2009-10.

 
CLEVELAND STATE SELECTED ELEVENTH IN #HLMBB PRESEASON POLL

• Cleveland State was selected to finish eleventh in the poll, which was the same spot they finished last season.
• Wright State was picked to repeat as Horizon League champions with Robert Morris in second, and Green Bay third.
   

UP NEXT

• The Green and White head to Huntsville, Alabama, for an MTE with West Florida (November 13) and host Alabama A&M (November 15).
• Both games are scheduled for 3 p.m.