Cleveland St. 73, Loyola of Chicago 55
CLEVELAND -- Aaron Pogue had 16 points and 12 rebounds as Cleveland State breezed to a 73-55 victory over Loyola of Chicago in a Horizon League game Thrusday night.
Trevon Harmon added 14 points while Jeremy Montgomery and Norris Cole each contributed 12 points for the Vikings (14-1, 3-0).
After spotting Loyola (9-5, 0-3) the game's first five points, Cleveland State led the final 33 minutes. The Vikings enjoyed their biggest margin, 31 points, after Charlie Woods made two free throws with 6:04 to play.
The Ramblers had no double-figure scorers as Walt Gibler and Courtney Stanley shared top-scoring honors with nine points each. They outscored Cleveland State 15-2 to finish the game as the Vikings went the final 6:30 without a field goal, but still ended up with their most lopsided defeat of the season. After winning its first seven games, Loyola has lost five of seven.
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2020-2021 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Loyola Chicago | 16-2 | - | 26-5 |
Drake | 15-3 | 1 | 26-5 |
Missouri State | 12-6 | 4 | 17-7 |
Indiana State | 11-7 | 5 | 15-10 |
Northern Iowa | 7-11 | 9 | 10-15 |
Evansville | 7-11 | 9 | 9-16 |
Valparaiso | 7-11 | 9 | 10-18 |
Bradley | 6-12 | 10 | 12-16 |
Southern Illinois | 5-13 | 11 | 12-14 |
Illinois State | 4-14 | 12 | 7-18 |
2020-2021 Horizon League Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Wright State | 16-4 | - | 18-6 |
Cleveland State | 16-4 | - | 19-8 |
Detroit Mercy | 10-6 | 4 | 12-10 |
Northern Kentucky | 11-7 | 4 | 14-11 |
Oakland | 10-10 | 6 | 12-18 |
Youngstown State | 9-11 | 7 | 15-12 |
IUPUI | 7-9 | 7 | 8-10 |
Milwaukee | 7-10 | 7.5 | 10-12 |
Green Bay | 8-12 | 8 | 8-17 |
UIC | 6-10 | 8 | 9-13 |
Purdue Fort Wayne | 6-14 | 10 | 8-15 |
Robert Morris | 3-12 | 10.5 | 4-15 |