On The Horizon

Jim Squire

Handing out the Hardware: All-conference players of 2022 (Part 1 of 2)--Hoops HD

Horizon
G: Antoine Davis (Detroit Mercy)
G: Trey Calvin (Wright State)
G: Dwayne Cohill (Youngstown State)
F: Trey Townsend (Oakland)
F: Kahliel Spear (Robert Morris)
POYSF: Antoine Davis (Detroit Mercy)

Cleveland State Men’s Basketball Victorious at Robert Morris--csuvikings.com

Cleveland State Women’s Basketball Closes Out 2022 With 70-52 Victory At RMU--csuvikings.com

Former Titan Dan Kennedy '89 Receives Titan Reggie Spirit Of Detroit Mercy Award--detroittitans.com
Titans Edged At Home On New Year's Eve--detroittitans.com

Titans Fall in New Year's Eve Setback at Green Bay--detroittitans.com

Green Bay Stumbles 81-65 to Oakland--greenbayphoenix.com

Green Bay Dominates Detroit Mercy 80-33 to Close Out 2022--greenbayphoenix.com

JAGUARS FALL AT HOME TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE--iupuijags.com

JAGS DEFEAT NORSE IN THRILLING #HLWBB MATCHUP, 68-65--iupuijags.com

Panthers hold on to snap six-game losing streak to Titans--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Crashes Detroit’s New Year’s Party In Thriller, 84-81--mkepanthers.com

Panthers Lock Up Oakland in New Year’s Eve Win--mkepanthers.com

Norse use lockdown defense, scoring clinic to come up with win over Wright State--The Northerner
Men’s Basketball ties NCAA DI era record with 4-0 start in #HLMBB play--nkunorse.com

Norse Drop Intense Road Battle to IUPUI--nkunorse.com

Season-high point totals for senior Jalen Moore and sophomore Chris Conway lead Oakland past Green Bay--goldengrizzlies.com

Oakland rounds out road trip with Saturday date with Milwaukee--goldengrizzlies.com

Men’s Basketball Earns Road Win at Youngstown State 76-71--gomastodons.com

Abbigail Stephens Notches New Career-High in Loss at Youngstown State--gomastodons.com

RMU Basketball: Enoch Cheeks star play has Colonials in Horizon League contention--Busting Brackets
Cleveland State Halts RMU Winning Streak at Three--rmucolonials.com

RMU Falls To Vikings In 2022 Finale--rmucolonials.com

Women’s Basketball opens 2023 at IUPUI--wsuraiders.com

Penguins Drop 76-71 Contest to Purdue Fort Wayne--ysusports.com

Penguins Top 'Dons, Record 22nd Win of 2022--ysusports.com

#HLMBB Roundup - Dec. 31--The Horizon League

#HLWBB Roundup – December 30--The Horizon League
#HLWBB Roundup – December 31--The Horizon League

Jim Squire

Cleveland State Men’s Basketball Falls on the Road at Youngstown State--csuvikings.com

Vikings take down Youngstown State for program record 12th straight win--HoriZone Roundtable WBB
Cleveland State Women’s Basketball Sets Program Record With 12th Straight Win--csuvikings.com

Titans Overwhelm Green Bay, 76-59--detroittitans.com

Offense Struggles as Titans drop #HLWBB game at Milwaukee--detroittitans.com

Green Bay Falls in Return to Horizon League Play--greenbayphoenix.com

Women's Basketball Extends Win Streak to Six, Defeats Oakland 64-42--greenbayphoenix.com

Oakland 83, UWM 61: Rest leads to rust as Panthers blown out in Horizon League reboot--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Drops Road Battle At Oakland--mkepanthers.com

MKE Sets Program Records in Rout of Titans--mkepanthers.com

Norse get payback on Wright State, improve to 3-0 in Horizon--Link Nky
NKU Bounce Back with a Victory Over Division Rivals, Wright State 78-64--48 Minutes Network
Men’s Basketball knocks off rival Wright State to remain perfect in #HLMBB play--nkunorse.com

Women’s basketball resumes Horizon League play with rout of Wright State--The Northerner

Junior Blake Lampman scores career-high 20 as Oakland picks up first #HLMBB victory of season over Milwaukee--goldengrizzlies.com

Cold second half bites Golden Grizzlies in loss to Green Bay--goldengrizzlies.com

Mastodons Drop Road Contest at Robert Morris--gomastodons.com

Mastodon WBB Hands Robert Morris First Home Loss of the Season--gomastodons.com

Robert Morris defeats Purdue Fort Wayne for 3rd straight win--Trib Live
Robert Morris Takes Down Old NEC Foe Saint Francis--Colonial Sports Network
Enoch Cheeks Career Night Propels Robert Morris Over Purdue Fort Wayne--Colonial Sports Network
Colonials Down Mastodons For Third Straight Win--rmucolonials.com

Shooting Woes Plague Robert Morris in First Home Loss Against Purdue Fort Wayne--Colonial Sports Network
Mastodons Deliver Colonials Home Loss--rmucolonials.com

Wright State basketball: Raiders fade in second half, fall to Northern Kentucky--Dayton Daily News
Calvin's 31 points not enough on Thursday night--wsuraiders.com

YSU tops Cleveland State, 85-71--Warren Tribune Chronicle
Rush Scores 1,000th Point as Penguins Top Cleveland State 85-71--ysusports.com

Cleveland State uses physicality to outmuscle YSU 77-68--Warren Tribune Chronicle
Penguins' Winning Streak Snapped in 77-68 Loss to Cleveland State--ysusports.com

#HLMBB Roundup - Dec. 29--The Horizon League

#HLWBB Roundup – December 29--The Horizon League

Jim Squire

Bracket Watch: December 28th - 30th--The Bracketeer

CONFERENCE LEADER GAMES
5. Cleveland State at Youngstown State, Thursday, 8 PM ET, ESPN+
The Vikings were the surprise of early league play in early contests against both Detroit Mercy and Oakland, beating them in convincing fashion. CSU will take its 2-0 league record east to Youngstown to take on a quality YSU team, who was my preseason pick to win the league’s automatic bid. The Horizon League will have battles that create rollercoasters throughout the year due to the travel partner and one-day-off configuration. Many coaches prefer to go all in on the first game, and that should certainly be the case in a competitive tilt like this one. An important week for the Penguins with a hot Purdue Fort Wayne visiting on Saturday. CSU heads to RMU, another feisty team of late. So, we’ve got a big week across the board. Now to the matchup.

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰?

Through 11 games, @Deshon_Parker leads the Horizon League with a 2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio!#GoVikes pic.twitter.com/vVtJIsEaOg
— Cleveland State Men’s Basketball 🏀 (@csu_basketball) December 15, 2022

Cleveland State will need to generate consistent offense as they did in the first two Horizon games to handle an efficient YSU attack. This could be tricky because Detroit Mercy and Oakland have little resistance on defense and the Penguins are a step up. When CSU left league play they scored less than 60 points in all three matchups against the Bonnies, Kent State, and LMU. Sure, that’s stiffer competition – but the Vikings had no flow. They’ll need that here. When YSU has the ball, CSU will depend on its Top 50 defensive eFG% to cause forced shots and poor Penguin decisions. CSU arguably has the most effective defense in the Horizon, and that will keep them in games all year – should it continue. YSU has been a well-oiled offensive machine thru 13 games. High marks in free throw shooting, 3-point shooting, 2-point shooting, eFG%, and second-chance opportunities have carried the Penguins to a 9-4 start. Youngstown State has been even more explosive in their home digs of the Beeghly Center, where they’ve scored 79 or more in all contests to date. Vikings have their defensive work carved out. Difficult to envision a scenario where YSU scores less than 70 in this building, so the question comes back to the Vikings’ offense – where is the scoring going to come from?

Cleveland State Men's Basketball Resumes #HLMBB Play at Youngstown State--csuvikings.com

Green Bay Men's Basketball to Visit Detroit Mercy, Oakland on New Year's Weekend--greenbayphoenix.com

JAGS HOST #HLWBB FOES NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND WRIGHT STATE--iupuijags.com

Norse enter Horizon League Championship rematch vs. Wright State Thursday--The Northerner

Women's Basketball Keeps Rolling, Roughs Up Raiders at Home--nkunorse.com

Wright State at Northern Kentucky: What to know about tonight’s game--Dayton Daily News

Wright State WBB: Non-conference wrap-up--HoriZone Roundtable WBB
Raiders drop conference game at NKU--wsuraiders.com

Penguin men ready to resume Horizon League play with Cleveland State matchup--Warren Tribune Chronicle

YSU women set for Cleveland State--Warren Tribune Chronicle

Jim Squire

#HLMBB Games Preview – December 29th – January 2nd--HoriZone Roundtable

Cleveland State Women's Basketball Returns To #HLWBB Play With Thursday Night Matchup At YSU--csuvikings.com

Titans Welcome Green Bay On Thursday In Annual Titan Reggie Memorial Game--detroittitans.com

Games 12-13: Detroit Mercy Rings in the New Year with Pair of #HLWBB Road Games at Milwaukee and Green Bay--detroittitans.com

Women's Basketball to Ring In New Year Against Oakland, Detroit Mercy--greenbayphoenix.com

NCAA Basketball: 10 most shocking disappointments in 2022-23 season--Busting Brackets

6. Oakland Golden Grizzlies – 2-11 (0-2)

In the transfer portal era, mid-major rosters can easily fluctuate to become better or worse than expected. But I had to include a team that return last year’s second-leading passer (Jalen Moore), along with two high-profile additions in Rocket Watts and Lorne Bowman, that’s yet to win a single game in regulation, with an overtime victory over Eastern Michigan as the lone D-I positive accomplishment.

Moore’s injury issues and the transfers not being as good as expected have hurt Oakland’s offense but they rank as one of the worst defenses in NCAA Basketball, giving up 80.0 ppg. The zone defense has become either a layup line or a pathway to easy three-point shots and even when Moore becomes 100% again, I don’t see how the Horizon League doesn’t continue carving up the defense.

Oakland Makes the Return Back Home to Host Milwaukee on the Blacktop--goldengrizzlies.com

Women's basketball begins two-game Wisconsin trip with Thursday clash with Green Bay--goldengrizzlies.com

'Dons Set The GPS to Moon Township, Pa. For #HLMBB Play--gomastodons.com

Newest Horizon League Members Meet for WBB Game on Thursday--gomastodons.com

Return To #HLMBB Play Closes Out 2022--rmucolonials.com

RMU Hosts Purdue Fort Wayne in #HLWBB Action--rmucolonials.com

Wright State basketball: Raiders hope early setbacks haven’t put league title out of reach--Dayton Daily News
Men's Basketball faces NKU Thursday to restart #HLMBB action--wsuraiders.com

Men's Basketball Hosts Cleveland State in Horizon League Showdown Thursday--ysusports.com

#HLMBB Weekly Notebook – December 28--The Horizon League

#HLWBB Weekly Notebook – December 28--The Horizon League