CSU Vikings Looking For Sweep In Indiana as They Face Valpo in Sunday Matinee

Cleveland State (15-3, 5-1 HL) at Valparaiso (11-7, 4-2 HL)
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Time: 2:35 p.m. EST
Location: Athletics-Recreation Center (5,000)- Valparaiso, Ind.
Radio: WHK 1420 AM (Cleveland) & WHKZ, 1440 AM (Warren) (Al Pawlowski)
TV: None Live. Video stream available on Horizon League Network
Series: CSU leads, 28-9
Last Mt'g: @CSU 76, Valpo 65 (2/3/11)
Line: Vikings -1

The Cleveland State Vikings will look to continue their road success bringing their nation leading 8 road wins to Valparaiso in a Horizon League showdown. CSU is coming off a huge road win against Butler in Indianapolis on Friday night and if they are able to prevail against the Crusaders on Sunday afternoon it will be the first time a team in the conference has managed to sweep teams in Indiana since Valpo joined the league last decade.

The Crusaders sit in a third place tie in the conference and are coming off a double digit home win against Youngstown State. The Penguins are the only team to defeat CSU in the Horizon this season and did so at home on New Year's Eve.

Australian import Ryan Broekhoff stars for Valpo and is currently second in the conference in scoring at 15.2 ppg and also leads the league in rebounding bring down 9.3 boards a contest. The Crusaders also boast the leading scorer in the conference as Kevin Van Wijk tallies 15.5 points per game. How the home team will handle CSU's pressure defense will be the deciding factor in the game.

Tipoff is set for 2:35 pm and can be seen online for free on the Horizon League's website.