1 | 2 | T | |
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CLE | 22 | 22 | 44 |
OAK | 23 | 20 | 43 |
Cleveland State upsets Oakland 44-43
DETROIT -- Kenny Carpenter scored 16 points, Anthony Wright added 12 and No. 8 seed Cleveland State upset No. 4 seed Oakland 44-43 in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals on Monday night.
Tyree Appleby scored on a short baseline jumper with 32 seconds left to give the Vikings (12-22) the lead.
Cleveland State then got a stop with 14.5 seconds left, Appleby missed the front end of a 1-and-1, and the Vikings got another stop as time expired to secure the win.
The Vikings, who upset top-seeded Northern Kentucky on Saturday, will face No. 2 seed Wright State in the championship on Tuesday.
Oakland (19-14) had the largest lead of the second half at 31-26 on Kendrick Nunn's layup with 12:47 to go. Carpenter's 3 cut the deficit to two and neither team led by more than a possession the rest of the way.
Nunn, the nation's second-leading scorer entering the game (26.1 per game), finished with 19 points on 7-of-24 shooting. Jalen Hayes added 20 -- the pair accounting for 39 of the Grizzlies' 43 points.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Chris Beaver
- Brandon Cruz
- Scott Siville
2024-25 Horizon League Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Cleveland State | 9-1 | - | 15-6 |
Purdue Fort Wayne | 7-3 | 2 | 14-7 |
Milwaukee | 7-3 | 2 | 14-7 |
Youngstown State | 7-4 | 2.5 | 12-9 |
Robert Morris | 6-4 | 3 | 14-7 |
Oakland | 6-4 | 3 | 9-12 |
Northern Kentucky | 4-5 | 4.5 | 9-11 |
Wright State | 4-6 | 5 | 10-11 |
IU Indianapolis | 3-7 | 6 | 7-14 |
Detroit Mercy | 2-8 | 7 | 6-15 |
Green Bay | 0-10 | 9 | 2-19 |