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#855 Cleveland State +5.5 over Oakland 6:00 PM CT

Cleveland State has won back-to-back Horizon league tournament games with a combined 167 points scored. The Vikings split with Oakland in the regular season with an eight-point home win and a 12-point road loss. Cleveland State has appealing numbers for a possible upset-making team with the lowest turnover rate in the Horizon while also excelling defensively in creating turnovers and limiting 3-point shots. This is a veteran team looking to top last season’s 21-win result when they lost in the Horizon Tournament final by two points. Oakland finished in first place in the Horizon regular season going 15-5 but the Grizzlies were not the overwhelming best team in the conference, playing the #10 rated schedule and ranking third on offense and fourth on defense in the league numbers. Two overtime wins helped the Grizzlies finish on top of the standings and they played without contributor Isaiah Jones in Thursday’s 10-point tournament win over IPFW. This has not been the up-tempo Grizzlies team of the past under Greg Kampe as this is a pairing of two deliberate tempo teams and the underdog has significant appeal in a likely close game.