Cleveland State University NCAA News

Anton Grady needs to stay out of foul trouble for Cleveland State to continue to flourish this season.

East Carolina has started the year on a seven-game winning streak after capping a 75-66 victory over Cleveland State to close out the Thanksgiving Tournament.

Trey Lewis scored 23 points and Cleveland State opened the gates in the second half sending Ball State home with a 78-55 loss on Saturday night.

One game after senior forward John Harris was seemingly MIA in Cleveland State's heartbreaking loss at Kentucky, he showed up big against Ball State.

Kentucky coach John Calipari isn't surprised that his highly-touted freshmen have played like the teenagers they are during the season's first month.

Ball State basketball head coach James Whitford describes this current stretch of the schedule as challenging.

Kentucky trailed Cleveland State by 10 points late in the game, and that was all the motivation Andrew Harrison needed to break out of his funk.

"You know we don't rely on threes," Coach John Calipari said after UK made three of 16 shots from beyond the arc against Eastern Michigan Wednesday night.

A spokesperson with the Horizon League, of which Cleveland State is a member, said Tuesday morning that the conference office is examining Vikings assistant coach Jermaine Kimbrough's social media comments made after a loss Monday night to the University of Kentucky.

Pet Sumner scored 27 points and Ben Johnson added 25 to power the University of Maine-Farmington Beavers past the Saint Joseph's College Monks of Standish, 83-74 in men's basketball action Monday night.

Andrew Harrison's three-point play broke a 57-all tie before twin brother Aaron followed with a 3-pointer with 1:20 remaining, helping No.

The out-of-sorts look on Kentucky players' faces late in the game was perhaps the best indication of how well things were going for Cleveland State on Monday night.

UK forward Julius Randle, center, drove around Cleveland State's Marlin Mason in the first half.

UK head coach John Calipari, right, talks with UK guard Aaron Harrison, left, and guard Andrew Harrison in the second half.

For 30 minutes Cleveland State was the best team on the floor going against No. 3 Kentucky.

Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari holds the championship trophy with his team after beating Kansas in the NCAA FInal Four Championship game at the Superdome, in New Orleans, LA, Monday, April 2, 2012.

Kentucky's game against Cleveland State on Monday night brings together two distinct reactions to referees calling more fouls this season.

Site: Rupp Arena , Lexington. Series: UK leads 1-0. Last meeting: UK won 73-49 on Nov. 24, 2009.

Bryn Forbes led six Cleveland State players in double figures with 18 points as the Vikings defeated Robert Morris, 87-74, Saturday at Wolstein Center in Cleveland.

After a slow start Cleveland State applied the pressure, recovered from an early nine point deficit, steadily caught up, then ultimately pulled away for a 87-74 victory over Robert Morris Saturday afternoon in the Wolstein Center as Bryn Forbes led CSU with 18 points.