Thursday, January 11, 2006 If the first weekend is any indication (three games The Stanford men\u2019s basketball team (9-4, After a 2-0 start in the 2006-07 Western Athletic <\/body> Thursday, January 11, 2006 OffshoreInsiders.com CBB Wisconsin Milwaukee-Cleveland State Press Notes Cleveland State returns home for the first time in the new year to start a three-game league homestand. The Vikings open the stretch against three-time defending Horizon League champion UW-Milwaukee. Vikings have played better than their 6-11 overall and 0-4 league mark shows, owning … Continue reading News and Notes<\/span>
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\nreturns home for the first time in the new year<\/span> to
\nstart a three-game league homestand<\/span>. The Vikings open
\nthe stretch against three-time defending Horizon League champion
\nUW-Milwaukee. <\/span>Vikings have played better
\nthan their 6-11 overall and 0-4 league mark shows, owning the halftime lead in
\n12 of the 17 games this season. CSU is coming off a 65-53 loss at
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\nVikings fall behind after having a 13-point halftime lead. UW-Milwaukee (4-13,
\n1-3) has struggled after losing all five starters off last year\u2019s 22-9 team.
\nThe Panthers split their two league games last week, including
\non Jan. 4. After using the same starting lineup and player rotation in the
\nfirst 11 games, the Vikings made some changes over the last five games to help
\noffset the loss of senior Victor Morris (9.7 ppg, 2.5 apg<\/span>)
\nto a foot injury.Bowling Green-Ohio
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\ndecided by a combined eight points), the battle for the MAC East title could
\nemerge as one of the best races in recent history.
\nGreen<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and
\nwill meet for the 119th<\/sup> time on Thursday night. BGSU<\/span>,
\nthe most improved team in the MAC thus far, is 10-4 and 1-0 and coming off a
\n74-73 victory at home over
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\n
\nreason for the early season success for BGSU<\/span> has been
\nthe improved defensive effort of the Falcons. Last year, BGSU<\/span>
\nallowed 71.4 points per game on 45.7% shooting from the field. This year,
\nand is fourth in scoring defense allowing 64.0 points per game.
\nreturns three starters from last year\u2019s team and has several key performers
\nback from the 2005 MAC Tournament Championship team.
\ntransfer Bubba Walther has had an immediate impact averaging 15 points per
\ngame. Sophomore Jerome Tillman is averaging 14.8 points and 7.9 rebounds,
\njunior Leon Williams is contributing 14.4 points and 8.9 boards, and senior
\nWhitney Davis is averaging 12.2 points.Washington-Stanford
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\n1-2 Pac-10) return<\/span> to the Bay Area to host conference foe
\n(11-4, 1-3). The Cardinal are 2-2 since returning from the holiday break and
\nare coming off a hard fought road win (76-75) at Virginia. Huskies enter
\nThursday\u2019s contest with an 11-4 overall record and a 1-3 mark in league play.
\nLast week, UW split with the
\nschools, beating ASU<\/span> and falling to
\n
\n84.8 points per game.<\/span> Stanford holds a 66-58 lead in the all-time series
\nthat began in 1916, including wins in 15 of the last 20 meetings against
\nThe Huskies lost in their last 13 visits to Maples Pavilion.News Star
\nConference season, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (4-10; 2-0 WAC<\/span>)
\nwill continue league play tonight at 8:05 against the Boise State Broncos (7-6;
\n1-1 WAC<\/span>). Since joining the WAC<\/span>
\nin 2001, the Bulldogs and the Broncos have battled 11 times with the Tech
\nwinning eight. Last season in the conference opener, Tech\u2019s Paul Millsap had to
\nhit a last-second three pointer to get past
\nin
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