The Cleveland State Vikings are off to a 1-2 start during a tough opening stretch of the season. The Vikings sandwiched home contests with Oakland and Kansas State around a cross-country trip to Washington. After opening the season with a come-from-behind victory over Oakland, the Vikings are now on a two-game losing streak. It won't get any easier this week for CSU as the Vikings travel to Miami, FL for three games in three days during the CBE Classic. On the docket are St. Leo, Toledo and Florida International.

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The Washington Huskies had lost to Portland to open their season; Cleveland State had beaten Oakland, who then came out and won at Oregon. So if that stuff meant anything, this could have been a good spot for the Vikings. Exhibiting the same inability to shoot from the perimeter that reared its head against Oakland, and being dominated on the boards by Washington's big strong front line, CSU was overmatched this night. Jay Pearlman recaps the Vikings loss to the Huskies.

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They came into Wolstein Arena undermanned, Oakland's best player, Derick Nelson, out at least six weeks with a foot broken in Thursday's practice. The plan Coach Greg Kampe implemented was a tight half-court zone defense, one that often started 1-1-3 and morphed into 1-3-1, 2-3 and 1-2-2 sets. And it just about worked. Oakland led this game for the first 36

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The Cleveland State Vikings opened their much anticipated '08-'09 basketball season Saturday with a come-from-behind 58-55 victory over Summit League contender Oakland. CSU had a miserable shooting first half and didn't get the normal contributions from all-league players J'Nathan Bullock and Cedric Jackson, yet the Vikings were able to claw back into the game behind gritty defense and clutch shooting. In Ryan Aroney's latest, he recaps the win and expresses disbelief at the mild turnout.

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