Complete Game Notes
Chicago State men's basketball (3-11) plays their only Big Ten team of the season when they travel to No. 10 Ohio State (9-2) on Saturday (Dec. 29) at 3:30 p.m. CT. The game will be aired live on the Big Ten Network.
SERIES HISTORY -
Chicago State trails the all-time NCAA Division series with the Ohio State Buckeyes 0-3. The last meeting between the two clubs came on Nov. 14, 2005. The Buckeyes defeated Chicago State 81-52. It was the season opener for both teams.
DESTINATION: WAC 2013-14 -
Chicago State has accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference. The Cougars will join the WAC for the 2013-14 season.
B1G GAMES -
Saturday will be
Tracy Dildy's second game as Chicago State head coach against a Big Ten team. His Cougars fell at Iowa on Nov. 11, 2011 96-53.
SPARK FROM CLARKE -
Sophomore
Clarke Rosenberg (Skokie, Ill./Evanston Township) averaged just over 10 minutes per game in Chicago State's first four contests. In the fifth he was inserted into the starting lineup and he hasn't looked back. Since then he is averaging 11.4 points per game. He dished a career-high five assists against DePaul and scored 19 points at SIUE.
FREE FOR A REASON -
Chicago State leads the Great West Conference in free throw percentage by making 139-of-193 (.720).
FROM BEYOND THE ARC -
Chicago State leads the Great West Conference in 3-pointers per game with 7.1
BOARDING CALL -
Junior
Matt Ross (Dixon, Ill./Dixon) ranks second in the Great West Conference in rebounds per game (7.2).
TURN, TURN, TURN -
Chicago State forced 30 UW-Green Bay turnovers in the season opener, the most during the
Tracy Dildy era at Chicago State. The Cougars then forced 25 turnovers against Concordia Chicago on Tuesday.
HELPING HAND -
Chicago State's 24 assists Concordia Chicago (Nov. 13) marked the most during the
Tracy Dildy era. It also stands as the most by a Great West Conference team this year.
RELATIVE GREATNESS -
Junior
Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg) is the nephew of former Chicago Bull Scottie Pippen. Not surprising, Quinton wears No. 33.
RELATIVE GREATNESS X2-
Junior
Mashawn Chamberlain (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle)'s cousin is New Orleans Hornets forward Anthony Davis. The No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft Davis was in the stands to see Chamberlain when the Cougars played at Tulane on Nov. 18.
NEW AND IMPROVED -
Senior
Jeremy Robinson (Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) was named the 2011-12 Great West Conference Newcomer of the Year last season.
HE'S BACK -
Senior
Jeremy Robinson (Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) is the Great West Conference's leading returning scorer (13.6 last season).
PRESEASON ACCOLADES -
CollegeBasketballTalk.com and CollegeSportsMadness.com each pegged senior
Jeremy Robinson (Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) as their 2012-13 Preseason Great West Conference Player of the Year Selection. The GWC head coaches picked Robinson as a 2012-13 All-Preseason First Team selection.
BRAINS AND BRAWN -
In the classroom,
Jeremy Robinson (Decatur, Ill./Eisenhower) was a CSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll choice last year for a GPA over 3.50.
Nate Henry (Chicago, Ill./Farragut) was named a Cougar Scholar Athlete for a GPA between 3.00 and 3.49
HOMEGROWN TALENT -
The Chicago State roster features 12 Illinois natives.
UP FOR THE CHALLENGE -
Chicago State has scheduled a challenging 2012-13 slate. The Cougars' Division I non-conference foes averaged 16.5 victories last season.
MAJOR AWARDS AT JUNIOR COLLEGE -
Junior
Jamere Dismukes (Park Forest, Ill./Rich East) earned First Team All-NJCAA Region IV Division II honors at BlackHawk College.
Nate Duhon (Lansing, Mich./Sexton) picked up Second Team NJCAA Division II All-American and Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) Player of the Year honors at Lansing CC.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN -
The 2012-13 slate features road games in 11 different states.
