The Chicago State men's basketball team will open the 2022-23 season at Northwestern on Monday, November 7 at 7 p.m. at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois. The Cougars are looking to take another step in head coach Gerald Gillion's second season following a 7-25 record from a season ago where CSU snapped a 28-game losing stream and a 24-game road losing streak en route to a berth in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, clinched following an upset win over WAC regular season and tournament champion New Mexico State. Northwestern was 15-16 overall last season including 7-13 in the B1G. The two teams last played December 5, 2020, a 111-66 NU win. The Wildcats hold a 14-0 advantage in the all-time series dating back to 1981.
Here's how to watch, follow and attend:
| Chicago State Cougars at Northwestern Wildcats |
| Date | Time |
Monday, November 7 | 7:00 p.m. |
| Location |
Welsh-Ryan Arena | Evanston, Illinois |
| Television |
B1G+ |
| Live Stats |
Live Stats |
| Game Notes |
Chicago State Game Notes |
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The Chicago State men's basketball team will travel to St. Paul, Minnesota on Friday, November 11 to face St. Thomas at the Anderson Athletic & Recreation Complex at 7 p.m. The same two teams opened the 2021-22 season at the JCC in Chicago in Cougars head coach Gerald Gillion's first game and it also marked the Tommies first game in Division I basketball. Chicago State earned a 77-72 win while St. Thomas would go on to a 10-20 overall record and 4-14 mark in the Summit.
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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