The Cleveland State Men’s Basketball team (1-2 going into the weekend) had a doozy of a weekend. Scoring almost 100 points versus another Northeast Ohio school (but losing) and storming back to beat a school Wright State demolished certainly was an interesting watch. The MTE (Multiple Team Event) at Colonial Hall at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, WV was anything but boring for the Vikings.

The Youngstown State Penguins women's basketball team (3-1) kicked off both halves with great starts and never trailed in a tough 60-53 win over the Bucknell Bison (1-3) on Sunday afternoon at Zidian Family Arena at the Beeghly Center. Youngstown State got off to a hot start by scoring on their first four possessions of the day en route to an early 9-2 lead, with Sarah Baker hitting a turnaround shot to start it off.

The next chapter of Cleveland State men's soccer's historic season will play out in the NCAA Tournament, on Thursday evening at Marshall. The newly-crowned Horizon League tournament champions learned of their pending trip to Huntington, WV on Monday afternoon, during the NCAA’s selection show. The Thundering Herd has become a men’s soccer powerhouse in recent years, including a national championship in 2020.

With so many straight days of basketball games, the results and performances tend to blur together. The good news, though, is that there was a lot more to go on, data-wise, to make some more-informed Power Rankings picks. Oddly enough, though, the results for Week 2 were strikingly similar to the first week (with a notable exception), so maybe deep-diving into each game was a fruitless exercise on my part.

Thanks to fast starts out of the locker room to begin both the first and third quarters, Cleveland State was never seriously threatened by Akron on Sunday in the Wolstein Center, winning 76-55 to improve to 4-0 for the first time since 2021-22. Here are five things that stood out from the rivalry (?) victory. 1. Jada Leonard could stand as the first, second, and third observations for the Vikings, and it wouldn’t be hyperbole.

With the Horizon League in a middle of a three-week long non-stop string of non-conference games, Bob and Jim dive into the middle of the contests that have already played out. Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠horizoneroundtable.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠horizoneoundtable.com/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/horizoneroundtable

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The Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team went through a see-saw battle and ended up on the short end of the stick with an 84-80 loss on the road at the hands of the St. Bonaventure Bonnies (4-0) on Saturday afternoon at the Reilly Center in Olean, NY. Both teams battled through nine lead changes and eight ties in first half, and Youngstown State used a 10-4 run in order to go from down by two at 25-23 to go up by six at 33-27 with 5:09 left to go before halftime.

Fort Wayne, IN - In the matinee showing of the 'Dons doubleheader on Saturday, the Purdue Fort Wayne women's basketball team (2-2) took the floor at the Hillard Gates Sports Center just days removed from arguably the most memorable program win in history. Looking to shake off the awe and wonder of the moment, the 'Dons played host to their first mid-major opponent of the year in Southern Illinois (1-1).

This week, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies experienced the extreme opposite ends of the college basketball spectrum. Wednesday brought a trip to No. 1 Houston, where the Cougars displayed ferocious activity defensively, storming to a massive 78-45 win. Saturday, it was Oakland’s turn overwhelm an opponent, taking down NAIA Defiance by a score of 113-47. When looking at the week that was, it needs to begin in Houston, where the Golden Grizzlies played a bit of history.

Cleveland State, the Horizon League’s regular season champion and top seed, faced a dire dilemma deep into its conference final meeting with Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday afternoon. After untold chances were left wanting, the regulation 90 minutes weren’t enough to settle the affair. The first ten of extra time didn’t do much to help. As the clock spun through the second overtime period, the possibility of penalty kicks – that hated coin flip used to decide soccer outcomes worldwide – became a Sword of Damocles looming over the Vikings’ storybook season.

INDIANAPOLIS – The battle today between the IU Indianapolis Jaguars and the Bradley Braves was mostly fought out in the paint. The Jaguars, particularly junior guard Nevah Foster, consistently worked through traffic to drive the ball to the rim, keeping ahead of the Braves. This offensive display at home led to IU Indy taking a win, 75-67. “I think this year, with the makeup of our team, we are trying to play really fast,” head coach Kate Bruce said in regard to the team’s 52 points from the paint.

Fort Wayne, IN - In the first game of the 'Dons doubleheader in Hilliard Gates Sports Center, the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team (2-3) played NCCAA DII Boyce College out of Louisville, Kentucky. After a poor second half performance Wednesday night in a loss against Western Michigan, the 'Dons looked to bounce back and get momentum and confidence back before heading back out on the road.

It’s not physically possible to see and do everything, but new Cleveland State assistant coach Steve Lanpher has come awfully close, at least in college basketball terms. He’s been a Division I head coach, at the New Jersey Institute of Technology between 2012 and 2018, and built up to the position with the Highlanders through DI assistant roles at Vermont, UMass and, briefly, Lamar.