WB2K23: Cleveland State

Cleveland State is back after a 21-9 season. It also went 12-6 in the Horizon League as well. Destiny Leo is a three-point threat who has canned 123 triples in her first two seasons as a Viking. At 5-10, from Cleveland suburb Willowick, Ohio, Leo made 29 starts last season and averaged 18.6 points per game. She shot an outstanding 90.6 percent from the free-throw line, going 125-138 from the charity stripe. Faith Burch is a redshirt-freshman who will debut after sitting out last season. On the high school level at Warren Harding, Burch, a 6-1 forward was an All-Ohio selection. She is a capable scorer and rebounder that should make a contribution to the Vikings success this season. Forward Amele Ngwafang is a 6-0 forward who was a presence on the boards and on defense last season. She led the team with 7.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots per game. Ngwafang blocked a season high five shots in a late season win over Detroit Mercy. Another player to watch is 6-4 center Aminata Ly who is back from an injury which caused her to miss the entire season. A native of Dakar Senegal, Ly has blocked 51 shots in 46 contests. In 2020-21 she shot a career best 54.5 percent from the field in her second collegiate season.

2022-23 Cleveland State Roster

0 Deja Williams Guard Junior 5-6 Long Beach, Calif. / Long Beach Poly (Cal State Northridge)

2 Destiny Leo Guard Junior 5-10 Willowick, Ohio / North

4 Julia Hintz Guard Senior 5-8 New Berlin, Wis. / New Berlin Eisenhower

10 Jordana Reisma Forward Freshman 6-3 Brown Deer, Wis. / Brown Deer

11 Aminata Ly Center Redshirt-Junior 6-4 Dakar, Senegal / Green Forest Christian Academy (Ga.)

12 Sara Guerreiro Guard Junior 5-10 Seixal, Portugal / Escola Básica e Secundária Amélia Rey Colasso

13 Barbara Zieniewska Guard Graduate 6-0 Sokolow Podlaski, Poland

15 Brittni Moore Forward Senior 5-10 Memphis, Tenn. / White Station

20 Shadiya Thomas Guard Junior 5-8 Cypress, Texas / Cypress Ranch

22 Faith Burch Forward Redshirt-Freshman 6-1 Warren, Ohio / Harding

33 Carmen Villalobos Guard Senior 6-1 Cardiz, Spain / Segle XXI

34 Gabriella Smith Guard Senior 5-10 Bolingbrook, Ill. / Bolingbrook

35 Amele Ngwafang Forward Senior 6-0 Silver Spring, Md. / Paintbranch

2022-23 Schedule

November

Mon. 7 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 12:00 PM

Sat. 12 Hofstra Wolstein Center 12:30 PM

Tue. 15 at DePaul Chicago, Ill. 7:00 PM

Sat. 19 at Niagara Niagara University, N.Y. 2:00 PM

Wed. 23 Georgia State Hampton Inn Cleveland Downtown Viking Invitational 4:00 PM

Fri. 25 Bellarmine Hampton Inn Cleveland Downtown Viking Invitational 4:00 PM

Sat. 26 St. Bonaventure Hampton Inn Cleveland Downtown Viking Invitational 4:00 PM

December

Fri. 2 Oakland * Wolstein Center 7:00 PM

Sun. 4 Detroit Mercy * Wolstein Center 2:00 PM

Thu. 8 at Central Mich. Mount Pleasant, Mich. 11:00 AM

Sun. 11 at Akron Akron, Ohio 5:00 PM

Tue. 20 vs. Lindenwood @ Las Vegas, Nev. Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic 2:00 PM

Wed. 21 vs. Campbell @ Las Vegas, Nev. Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic 4:30 PM

Thu. 29 at Youngstown State * Youngstown, Ohio 5:15 PM

Sat. 31 at Robert Morris * Moon Township, Pa. 12:00 PM

January

Fri. 6 Purdue Fort Wayne * Wolstein Center 7:00 PM

Sun. 8 IUPUI * Wolstein Center 2:00 PM

Thu. 12 Milwaukee * Wolstein Center 7:00 PM

Sat. 14 Green Bay * Wolstein Center 2:00 PM

Fri. 20 at Wright State * Fairborn, Ohio 6:00 PM

Sun. 22 at Northern Kentucky * Highland Heights, Ky. 2:00 PM

Thu. 26 at Detroit Mercy * Detroit, Mich. 7:00 PM

Sat. 28 at Oakland * Rochester, Mich. 2:00 PM

February

Thu. 2 Robert Morris * Wolstein Center 7:00 PM

Sat. 4 Youngstown State * Wolstein Center 2:00 PM

Sat. 11 at IUPUI * Indianapolis, Ind. 2:00 PM

Mon. 13 at Purdue Fort Wayne * Fort Wayne, Ind. 7:00 PM

Thu. 16 Northern Kentucky * Wolstein Center 7:00 PM

Sat. 18 Wright State * Wolstein Center 2:00 PM

Thu. 23 at Green Bay * Green Bay, Wis. 6:30 PM

Sat. 25 at Milwaukee * Wolstein Center 2:00 PM

Tue. 28 #HLWBB First Round Campus Sites TBA

March

Thu. 2 #HLWBB Quarterfinals Campus Sites TBA

Mon. 6 #HLWBB Semifinals Indianapolis, Ind. TBA

Tue. 7 #HLWBB Championship Indianapolis, Ind. TBA

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