Gary Waters Talks About Win Over Butler

Friday the 13th can be a supersitious day to many. The date spawned a popular movie series starring Jason, who made a hockey mask popular nightmare. Butler's home floor Hinkle Fieldhouse has spawned the same type of night tremors to Cleveland State basketball teams in the past. Under Gary Waters, the Vikings have won only once at Butler and have a combined record of 30-7 overall in their series. Cleveland State used a gritty performance which included as many twists and turns of a horror movie to come away with a 76-69 win at Hinkle in a key Horizon League Conference match-up. More importantly, it erases many painful recent memories of key CSU losses that have cost the Vikings dearly in recent years.

Leading the charge for the the Vikings was junior forward Tim Kamczyc and senior guard Jermey Montgomery, who came away time and time again with timely baskets to silence a vociferous crowd when Butler started to gather momentum. CSU had control of most of the game, coming out of the gates with a 20-4 advantage to start the game but the Bulldogs clawed back time and time again to make it a contest. The NCAA runner-ups from a year ago would take a brief 41-40 lead in the second half, but CSU would answer and never again trail.

The win victory puts the Vikings into a two-way tie with Milwaukee at 5-1 in the Horizon League. CSU returns to action Sunday as they head to Valprasio for a 2:30 tip off.

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