Norris Cole dominates for CSU against Penguins

By JOE SCALZO

scalzo@vindy.com

cleveland

With just over a minute left in the first half of Saturday’s game against Youngstown State, a Cleveland State basketball fan yelled out “Thank God for Norris Cole!”

The 6-foot-2 senior guard was the answer to the Vikings’ prayers, putting together one of the best games in school history to keep CSU’s Horizon League hopes alive.

Cole posted career-highs in points (41) and rebounds (20) to go with nine assists, three steals and just two turnovers as the Vikings held off YSU 86-76 in front of nearly 4,000 fans at the Wolstein Center.

Read the story in Sunday’s Vindicator and vindy.com.