Jan. 18, 2001

Box Score

CLEVELAND - Freshman guard Abby Scharlow (New Albany, Ind./New Albany) shot 7-of-8 from the field en route to scoring a career-high 20 points as Cleveland State defeated Loyola 91-85 in women's basketball action tonight. The win was the Vikings' (8-8, 1-2 MCC) 12th consecutive against Loyola and improved CSU to 5-1 at home this season. In addition, CSU is now 7-0 this year when scoring at least 80 points and 40-4 in six seasons under head coach Duffy Burns.

Senior guard Mahogany Green (Toledo, Ohio/Bowsher) led all players with 22 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for her fifth double-double of the year. Junior forward Tonya Crum (Lodi, Wis./Sun Prairie) added 11 points and 11 rebounds for her first double-double of the season, while senior guard Venus Harmeyer (Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove) posted 11 points.

The Ramblers (8-8, 2-1 MCC) were paced by sophomore guard Tracy Hoffman's 17 points, while junior guard Beth Dilling added 15 points and seven rebounds.

"We shot the ball well and got the game in our style," Burns. "We played well for 37 minutes then relaxed for the last three. We needed a win in the worst way."

CSU out-rebounded Loyola 44-38 and out-shot the Ramblers 47-43 percent from the floor.

Cleveland State is in action again on Saturday, Jan. 20 when it hosts Illinois-Chicago at 4:00 p.m. in Goodman Arena.