# 2012–13 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Gary Waters. The Vikings played their home games at the Wolstein Center and were members of the Horizon League. It was the 82nd season of Cleveland State basketball. They finished the season 14–18, 5–11 in Horizon League play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League tournament to UIC.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 0 | Josh Ivory | Guard | 6–2 | 200 | Freshman | Alexandria, Louisiana |
| 1 | Sebastian Douglas | Guard | 6–4 | 210 | Sophomore | Houston, Texas |
| 2 | Bryn Forbes | Guard | 6–3 | 175 | Freshman | Lansing, Michigan |
| 3 | Trey Lewis | Guard | 6–2 | 180 | Sophomore | Garfield Heights, Ohio |
| 4 | Devon Long | Center | 6–7 | 260 | Junior | Highland Park, Michigan |
| 11 | Junior Lomomba | Guard | 6–5 | 185 | Freshman | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 15 | Anton Grady | Forward | 6–8 | 215 | Sophomore | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 20 | Raphael Veira | Forward | 6–5 | 200 | Junior | Cleveland, Ohio |
| 21 | Marlin Mason | Forward | 6–6 | 210 | Sophomore | Detroit, Michigan |
| 24 | Ludovic Ndaye | Center | 6–9 | 240 | Junior | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 31 | Charlie Lee | Guard | 5–9 | 160 | Sophomore | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 32 | Aaron Scales | Center | 6–9 | 260 | Freshman | High Point, North Carolina |
| 43 | Samuel Steinmiller | Guard | 5-10 | 225 | Sophomore | Cleveland, Ohio |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| 11/06/2012* 7:00 pm | Malone | W 79–70 | | Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/09/2012* 7:30 pm | Grambling State | W 92–49 | 1–0 | Wolstein Center (4,127) Cleveland, OH |
| 11/12/2012* 6:00 pm | vs. Bowling Green NIT Season Tip-Off First Round | W 79–73 $^{OT}$ | 2–0 | Crisler Center (8,412) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 11/13/2012* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | at No. 5 Michigan NIT Season Tip-Off | L 47–77 | 2–1 | Crisler Center (8,622) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 11/17/2012* 2:00 pm | Old Dominion NIT Season Tip-Off | W 67–55 | 3–1 | Wolstein Center (1,289) Cleveland, OH |
| 11/19/2012* 5:00 pm | vs. Alabama–Huntsville NIT Season Tip-Off | W 71–69 | 4–1 | Charles L. Sewall Center (1,044) Coraopolis, PA |
| 11/20/2012* 7:30 pm | vs. Robert Morris NIT Season Tip-Off | L 62–71 | 4–2 | Charles L. Sewall Center (230) Coraopolis, PA |
| 11/28/2012* 7:00 pm | at Ball State | W 69–63 | 5–2 | Worthen Arena (3,147) Muncie, IN |
| 12/01/2012* 2:00 pm | Toledo | W 78–73 | 6–2 | Wolstein Center (1,549) Cleveland, OH |
| 12/08/2012* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at No. 25 NC State | L 63–80 | 6–3 | PNC Arena (7,234) Raleigh, NC |
| 12/15/2012* 2:00 pm | at St. Bonaventure | L 53–87 | 6–4 | Reilly Center (3,223) St. Bonaventure, NY |
| 12/19/2012* 7:00 pm | Notre Dame College | W 77–66 | 7–4 | Wolstein Center (1,169) Cleveland, OH |
| 12/23/2012* 2:00 pm | at Akron | L 57–87 | 7–5 | James A. Rhodes Arena (3,240) Akron, OH |
| 12/28/2012* 7:00 pm | Rio Grande | W 79–59 | 8–5 | Wolstein Center (1,107) Cleveland, OH |
| 01/02/2013* 6:00 pm | Kent State | L 55–72 | 8–6 | Wolstein Center (2,847) Cleveland, OH |
| 01/04/2013 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at Valparaiso | L 50–74 | 8–7 (0–1) | Athletics–Recreation Center (3,676) Valparaiso, IN |
| 01/07/2013 6:00 pm | UIC | W 60–50 | 9–7 (1–1) | Wolstein Center (1,367) Cleveland, OH |
| 01/09/2013 7:00 pm | at Wright State | L 53–69 | 9–8 (1–2) | Nutter Center (4,048) Fairborn, OH |
| 01/12/2013 4:30 pm | Detroit | W 74–62 | 10–8 (2–2) | Wolstein Center (4,101) Cleveland, OH |
| 01/17/2013 8:00 pm | at Milwaukee | L 57–69 | 10–9 (2–3) | Klotsche Center (2,017) Milwaukee, WI |
| 01/19/2013 2:00 pm | at Green Bay | L 50–77 | 10–10 (2–4) | Resch Center (3,803) Green Bay, WI |
| 01/23/2013 7:00 pm | Loyola–Chicago | L 55–67 | 10–11 (2–5) | Wolstein Center (1,565) Cleveland, OH |
| 01/26/2013 2:05 pm, ESPN3 | at Youngstown State | L 59–73 | 10–12 (2–6) | Beeghly Center (N/A) Youngstown, OH |
| 02/02/2013 8:00 pm | at UIC | W 77–66 | 11–12 (3–6) | UIC Pavilion (2,516) Chicago, IL |
| 02/05/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Youngstown State | W 66–60 | 12–12 (4–6) | Wolstein Center (2,041) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/09/2013 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | Valparaiso | L 72–80 | 12–13 (4–7) | Wolstein Center (2,403) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/12/2013 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Detroit | L 62–92 | 12–14 (4–8) | Calihan Hall (2,056) Detroit, MI |
| 02/15/2013 9:00 pm, ESPNU | Green Bay | L 59–66 | 12–15 (4–9) | Wolstein Center (1,813) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/17/2013 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | Milwaukee | W 88–67 | 13–15 (5–9) | Wolstein Center (2,839) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/20/2013 7:00 pm | Wright State | L 41–50 | 13–16 (5–10) | Wolstein Center (2,115) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/23/2013* 8:00 pm | at Western Illinois ESPN BracketBusters | W 60–54 | 14–16 | Western Hall (4,259) Macomb, IL |
| 03/02/2013 3:00 pm | Loyola–Chicago | L 60–87 | 14–17 (5–11) | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (2,317) Chicago, IL |
| Horizon League tournament |||||
| 03/05/2013 8:00 pm | at UIC First Round | L 59–82 | 14–18 | UIC Pavilion (948) Chicago, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.. |||||