Oakland Golden Grizzlies vs Cleveland State Vikings
Cleveland State upsets Oakland 44-43
DETROIT -- Kenny Carpenter scored 16 points, Anthony Wright added 12 and No. 8 seed Cleveland State upset No. 4 seed Oakland 44-43 in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals on Monday night.
Tyree Appleby scored on a short baseline jumper with 32 seconds left to give the Vikings (12-22) the lead.
Cleveland State then got a stop with 14.5 seconds left, Appleby missed the front end of a 1-and-1, and the Vikings got another stop as time expired to secure the win.
The Vikings, who upset top-seeded Northern Kentucky on Saturday, will face No. 2 seed Wright State in the championship on Tuesday.
Oakland (19-14) had the largest lead of the second half at 31-26 on Kendrick Nunn's layup with 12:47 to go. Carpenter's 3 cut the deficit to two and neither team led by more than a possession the rest of the way.
Nunn, the nation's second-leading scorer entering the game (26.1 per game), finished with 19 points on 7-of-24 shooting. Jalen Hayes added 20 -- the pair accounting for 39 of the Grizzlies' 43 points.
Game Information
Detroit, MI
Referee:Chris Beaver
Referee:Brandon Cruz
Referee:Scott Siville
2025-26 Standings
| Horizon LeagueHorizon League | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright State | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Robert Morris | 13-7 | 2 | 22-11 |
| Green Bay | 12-8 | 3 | 18-15 |
| Detroit Mercy | 12-8 | 3 | 17-15 |
| Oakland | 12-8 | 3 | 16-16 |
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 11-9 | 4 | 17-15 |
| Northern Kentucky | 10-10 | 5 | 20-14 |
| Youngstown State | 8-12 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Milwaukee | 8-12 | 7 | 12-20 |
| Cleveland State | 6-14 | 9 | 11-22 |
| IU Indianapolis | 3-17 | 12 | 7-25 |
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