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Destiny Leo had a look.

“[In overtime] she was giving me a look in the huddle,” Cleveland State head coach Chris Kielsmeier said. “I don’t know what it was, but she gave me a look I had never seen, she was looking right through me. I think it was just ‘coach, give me the ball.’”

“I don’t even know if she knew she was doing it, but man she was staring through me. I don’t know if she was mad at me because I didn’t make the play call quick enough.”

For her part, Leo confirmed the latter explanation, saying that she did give a look after a late play call led to a turnover, but admitted that she didn’t know whether there may have been a second look and didn’t know for sure what her coach was talking about.

Regardless of the specific circumstances, it was the look of a player about to will her team to a 63-60 overtime win over Northern Kentucky in a Horizon League semifinal contest on Monday afternoon at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum.

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Northern Kentucky's #HLWBB semifinal postgame, March 6, 2023.

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Cleveland State's #HLWBB semifinal postgame, March 6, 2023.

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An update of the Horizon League bracket after last night's quarterfinal games.

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Brittni Moore and Gabriella Smith fueled Cleveland State surges to begin the second and third quarters, as the Vikings advanced to the Horizon League semifinals for the fourth straight season thanks to a 65-52 win over Milwaukee in a quarterfinal contest on Thursday night at the Wolstein Center.

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After a 27-4 regular season, the Cleveland State Vikings have their eyes on even bigger prizes, head coach Chris Kielsmeier tells host Howard Megdal. The Horizon League power opens conference tournament play Thursday, but with a final looming against Green Bay, and a Net Rating in the 60s, figuring out just how to thread that needle as a mid-major power is anything but simple. Listen to a frank discussion about those challenges, why the trajectory has been so impressive at Cleveland State, and get to know star Destiny Leo and how she reached this level.

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𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎. 𝙄𝙎. 𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘾𝙃.

🏀 #HLWBB Quarterfinals

🆚 7. Milwaukee

🏙️ Cleveland, OH

🏟️ Wolstein Center

🕠 5:30 PM ET

📺 ESPN+

📊 bit.ly/030223stats

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Following a historic 2022-23 season, both individually and on a team level, Cleveland State guard Destiny Leo has been named the Horizon League’s Player of the Year, the conference announced on Monday.

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Cleveland State’s Destiny Leo is the 2022-23 HoriZone Roundtable Player of the Year, following a campaign in which the junior led the Vikings to several program records, including a 16-game winning streak, along with high-water marks for conference and overall victories. Along the way, Leo led the HL in scoring while also standing as one of the HL’s better defensive players, both qualities that contributed to a trio of conference player of the week honors.

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The Horizon League has finalized the bracket for its conference tournament, which begins on Tuesday. Second-seeded Cleveland State will open play Thursday by hosting the second-lowest-seeded winner of a first-round game at the Wolstein Center.

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Gabriella Smith scored 15 points, pulled down nine rebounds and grabbed four steals, while Destiny Leo added a game-high 16 points, to lead Cleveland State to a hard-fought 63-56 victory over Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon at UWM’s Klotsche Center.

The victory finalizes Cleveland State’s regular season record at 27-4 overall and 17-3 in the Horizon League, with both marks standing as new program bests.

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Klotsche Center at Wisconsin-Milwaukee