INDIANAPOLIS - Cleveland State's Tre Gomillion tipped-in a missed jumper as the final horn sounded to send the visiting Vikings to an 82-80 Horizon League victory over the Jaguars inside Indiana Farmers Coliseum on Monday night (Dec. 30). Gomillion's capped a 53 percent shooting performance for the Vikings and spoiled a heroic effort from Jaylen Minnett and career nights from Mike DePersia and Zo Tyson. 

Minnett connected on three threes in a 79 second span as the Jaguars turned a five point deficit into a 73-71 lead with 5:13 remaining. The third came in the face of a true double team in front of his own bench, giving the Jaguars their first lead of the night. 

After CSU (5-10, 1-1 HL) tied the game at 73 all, the Vikings sent another double team at Minnett, who spotted Grant Weatherford for an easy score and a 75-73 lead. Cleveland State responded with a Torrey Patton three-point play to take a one-point lead. The Jaguars misfired on a two potential go-ahead three-point attempts, despite getting stops at the other end. Ultimately, CSU extended to a 78-75 advantage when Jaalam Hill swished a pair of freebies after drawing a foul in a wild loose ball sequence near midcourt. 

Minnett tied the game with a wild off balanced three from the top of the key with 8.8 remaining. Needing a defensive stand to force overtime, the Jags forced Algevon Eichelberger into a contested 15-footer before Gomillion got free inside the block for the game-winner. 

"You've got to give them credit for making a play when the game was on the line," head coach Byron Rimm II said. "It came down to getting one stop and we didn't get it when we needed it.

"I thought we did a good job of getting back in the game after a bad start and Jaylen really got going and put on a show. We had some guys step up without (Williams) out there, so that was good to see."

Minnett finished with a season-high 23 points and career-high seven made threes on 13 attempts. He also handed out six assists and collected a pair of steals in 37 minutes. Marcus Burk finished with a hard fought 19 points and four assists and Elyjah Goss added eight points and 11 boards. 

DePersia, who started in place of injured Isaiah Willliams, had a career-high 11 points, four boards and four assists, while connected on all three of his field goal attempts and all four foul shots. Tyson closed with 10 points and three boards in just 11 minutes off the bench, including a pair of emphatic alley-oop finishes off feeds from DePersia. 

IUPUI (4-11, 0-2 HL) shot an impressive 52 percent from the floor and 9-of-23 (39 percent) from three-point range while delivering 21 assists on 28 field goals. 

Craig Beaudion had 15 points and eight assists for the Vikings and Gomillion finished with 14 points and six caroms. Patton closed with 14 points and seven rebounds and Hill scored 13 points off the CSU bench. Eichelberger added 12 points in the win. 

CSU, which entered play shooting just 25 percent from three-point range as a team, connected on 7-of-13 (54 percent) attempts, keyed by a 3-of-4 effort from Kasheem Thomas off the bench. 

IUPUI will return to action on Friday, Jan. 3 when the Jaguars travel to Milwaukee for a Horizon League contest. That game will tip-off at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and be broadcast on ESPN3.