CLEVELAND – New Orleans Pelicans point guard Norris Cole has already had a very special day and his team has yet to take the court at Quicken Loans Arena against the Cleveland Cavaliers on this first Saturday in the month of February.
Saturday afternoon, Cole’s college alma mater, Cleveland State retired his number 30 jersey in a ceremony before the Vikings hosted Horizon League conference rival Oakland University at the Wolstein Center.
Cole becomes just the third player in Vikings basketball history to have his jersey retired. Cole’s number 30 joins the number 14 jersey of Franklin Edwards and the number 10 of Ken “Mouse” McFadden as the only Vikings men’s basketball players to have their numbers retired by Cleveland State.