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Tipoff Notes
• The Youngstown State men's basketball team begins a three-game Horizon League homestand when it hosts Wright State, Wednesday, Jan. 23, at the Beeghly Center.
• Tipoff is set for 7:05 p.m. EDT and the game can be heard on 570 WKBN-AM and iHeartRadio.

Last Time Out
• The Penguins picked up a hard-fought 75-72 win over Milwaukee on Jan. 19 in Milwaukee, Wis..
• Junior Kamren Belin scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Penguins.
• Senior Damian Eargle scored 17 points with seven rebounds and three blocks.
• Senior Blake Allen made four 3-pointers and scored 16 points, including two free throws with 21 seconds left to seal the victory.

Up Next
• The Penguins host Cleveland State, Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Beeghly Center in the Horizon League Network Game of the Week
• Tipoff is at 2:05 p.m. at the Beeghly Center and the game can be heard on 570 WKBN-AM and iHeartRadio.
• The game is also on ESPN3.com

The Wright State Series
• This is the 45th meeting between Youngstown State and Wright State in a series that dates back to 1977.
• The Raiders lead the all-time series, 36-8, and have won nine of the last 10 games.
• The Penguins snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Raiders with a 61-54 win at the Beeghly Center on Feb. 23, 2012.
• Youngstown State's previous win was a 72-57 win over Feb. 23, 2007, at the Beeghly Center.

Scouting Wright State
• Wright State has a 14-5 overall record and is currently tied for the Horizon League lead with a 5-1 record.
• The Raiders are coming off a 64-62 win at Detroit on Jan. 21.
• Leading the Raiders is junior Cole Darling with 11.4 points per game.
• Sophomore Reggie Arceneaux is averaging 11 points and 3.1 assists per game.
• Arceneaux is posting 15.6 points per contest against in Horizon League games.

A Win Will
• Improve YSU to 11-8 overall on the year.
• Improve YSU to 3-3 in the Horizon League.
• Mark YSU's fifth home win of the season.
• Mark YSU's ninth win over Wright State.
• Mark YSU's second straight home win over Wright State.
• Mark Head Coach Jerry Slocum's 666th career victory and his 85th at Youngstown State.
• Mark YSU's 1,019th victory in the program's history.

DJ - Put the Needle on the Record
• Over the last five games, sophomore guard DJ Cole is averaging 9.2 points per game.
• Cole is also shooting 48 percent from the field, 56 percent from 3-point range and 76 percent from the free-throw line during that time.
• In his first career start at Milwaukee on Jan. 19, Cole scored seven points and dished out five assists.
• Cole turned in a career performance against Detroit on Jan. 10.
• Cole scored a career-high 16 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the field.
• He also made a career-best eight free throws.

KP Moving Up
• With six points against Milwaukee on Jan. 19, junior Kendrick Perry is in 24th place on the YSU all-time scoring list.
• He needs two for 23rd and nine more to move into 22nd on the list.
• Perry needs 27 more to become the 22nd player in school history to score 1,100 points in a career.

Belin Hits Career High
•  Junior Kamren Belin scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Penguins to a 75-72 win over Milwaukee on Jan. 19.
• Belin connected on 8-of-15 from the field, including two 3-pointers, and made three free throws.
• It was the seventh time Belin reached double figures this season and the third time in the last five games.
• He is averaging 10.2 points per game against Horizon League opponents.

Allen Nearing 3's Mark
• With four 3-pointers against Milwaukee, senior Blake Allen became is within 10 of tying the YSU career 3-point record.
• Allen has made 188 career 3's and needs 11 more to break the record of 198.
• The record of 198 was set by Craig Haese from 1997-2001.
• Allen ranks second in the Horizon League with 46 3-pointers made and 2.7 3-pointers made per game.

To Catch a Thief
• With a season-high six steals, junior Kendrick Perry moved into the Horizon League lead with 1.8 steals per game.
• Perry also has a steal in seven straight games, has a total of  20 and an average a 2.9 during that span.
• Perry also ranks third in YSU history with 146 career steals.
• Last season, he set the school's single-game steals record with seven against Loyola on Feb. 5, 2012.
• Perry also set the YSU single-season mark with 74 swipes last year.

Perry Among League Leaders
• Junior Kendrick Perry is having an all-league caliber season.
• Perry ranks third in the Horizon League in scoring with 15.7 points per game.
• He also fourth with 4.3 assists per game and ranks fifth with a .856 free-throw percentage.
• Perry is third in the Horizon League with 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Eargle Defensive Production
• Senior Damian Eargle is playing like a defensive player-of-the-year candidate.
• Eargle ranks sixth nationally and leads the Horizon League with 3.3 blocks per game.
• The Youngstown, Ohio, native is second in the league with 6.8 rebounds per game.
• He is also third with 5.1 defensive rebounds per game.
• Against Bowling Green on Dec. 1, Eargle grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds, including 14 defensive boards.

Takin' Care of Business
• The YSU trio of guards of Blake Allen, DJ Cole and Kendrick Perry take care of the ball well.
• Combined, the three have dished out 180 assists compared to just 82 turnovers.
• That works out to an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.2.
• Allen leads the league at 3.4, Perry is third at 2.1 and Cole is sixth at 1.6.


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Re: Tonight: Basketball Begins Home-stand Against League-Leading Wright
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2013, 10:33:54 AM »
Ratings updates

Pomeroy:  Now predicting YSU to be 7-9 in Horizon.  Gives YSU a 45% chance of winning tonight.  Predicts 65-63 WSU win.

Massey:  Now predicting YSU to be 9-7 in Horizon.  Gives YSU a 53% chance of winning tonight. Predicts 63-62 YSU win.

Sagarin:  WSU favorite by 1 in overall ratings, WSU favorite by 1 1/2 in predictor ratings.

The schedule, theoretically, turns in YSU's favor with tonight's game being the first of a three game homestand (CSU and Valpo follow).  YSU was the only Horizon League team to play 4 of their first 5 league games on the road.  Every other team played 2 or 3 of their first 5 at home.  Wright State started with 3 home games and carried that momentum on to the road where they have taked 2 of 3 so far.

A win tonight is imperative for YSU to hold any hope for a double bye in the post-season tournament.  I still think 11-5 can be in the mix for second place.  To get there, YSU needs to be 5-3 after this homestand.

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Re: Tonight: Basketball Begins Home-stand Against League-Leading Wright
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2013, 09:08:25 PM »
Big win!  But was it ever sloppy!  Excellent rebounding effort, too many turnovers.  Need the other two on this home stand.

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Re: Tonight: Basketball Begins Home-stand Against League-Leading Wright
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2013, 09:50:21 PM »
Big win!  But was it ever sloppy!  Excellent rebounding effort, too many turnovers.  Need the other two on this home stand.

Agree.  Have to keep the momentum going against CSU.  Vikings really struggling this year - injuries have taken their toll.  YSU must take advantage - one of the few times in recent memory the Penguins will be favored against CSU.

The balance in this league is amazing this year. 

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Re: Tonight: Basketball Begins Home-stand Against League-Leading Wright
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2013, 10:26:30 PM »
Yep very big win. A win against Cleveland State is a must I think. Cannot lose to them, but with this team ya never know

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Re: Tonight: Basketball Begins Home-stand Against League-Leading Wright
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2013, 09:14:31 AM »
Dayton Daily News recap

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/sports/college-basketball/raiders-finish-1-2-on-road-trip/nT5dm/

Raiders finish 1-2 on road trip
By David Jablonski
Staff Writer

YOUNGSTOWN — Before Wright State left on its five-day, three-game journey to Valparaiso, Detroit and Youngstown State, coach Billy Donlon recalled a stat that made him wary: In the NBA last season when teams played three games in five days, they lost the third game 90 percent of the time.
Donlon wasn’t going to use bus lag as an excuse Wednesday after the Raiders lost 68-61 at Youngstown, but after looking like a contender for the first two games on this trip, the Raiders played their worst game in January. They trailed for the last 38 minutes and never got closer than four points in the last 15 minutes.
Forward AJ Pacher said Donlon told the team after the game, “We played 80 good minutes against Valparaiso, and we played 40 bad minutes tonight.”

Wright Sate (14-6) finished 1-2 on the road trip, losing 69-63 at Valparaiso on Saturday and beating Detroit 64-62 on Monday. Youngstown (11-8, 3-3) beat the Raiders for the second straight season at the Beeghly Center.

“It was definitely an emotional first two games,” guard Kendall Griffin said. “That’s still not an excuse. We didn’t have the mindset we needed to win this third one. We didn’t play well enough to win. They played hard. They weren’t intimidated.”

Jerran Young had 10 of his team-high 18 points in the final two minutes. Griffin had seven of his nine points in the first half. Reggie Arceneaux scored all eight of his points in the second half.
The Raiders shot 40 percent in the game and 38 percent in the second half, but those numbers were skewed somewhat by the fact that they made five of their last six shots after Youngstown had stretched its lead into double digits.

The game was decided earlier. After the Raiders had trimmed Youngstown’s lead to 46-42 with 6:51 left, Youngstown responded with a 3-pointer by Blake Allen on the next possession. The Raiders didn’t score on their next three possessions as the Penguins built a 54-42 lead.

“They tried to do what we asked them to do offensively,” Donlon said. “We threw the ball inside and scored 36 points in the paint. We probably missed 10 layups, and if you make half of those when it matters, it’s a different game.”

Damian Eargle scored 18 for Youngstown State. Allen had 17. Kendrick Perry, the team’s leading scorer on the season with 15.7 points per game, had 14.

Youngstown shot 50 percent from the field and 57 percent in the second half.

“I told the guys in the second week of December, you have to make your identity as a defensive team,” Donlon said. “Tonight we didn’t. Youngstown deserves a lot of credit. They’re very good at the offensive end. If you don’t stick to your rules and principles, they make you pay.”

Tavares Sledge didn’t start and didn’t play in the first half because he was sick, but he played 10 minutes in the second half and had five points. Pacher drew the start, his first since the third game of the season, and scored four points.

Wright State returns to action Saturday with the first of three straight Horizon League games at the Nutter Center. It hosts Illinois-Chicago at 7 p.m., and it’s Blackout Night. The first 5,000 fans receive black T-shirts.
“It’s huge,” Griffin said. “Our whole motto has been to defend the Nuthouse. We’ve got to play another good UIC team. There are no easy games in the Horizon League.”