Archive for January, 2011
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
The Youngstown Phantoms didn't let the law of averages get them, not until overtime. Youngstown (12-19-2) was outshot 47-24 by the visiting Sioux Falls Stampede (18-10-4) but survived the barrage until overtime. Marcus Perrier buried a twenty-five footer 1:53 into overtime to boost the Stampede to victory by the score ...
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Friday, January 21st, 2011
In a must-win game for both teams, Youngstown State needed a win to prove that it belonged in a conference. Wright State, coming off of a 69-63 win over Butler, needed a win to prove superior in the same conference. When it was over, YSU (7-11, 1-7) was winning for ...
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Friday, January 21st, 2011
Youngstown State University looked pretty solid despite dropping a hard-fought contest to Wright State, 64-61. Brandi Brown scored 23 points for YSU, but the Penguins were not able to get a good shot with six seconds left and fell to 3-16 and 1-7 in the Horizon League.
The first half was ...
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Youngstown State sophomore forward Brandi Brown has been named Horizon League Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Jan 10.
Brown notched two double-doubles as the Penguins split a pair of road games last week. She averaged 25 points and 14 rebounds for the week while shooting 63.6 percent from the field.
The ...
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Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Butler shot a blistering 61.5 percent and nailed 14 3-pointers to win 88-69 and offset a solid offensive effort by the Youngstown State women's basketball team on Saturday at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Youngstown State had its best road performance of the year on the offensive end, shooting 46.4 percent overall and 38.1 percent from ...
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Sunday, January 16th, 2011
The Youngstown Phantoms (12-18-2, 26pts) went to a shootout for the second time in a row against Team USA(13-6-3 , 29pts) avenging their shootout loss exactly seven days ago. Adam Berkle scored on the Phantoms final shot to pick up the 2-1 victory.
The Phantoms and Team USA each had the opportunities in the first period, ...
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Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Youngstown State University seems to play well but come up just a bit short when playing quality opponents. The Penguins did well at North Carolina State, and more recently, at Butler. Cleveland State brought their 15-3 record to Youngstown, and the Penguins would once again play the underdog and take ...
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Saturday, January 15th, 2011
Trevor Hoffman will probably enter the Hall of Fame on the first vote. He will also probably go into the Hall as a San Diego Padre since he has already accepted a job working in San Diego's front office. Is the office offering the way for the Padres front office ...
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