Archive for January, 2011
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
The Youngstown Phantoms (11-18-2,24pts) fell to the Muskegon Lumberjacks (13-11-6,32pts) 6-2 on Friday night at the L.C. Walker Arena. Mike Ambrosia scored his first power play goal of the year and Jordan Young picked up two assists in his first game back since December 31.
After failing to score on their first power play of the period, ...
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Saturday, January 15th, 2011
One of the new buttons Coach Jerry Slocum has to press this year is named Blake Allen. The Blake Allen button is versatile in the sense that it can start, come off the bench, shoot, score, pass, rebound, and play defense. Just a sophomore, Allen has been turning heads as ...
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Friday, January 14th, 2011
Sophomore Brandi Brown tied her career high with 29 points and the Youngstown State women's basketball team made some key free throws down the stretch to beat Valparaiso 61-55 on Thursday night at the Athletics Recreation Center.
The win on the road was the first for the Penguins away from the Beeghly Center ...
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Friday, January 14th, 2011
Ty Loney is still learning how to put on a serious face when he has to. His father, Troy Loney, was a member of the great Pittsburgh Penguins championship teams of the 1990's. Loney, like his team, has been through an emotional circus this season. He missed some games when ...
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Youngstown State University was coming off of a tough road trip. The Penguins traveled to Valpo and Butler and lost both games, one a blowout and the other a nail-biter to the NCAA runner-up Bulldogs. The cure for that kind of hangover came in the form of a tiny little-known ...
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
The Youngstown State men's basketball team tied a school single-game record with 14 3-pointers but dropped an 84-79 decision to Butler on Sunday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
The Penguins fall to 6-9 overall and 1-5 in the Horizon League while Butler improves to 12-5 overall and 4-1 in the league.
Sophomore Blake Allen tied a career-high ...
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Sunday, January 9th, 2011
The Youngstown Phantoms have been in a bad mood lately. They have had more fights in their last three home games than they had all of the home games before that. They are now playing with an edge, and that could be a good thing. Saturday, the Phantoms welcomed the ...
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Saturday, January 8th, 2011
In what could only be billed as a fair contest between Milwaukee and Youngstown State, the team that would make fewer mistakes would probably win. Both teams came into Saturday's game with nine game losing streaks.
In the first half, Milwaukee had a lead as large as 18 points. Youngstown State ...
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