Archive for the ‘YSU Basketball’ Category

Why The Butler Game Means So Much To YSU Basketball

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Rewind your brain a year. Playground bully Butler came to Youngstown State to continue their dominance over a school that had a reputation for football prominence, and little basketball hardware to show off.  The Penguins trailed the Bulldogs by eight points before eventually clawing their way back to claim a ...

Kendrick Perry Named Horizon League Player of The Week

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Youngstown State sophomore Kendrick Perry (Ocoee, Fla.) has been Horizon League Player of the Week for Feb. 6, the Horizon League announced on Monday. Perry led the Penguins (13-10, 8-5 Horizon) to a 2-1 road record last week, averaging 25.7 points, 4.0 assists and 3.7 steals per game while shooting 60 ...

YSU Women Lose Heartbreaker to Butler, 65-63

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Youngstown State University and Butler came into a basketball game with nearly identical records.  They played nearly an identical first half on the stat sheets, and consequently, this game went right down to the wire.  When the dust cleared and the threes finally finished flying, Butler came away with a ...

YSU Lady Penguins Get 20 From Brandi Brown To Turn Valpo Away, 64-58

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Brandi Brown scored 20 points and gathered 10 rebounds to record her eighth double-double of the season (the 35th of her career) and scored in double digits for the 47th time in 51 games.  Statistically speaking, it almost sounds like Brown could be the Horizon League Player of The Year. ...

YSU Men Bounce Back To Beat Milwaukee, 73-65, Behind Kendrick Perry’s 30

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Sophomore Kendrick Perry scored a career-high 30 points and led the Youngstown State men's basketball team to a 73-65 victory over Milwaukee on Tuesday evening at U.S. Cellular Arena.  Perry, who connected on 9-of-16 shooting from the floor and made four 3-pointers, is the first player to score 30 points ...

YSU Basketball Profiles: Kenya Middlebrooks

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

The role players have arguably been responsible for the dramatic turnaround for this years Youngstown State Lady Penguins basketball team.  Everyone knew that Brandi Brown was good, and Coach Bob Boldon said at the beginning of the year that others will have to step up as teams sharpen their focus ...

YSU Men To Face Austin Peay In BracketBusters Game

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

The Youngstown State men's basketball team will visit Ohio Valley Conference member Austin Peay in the 2012 Sears BracketBusters announced on Monday evening. The Penguins (11-9, 6-4 Horizon) and Governors (9-14, 6-4 OVC) have met 14 times while the Guins were members of the OVC, but have not faced each other ...

YSU Men Hit The Road For A Few

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

The Youngstown State men's basketball team (11-9, 6-4 Horizon League) embarks on its longest trek of the season - a seven-day, three-game road trip - when it visits Milwaukee, Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. (EDT) and will be broadcast on 570 ...