Sunday, February 28th, 2010
The season that Youngstown State started with so much promise came to an anti-climatic conclusion as the Penguins struggled to find their stride in a 62-54 loss to Detroit. YSU celebrated Senior Day for players and cheerleaders before the game. The festivities were short-lived as the Penguins trailed the Titans ...
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Snakebitten. It is a word often used to associate a series of events that seem to be going positively, but end up negative, aka, the worst luck. When asked, after Youngsown State's 76-73 loss to Wright State, if his team was snakebitten, all Coach Jerry Slocum could do was ask ...
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Youngstown State University had to play with nothing left to lose. After all, the Penguins dropped the first meeting 91-61 on January 16 and wanted to pick up some steam heading into Bracketbusters on Feb. 20. Surely a win, or at least a good showing against #15 Butler shoud help ...
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
The casual college basketball fan would see that North Carolina Central had four wins and 17 losses coming into Youngstown State. What the casual basketball fan does not know is that this NCC team has lost to North Carolina, Iowa, Indiana, Miami (Fl), SMU, Ball State, Air Force, and Virginia ...
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Youngstown State University had been struggling all season to maintain consistency. This year, the team has shown signs of being able to hang with anybody, and conversely being error-prone and careless while struggling. The majority of Sunday afternoon's game against Wisconsin-Green Bay was the careless version of YSU Basketball.
Youngstown State fell to 7-12 ...
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
The lights just seem to project a higher magnitude when the words ESPN are attached to a camera. It is a treat to see Youngstown State play in a nationally televised game. It was also great marketing by the YSU Athletic Department to pack the house using reduced ticket prices. At ...
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Eddie D'Haiti has endured plenty in the last few days. Both of his parents were born in Haiti and he has many relatives and friends who still call the Hispanolia Island their home. D'Haiti has had contact with family since the January 12 earthquake which rocked the island and has ...
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
DeAndre Mays was determined to help his team win. He accomplished that goal and set a career-high in scoring with 30 points as Youngstown State got by Loyola, 71-67, in a very physical and hard fought contest. Mays became the first YSU Penguin since Kesten Roberts (2006-2007 season) to score 30 in a ...
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