From today’s Tribune/Vindy
Youngstown State Men’s Basketball opens season at Canisius
Women open at home against Wofford
LOCAL SPORTS
JUL 21, 2022
JOEL WHETZEL
Staff writer
jwhetzel@tribtoday.com
Correspondent photo / Robert Hayes YSU's Shemar Rathan-Mayes converts a three-point shot during the second half of the Penguins 71-61 loss to Purdue Fort Wayne.
YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State men’s basketball will begin its season at Canisius, according to a game contract obtained by the Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle.
YSU’s return trip to Buffalo, N.Y., will be Monday, Nov. 7, the first day of the college basketball season.
The teams met at the Beeghly Center in December, a 71-43 Penguin victory.
In that game, Malek Green, who transferred to YSU from Canisius this offseason, scored 19 points and secured nine rebounds.
Other game contracts returned included those from the Navy MTE. The Penguins will head to Annapolis Nov. 19-20 to face UC San Diego and Navy, respectively.
The Penguins also will host Southern University on Dec. 16 at the Beeghly Center. YSU is paying Southern $70,000 for the visit.
On the women’s side, the Penguins will begin their season Nov. 7 with a home contest against Wofford. YSU will pay the Terriers $8,000 for the visit, and there is no return trip as part of the agreement.