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Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« on: November 12, 2012, 10:42:24 AM »
The Youngstown State men's basketball team visits SEC-member Georgia in the 2012 Progressive Legends Classic in a nationally-televised broadcast on ESPNU, Monday, Nov. 12. Tipoff is set for 7:02 p.m. at the Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga. The game can also be heard on 570 WKBN-AM.

Last Time Out
• Youngstown State opened the 2012-13 campaign with an 80-73 win over George Washington on Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C.
• Five players scored in double figures led by senior Blake Allen and freshman Bobby Hain who both scored 19 points.
• Hain also posted the first double-double in his collegiate debut with a team-high 11 rebounds.
• Sophomore DJ Cole scored a career-high 12 points and senior Damian Eargle and sophomore Shawn Amiker added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
• The 10 points was also a career high for Amiker.

Up Next
• The Penguins host Saint Francis (Pa.), Friday, Nov. 16, at 7:05 p.m. at the Beeghly Center in the 2012-13 home opener.

The Georgia Series
• This is the first meeting between Youngstown State and Georgia.

Scouting Georgia
• The Bulldogs are 1-0 entering the game against the Penguins after knocking off Jacksonville, 68-62, on Nov. 9 at Stegeman Coliseum.
• Sophomore Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led the Bulldogs with a game-high 17 points while Nemanja Djurisic posted a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Penguins vs. The SEC
• This is just the fourth time Youngstown State has played a team from the Southeastern Conference.
• The Penguins are 0-3 against SEC foes.
• YSU lost the Auburn, 78-52, in 1983-84.
• Alabaman defeated the Penguins, 88-69, in 1984-95.
• YSU fell to South Carolina, 92-78, in 1988-89.

Slocum Among Elite
• Youngstown State Head Coach Jerry Slocum ranks among the best in the history of college basketball.
• Slocum currently ranks 40th all-time with 656 career victories. He also ranks fifth among active Division I head coaches in career wins.

Slocum Now Tied for Third
• With the win at George Washington on Nov. 10, Head Coach Jerry Slocum picked up his 75th win at Youngstown State.
• He now ranks tied for third on the YSU career victory list with Mike Rice (1983-87).
• Slocum needs just four more victories to move into second all-time at Youngstown State.

A Win Will
• Improve YSU to 2-0 on the year.
• Mark YSU's second road victory of the season.
• Mark the third straight season YSU began the year 2-0.
• Mark the program's first win over Georgia.
• Mark YSU's first win over an SEC opponent.
• Mark Head Coach Jerry Slocum's 657th career victory and his 76th at Youngstown State.
• Mark YSU's 1,010th victory in the program's history.

Five For Fighting
• Against George Washington, YSU placed five players scoring in double figures.  
• Senior Blake Allen and freshman Bobby Hain each had 19 while sophomore DJ Cole had 12. • Senior Damian Eargle had 11 and sophomore Shawn Amiker posted 10 points.
• It also marks the second time in the last three games the Penguins had five players score in double figures.

Hain Shines in Debut
• Freshman Bobby Hain made turned in an impressive performance in his college debut at George Washington.
• Hain posted a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
• He was 7-of-9 from the field, including a 3-pointer.
• Hain scored 16 of his points in the first half, including a stretch of seven straight for the Penguins.

Amiker, Cole Go for Career Highs
• Sophomores Shawn Amiker and DJ Cole each posted career scoring highs in win against George Washington on Nov. 10.
• Cole poured in 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field with three assists.
• Amiker scored 10 points with five rebounds in 29 minutes.
• Amiker also made his first career start against GW.

Blake's Take
• Senior Blake Allen is continuing his pursuit of the YSU all-time 3-point record.
• Against GW, Allen connected on 4-of-8 3-point attempts and tied for the team lead with 19 points against the Colonials.
• Allen now has 142 career 3-pointers and needs just 57 more to break the record of 198 set by Craig Haese (Haze) from 1997-2001.
• Allen needs just two more to move into sixth all-time.

Bench Play
• The YSU bench accounted for 31 of the Penguins' 80 points in the win over George Washington.
• Bobby Hain had 19 and DJ Cole posted 12 points.
• Last season, a reserved scored at least 10 points on just one occasion.
 
Penguins Picked Fourth
• Youngstown State was picked to finish fourth in the Horizon League in a poll of the League's Head Coaches, SIDs and select media.
• It is the highest preseason ranking for the Penguins since joining the Horizon League in 2001-02.
• YSU was never picked higher than seventh.

Perry Preseason First-Team
• Junior Kendrick Perry was named to the Horizon League Preseason First-Team.
• He is the first player since Quin Humphrey in 2006-07 to receive preseason league accolades.
• Perry led the league in scoring last year with 16.8 points per game.

Eargle Preseason Second-Team
• Senior Damian Eargle was selected to the Horizon League Preseason Second-Team.
• Eargle led the league in blocks (3.7), ranked third in rebounding (7.5) and 15th in scoring.

KP NABC All-District 2nd-Team
• Junior Kendrick Perry was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 12 Second-Team last season.

Three for 1,000
• Seniors Blake Allen and Damian Eargle and junior Kendrick Perry each have a  legitimate chance at scoring 1,000 points in their careers at YSU.
• Perry needs 207 more while Eargle is 306 away and Allen needs 372 more.
• Eargle, however, needs just 38 more points for 1,000 in his entire college career. He scored 268 points as a freshman at UNC-Greensboro in 2008-09.

First Winning Season in 11 Years
• The Penguins finished last season with an overall record of 16-15 and a 10-8 mark in the Horizon League.
• The 16 wins are the most since 2000-01 and the overall record marks the first winning season since the same year.

Best Turnaround
• The Guins' eight-win improvement in the Horizon League marks the best one-year turnaround since the league went to 10 teams and the second-best in league history.
• YSU also lost three other games by a combined seven points.

Back-to-Back Records
• For the second straight season, the Penguins set the school's single-season 3-point record with 270 made 3-pointers.
• The old record of 235 was set in 2010-11. They also tied the mark for most 3-point attempts of 708, which was set in 2010-11.
• Over the last 62 games, YSU has made 511 3-pointers, including six against George Washington.

Home Improvement
• The Guins won 10 home games for the first time since 2006-07 and won six road games, including four in league play.

2K-Club
• The 2,095 points scored marked the third straight season the Guins have scored at least 2,000 points and is the highest season-point total since the 2000-01.

Block Party
• The Guins' 164 blocks ranked as the second-highest single-season total in school history.
• The school record is 166 set in 1982-83.

KP First-Team All-League
Junior Kendrick Perry was named to the All-Horizon League First-Team last season. Below are some tidbits on Perry:
• Led HL in scoring in all games (16.8) and league games only (16.8 ppg).
• Led league in steals in conference games (2.4).
• Just the fifth player to lead the Horizon League in scoring and steals in the same season.
• Tied for league lead with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.9.
• Ranked second in steals (2.4) in all games.
• Ranked fourth in assists per game (3.9).
• Was the first sophomore in school history to earn first-team all-conference honors.
• First YSU player since Quin Humphrey (2006-07 and 2005-06) to be named first-team all-league.

Eargle Named All-Defensive Team
Senior forward Damian Eargle was voted to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team. Below are some notes on Eargle's season:
• Set the Horizon League single-season blocks record for all games with 116 and league-games only with 65.
• Owns the Horizon League career record for blocks in conference play at 122.
• Ranks third nationally with 3.9 blocks per game.

Four for 50
• For the first time in school history, four players made at least 50 3-pointers in the same season.
• Senior Blake Allen led the team with 91 while Kendrick Perry has 54 and former Penguins Ashen Ward and DuShawn Brooks made 53 and 50, respectively.

KP Sets Single-Season Steals Mark
• With a steal against Detroit on March 2, 2012, sophomore Kendrick Perry set the school single-season steals mark.
• He had 74 steals last season. The old record of 64 was set by Marlon Williamson in 2002-03.

KP Most Points Since 2006-07
• With 521 points last season, sophomore Kendrick Perry has scored the most points in a single-season since Quin Humphrey scored 584 in 2006-07.
• Perry, who led the league in scoring at 16.8 points per game, scored at least 20 points in seven of the last 11 games.
• He was the first player since Humphrey to score 500 points and the first sophomore since Reggie Kemp to reach that mark in 1989-90.

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2012, 01:52:10 PM »
Some love for YSU from CBS Sports' Jeff Borzello

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/20952151/todays-specials-24-hour-marathon-kicks-off-tonight

Three things to keep an eye on:

Stanford is expected by some to be a sleeper in the Pac-12 this season, but the Cardinal will have their hands full with Cal State-Fullerton's D.J. Seeley on Monday (11:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network). Seeley can really fill it up.

ACC teams have plenty of question marks heading into the season, and Virginia's opening-night loss to George Mason didn't help. The Cavaliers on Monday will look to bounce back against Fairfield (7 p.m., ESPN3), while Virginia Tech will host Rhode Island (7 p.m., ESPN3).

Georgia has some optimism in the SEC this year, but on Monday the Bulldogs need to keep an eye on Youngstown State (7 p.m., ESPNU). Kendrick Perry is a stud, and Damian Eargle is solid. Can Kentavious Caldwell-Pope be more efficient?

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2012, 06:38:16 PM »
Big game tonight! I'm gonna say YSU pulls out the W! Prime time on ESPNU

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2012, 07:17:41 PM »
12-5 YSU at the under 12 media timeout.  Have left some points on the floor, but glad to have the lead here.  UGA struggled with Jacksonville in their opener - lets hope they don't figure it out until next week.

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2012, 07:27:27 PM »
14-6 YSU at the under 8 media timeout.  Georgia's offensive execution is just brutal so far.  YSU defense working hard.  Guins struggling offensively - need to get a few buckets.

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2012, 07:29:43 PM »
YSU getting a fairly officiated game so far.  of course not much home court advantage at UGA when the crowd looks like a YSU crowd during the Stroia years.

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2012, 07:38:04 PM »
19-8 YSU at the under 4 media timeout.  Penguins outsmarting and outworking UGA right now. Need to make some buckets - UGA isn't going to keep shooting this poorly.

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2012, 07:50:49 PM »
YSU leads 25-14 at half.  20 solid minutes.  Need 20 more.  10 guys have played by my count.  Larson with a big bucket.

YSU leads 14-2 on point in paint.  Guins only 1 of 10 on threes.
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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2012, 08:06:20 PM »
How about Perry? I just got home

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2012, 08:14:09 PM »
Lead down to 32=26 at the under 16 media time out.  Georgia has come out and hit three straight threes and are starting to exploit their physical advantage.

KP playing fine - has had a couple of nice hoops here in the second half. 

Need a few buckets here to stem the tide

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2012, 08:15:51 PM »
How about Perry? I just got home

The way we have played since you got home, you might need to leave again.  :)

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2012, 08:25:54 PM »
DJ Cole with a big three.  YSU 38.29.  11:30 left.

Fouls starting the pile up for YSU.  Bench guys are going to have keep stepping up.  DJ's three is a great start. 

Caldwell-Pope coming back in game - need to go after him and get that fourth foul
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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2012, 08:26:47 PM »
We settled down, but 3 with 3-fouls ...still over 12:00 to go. We are going to be in trouble. Maybe I will leave :)

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2012, 08:30:52 PM »
YSU in the bonus with 940 left.  Going to need to make free throws guys.

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Re: Basketball Visits Georgia Tonight on ESPNU
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2012, 08:32:34 PM »
Great stretch for YSU.  Belin with a 3 and KP with a drive and a bucket.  47=33.  Timeout UGA with 8:23 left.  Keeping playing hard.