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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Drops 71-68 Decision at Austin Peay in BracketBuster Game

« on: February 22, 2012, 09:13:41 AM »

I do not agree with you Pride. You act as though anything below YSU is "chicken feed", and coach S' record at Gannon can just be dismissed. Not so.  You do not have the big-time players there, yet he could recruit. We already went through a coach that had a resume at a bigger basketball school, and what did it get us? ...nothing. Waters was a gamble at CSU ...a coach they cannot afford & questionable resume. Slocum is the type of person that you need to help bring long-term success to a program like ours. Before Slocum, when were you able to listen to a coach comment about some of the prep players tourney's, and some kids that he saw? When did we receive invites to the summer Pitt camp?

I do not want this to become a football thread, but think about this. Had coach H remained at HC/DC, the $$$ were invested and YSU brought in coach Monty at OC ...where would we be right now? Two lessons with this story:

1. Do not discount the $$$ invested in a program. Over $250k each brought us a lousy DC, and a great OC. In the mean time, a good DC in Restkis (who worked at YSU for about 1/5 of Kravitz salary) went to Miami. So as the university invests more in basketball ...the court, the lockers, weight rooms, etc.  we are seeing results.

2. You asked if any of us would keep a person with a mediocre record, comparing it to the business world? Well, as an administrator in the business world, I would understand what Slocum was hired into, what it is now. I see that his contract is due, and there has been marked improvements. Now, the smart admin asks the coach what caused the success, what caused the lack of success in years past (even before coach S was hired-in), and what is he going to do to keep this success going (and growing), and what can you (the coach) and I (the university) do to help you achieve this success, and prevent us from going back to a less successful environment?

If coach S has some good ideas, and we (YSU admin) can offer him the support that he requests ...he has a new contract (longer than 1-year). The alternative is self-explanatory.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Rumph, Crozier Sweep Horizon League Softball Weekly Awards

« on: February 21, 2012, 09:38:39 PM »

INDIANAPOLIS -- Youngstown State junior catcher Vicky Rumph (Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada) has been named Horizon League Softball Player of the Week, while Penguins sophomore Casey Crozier (Valparaiso, Ind.) has earned Horizon League Softball Pitcher of the Week honors, for the week of Feb. 13-19.

The battery helped Youngstown State turn in a 2-1 record as the Penguins opened the season at the Spartan Invitational in Spartanburg, S.C. Rumph hit .556 in the three games, turning in an OPS of 1.600 as the Penguins collected wins over UNC-Wilmington and Howard. Crozier appeared in two games on the rubber, winning both.

Going 5-for-9 across the three games, collecting hits in YSU's 6-1 win against UNC-Wilmington and in a 4-0 shutout at the hands of USC-Upstate. The junior saved her finest game for YSU's 15-7 victory over Howard, turning in a 3-for-3 effort with a home run, double and three runs scored.

Crozier started only one game in the tournament, hurling a complete game two-hitter against UNC-Wilmington. The right-hander notched eight of her 10 strikeouts in the tournament in that contest. Entering in the third inning against Howard, Crozier collected the win with three innings of work. The sophomore allowed just one unearned run on the week, allowing opponents to hit just .135.

Youngstown State will head to Greensboro, N.C., this week, taking part in the North Carolina A&T Tournament on Feb. 24-26. The Penguins will meet Utah Valley State and host NCA&T on Friday before single games against Marist and Western Carolina on Saturday and Sunday.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Drops 71-68 Decision at Austin Peay in BracketBuster Game

« on: February 21, 2012, 09:37:26 PM »

I think he a good game manager. He is prepared to play the teams faces ...positioning etc. He takes the talent that he has and makes the most of it. Yes, this should not be a consideration, but he $imply a great coaching value.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Scalzo: Despite losses, Slocum pleased

« on: February 21, 2012, 11:45:24 AM »

Well guys and gals ...we must win one of these last two, and they are at home. UDM is scary. WSU always plays real hard and we have a tough time keeping-up (or pulling ahead). One thing we do need ...ATTENDANCE!!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Scalzo: Despite losses, Slocum pleased

« on: February 21, 2012, 11:42:31 AM »

By Joe Scalzo

scalzo@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State men’s basketball team has played 16 of its 27 games on the road.

The Penguins are coming off road trips to Green Bay and Clarksville, Tenn.

Their starters are averaging 30 or more minutes per game and only one of their seven reserves has scored in the double digits this season. (And that only happened once, when sophomore Nate Perry scored exactly 10 against Toledo on Dec. 17).

But when asked if they’re a tired team — mentally or physically — both sophomore guard Kendrick Perry and head coach Jerry Slocum said no.

“I don’t think we’re tired,” said Perry, whose team lost road games to Green Bay (71-65) and Austin Peay (71-68) last week. “It’s just, we need those couple stops. Those past couple games, we didn’t get those stops when we needed it.

“We’re not a team to make excuses for ourselves, so I don’t think our guys are tired, it’s just mental lapses when we didn’t need them.”

YSU (14-13, 9-7 Horizon) opened camp in mid-October and Slocum said the grind of the season, combined with the excitement of the March tournament, make February a difficult month for every team, not just his.

“February’s a hard month,” Slocum said. “If you look around the country, you can see it everywhere. Very few teams play good during this stretch.

“All of that to say, I think our guys are fairly fresh. I’m not saying last week wasn’t a long or hard week. [But] I don’t think we played poorly. Actually, I think we played pretty good.”

The good news is, YSU finishes the regular season with two home games: Thursday against Wright State and Saturday against Detroit. The Penguins split with the teams in early December, beating the Titans 64-61 before squandering a 17-point second half lead in a 63-62 loss to the Raiders.

A win over Wright State (13-16, 7-9) would give YSU wins over eight of its nine league opponents. (Butler was the only team to sweep the Penguins.)

“I think they’re the hardest-working basketball team in the league,” Slocum said of Wright State.

“They work hard every possession.”

When the Titans (12-4, 10-6) lost to YSU earlier in the year, they were without suspended center Eli Holman and had just lost senior forward Nick Minnerath to a season-ending ACL injury.

Holman returned a few weeks later and the Titans have played as well as anyone in the Horizon League lately, winning five straight and eight of nine.

“They’re the most talented group in the league, hands down,” Slocum said of Detroit. Now whether they end up playing together, well, that’s one thing. But they’re a good basketball team.”

A win this week would give the Penguins a first-round home game in the Horizon League tournament, which begins Feb. 28.

Tired or not, that would be a huge boost for the Penguins, who have only hosted a tournament game twice before.

“Once you get into the playoffs, obviously it’s a one-and-done and you have to play your heart out,” Slocum said. “We’re capable. If we can get to that neutral site, we’ve shown we can beat anybody in our league.”

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YSU Penguin Athletics / MOVED: ytown christian

« on: February 21, 2012, 06:36:29 AM »

This topic has been moved to Non YSU Sports.

http://ysupenguins.com/forum/index.php?topic=6817.0

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YSU Penguin Athletics / MOVED: Recruiting the Catholics

« on: February 21, 2012, 06:36:00 AM »

This topic has been moved to Non YSU Sports.

http://ysupenguins.com/forum/index.php?topic=6818.0

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Non YSU Sports / Re: If Akise Teague.....

« on: February 20, 2012, 08:47:58 AM »

All this talk over one possible prison transfer? We are bringing in something that will make an actual  difference ...new D-Coordinator. Let's for get about this guy Teague. We do not lack another speed back, we lack power.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Drops 71-68 Decision at Austin Peay in BracketBuster Game

« on: February 19, 2012, 06:14:44 PM »

I am not in favor of "firing Slocum" at all. In fact, I wish they would announce now for recruiting, and will be very upset if he goes. However, I do not feel this team (APSU) should have been competitive with us. Not the team I saw yesterday. That was a bad UDM team they lost to ...not a bad team now that they return their two best players. I just want some consistency on the court. The rebounding issue also comes from 3-point shots. High powered shots do not leave too many second-chances.

As to rebounds, tell me if I am wrong, it seems as though we position ourselves on the perimeter defensively. I am thinking it has to with being used to offensive positioning because of the three.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Basketball Drops 71-68 Decision at Austin Peay in BracketBuster Game

« on: February 19, 2012, 09:16:29 AM »

Very quiet. So I will say it. This is worst team we faced all year, yet some how we found a way to lose. We lost this game back at the very beginning. We scored 9-points before they could even hit the rim. Then we back-off and went three-point happy, which resulted in the score going from 9-0 ...to 13-12 in the next few minutes. APSU never should have been in this game. Unacceptable.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Basketball Drops 71-68 Decision at Austin Peay in BracketBuster Game

« on: February 19, 2012, 09:10:23 AM »

Clarksville, Tenn. -- Sophomore Kendrick Perry scored 20 points and junior Damian Eargle posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds but the Youngstown State men's basketball team dropped a 71-68 decision to Austin Peay in the 2012 Sears BracketBusters game on Saturday evening at the Dunn Center.

Senior DuShawn Brooks scored 13 points and junior Blake Allen added 10 points with five assists for the Guins, who fall to 14-13 after the loss.

Austin Peay improves to 10-19 overall and was led by TyShwan Edmundson's game-high 23 points while coming off the bench.

The Guins made more field goals (24-22) and more 3-pointers (13-6) and shot 44.8 percent from 3-point range, but the Governors connected on 21-of-27 from the free throw line while the Guins were just 7-of-10.

The Governors, who shot just 33 percent from the field for the game, dominated the boards, outrebounding the Guins, 51-32, with 27 coming on the offensive glass and scored 29 second-chance points.

In the second half, the Governors outscored the Guins, 43-35, thanks in part to 14 offensive rebounds and 16 second-chance points.In contrast, the Guins had 10 total rebounds after halftime.

The Governors led by six, 66-60, with 1:07 to go when the Guins made a late charge and cut the deficit to one, 66-65, after a 3-pointer by Allen and a layup by Perry with 19 seconds left.

APSU's Jerome Clyburn made just the first of two free throws to put the Governors up two, 67-65, but he knocked the ball away Kendrick Perry as he was driving the to the basket. Perry fouled Edmundson and he made two more charity tosses to go up four, 69-65.

Perry hit another 3-pointer with five seconds left to get within one, 69-68, but Josh Terry made two free throws for the game's final score.

Leading by one, 41-40, made three 3-pointers in less than two minutes to build an eight-point lead, 50-42, with 12:52 to go.

Austin Peay then used a 15-2 run over the next five minutes sparked by eight points from Edmundson to take a 57-52 lead with 7:40 remaining.

During that run, the Governors took their first lead of the game on a jumper by Edmundson at the 10:03 mark.

The Guins scored the first nine points of the game and twice led by as many as 10 points in the first eight minutes of the game.

An Eargle layup at 14:42 to the Guins up, 13-3, and a 3-pointer by Ward gave the Guins an 18-8 advantage with 11:47 to go.

APSU tied the game at 24-24 with 6:53 to go but the Guins used a 9-4 to close out the half with a 33-28 lead.

The Guins return to Horizon League action when they host Wright State, Thursday, Feb. 23. Tipoff is set for 7:05 p.m. at the Beeghly Center.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU Falls to No. 11/12 Green Bay in Overtime

« on: February 18, 2012, 09:02:13 PM »

missed those free throws did not help.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: CONFUSED

« on: February 18, 2012, 09:00:29 PM »

http://www.ovcsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&&DB_OEM_ID=6200&ATCLID=509219


it's a charge of $6

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU Falls to No. 11/12 Green Bay in Overtime

« on: February 18, 2012, 06:28:44 PM »

Too bad. I really thought we had this one. It was a three possession game with 32-seconds left.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / YSU Falls to No. 11/12 Green Bay in Overtime

« on: February 18, 2012, 06:27:27 PM »

The Youngstown State women's basketball team had No. 11/12 Green Bay down eight points with 35 seconds left, but the Phoenix put together a frantic rally to force overtime and avoid an upset by pulling out a 77-72 win.

The victory improves the Phoenix to 23-1 overall and 13-1 in the Horizon League while the Penguins drop to 10-16 and 4-11.

YSU led 65-57 when Kelsea Fickiesen split a pair of free throws with 42.5 seconds remaining. Green Bay began its comeback run when Adrian Ritchie drained a 3-pointer with 34.5 seconds left. On the ensuing inbounds toss, Fickiesen missed Brandi Brown and the ball went out of bounds.

Green Bay answered with 30.8 seconds left as Ritchie converted a layup and was fouled by Brown. Ritchie made the subsequent free throw cutting the deficit to 65-63.

With 28.2 seconds left, Fickiesen missed her first free throw before converting her second as the Penguins led 66-63. However with 18.2 seconds remaining, Ritchie was fouled on a 3-point attempt by Kenya Middlebrooks. Ritchie converted all three free throws to tie the contest at 66.

YSU had one final chance to win the game, but Middlebrooks' 3-point try from 25 feet was well short and sent the game to overtime.

In the extra session, Green Bay scored eight of the first nine points to seize control of the contest. The Phoenix built a 75-67 lead with 37 seconds left before two Brown free throws cut the deficit to 75-69. Brown made a 3-pointer to trim the deficit to 76-72 with 11 seconds left but that was as close the Guins would get.

In the second half, YSU led 41-34 at the 16:33 mark before Green Bay battled back to go on top 47-42 with 12 minutes left. From the 12-minute mark until the 2:44 mark neither team led by more than three points.

The Penguins took a 57-55 lead with Brown drilled a 3-pointer from the corner on a nifty pass from Fickiesen. Middlebrooks drained a 3-pointer with 1:35 remaining extending the advantage to 60-55. With 1:12 left Middlebrooks made two free throws before adding two more with just under a minute remaining to give YSU a 64-55 advantage.

For the game, Ritchie ended up with 26 points while Julie Wojta had 18 and Lydia Bauer had 14. Leading YSU was Middlebrooks who had 22 points while Brown finished with 21 points and 19 rebounds. Fickiesen had 12 while Melissa Thompson added 12 off the bench.

YSU shot 40.4 percent (21-of-52) for the game while Green Bay made 26-of-62 (41.9). The Penguins converted 12 3-pointers.

YSU shot 60 percent from behind the 3-point arc en route to building a 34-32 halftime lead.

The Penguins outrebounded the Phoenix 17-12 and had eight offensive rebounds in the opening half.

At the 6:00 mark, the contest was tied at 22 before YSU scored the eight straight points. Fickiesen knocked down two free throws then Middlebrooks drained 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to push the Guin advantage up to 30-22 at the 4:11 mark.

The Phoenix scored the next four points creeping within 30-26 but Brown answered for the Penguins. After Megan Lukan made a free throw, Fickiesen drove to the bucket for a layup putting the Guins in front 34-27.

Green Bay, which led by five by two occasions in the first half, scored the final five points of the half on a Wojta basket and a 3-pointer by Adrian Ritchie to get within two at the break.

The Penguins shot 44.4 percent (12-of-27) in the opening stanza while Green Bay hit at a 52.2 percent clip (12-of-23).

YSU returns to action on Thursday night when it visits Wright State. Tipoff at the Nutter Center is set for 7 p.m.