Well, I was there also with several thousand fans, YSU basketball was being followed by many at that time. Yes, they were Div ll, but they were good and exciting under Dom Rosselli during the late 50's thru the early 70's. Tony Knott was great in the late 50's, then Ronnie Allen and Red Jones were great into the 60's. McElory hit 72, but also had several games scoring in the 40's and 50's.
Many of those teams were rated in the top 5 in the country, usually behind Evansville and So. Illinois and defeated Div 1 teams. That's when YSU basketball had more attendance that football.