Penguin News
Kendrick Perry Scores 33 in 88-80 Loss to UMKC
by YSU
Sunday, Dec 8, 2013 11:55 am
Freshman Marcus Keene scored 13 points off the bench and junior DJ Cole add 10 points with three assists and three steals for the Penguins, who fall to 7-4. Perry turned in his third 30-point effort of the season and his second in the last three games.
Perry also collected three steals to become the first Youngstown State player to record 200 steals in a career and has 202.
All five starters for the Roos, who improve to 2-6, scored in double figures and three player had career highs. Nelson Kirksley's career-high 24 points led Kansas City while Martez Harrison's 18 and Frank Williams' 18 were both career highs. Trinity Hall and Fred Chatmon scored 15 and 10 points respectively.
Kansas City shot 55.6 percent from the field and owned a 36-24 advantage in rebounding.
The Penguins trailed by 10, 44-34, early in the second half, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Perry brought YSU within four, 44-40, at the 18:34 mark.
After the Roos rebuilt their lead back to eight, 49-41, the Penguins went on a 12-4 run to get back within two, 55-53, on a layup by Cole at the 12:49 mark.
Kansas City answered back with a 14-2 run over the next four minutes to extend its lead to a game-high 14, 69-55, at the 8:32 mark.
YSU continued to claw itself back into the game and, twice came back within five, 76-71, after a 3-pointer by Kamren Belin, and 78-73 after a layup by Perry with 2:51 to go.
Kirksley, though, followed with a 3-pointer and Hall's put-back dunk pushed the Roos back to a double-figure lead, 83-73, at the 1:39 mark.
The Penguins fell behind by seven, 19-12, midway through the first half before an 11-0 spurt gave the Guins a 23-19 lead.
Keene and Perry accounted for all 11 points during the Guins' run. Keene started the surge with a layup and Perry followed with a 3-pointer. After another layup by Keene, Perry scored the next four on an alley-oop from Keene and followed with a steal and coast-to-coast layup at the 6:58 mark.
The Roos answered scoring six straight to regain the lead 25-23 at the 6:18 mark and built a four-point advantage, 33-29, with just 2:30 to go.
Baskets by Fletcher Larson and Keene got the Penguins back within two, 35-33, but the Roos closed out the half scoring seven of the last eight points for a 42-34 halftime lead.
The Penguins shot 55.6 percent from the floor, but Kansas City was more impressive connecting on 61.5 percent of its field-goal attempts. The Roos also out-rebounded the Penguins, 15-11, in the first half.
The Penguins visit ACC member Pittsburgh, Saturday, Dec. 14, at Noon in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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