| Penguins Drop Hard-Fought Decision to UIC, 74-64 |
| Sunday, January 29 2006 |
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| Chicago, Ill. -- Illinois-Chicago used a 17-7 run late in the second half to turn a one-point deficit into a nine-point lead and held off a late Youngstown State comeback to pull out a 74-64 victory over the Penguins' women's basketball team on Saturday evening at the UIC Pavilion. UIC improves to 9-11 overall and 5-4 in the Horizon League while the Penguins fall to 5-15 overall and 1-8 in the Horizon League. Youngstown State junior Kristy Gaudiose, who scored a team-high 16 points, nailed her second 3-pointer of the game to give the Penguins a 51-50 advantage with 7:41 remaining in the game. UIC, though, responded by scoring 17 of the next 24 points capped by a 3-pointer by Jackie Parker to take a nine-point with 2:36 left. The Penguins managed to slice the Flames lead back down to five, 67-62, two free throws by Jessica Schloemp and a lay up by Ashlee Russo at the 1:24 mark. Russo and Schloemp each finished with 14 points. UIC's Chrissy Dizon, who scored a career-high 30 points, split a pair of free throws to give the Flames a six-point lead, 68-62, with 36 seconds remaining and Kelly True converted a YSU turnover into a lay up to seal the victory and give UIC an eight-point edge. Youngstown State out-rebounded UIC, 38-27, but the Flames shot 59.3 percent in the second half and 50 percent for the game. The Penguins return home to host Butler, Thursday, Feb. 2, at 5:15 p.m. at the Beeghly Center. |
| Sluggish Start Dooms Penguins in 75-65 Loss at Loyola |
| Friday, January 27 2006 |
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| Chicago, Ill. -- Senior Michelle Holmes scored a career-high 21 points and classmate Ashlee Russo added 17 points but the Youngstown State women's basketball team (5-14, 1-7 Horizon League)dropped a 75-65 decision to Loyola (3-16, 3-5 Horizon League) on Thursday afternoon at the Gentile Center. The Ramblers scored the first nine points of the game, led by as many as 16 points in the first half and shot 63 percent from the floor and never let the Penguins, who shot 33.3 percent in the first half, get within six points all game. Trailing by 16 at halftime, 41-25, the Penguins opened the second half with a 12-4 run to cut the Ramblers' led to eight points, 45-37, after a Holmes old-fashioned 3-point play with 16 minutes remaining. After a lay up by Marquise Hanser, who scored 19 points, and a 3-pointer by Danielle Nobolotny put the Ramblers back ahead by 13, 50-37, the Penguins scratched their way back into the game and trimmed the deficit down to seven at the 11:08 mark and the 8:41 mark but would not get any closer. In the first half, Loyola, which converted 5-of-8 from the 3-point line in the first half, held a 15-4 lead at the 16:04 mark after a Mandy Mennella 3-pointer but the Penguins sliced the Ramblers lead down to six, 23-17, over the next eight minutes. Hanser and Mennella, who scored 13 and 12 points in the first half, respectively, sparked an 18-6 Rambler spurt and Loyola took a 16-point lead, 42-25, into the locker room at the half. The Penguins, who outscored the Ramblers, 40-34, in the second half, shot 48 percent in the second half and out-rebounded the Ramblers, 20-11, after halftime. YSU continues its trip in Chicago against Illinois-Chicago on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. (EDT). |
| Women's Basketball Drops 69-62 Contest at Detroit |
| Sunday, January 22 2006 |
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| Detroit, Mich. -- The Youngstown State women's basketball team cut a 21-point first-half deficit to just three in the second half, but could not overcome Detroit (8-10, 5-2 Horizon League), losing 69-62 to the Titans at Calihan Hall on Saturday afternoon. The Penguins (5-13 overall and 1-6 in the Horizon League) shot 54.8 percent from the floor and were Jessica Schloemp who finished with 18 points. Ashlee Russo had 13 and Kristy Gaudiose had 10 in a losing effort. The Titans jumped out to an early 17-point lead, 21-4, and led by as many as 21 points, 33-12, with 5:42 remaining before halftime. The Penguins, however, mustered a 12-4 run to close out the first stanza trailing by 13, 37-24. Youngstown State, which shot scored the first five points of the second half to cut the deficit to eight points, 37-29, at the 18:43 mark but the Titans responded quickly, outscoring YSU, 11-3, over the next four minutes to cushion their advantage to 16 points, 48-32, with 14:33 left. The Penguins, who shot 65 percent in the second half, were not finished, though, as Schloemp sparked YSU with seven points during a 16-3 run to slice the Detroit advantage to three points, 51-48, at the 6:56 mark. After the Titans went back up by seven, 55-48, Russo converted a free throw and a lay up to bring the Penguins within four, 55-51, but would not get any closer. YSU continues action against Loyola, Thursday, Jan. 26, at 5:45 p.m. in Chicago, Ill. |
| Gaudiose, Schloemp Lead Penguins Past Cleveland State, 68-56 |
| Friday, January 20 2006 |
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| Youngstown -- Junior Kristy Gaudiose (Poland, Ohio) tied a school record with seven 3-pointers and posted a team-high 23 points while sophomore Jessica Schloemp (Findlay, Ohio) recorded her second double-double with 20 points and 19 rebounds to lead the YSU women's basketball team (5-12, 1-5 Horizon League) past Cleveland State (3-14, 1-5 Horizon League), 68-56, on Thursday evening at the Beeghly Center. Gaudiose, who scored 21 points in the first half, opened the game with a 3-pointer and after CSU's Dominique Butler jumper at the 17:53 mark made the score, 3-2, the Penguins used a 12-0 run to take a 13-point advantage, 15-2, with 15:19 remaining. Schloemp, who shot 9-of-10 from the floor, paced the Penguins attack during those two minutes with six points on two jumpers and and two free throws. Youngstown State opened up a 15-point advantage, 21-6, with 12:29 remaining after two more triples by Gaudiose. Cleveland State continued to chip away at the Penguins advantage and used a 23-8 run over the next eight minutes to tie the game, 29-29, on a Butler jumper at the 4:08 mark. The Penguins closed out the half with another 15-2 run sparked by three more 3-pointers from Gaudiose, including her seventh with five seconds remaining, to take a 44-31 lead into the locker room Schloemp, who scored 10 points in each half, connected on 5-of-6 in the second half and helped the Penguins build an insurmountable 23-point second-half lead with 5:24 remaining. Youngstown State returns to action against Detroit, Saturday, Jan. 21, at 1:30 p.m. in Calihan Hall in Detroit, Mich. |
| Penguins Fall to UW-Green Bay, 74-49 |
| Saturday, January 14 2006 |
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| Youngstown -- UW-Green Bay scored the game's first 11 points and led the entire length in a 74-49 victory over the Youngstown State women's basketball team Saturday evening at the Beeghly center. Nicole Soulis scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Phoenix, who improved to 12-3 overall and 5-0 in the Horizon League while Youngstown State fell to 4-12 overall and 0-5 in the Horizon League. Kristy Gaudiose scored 12 points on four 3-pointers for YSU while Michelle Holmes tallied 10 points off the bench. The Phoenix shot 55.4 percent from the floor while holding YSU to 38 percent. UWGB also held a 33-27 rebounding advantage and scored 27 points off of 22 YSU turnovers. After UW-Green Bay went up 11 at the 16:37 mark of the first half, YSU chipped the margin to six on an Ashlee Russo jumper with 14:33 left. The teams exchanged baskets before the Phoenix went on a 10-1 run to go up 25-10 with 7:25 remaining. YSU did not get within single digits the rest of the way. The Penguins close out their four-game homestand against Cleveland State, Thursday, Jan. 19, at 7:05 p.m. at the Beeghly Center. |
| UW-Milwaukee Holds Off Penguins Second-Half Comeback, 64-59 |
| Thursday, January 12 2006 |
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| Youngstown -- The Youngstown State women's basketball team shrank a seven-point deficit with under two minutes remaining down to two, but UW-Milwaukee held on for a 64-59 victory Thursday evening at the Beeghly Center. After UWM's Traci Edwards hit a free throw to put the Panthers up 61-54 with 1:58 left, YSU scored the next five points and had a chance to tie with 43 seconds remaining. Michelle Holmes hit a jumper and Kristy Gaudiose converted on an old-fashioned three-point play on a fast-break layup and free throw. Senior Ashlee Russo then grabbed a defensive rebound and went to the line for two shots, but both tries rimmed out. Edwards then scored the game's final three points as part of her game-high 21 point effort to clinch it for the Panthers. Gaudiose finished with 14 points to lead YSU while Holmes chipped in with 13 off the bench. Jessica Schloemp netted 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Edwards finished with a double-double as she added 13 boards. Molly O'Brien and Nichole Drummond each added 10 points for the Panthers. The Panthers took their largest lead of the contest at 41-30 with 15:01 remaining. YSU then went on a 14-0 run that was capped by back-to-back 3-pointers from Gaudiose to take a 44-41 lead. UWM tied the score at 46 and again at 48 before Edwards gave the Panthers a four-points edge, 52-48, with two free throw and jumper at the 6:22 mark. Holmes trimmed the Panther lead back down the two, 52-50, with two more charity tosses with 5:16 remaining. UWM's Nichole Drummond scored five of the Panthers next seven points with two free throw and a 3-pointer to give the Panthers a 59-52 lead with 2:48 remaining. Youngstown State out-rebounded the Panthers, 37-35, but shot 28.6 percent in the first half compared to 43.5 percent for UWM. The Penguins host Horizon League preseason favorite UW-Green Bay, Saturday, Jan. 14, at 5:15 p.m. |
| YSU to Retire Bowers’ Number 33 Saturday |
| Wednesday, January 11 2006 |
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| Youngstown -- Dorothy Bowers, Youngstown State University’s women’s basketball all-time leading scorer with 2,324 career points (1984-88) and a member of the YSU Athletics Hall of Fame, will become the first female in school history to have her number retired, Saturday, Jan. 14, at halftime of the Youngstown State-UW-Green Bay women’s basketball game at the Beeghly Center, Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Ron Strollo announced. “This is a fitting tribute to one of the best basketball players in the history of Youngstown State,” Strollo said. “Dorothy’s on the court accomplishments have stood for nearly 20 years; and I am proud to announce that after the 2005-06 season the number 33 will not be worn by a YSU women’s basketball player.” Bowers’ influence on the court and the YSU basketball program was immediately felt. During her freshman campaign, the Youngstown, Ohio, native was selected to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Freshman Team after scoring 254 points for an average of 9.4 points per game. She also averaged 7.0 rebounds per game. In 1985-86, Bowers dominated the hardwood averaging 23.9 points and 11.6 rebounds as a sophomore while shooting a blistering 56 percent from the floor. That same year she was named second-team All-OVC. Bowers, who played for former YSU coach Ed DiGregorio, continued her dominance in 1986-87 as a junior with 24.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. She was named first-team All-OVC after connecting on 50.8 percent of her field goal attempts. As a senior, Bowers set the school’s single-season scoring record with 783 points, breaking the old mark of 710 set by Wanda Grant in 1980-81. With her 28.0 points and 11.6 rebounds per game, Bowers was named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. She also owns the school records for most field goals in a career (977), highest field goal percentage (.544), most points in a single-game (49) and most field goals in a game (21). Bowers, who owns a career scoring average of 21.5 points per game, also ranks second all-time with 1,083 career rebounds and 370 career free throws made. Bowers was inducted into the Youngstown State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997. A two-time graduate of Youngstown State, Bowers earned a bachelor’s degree in comprehensive business education in 1990 and a master’s degree in education in 1994. Now the Director of Student Support Services at Jefferson Community College, Bowers and her husband, David Collins, have two children, Doriyon and David. |
| Slow Start Dooms Penguins in 77-48 Loss to Detroit |
| Saturday, January 7 2006 |
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| Youngstown -- Four Detroit players scored in double figures and the Titans jumped out to a 21-4 lead to defeat the Youngstown State women's basketball team 77-48 Saturday afternoon at the Beeghly Center. Detroit extended the lead to 39-19 at halftime behind a 50 percent shooting effort and led by as many as 35 in the second half to improve to 5-10 overall and 2-2 in the Horizon League. YSU fell to 4-10 and 0-3 with the loss. Kristy Gaudiose and Megan Snorf finished with eight points apiece to lead YSU while Ashley Pendleton grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. The Penguins were held to 29.1 percent shooting overall and 22.2 percent in the first half. Catie Goddard scored 20 points on 7-10 shooting while Katie Solner hit five of six shots from behind the arc en route to a 16-point performance to lead Detroit. The Titans converted on 9-of-18 shots as a team from 3-point territory. A Jessica Schloemp jumper with 19:25 left in the first half tied the score at 2-2, but Detroit went on a 19-2 run over the next seven minutes to take a 21-4 lead. The Penguins got to within 13 on two free throws from Ashlee Russo, but Detroit held YSU without a field goal for just over 7 1/2 minutes to up the advantage to 20 at halftime. The Penguins will look to rebound Thursday when they play host to UW-Milwaukee at 5:15 p.m. The YSU men's basketball team will play host to Wright State in the second game of the doubleheader. |