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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: GB Saturday

« on: February 11, 2024, 03:09:22 PM »

This game was lost on the defensive side.   GB was hitting 3s and Ruedinger was taking anyone from YSU off the dribble.    Coach even said it  was the defense in the post confernce but can we ask why ?   Why isn't the defense ready to play and make the stops and do the work to win a big conference game.

Burns and  Thompson were tremendous and Ziggy couldn't get going because of fouls.   I thoughy Rush would be the face of the program and he was disappointing yesterday.   Got to win one of those tough games on the road to make up for not protecting the home court but RM won't be laying down for us.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: GB Saturday

« on: February 10, 2024, 03:22:30 PM »

Frustrating watching this game GB running screens and guys cutting and running to spots while YSU is going one on one.  The one guy for GB who is going iso is killing us.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: GB Saturday

« on: February 10, 2024, 01:25:22 PM »

I think the key is to slow down Noah Reynolds. He is the leader that can break down the D and gets the ball to their open shooters or he's  athletic and talented enough do get his.    Got to make him uncomfortable.  Not sure anyone in the leauge so far has accomplished this.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Milwaukee tonight

« on: February 08, 2024, 09:17:57 PM »

Gabe Dynes came in and made the difference in the game .  He totally intimidated UM front court.   Milwaukee is a tough matchup with their length and their very athletic.  Not looking forward to playing at their court.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Milwaukee tonight

« on: February 08, 2024, 08:40:03 PM »

Mental mistakes is causing YSU to give this game back to Milwaukee.  A dumb 10 second call and a stupid lob. Shouldn't  blow a 10 point with 3 minutes to go.  Not to mention ziggy fouling on a 3 pt shot.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: PFW

« on: February 04, 2024, 04:35:19 PM »

Tough loss.  Guys fought to the end but PFW ran their offense efficiently.  Jalen Jackson was the best payer on the court today.   YSU's height advantage in the interior never materialized as the guys struggled to bully the ball on the inside.

Ziggy might of had his worst game of the season and Thompson struggled.  Credit PFW.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: PFW

« on: February 04, 2024, 01:48:07 PM »

PFW brings a different look then most teams in the Horizon.   They play with one post and four  guards that are always probing with penertration and finding the cutter or kicking the ball out.   Defense needs to stay in front the whole shot clock and guys need to be good in their switches.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU @ Wright St MBB

« on: February 01, 2024, 11:17:01 PM »

Going to bed happy .   Defense was way better the 2nd half.   Burns was terrific as was Langdon.   Farmer and Lovelace were effective off the bench.   Zorgval had 0 points but was key protecting the rim.
Noticed after Rush missed his dunk  he pretty  much sat on the bench.

Brett Thompson is the guy if he's not on your team then he's the villain.   His turnovers were costly but he still played his rear off.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU @ Wright St MBB

« on: February 01, 2024, 06:38:40 PM »

I noticed that Dynes had the wrap off his hand at the NKU game while Bates was hobbling with the boot on.  Not sure if the boot caused him to hobble or the injury is still severe ?

If Ziggy and Burns can stay away from silly fouls then I'm good with those two and Zorgvol .   Dynes would be a bonus.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: MBB forwards

« on: February 01, 2024, 06:30:18 PM »

Damien Eagle is living in town now.  Is he still playing?

Looks like his pro career in Canada was one game unless the site is incomplete with their info.
https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Damian-Eargle/164045

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU @ Wright St MBB

« on: February 01, 2024, 02:55:37 PM »

Guys are going to need to bring their A game tonight.   Need the bigs to stay out of foul trouble . Wright State is tough in the post and Trey Calvin can go off on a scoring spree.  Trey is tough off the bounce so I hope someone like Farmer can distrupt his game.

The X factor for Wright State is Alex Huibregtse.  He led them on 8 of 13 from the field againt us at Beeghly so we don't need him getting confidence either.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: MBB forwards

« on: February 01, 2024, 02:44:13 PM »

Ucf,
I don’t see Kendrick Perry being listed. He played in the World Cup for Macedonia last year. Is he still playing in Europe?

Bottom of first paragraph I had him in with Marcus Keene in the no-brainer category.  I'm sure I missed some though.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: MBB forwards

« on: January 31, 2024, 06:47:12 PM »

https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Malek-Green/450298
https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Adrian-Nelson/428909
https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Naz-Bohannon/450348ht
https://basketball.usbasket.com/player/Dwayne-Cohill/474301#google_vignettehttps://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/
https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Michael-Akuchie/450347
https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Tevin-Olison/429361#google_vignette


Here's a few ex Penguins playing over seas. Slocum and Calhoun era. Actually there has been a bunch that have played in the program over the years.  Some of these names you might remember or not.  A lot of them transferred from YSU.  Some only played one season of pro ball. I'm sure I missed a few.
Two no brainers are Kendrick Perry and Marcus Keene.

Bryce McBride
Noe Aniabir
Raheem williams
Darius Quisenberry
Sydney Ulmude
Matt Donlan
Devin Haygood
Tyree Robinson
Jelani Simmons
Donell Cathcart
Olamide Pedersen
Alex Holcomb
Antwan maxwel
Ryan Weber
Kamren Belin
Damian Eargle
vytas Sulskis
Deandre Mays
Byron Davis
John Barber
Quinn Humphrey

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: MBB forwards

« on: January 30, 2024, 08:15:36 PM »

You can argue with either combo which was better or more valuable.  Ziggy and Burns are doing better from three but Malik and Nelson both averaged 13.5 a game and might have scored more but Cohill was more of the focus.

Saw Green play his 2nd game in the British league and he was dominant.  He had 26 points and looks like he took his game to another level except his love for jacking up 3s and he still below average. Malik averaged 30 points in the Luxembourg league prior to going to Sheffield England. Thought he could of been more dominant at YSU with his length and skill.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Big game today

« on: January 28, 2024, 03:47:57 PM »

Great defense today.  Farmer,Rush,Lovelace made Warrick's day miserable and add in Zorgval clogging up the middle.   Ziggy has been been the man and Burns has killed it on the glass.

They said there was 6k for attendance.  With the bleachers pushed in on the upper deck that kind of surprises me.

Can't forget to give the coaching staff props for having the team ready to play today.   Hopefully they can get it going a little better from three going forward.   Really liking Farmer's mid-range game.