Today at Beeghley: Wear Red as Basketball Goes Up Against Green Bay on ESPN3

by YSU

Sunday, Feb 17, 2013 9:01 am

The Youngstown State men's basketball team goes for its 10th home win of the season when it hosts Green Bay, Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Beeghly Center
• Tipoff is set for 2:05 p.m., and the game can be heard on 570 WKBN-AM and iHeartRadio.
• The game can be viewed on the ESPN3.com

Last Time Out
• The Penguins collected a 94-80 win over Milwaukee on Feb. 15 to earn a season sweep over the Panthers.
• Junior Kendrick Perry scored a game-high 28 points with eight rebounds, five assists and three steals.
• Sophomore DJ Cole scored a career-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting with five assists.
• Senior Blake Allen scored 17 points and made three 3-pointers.
• Junior Kamren Belin scored 15 points with seven points.

Up Next
• The Penguins host Mid-American Conference member Central Michigan in the 2013 Ramada Bracketbusters at 7:05 p.m. at the Beeghly Center.
• The game can be heard on 570 WKBN-AM and iHeartRadio.
• Fans can also watch the contest on the Horizon League Network.

The Green Bay Series
• This is the 34th meeting between Youngstown State and Green Bay in a series that dates back to 1993.
• The Phoenix own a 25-8 advantage in the all-time series, but the Penguins have won the last two games at the Beeghly Center.
• Earlier this year, Green Bay defeated the Penguins 67-58 on Jan. 17 at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis.

Scouting Green Bay
• Green Bay is 14-12 overall and 8-5 in the Horizon League.
• The Phoenix have won three of their last four games but are just 3-9 on the road this season.
• Sophomore Keifer Sykes leads the Phoenix with 15.2 points per game.
• Junior Alec Brown is posting 13.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.

A Win Will
• Improve YSU to 16-11 overall on the year.
• Improve YSU to 8-6 in the Horizon League.
• Mark the second straight season YSU has won at least 16 games.
• Mark YSU's ninth win over Green Bay.
• Mark YSU's third consecutive home win over the Phoenix.
• Mark YSU's 10th home win of the season.
• Mark the second straight season YSU has won 10 games at home.
• Mark Head Coach Jerry Slocum's 671st career victory and his 90th at Youngstown State.
• Mark YSU's 1,024th victory in the program's history.

Back-to-Back 15
• The Penguins 94-80 win over Milwaukee on Feb. 15 marked their 15th win of the season.
• It also marks the first time since 1984 and 1985 that Youngstown State has won at least 15 games in consecutive seasons.
• The Penguins won 18 games in 1983-84 and 19 in 1984-85.

Perfect 10
• With a win over Green Bay, the Penguins will mark their second straight year they won 10 games at home.
• Before 2011-12, the last time the Penguins won 10 home games was during the 2006-07 season.

King Cole
• Sophomore DJ Cole scored a career-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor on Feb. 15 against Milwaukee.
• Cole also made a career-best three 3-pointers and had five assists against the Panthers.

Fletch Lives
• Sophomore forward Fletcher Larson turned in a gritty performance against Milwaukee on Feb. 15.
• Larson came off the bench and scored six points on 3-of-4 shooting from the floor.
• It also marked Larson's first action since Jan. 10.

Allen Sets 3's Mark
• With five 3-pointers against UIC on Feb. 10, senior Blake Allen set the Youngstown State career 3-pointers made record.
• Allen now has made 205 career 3's in three years and broke the record of 198 set by Craig Haese from 1997-2001.
• Allen ranks second in the Horizon League with 67 3-pointers and 2.6 3-pointers made per game.

KP Now 19th
• With 1,234 career points, junior Kendrick Perry ranks 19th on the YSU all-time scoring list.
• Perry needs just 22 more points to move into 18th place.
• He needs 66 more to become 17th YSU player to score 1,300 career points.
• In his 87-game career, Perry has a scoring average of 14.2 points per game.
Raining 3's
• Youngstown State made a season-high 13 3-pointers in back-to-back games against Milwaukee on Feb. 15 and UIC on Feb. 10.
• It also marks the third time this season the Penguins made at least 10 3-pointers in game.
• The only other time YSU made at least 10 3's was against Detroit on Feb. 1 with 11 3-pointers.
• Last season, the Penguins made 10-or-more 3's in a game on 10 occasions.

Eargle Nearing 1,000 at YSU
• The 1,000-point countdown for senior Damian Eargle has officially started.
• Eargle needs just 21 more points to become the 34th player in school history to score 1,000 points.
• Eargle has scored 979 points, including 296 this season, in his three-year career at Youngstown State.
• Including his 268 points at UNCG in 2008-09, Eargle has scored 1,247 points in his collegiate career.
• He would become the only player in school history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 blocks.

KP - 20/20 Vision
• With 28 points against Milwaukee on Feb. 15, junior Kendrick Perry recorded his eighth 20-point performance this season.
• Perry, who has 18 career 20-point games, also scored 29 points against UIC (Feb. 10), had 22 against Detroit (2/1), and 28 against Valparaiso (1/30).
• Youngstown State is 3-5 when Perry has scored at least 20 points this year.
• Over the last nine games, Perry is averaging 18.6 points per game.

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