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Postby PointGuard » Tue May 15, 2018 12:58 am

Penguins Successful Road Journey Continues
By Steve Porter

After Chris Edwards, Southern Utah’s leading scorer, opened the scoring by hitting a free throw, the Penguins’ SF Colin Chambers and C Jamal Grady both hit FG’s on which they were fouled. Both converted their 3 point plays putting YSU on top 6-1. The Penguins sported a 20-9 lead with 12 minutes to go in the half. Even though C’s Jamal Grady and Kent Jones both were sidled and side lined with 2 fouls, the Penguins carved out a 40-28 halftime lead. They did that by outshooting the 49ers 62% to 36% and controlling the boards 18-9. PF Aaron Tice dropped in 13 points in the half.

Southern Utah cut the lead to 52-46 with 13 minutes to play. The Penguins scored the next 9 points to regain a comfortable lead. The 49ers cut the lead in the last few minutes, but the Penguins still came away with an easy 75-68 victory. Their record improved to 3-0 with all victories being on the road as Coach Durst again liberally played his entire bench.

C Jamal Grady played just 21 minutes but scored 20 and PF Aaron Tice hit for 15.
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Re: The Town Crier

Postby PointGuard » Tue May 15, 2018 11:44 pm

Rainy Day in Hackensack for Penguins
By Steve Porter

A day-long rain deluge nearly swept the Youngstown State Penguins into the nearby Hackensack River when they journeyed to New Jersey to take on the 2-1 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights last night. Beyond the downpour, the Penguins were challenged to stop C Kori Krudup who was averaging 22.3 ppg.

PG Levall Hart scored 4 points in the first 43 seconds of play. But the Knights then began hitting their shots and took a lead that they built to 29-20 with 8 minutes to play in the half as the Penguins struggled to hit their shots. YSU then began to shrink the lead and by the end of the half trailed by just three points at 39-36. SF Colin Chambliss led the Penguins’ scoring with 8 points but C Kori Krudup had scored 10 and pulled down 5 boards for Fairleigh Dickinson.

Youngstown State took a 44-43 lead with 16:15 remaining. But the Knights again gained control and with 9 minutes left in the game they led 60-51. The Penguins kept cutting the lead to 3-5 points but each time the Knights answered by pulling away again. The final score was 80-75 in favor of Fairleigh Dickinson. The loss washed away an undefeated season for the Penguins who now are 3-1 in their games this season which have all be played away from home.

C Jamal Grady played most of the game in foul trouble and eventually fouled out but scored 20 and grabbed 7 rebounds in 22 minutes of play. SF Colin Chambliss scored 15, C Kent Jones tossed in 12, and SG B.J. Dennis finished with 10.
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Re: The Town Crier

Postby PointGuard » Fri May 18, 2018 1:08 am

Penguins’ Freshman Wins Honors
By Steve Porter

Youngstown State’s freshman SF Colin Chambliss may have only played four collegiate games, but he’s turning some heads. Standing just 6-3, he’s shorter than most Division I small forwards, but what he lacks in height, he makes up in tenaciousness. He’s averaged 10.8 ppg and 4.5 rpg and has hit 47% of his FG attempts in the Penguins first four games this season.

And now Chambliss has been awarded the Horizon League’s Freshman Player of the Week award following his two solid games against Southern Utah and Fairleigh Dickinson.

Coach KD Durst said, “We knew we had a good one when we signed Colin, but he surprised us by immediately winning a starting spot and has become a key to our success this season. He’s still learning our system so he’s going to be even better in the future. We’ve even had Colin fill in at PF at times, and he’s held up well against much more physically imposing opponents. Although we’ve not yet tested him at the guard positions in a game, Colin has the ball handling and passing skills to play at either SG or PG if we need him to do that. It’s rare that you get a player who can ably handle four different positions. We’re all pleased that the entire league recognized Colin’s performance.”
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Re: The Town Crier

Postby PointGuard » Sun May 20, 2018 8:08 pm

Youngstown State Makes Surprising Announcement
By Steve Porter

Vic Morrissey, Athletic Director at Youngstown State, caught everyone by surprise yesterday by announcing that another high school recruit has accepted a scholarship offer to play basketball for the Penguins next season. YSU’s new catch is Will O’Neil, a 6-8 center presently attending New Prairie H.S. in New Carlisle, Indiana. Morrissey stated, “We seldom get seniors giving us verbal acceptances in late November, but we’re really happy to have this one. O’Neil is a well-rounded ball player. He’s averaging over 15 ppg, 5 rpg, 3 apg, 3 bpg, and nearly 3 spg. His top strengths are inside shooting and scoring, rebounding, and shot blocking. He’s presently ranked as the 560th best recruit in the nation but has been ranked as high as #243. More importantly, he was rated in the top 5 at the Chicago Prep Revue this past summer. On the other hand, his academic performance has been rather weak, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed until the end of January that he gets high enough SAT scores to meet our requirements.”

O’Neil follows SF James Asbury accepting a scholarship for the Penguins this year. This leaves them with one more scholarship to fill. Steve Simmons, the Penguins 1st assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, explained, “At this point we are unlikely to offer the remaining scholarship until this spring. In the meantime we’ll keep trying to increase interest in the recruits on our list. We’ve added a few new ones to our list, including a couple international players. Since we don’t have the money to aggressively recruit internationally, they’re definitely long-shots, but any of the international players we’re considering definitely would be a big accomplishment to land. Ideally we’d like to add a guard to our roster, but probably will take the best recruit we can get regardless of position.”
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Re: The Town Crier

Postby PointGuard » Wed May 23, 2018 2:51 am

Youngstown State Knocks off Big-10 Team
By Steve Porter

The Penguins were cold early and fell behind Penn State 19-4. Capping this, C Jamal Grady sustained an injury after 4 minutes of play. YSU then scored 9 unanswered points to get back in the game. Then with 5-1/2 minutes left in the half, the Penguins took a 22-21 lead. The half ended with Youngstown State on top 34-32. SF Colin Chambliss scored 10 points to pace the Penguins.

Continuing their solid defense, the Penguins opened a 40-33 lead with 17:13 remaining. But Penn State then caught fire and came back to take a 49-42 lead with 11-1/2 minutes to go. The Penguins then went on a 11-0 run to regain the lead at 53-49 with 7:44 on the clock. Penn State pulled ahead by a single point again, but back-to-back 3’s by Chambliss and Tim Lostetter gave YSU a 61-56 lead with 4 minutes remaining. The Penguins’ Colin Chambliss put the ball on the floor and drove to the basket for a dunk that made it 65-56 with 1:43 left. Youngstown State then cracked down defensively and won against the Big 10 team by a score of 69-58.

SF Colin Chambliss finished with 17 points and 9 rebounds, PF Aaron Tice had a double-double (11 points and 15 boards) and C Kevin Anderson came off the bench to score 12.

After the game, it was announced that injury sustained early in the game by Jamal Grady was a strained abdominal muscle, and he will miss the Penguins’ next game.

Coach KD Durst said, “When we started so poorly and Jamal was injured early in the game, it looked like we were in for a long night. But I was really impressed by how our team rallied after Jamal was forced out of the game. They cracked down defensively and then we began hitting our shots. Colin Chambliss carried us offensively but Kent Jones and Kevin Anderson both played well in place of Jamal. This early season road schedule is taxing us, but the guys have weathered it well. I never expected we would be 4-1 at this point.”
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Re: The Town Crier

Postby Wayne23 » Wed May 23, 2018 12:31 pm

How 'bout dem Penguins!
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Re: The Town Crier

Postby PointGuard » Fri May 25, 2018 6:05 pm

Penguins Singed by Dragons
By Steve Porter

Youngstown State took on the 2-1 Drexel Dragons without the services of injured star center Jamal Grady. Sophomore Kent Jones started in his place.

The Penguins fell behind 14-8, but then Linehan Murphy came in and score 5 quick points to cut the Dragons’ lead to a single point. Sub SF William Worley’s two successive 3’s put YSU on top 20-16 with 11 minutes left in the first half. The Penguins defense limited Drexel’s shooting to just 35% in the half and forced the Dragons to make 10 turnovers. YSU hit 50% of their shots and took a 37-27 lead to the locker room. Leading the Penguins’ scoring was SG B.J. Dennis with 9 points.

Youngstown State scored the first 6 points of the 2nd half to open a 16 point lead. After expanding their lead to 18, the Dragons made a run that cut the Penguins lead to 60-55 with 7-1/2 minutes remaining in the game. As the refs saddled YSU with fouls, the Dragons pulled ahead 68-67 with 2:48 left. On the ensuing possession C Kent Jones then received a pass inside and drove to the hoop to lay it in to regain the lead for the Penguins. The Dragons went ahead by 5 but the Penguins cut the lead to 73-71 with just over a minute to play. Drexel hit a shot and was rewarded with yet another foul where they converted the 3-point play and took a 5 point lead wi 56 seconds to go. With 14 seconds remaining and trailing by 6, B.J. Dennis knocked down a 3. But that was as close as the Penguins could get and they lost 77-74. The real difference in the game was Drexel parading to the foul line in the 2nd half and scoring 7 more points than the Penguins on free throws. The loss dropped YSU’s record to 4-2.

B.J. Dennis scored 16 to lead the scoring for YSU. PG Linehan Murphy added 10 to go along with his 5 assists and PF Aaron Tice scored 9 and pulled down 9 boards.

"We simply ran out of gas in the 2nd half after playing so many games on the road," said Coach KD Durst.
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Re: The Town Crier

Postby PointGuard » Mon May 28, 2018 6:13 pm

Penguins Road Ordeal Ends
By Steve Porter

In their last of seven straight away games, Youngstown State’s basketball team journeyed to Princeton, NJ to take on the 3-3 Princeton Tigers, led by SG Reggie French’s 20.2 ppg.

The Penguins use hot shooting to lead for the first 12 minutes of the game, but then Princeton began hitting their shots and the referees began dinging the Penguins with picky fouls. Princeton pulled ahead by as much as 17 points. After a free-wheeling offensive show, the half ended with the Tigers on top 48-39. SF Colin Chambliss led YSU’s scoring with 12 points, but Princeton’s Reggie French bombed away from outside to score 20 points in the half.

In the second half Youngstown State cut the lead to 5 points three times but the Tigers quickly regained double digit leads each time. The Penguins then made a run in the final two minutes, and with less than a minute to go Colin Chambliss hit two long 3’s that reduced Princeton’s lead to 84-81 with 22 seconds left. With only 3 team fouls YSU was unable to foul to get the ball back. Princeton scored inside to give them a 5 point lead. Linehan Murphy knocked down a 3 with 4 seconds to go. The Penguins’ attempt to steal the inbound pass failed so they fell by an 86-84 score. YSU’s season record now stands at 4-3.

The Penguins held a 30-23 rebounding advantage. YSU hit 54% of their shots and Princeton hit 52% of theirs. The Penguins knocked down 12 of 20 from 3 point distance, but the Tigers hit 14 of 29. And Princeton scored 2 more points from the free throw line, which was the difference in the score.

SF Colin Chambliss had a career game in his 7th game as a Penguin, hitting 9 of 12 FG’s including 6 of 8 of his 3’s and finished with 25 points plus he grabbed 6 rebounds, dished out 3 assists, and had 1 steal and a block. PG Linehan Murphy scored 14 and PG Levall Hart hit for 10. The two combined for 8 assists. C Kent Jones scored 10 while C Jamal Grady scored 9 and had 11 rebounds. For Princeton, SG Reggie French finished with 25 points and hit 7 of 14 of his 3 point attempts.

Coach KD Durst said, “Our guys made a helluva comeback at the end. Without being able to regain possession by fouling, we did the very best we could. While we’d love to have a better record than 4-3, all those games have been on the road and our losses were by 5, 3, and 2 points so we’ve been in every game. Colin Chambliss put on a real show tonight with great shooting and a fantastic all-around game for a freshman.”
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Re: The Town Crier

Postby PointGuard » Wed May 30, 2018 12:59 am

Penguins Freshman Honored Again
By Steve Porter

Youngstown State’s SF Colin Chambliss was awarded the Horizon League’s Freshman Player of the Week for the second time this season. Coach KD Durst commented, “Colin has quickly shown he can be a go-to guy for us. He’s effective inside and now has proven he shoots well from beyond the arc. Beyond his offensive strengths, he can crash the boards and is also strong defensively.”
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Re: The Town Crier

Postby PointGuard » Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:33 am

Beeghly Reopens But Penguins Offense Is A No-Show
By Steve Porter

Repairs to Youngstown State’s Beeghly Center have finally been completed, so the Penguins were able to play their first game at home this season. As a strong team within the Missouri Valley Conference, the Southern Illinois Salukis, presented a step up in their opposition’s talent level.

The Penguins hit just 1 of their first 12 FG attempts, but their defense kept them in the game and they trailed by just an 8-7 score. YSU’s shooting remained ice-cold as they hit just 18% of their shots in the half. When the buzzer sounded ending an ugly half by both teams, Southern Illinois led 22-19. Top scorers for the Penguins were C Jamal Grady and PF Aaron Tice who each scored just 4 points.

Youngstown State’s shooting woes continued in the 2nd half. With 11 minutes left in the game, they trailed 43-27. The Penguins fell behind by as much as 22 points as their offense never clicked. The Salukis cruised to an easy 58-46 victory. YSU hit just 24% of their shots and were 0 for 10 from 3-point distance.
Three of the Penguins five starters combined to go 0 for 18 shooting from the field. YSU also was out-rebounded by Southern Illinois 43-28. The only team statistic that was favorable to the Penguins was turnovers where they held a 23-10 advantage.

PF Aaron Tice was the only player for YSU to score in double figures and he scored just 10 points. Southern Illinois’ C Marc Jordan scored 20 points.

In a post-game interview, Coach KD Durst said, “We finally get a home game and we can’t get the ball in the hoop. While Southern Illinois was strong defensively, it’s embarrassing for us to play as poorly as we did in front of our fans. But we just have to put this game behind us as a total off-night for the entire team and come back strong in our next game.”
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