YOUNGSTOWN — Fresh off his best season since taking over Youngstown State men’s basketball, Jerrod Calhoun already is turning to what’s next. The Penguins wrapped their season up Wednesday night, finishing 24-10 overall and making their debut in the NIT by way of a Horizon League ...
NILES — After spending a month on the road, Youngstown State’s homecoming couldn’t have played out better. Snow blanketed Eastwood Field earlier in the week, but YSU froze out the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, 18-3 during its conference opener Thursday evening. Following the contest, ...
YOUNGSTOWN — For as long as it could, Youngstown State held on for its life in an upset bid of Oklahoma State in its NIT debut. Eventually, however, the shots stopped falling. The final curtain dropped on the Penguins’ season Wednesday, as the Cowboys clamped down in the second half to ...
YOUNGSTOWN — It’s a tall task, to be sure, but also a massive opportunity. Making its NIT debut, Youngstown State (24-9) ordinarily would have been sent on the road to face a Power 5 team. It would’ve been the case this year, too, as the Penguins went unseeded and drew the top seed in ...
YOUNGSTOWN — From the high of beating Green Bay in the Kress Center to the low of losing four of its final five games, the 2022-23 season was a roller coaster for Youngstown State. But, with an overall record of 19-11 and a conference record of 13-7, it still has to be considered a ...
YOUNGSTOWN — It wasn’t the ending for which Youngstown State had hoped. Not after the preseason excitement. Not after taking Power 5 program Notre Dame to the wire. And certainly not after months of some of the best basketball in program history, capped by a regular season Horizon ...
