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YSU women struggle from floor in loss to Bucknell

Youngstown State suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday. The Penguins struggled from the floor in a 51-36 road defeat at Bucknell. YSU shot 15%, making only nine of its 60 field-goal attempts. Jewel Watkins and Malia Magestro paced the scoring for the Penguins with Watkins leading the way with 9 points, shooting 7-for-12 from the free-throw line. Magestro hit YSU’s only two 3-point shots of the game and finished with 8 points. Abby Liber had her third double-figure rebounding performance in five games for YSU (4-1), pulling down 10 boards against Bucknell (2-4). The ...

YSU men’s hoops falls to Blue Hose

Youngstown State’s men’s basketball team was outpaced Friday afternoon, falling to Presbyterian College, 67-42. Ty Harper led the Penguins with 12 points, and EJ Farmer added 10. The Blue Hose were led by a 20-point effort from Jonah Pierce. The Penguins (2-3) couldn’t get into a flow offensively in the first half. YSU trailed 28-16 and only shot 9-for-23 (39.1%) from the floor in the opening half. YSU’s shooting improved slightly after coming out of the break. The Penguins converted a 10-of-30 attempts from the field in the second half. While YSU struggled from the field, ...

YSU heads into offseason aiming to address shortcomings

YOUNGSTOWN — Reflecting back on a 4-8 season, Youngstown State head coach Doug Phillips didn’t mince words during his final press conferences of the season last week. “I don’t live with what ifs. There’s no excuses,” Phillips said. “We’re in an outcome-based profession, and ...

Magestro’s career-high 25 lifts YSU past Mercyhurst 64-56

YOUNGSTOWN — Having played in 110 games across five seasons, Malia Magestro has plenty of experience at the Division I level. With that experience comes knowledge, and on Tuesday whenever Youngstown State needed a basket, Magestro was there to answer the call, as she finished with a ...

YSU pushes Syracuse to brink, falls in 2OT

Youngstown State went toe-to-toe with an ACC powerhouse on Saturday. The Penguins pushed Syracuse to the brink, but ultimately came up short against the Orange, falling 104-95 in double overtime at the JMA Wireless Dome. YSU led for the majority of the first half and the two teams went back and forth throughout the second half. At halftime, the Penguins led the Orange by seven thanks to 13 first-half points from senior EJ Farmer. Farmer had struggled from the floor over the first two games of the season, combining to shoot 1-for-19 from the floor. But he finally found his ...

YSU goes for two, fends off Northern Iowa 39-38 in OT

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State’s start on Saturday against Northern Iowa mirrored last week’s against Southern Illinois in a myriad of ways. The Penguins moved the ball with ease on offense, got stops on defense and surged ahead to an early double-digit lead. But it also gave up that ...