YOUNGSTOWN — Brandon Rush is back. Despite averaging 11.4 points per game this season, Rush had been going through a bit of a scoring and shooting slump, by his standards, throughout this month. “Honestly, I feel like it helped me be a better teammate,” Rush said during Youngstown ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Growing up in Oakland, California, fifth-year guard Brett Thompson never expected that he would end up where he is now at Youngstown State. “There were a lot of good things and a lot of bad things going on,” Thompson said of his formative years in Oakland. “So I was just ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State threw everything it had at Horizon League-leading Cleveland State, but the Vikings showcased their championship pedigree Tuesday. Malia Magestro’s would-be game-tying three bounced off the rim at the buzzer, as the Penguins fell 56-53 in a gritty, physical ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Youngstown State’s Colt McFadden will readily tell you that since being an athlete and the competitive nature of sports, he is now prepared for his current position as assistant athletic director for sales and development. With parents who were former athletes, highly successful administrators and YSU Hall of Fame honorees in their own right — his father, Paul, was a standout placekicker for YSU who played six seasons in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons while his mother, Dianne (Rappach) Kosco, scored 1,198 points for her ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Youngstown State completed the rare sweep of the Wisconsin road trip by defeating Green Bay 71-59 on Sunday. Ziggy Reid and Brett Thompson both scored 16 points to lead the Penguins. Reid was 5 of 12 shooting, including 1 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 5 for 7 from the line for the Penguins (21-9, 13-6 Horizon League). Thompson shot 5 for 9 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free throw line, and added five assists. Brandon Rush shot 5 for 11, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc to finish with 13 points. The Phoenix (17-12, 12-6) were led in ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Each year, one sign that the winter winds are giving way to sunnier spring skies is conference championship season for the winter sports around the NCAA. Youngstown State is gearing up for this weekend’s Horizon League Indoor Track and Field Championships, a two-day event ...
