YSU women play at Buffalo Wednesday

YSU women playat Buffalo Wednesday
The Youngstown State women's basketball team (1-3) continues its road trip against Buffalo (0-2) Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Alumni Arena. The Penguins have lost three straight games, to No. 25 Auburn, 67-36; New Mexico, 54-36, and Elon, 63-58. Leading the Penguins are juniors Cathy Hanek and Jessica Olmstead, who are averaging 11.5 and 11.3 points per game, respectively. Senior Jessica Forsythe leads the squad with 7.3 rebounds per game and ranks third in scoring with 8 points per game. Buffalo, which hasn't played since Nov. 25, has lost to Canisius, 79-57 and Colgate, 69-65. Sophomore guard Brooke Meunier leads Buffalo with 17.5 points per game, including a 23-point performance against Colgate. Senior Jessica Kochendorfer is also off to a solid start, averaging 15.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. The Penguins visit Toledo Saturday night, then return home Dec. 13 to face Kent State at 2 p.m.
Earle Bruce criticalof Nebraska A.D.
OMAHA, Neb. -- Like Frank Solich, Earle Bruce was a running back at his alma mater. Like Solich, Bruce followed a coaching legend. And like Solich, Bruce got fired after posting an impressive career win-loss record. Bruce, who lost his job at Ohio State in 1987 after averaging nine wins over nine seasons, said Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson may have created more problems than he solved by firing Solich after a 9-3 season. He said Pederson may have done the program a disservice by firing Solich and announcing that the Cornhuskers must be in the running for a national championship every year. "You've put a star up there that says, 'I've got to be aware of this: 9-3 isn't good enough for Solich, it probably isn't good enough for me,' " Bruce said. "You're going to have to pay a lot of money to get a guy who is in a good position to come there." Defensive coordinator Bo Pelini, a Youngstown native who played for Bruce at Ohio State, was named Nebraska's interim head coach.