Penguins walloped by Detroit

Poor shooting doomed YSU in a 21-point defeat.
SPECIAL TO THE VINDICATOR
DETROIT, Mich. -- Detroit's Jimmy Twymann scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Titans to a 64-43 victory over Youngstown State Thursday night at Calihan Hall.
The Penguins (7-13, 3-7 Horizon League) shot just 31.3 percent (15-of-48) from the field and had their three-game winning streak ended.
The Titans (10-10, 4-6) snapped a three-game losing skid and moved a game ahead of the Penguins in the league standings.
In the first half, Twymann carried the Titans by scoring 19 points, one shy of his season-high. Twymann made 7-of-10 shots, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range.
For the game, he was 9-of-14 overall and 5-of-8 from behind the arc.
Close in first half
Youngstown State stayed close in the first half, trailing 21-20 with 8 minutes, 27 seconds remaining.
But the Titans scored nine straight points, all 3-pointers by Twymann, to go in front by 10. Y
YSU closed to 30-25 with 3:25 remaining on two Mike Woodard free throws, but Detroit ended the half by scoring the final six points to take a 36-25 lead.
In the second half, YSU made just 6-of-24 shots (25 percent).
The Titans scored the first six points of the second half to increase their lead to 42-25 on Ryvon Covile's basket with 16:28 remaining.
The Penguins got as close as nine points, 44-35, but Detroit gradually pulled away the remainder of the game.
YSU senior Khari McQueen scored a team-high 11 points, but had only two after halftime. He also had a team-high seven rebounds, but the Penguins were outrebounded 38-32.
Youngstown State plays host to UW-Green Bay Saturday at 7:35 p.m., the first of a three-game homestand.