YSU PREVIEW | Basketball

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Who: YSU (7-17, 2-10) vs. UW-Green Bay (18-5, 10-2)When: 8 p.m. todayWhere: Phoenix Sports Center, Green Bay, Wis.
Radio/TV: NoneCoaches: Tisha Hill (23-57) is in her third season at YSU; Kevin Borseth (178-59) is in his eighth season at Green Bay.The series: Green Bay leads 13-1, including a 74-49 victory earlier this season at Beeghly Center. The last time YSU and the Phoenix met at the Phoenix Sports Center, the Penguins came away with a 60-56 victory and snapped UWGB's 55-game home-court winning streak back on Feb. 19, 2005.
YSU starters: Monique Godfrey, 5-8 freshman guard (4.0 points per game, 2.8 rebounds per game, 1.8 assists per game); Ashlee Russo, 5-7, senior guard (10.9, 3.1, 2.4); Kristy Gaudiose, 5-7 junior guard (11.4, 3.4, 1.2); Aliyah Sabree, 5-8 senior forward (2.5, 2.4, 0.6); Jessica Schloemp, 6-3 sophomore forward (8.8, 7.0, 0.8)UW-Green Bay starters: Nicole Soulis, 6-2 junior forward (18.1 points per game, 6.6 rebounds per game, 0.5 assists per game); Natalie Berglin, 5-7 junior guard (14.5, 3.4, 4.6); Amanda Popp, 5-10 junior guard (10.7, 4.0, 1.9); Kayla Groh, 5-7 sophomore guard (8.3, 2.8, 2.4); Rachel Porath, 5-10 freshman forward (6.0, 4.0, 2.3).
Game notes: The Penguins snapped a two-game losing streak on Monday with a 72-54 victory over Cleveland State on the road. Senior Ashlee Russo led the Penguins with 16 points, while freshman Monique Godfrey had a career-high 15 points in the win. Sophomore center Jessica Schloemp added a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, her fourth of the season. The Phoenix have posted a 13-2 record in their last 15 games, but both losses have come against UW-Milwaukee; the most recent was Monday night in Milwaukee 65-55. Those two teams are currently tied for first place in the Horizon League standings at 10-2. The Phoenix' Nicole Soulis leads the conference in scoring, averaging 18.1 points a game.
Next up: The Penguins play at UW-Milwaukee on Saturday night at 8 p.m. YSU's regular season finale will be Feb. 23 at home against Loyola at 7:05 p.m.
Pete Mollica