PREVIEW | YSU basketball



YSU MEN (12-15, 6-8)vs. WRIGHT STATE (21-8, 13-2)
When: Today, 7:05 p.m.Where: Beeghly CenterRadio/TV: WNIO-AM (1390); Fox 17/62 (Tape delay at 11 p.m. today)YSU projected starters: Forwards Jack Liles (6-8 sophomore 7.4 points per game) and Dwight Holmes (6-6 senior, 2.8 ppg); guards Quin Humphrey (6-4 senior, 18.9 ppg), Byron Davis (6-2 junior, 8.6 ppg) and Keston Roberts (6-4 senior, 16.1 ppg)Wright State projected starters: DaShaun Wood (5-11 senior, 19.6 points per game); Vaughn Duggins (6-3 freshman, 9.2 ppg); Drew Burleson (6-6 senior, 8.6 ppg); Jordan Pleiman (6-8 junior, 7.7 ppg); Todd Brown (6-5 freshman, 9.0 ppg)Coaches: Jerry Slocum (The King's, N.Y. '75) is 19-36 in his second year at YSU and 599-361 in 32 seasons overall. Brad Brownell (DePauw '91) is in his first season with the Raiders.Notes: The Penguins will play their final regular season home game tonight against Wright State. YSU is coming off a 66-61 win over Eastern Kentucky in the ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday at Beeghly Center. Senior Quin Humphrey led the Penguins with 20 points and finished with 56 points in his two games for the week to earn Horizon League player of the week honors. Sophomore Jack Liles added a career-high 19 points against the Colonels. Wright State, leading the Horizon League standings with a 13-2 record, is on a nine-game winning streak and has won 16 of its last 18 games, including a win over then-No. 10 Butler in Dayton. The Raiders defeated Cal State Fullerton 77-62 Saturday in the Bracket Buster game. The Raiders posted a 62-49 win over the Penguins Jan. 24 in Dayton. The Penguins are 4-13 overall against the Raiders and have dropped the last eight in a row, dating to the 2002-03 season. YSU's last win over the Raiders came that season at YSU 66-60.Next: YSU will wind up its regular season schedule with a road game at Cleveland State Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the Wolstein Center. The game will be the second of a doubleheader. The YSU women and Vikings women will play the opener at 3 p.m.
When: Today, 7:05 p.m.Where: Beeghly CenterRadio/TV: WNIO-AM (1390); Fox 17/62 (Tape delay at 11 p.m. today)YSU projected starters: Forwards Jack Liles (6-8 sophomore 7.4 points per game) and Dwight Holmes (6-6 senior, 2.8 ppg); guards Quin Humphrey (6-4 senior, 18.9 ppg), Byron Davis (6-2 junior, 8.6 ppg) and Keston Roberts (6-4 senior, 16.1 ppg)Wright State projected starters: DaShaun Wood (5-11 senior, 19.6 points per game); Vaughn Duggins (6-3 freshman, 9.2 ppg); Drew Burleson (6-6 senior, 8.6 ppg); Jordan Pleiman (6-8 junior, 7.7 ppg); Todd Brown (6-5 freshman, 9.0 ppg)Coaches: Jerry Slocum (The King's, N.Y. '75) is 19-36 in his second year at YSU and 599-361 in 32 seasons overall. Brad Brownell (DePauw '91) is in his first season with the Raiders.Notes: The Penguins will play their final regular season home game tonight against Wright State. YSU is coming off a 66-61 win over Eastern Kentucky in the ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday at Beeghly Center. Senior Quin Humphrey led the Penguins with 20 points and finished with 56 points in his two games for the week to earn Horizon League player of the week honors. Sophomore Jack Liles added a career-high 19 points against the Colonels. Wright State, leading the Horizon League standings with a 13-2 record, is on a nine-game winning streak and has won 16 of its last 18 games, including a win over then-No. 10 Butler in Dayton. The Raiders defeated Cal State Fullerton 77-62 Saturday in the Bracket Buster game. The Raiders posted a 62-49 win over the Penguins Jan. 24 in Dayton. The Penguins are 4-13 overall against the Raiders and have dropped the last eight in a row, dating to the 2002-03 season. YSU's last win over the Raiders came that season at YSU 66-60.Next: YSU will wind up its regular season schedule with a road game at Cleveland State Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the Wolstein Center. The game will be the second of a doubleheader. The YSU women and Vikings women will play the opener at 3 p.m.