PREVIEW | YSU basketball

YSU MEN (9-11, 4-4)at WRIGHT STATE (12-8, 5-2)
When: Today, 7 p.m.Where: Nutter Center, DaytonRadio: WNIO-AM (1390)YSU projected starters: Forwards Jack Liles (6-8 sophomore, 6.4 points per game) and Dwight Holmes (6-6 senior, 3.4 ppg); guards Quin Humphrey (6-4 senior, 17.5 ppg), Byron Davis (6-2 junior, 8.6 ppg) and Keston Roberts (6-4 senior, 16.4 ppg)Wright State projected starters: DaShaun Wood (5-11 senior, 19.4 points per game); Vaughn Duggins (6-3 freshman, 9.1 ppg); Jordan Pleiman (6-8 junior, 8.1 ppg); Todd Brown (6-5 freshman, 8.1 ppg); Drew Burleson (6-6 senior, 7.2 ppg).Coaches: Jerry Slocum (The King's, N.Y. '75) is 16-32 in his second year at YSU and 596-357 in 32 seasons overall. Brad Brownell (DePauw '91) is in his first season with the Raiders.Notes: The Penguins defeated Cleveland State 68-63 on Saturday night. The win was their ninth this season, equaling the team's best season since the 2000-03 season when they also won nine times. The team's four conference wins also equal the best the Penguins have done since joining the Horizon League. Junior forward John Barber had a career-high 18 points against the Vikings, while seniors Quin Humphrey and Keston Roberts led the way with 22 and 20 points. Humphrey also had his 14th career double-double with 12 rebounds. Wright State was knocked out of a share of the league's top spot in the standings on Sunday when it fell to UW-Milwaukee 73-69 in Milwaukee. The Raiders have the league's top scorer in DaShaun Woods who had 21 points on Sunday and leads the conference with a 19.4 points per game average. The Raiders lead the overall series 26-6 and have won the last seven meetings. YSU's last win in the series was a 66-60 victory in Youngstown back in 2003. The Penguins are also 1-15 against the Raiders at the Nutter Center.Next: YSU will stay out on the road when it travels to meet Loyola University in Chicago Monday night. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.
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