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Who: YSU (8-15, 5-8) vs. Green Bay (19-6, 11-2). Tip-off: 7:05 p.m. Beeghly Center. Radio/TV: WKBN-AM 570; MyYTV (taped at 10 p.m.).SFlbCoaches: Jerry Slocum (Kings, N.Y. ‘75) is 37-73 in his fourth season with the Penguins and 617-399 all-time; Tod Kowalczyk (Minnesota-Duluth, ‘89) is in his seventh season with the Phoenix and holds a 111-94 record.SFlbYSU starters: Tom Parks, 6-6 sophomore guard (3.9 points per game, 1.6 rebounds per game); Jack Liles, 6-7 senior forward (8.1 ppg., 5.8 rpg); DeAndre Mays, 6-2 junior guard (10.7 ppg., 4.1 rpg.) Ashen Ward, 6-3 freshman guard (3.2 ppg., 1 rpg.); Sirlester Martin, 6-7 junior forward (9.2 ppg., 7.4 rpg.) Green Bay starters: Troy Cotton, 6-1 junior guard (12.4 ppg., 2.8 rpg.); Mike Schachtner, 6-9 senior forward (11.2 ppg., 4.5 rpg.); Rahmon Fletcher, 5-10 sophomore guard (10.2 ppg., 2.3 rpg.); Terry Evans, 6-5 senior forward (9.9 ppg., 5.2 rpg.); Randy Berry, 6-9 junior forward (6.5 ppg., 5.7 rpg.). Game notes: The Penguins are on a two-game winning streak, their second of the season. The Penguins had a big week in Chicago where the Penguins knocked off Loyola, 60-49. Then they came back to win for the first time at the UIC Pavilion, beating the Flames 68-60. The Penguins connected on 13 3-point goals at UIC, 11 of them in the first half. They still had to battle at the end after the Flames had deadlocked the contest at 52. The Penguins outscored them 16-8 over the final seven minutes. Sophomore Tom Parks continued his hot shooting, scoring 15 points with a career-best five 3-point goals. Those included two straight big ones when the contest was deadlocked at 52. Green Bay is one of the hottest teams in the Horizon League, winning 13 of their last 15 including the last five. Included in that five-game streak was a 75-66 win over No. 11 Butler Friday. Slocum says the Phoenix are among the best offensive teams in the league and have five players capable of scoring double figures in any game.SFlbSeries: The Penguins trail 18-5 and Green Bay posted a 78-61 win on Jan. 17 in Green Bay. YSU won the last meeting in Youngstown a year ago, 76-73. Up next: The Penguins play Milwaukee at 7:05 p.m. Saturday at Beeghly Center.

Who: YSU (8-15, 5-8) vs. Green Bay (19-6, 11-2). Tip-off: 7:05 p.m. Beeghly Center. Radio/TV: WKBN-AM 570; MyYTV (taped at 10 p.m.).SFlbCoaches: Jerry Slocum (Kings, N.Y. ‘75) is 37-73 in his fourth season with the Penguins and 617-399 all-time; Tod Kowalczyk (Minnesota-Duluth, ‘89) is in his seventh season with the Phoenix and holds a 111-94 record.SFlbYSU starters: Tom Parks, 6-6 sophomore guard (3.9 points per game, 1.6 rebounds per game); Jack Liles, 6-7 senior forward (8.1 ppg., 5.8 rpg); DeAndre Mays, 6-2 junior guard (10.7 ppg., 4.1 rpg.) Ashen Ward, 6-3 freshman guard (3.2 ppg., 1 rpg.); Sirlester Martin, 6-7 junior forward (9.2 ppg., 7.4 rpg.) Green Bay starters: Troy Cotton, 6-1 junior guard (12.4 ppg., 2.8 rpg.); Mike Schachtner, 6-9 senior forward (11.2 ppg., 4.5 rpg.); Rahmon Fletcher, 5-10 sophomore guard (10.2 ppg., 2.3 rpg.); Terry Evans, 6-5 senior forward (9.9 ppg., 5.2 rpg.); Randy Berry, 6-9 junior forward (6.5 ppg., 5.7 rpg.). Game notes: The Penguins are on a two-game winning streak, their second of the season. The Penguins had a big week in Chicago where the Penguins knocked off Loyola, 60-49. Then they came back to win for the first time at the UIC Pavilion, beating the Flames 68-60. The Penguins connected on 13 3-point goals at UIC, 11 of them in the first half. They still had to battle at the end after the Flames had deadlocked the contest at 52. The Penguins outscored them 16-8 over the final seven minutes. Sophomore Tom Parks continued his hot shooting, scoring 15 points with a career-best five 3-point goals. Those included two straight big ones when the contest was deadlocked at 52. Green Bay is one of the hottest teams in the Horizon League, winning 13 of their last 15 including the last five. Included in that five-game streak was a 75-66 win over No. 11 Butler Friday. Slocum says the Phoenix are among the best offensive teams in the league and have five players capable of scoring double figures in any game.SFlbSeries: The Penguins trail 18-5 and Green Bay posted a 78-61 win on Jan. 17 in Green Bay. YSU won the last meeting in Youngstown a year ago, 76-73. Up next: The Penguins play Milwaukee at 7:05 p.m. Saturday at Beeghly Center.