YSU basketball Today’s games

Men

Matchup: YSU (8-18) at UC Riverside (10-15).

Tip-off: 9 p.m. at Student Recreation Center, Riverside, Calif.

Radio/TV: Horizon League Network (www.horizonleaguenetwork.tv).

Coaches: Jerry Slocum is 49-96 in five years at YSU and has a career mark of 629-421 in 35 years. UC Riverside’s Jim Wooldridge has a career record of 348-286 in 22 years, and is 36-49 in his third year at the school.

YSU starters: DeAndre Mays, 6-2 junior guard (14.6 points per game, 3.2 rebounds per game); Sirlester Martin, 6-7 senior forward (10.2, 5.4); Kelvin Bright, 6-4 senior guard (10, 2); Vytas Sulskis, 6-7 junior guard (11.1, 4.2); Dallas Blocker, 6-9 senior forward (3.7, 3.4).

UC Riverside starters: Kyle Austin, 6-foot-8 junior forward (18.3 points per game, 7.2 rebounds per game); Larry Gurganious, 6-foot-5 senior guard (8.1, 6.9); Sean Cunningham, 6-foot-2 senior guard (6.9, 3); Dwight Gordon, 6-foot-2 junior guard (5.5, 1.2); Brandon Dowdy, 6-foot-2 senior guard (4-8, 1.8).

Notebook: The Penguins look to break their longest losing streak of the year — six games — in preparation for the Horizon League tournament next month.

Next game: YSU will return home to finish out the regular season at the Beeghly Center. The final two games of the regular season will be Feb. 25 (Wright State) and Feb. 27 (Detroit).

Women

Matchup: YSU (0-24, 0-13 Horizon League) vs. Cleveland State (12-12, 7-6).

Tip-off: 2:05 p.m. at the Beeghly Center.

TV: WKBN-AM (570); MyYTV (taped at 10 p.m.).

Coaches: Cindy Martin is 3-51 in three years at YSU and has a career mark of 73-73 in five seasons. Cleveland State’s Kate Peterson Abiad is 47-101 in seven seasons at the school.

YSU starters: Macey Nortey, 5-3 sophomore (7.7 points per game, 2.8 rebounds per game); Bojana Dimitrov, 5-7 junior guard (11, 2.6); Brandi Brown, 5-11 freshman forward (11.3, 10.8); Kenya Middlebrooks, 5-8 sophomore guard (8, 3.9); Rachel Manuel, 6-3 senior center (7.4, 5.6).

Cleveland State starters: Kailey Klein, 5-foot-11 senior guard (17.3 points per game, 7.3 rebounds per game); Shawnita Garland, 5-foot-5 junior guard (13.2, 4.6); Stephanie Crosley, 5-foot-11 senior forward (7.7, 6); Shalonda Winton, 5-foot-11 junior forward (6.6, 5.5); Jessica Roque, 5-foot-5 senior guard (5.8, 2.6).

Series history: The Penguins own a 30-22 record against the Vikings all-time. But Cleveland State has won six straight, including a 57-43 victory earlier this season.

Notebook: The Penguins are coming off back-to-back losses where they allowed 80 or more points while scoring 36 or fewer.

Next game: YSU will host Wright State (Feb. 25) and Detroit (Feb. 27) for its final home series of the season. A two-game road trip follows.

Vindicator staff report