YSU MEN’S PREVIEW | Today’s game

Matchup: Youngstown State (3-1) vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (4-1).

Tip-off: 2 p.m. at Stokes Center, Loretto, Pa.

Radio: WKBN-AM (570).

Coaches: YSU — Jerry Slocum, 61-122 at YSU, 641-447 career; Saint Francis — Don Friday, 26-67 at Penn State; 109-116 career.

YSU starters: Blake Allen (15.0 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game), 6-1 junior guard; Kendrick Perry (19.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.5 assists per game), 6-0 sophomore guard; Ashen Ward (12.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg), 6-3 senior forward; DuShawn Brooks (5.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg), 6-6 senior forward; Damian Eargle (12.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 4.3 blocks per game), 6-7 junior forward.

Saint Francis starters: Chris Johnson (5.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 4.7 apg), 6-0 junior guard; Kameron Ritter (3.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg), 6-3 sophomore forward; Anthony Ervin (6.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg), 6-4 junior guard; Jon Taylor (4.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg), 6-6 senior; Scott Eatherton (11.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg), 6-8 sophomore forward.

Series history: Saint Francis leads 22-15. Last meeting: YSU won 91-63 on Nov. 27, 2010.

Next game: YSU opens Horizon League play at Detroit on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.

Staff report