Penguins Perry, Eargle, Belin earn HL honors

The Youngstown State men's basketball team was represented well on the 2013 Horizon League Postseason Awards list after a vote of the league's head coaches, sports information directors and selected media.

Senior Damian Eargle was named the league's 2013 Defensive Player of the Year, junior Kendrick Perry was named to the All-Horizon League First-Team for the second straight year and selected to the All-Defensive Team. Junior Kamren Belin was named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team.

Eargle led the league with 3.1 blocks per game overall and 2.9 blocks per Horizon League game. He averaged 11.8 points per game this season, also ranked fifth with 6.2 rebounds per game and fourth with 4.4 defensive rebounds per game.

Eargle, the 34th 1,000-point scorer in school history, led the Horizon League in blocks in 2011-12 with 116 and is the league's record holder for most blocks in a career with 293. Eargle was also a 2012 Horizon League All-Defensive Team selection.

Perry was named All-Horizon League First-Team after finishing second in the league in scoring with 16.9 points per game. He also led the league in steals for the second straight season with 2.0 steals per contest and was named to the All-Defensive Team with Eargle. Perry also ranked fifth in free-throw percentage (.848) and sixth in assists per game (4.1 apg).