YSU women's team to play Friday and Sunday

By The Vindicator | February 25, 2016 at 4:33p.m.

Inclement weather has forced schedule changes for the Youngstown State women's basketball team this weekend.

The Penguins will host Valparaiso on Friday and UIC on Sunday at Beeghly Center after travel problems for both Horizon League rivals forced the postponements of games originally scheduled for today and Saturday.

YSU and Valparaiso will tip off at 7 p.m. Friday. YSU and UIC will meet at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Both games will have free admission as part of Sponsor Appreciation weekend at Beeghly Center.

The rescheduling was necessary because of the snowstorm that hit the greater Chicago area on Wednesday and the resulting travel limitations for both Valparaiso and UIC.

Friday's game will be broadcast live on Big 106.1 WBBG, iHeart.com and ESPN3. Sunday's game will be on 570 WKBN, iHeart.com and ESPN3.

The celebration for the 20th anniversary of the 1995-96 Youngstown women's basketball NCAA Tournament team will take place at halftime of the YSU men's game on Saturday, which will still tip at 7 p.m. Janae Jackson's Senior Day will take place prior to Friday night's game vs. Valparaiso.

The YSU men will host Wright State tonight at 7:45 as originally scheduled. The Penguins host Northern Kentucky on Saturday.