YSU women fall to 0-9 on the road

YSU drops to 0-9 on the road

Staff report

ROCHESTER, MICH.

Oakland used a 15-0 first-quarter run to get the drop on Youngstown State early and went on to rout the Penguins 80-54 on Sunday at the Athletics Center O’rena.

After Indiya Benjamin scored on YSU’s first possession, Oakland (10-9, 4-4 Horizon League) scored the next 15 points. YSU (7-12, 3-5) got no closer than seven the rest of the way. The Penguins are winless (0-9) on the road.

YSU’s Alison Smolinski scored all 13 of her points in the first half, including three 3-pointers. Mary Dunn scored 10 of her 12 points in the second half.

Oakland’s Hannah Little had 19 points, 19 rebounds, four assists and four steals. She had seven points during the Golden Grizzlies’ early 15-0 run. Taylor Gleason had six of Oakland’s 16 steals.

YSU returns home to host Green Bay at 7 p.m. Thursday.