YSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | A look at tonight’s game


Matchup: YSU (18-6, 10-3 Horizon League) vs. Green Bay (15-7, 10-2).

Tip-off: 7 p.m. at Beeghly Center.

Radio/TV: 1390 WNIO; ESPN Plus.

Coaches: YSU — John Barnes is 100-83 in six seasons with the Penguins and 247-135 overall in 12 seasons; Green Bay — Kevin Borseth is 338-85 in the seventh year of his second stint coaching the Phoenix. He is 650-262 in his 30th season overall.

YSU starters: Alison Smolinski (13.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 80 3-pointers), 5-9 senior guard; McKenah Peters (9.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg), 5-9 sophomore guard; Sarah Cash (12.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 57-percent from the field), 6-1 redshirt senior; Chelsea Olson (10.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 106 assists), 5-10 sophomore guard; Amara Chikwe (2.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg), 6-1 redshirt freshman forward.

Green Bay starters: Frankie Wurtz (11.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg), 5-8 redshirt-junior guard; Laken James (10.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg), 5-9 redshirt-senior guard; Jen Wellnitz (9.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg), 5-8 redshirt-junior guard; Carly Mohns (4.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg), 6-1 redshirt-senior forward; Madison Wolf (8.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg), 6-3 redshirt-junior center.

Series history: Green Bay leads 40-3. The Phoenix won the last meeting, 60-42, on Jan. 12.

Notebook: YSU is trying to break an 11-game losing streak against the Phoenix. ... Green Bay entered this season as the preseason favorite to win the Horizon League after have won at least a shre of the League title in each of the last 20 seasons. ... After Sunday’s 83-59 win against UIC, Penguins coach John Barnes earned his 100th victory as YSU’s coach. He’s the second coach in program history to reach 100 wins at YSU. ... A win would tie the program record for most Horizon League wins in a season. ... YSU leads the Horizon League in scoring offense, scoring margin, field-goal percentage, free-throw percentage, assists, assist-to-turnover ratio and 3s per game. ... Green Bay leads the League in scoring defense, field-goal percentage defense, 3-point field-goal percentage and steals. ... Green Bay is sixth in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 52.8 points per game.

Next: YSU plays Milwaukee on Sunday at 1 p.m.

— The Vindicator