YSU MEN’s BASKETBALL Today’s game

Matchup: YSU (12-16, 8-7 Horizon League) vs. Northern Kentucky (20-7, 10-4).

Tip-off: 7 p.m. at BB&T Arena.

Radio/TV: WKBN 570 / ESPN Plus.

Coaches: YSU — Jerrod Calhoun is 20-40 in two seasons with the Penguins and 144-78 overall in seven seasons; UIC — John Brannen is 75-48 in his fourth season with the Norse and is 76-49 during his time at NKU and two games as the interm head coach at Alabama.

YSU starters: Naz Bohannon (7.0 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 76 assists), 6-6 sophomore forward; Darius Quisenberry (13.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 107 assists), 6-1 freshman guard; John Sally Jr. (1.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg), 6-11 redshirt-freshman center; Garrett Covington (10.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 33 steals), 6-5 sophomore guard, Jelani Simmons (8.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 46-percent from the floor), 6-5 freshman guard.

UIC starters: Tyler Sharpe (14.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg), 6-1 junior guard; Trevon Faulkner (4.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg), 6-4 freshman guard; Jalen Tate (13.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg), 6-6 redshirt-sophomore guard; Dantez Walton (11.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg), 6-7 junior forward; Drew McDonald (19.2 ppg, 9.9 rpg), 6-8 senior forward-center.

Series history: YSU leads the series, 10-8. The Norse won the last meeting, 82-74, on Jan. 19.

Notebook: YSU is on a six-game winning streak, while Northern Kentucky has lost three of the last five. ... YSU hasn’t won seven straight since the 1997-98 season. ... The Penguins lost the last four meetings with the Norse, with the last win coming on Feb. 18, 2017. YSU beat NKU 81-77 at the Beeghly Center. ... YSU guard Darius Quisenberry is coming off another Horizon League Freshman of the Week award. Quisenberry won the honor each of the last three weeks.

Next: YSU is at Wright State on Saturday at 3 p.m.

— Dan Hiner, The Vindicator