YOUNGSTOWN STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL | Preview of today’s game


Matchup: YSU (12-17, 8-8 Horizon League) at Wright State (17-11, 11-4).

Tip-off: 3 p.m. at Nutter Center.

Radio/TV: WKBN 570 / ESPN3.

Coaches: YSU — Jerrod Calhoun is 20-41 in two seasons with the Penguins and 144-79 overall in seven seasons; Wright State — Scott Nagy is 95-62 in his third season at Wright State and is 360-229 in his 11th season overall.

YSU starters: Naz Bohannon (7.4 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 80 assists), 6-6 sophomore forward; Darius Quisenberry (13.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 107 assists), 6-1 freshman guard; John Sally Jr. (1.7 ppg, 1.2 rpg), 6-11 redshirt-freshman center; Garrett Covington (10.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 33 steals), 6-5 sophomore guard, Jelani Simmons (8.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 46-percent from the floor), 6-5 freshman guard.

Wright State starters: Louden Love (15.1 ppg, 8.3 rpg), 6-9 sophomore forward; Bill Wampler (15.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg), 6-6 junior forward; Cole Gentry (12.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg), 5-10 junior guard; Mark Hughes (9.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg), 6-4 senior guard; Parker Ernsthausen (5.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg), 6-11 senior center.

Series history: Wright State leads the series, 46-12. The Raiders won the last meeting, 80-74, on Jan. 17.

Notebook: Quisenberry left Thursday’s 76-69 loss to Northern Kentucky with an ankle injury. If he can’t play today, Devin Morgan likely gets the start. ... Wright State’s Mark Hughes is an Ursuline graduate. ... Wright State has won the last four games against YSU. ... YSU had won six straight games before falling to Northern Kentucky. ... YSU sits one game back of fourth-place University of Illinois at Chicago, who holds the final spot for hosting a game at the Horizon League tournament.

Next: YSU hosts Cleveland State on March 2 at 6 p.m.

— The Vindicator