YOUNGSTOWN STATE vs. WRIGHT STATE WOMEN Preview of today’s game

WOMEN

Matchup: YSU (12-5, 4-2 Horizon League) vs. Wright State (13-4, 5-0).

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

Radio/TV: WKBN 570; ESPN Plus.

Coaches: YSU — John Barnes is 94-82 in six seasons with the Penguins and 241-134 overall in 12 seasons; Wright State — Katrina Merriweather is 61-24 in her third season with the Raiders.

YSU starters: Alison Smolinski (13.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 59 3-pointers), 5-9 senior guard; McKenah Peters (8.4 ppg, 4.5, 28 assists), 5-9 sophomore guard; Sarah Cash (12.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 56 percent from the floor), 6-1 redshirt-senior; Chelsea Olson (10.4 ppg, 8 rpg, 68 assists), 5-10 sophomore guard; Amara Chikwe (2.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg), 6-1 redshirt-freshman forward.

Wright State starters: Michal Miller (13.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg), 5-7 junior guard; Mackenzie Taylor (12.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg), 5-6 senior guard; Emily Vogelpohl (7.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg), 5-8 senior guard; Symone Simmons (7.2 ppg, 8.4 rpg), 5-10 senior guard; Tyler Freirson (6.3 ppg, 6.7 rpg), 6-4 sophomore center.

Series history: Wright State leads the series 34-25. Wright State won the last meeting, 69-59, on Jan. 27, 2018.

Notebook: Wright State is the lone undefeated team in Horizon League play and owns the League’s best overall record. ... YSU is on a two-game skid after losing to Milwaukee and Green Bay on the road. ... Tonight’s contest starts a 5-game homestand. ... Smolinski is YSU’s career record holder with 212 career 3-pointers. She enters the week ranking fifth in the country with 59 3-pointers this season. ... Smolinski ranks sixth in the HL in scoring with 13.6 points per game, and Dunn and Sarah Cash are tied for eighth with 12.6 points per contest. Olson ranks in the top five in rebounding, assists, free-throw percentage, 3s per game, blocks and minutes.

Next: YSU plays Northern Kentucky on Sunday at 1 p.m.

— The Vindicator