YOUNGSTOWN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Preview of today’s game

Matchup: No. 3 YSU (22-8, 13-5 Horizon League) vs. No. 2 Green Bay (21-8, 15-3).

Tip-off: 3:30 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit.

Radio: WNIO-AM 1390.

Coaches: YSU — John Barnes is 104-85 in six seasons with the Penguins and 260-140 in 13 seasons; Green Bay — Kevin Borseth in 400-103 seven seasons with the Phoenix.

YSU starters: Alison Smolinski (12.7 ppg, 3 rpg, 98 3-pointers), 5-9 senior guard; McKenah Peters (8.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 49 assists), 5-9 sophomore guard; Sarah Cash (13 ppg, 4.9 rpg, shooting 58 percent), 6-1 redshirt senior; Chelsea Olson (10.3 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 139 assists), 5-10 sophomore guard; Mary Dunn (13.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg), 6-3 junior forward.

Green Bay starters: Frankie Wurtz (10.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg), 5-8 redshirt junior guard; Madison Wolf (8.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg), 6-3 redshirt junior forward-center; Jen Wellnitz (8.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg), 5-8 redshirt senior guard; Laken James (9.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg), 5-9 redshirt senior guard; Carly Mohns (6.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg), 6-1 redshirt senior forward.

Series history: Green Bay leads the series, 40-4. The Penguins won the last meeting, 70-59, on Feb. 15.

Notebook: The Penguins snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Phoenix with a win in their last meeting. ... It’s YSU’s fifth appearance in the Horizon League semifinals over the last seven years. ... The Penguins have made the conference semifinals in four of Barnes’ six seasons at YSU. ... Green Bay has won 20 consecutive conference championships. ... The Phoenix have won six straight games since their loss to the Penguins on Feb. 15. ... The Penguins won two straight since dropping back-to-back games against Northern Kentucky and Wright State on Feb. 22 and 24. ... This will be the first neutral site game for either team.

Next if the Penguins win: YSU vs. No. 1 Wright State or No. 4 IUPUI, Tuesday at noon (ESPNU).

— Staff report