Youngstown State University
7-12, 2-8HL
Green Bay
15-7, 7-3HL
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay | 33 | 36 | 69 |
| Youngstown State | 30 | 25 | 55 |
Guins Go Cold in the Second-Half, Lose 69-55 to Green Bay
1/24/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Youngstown -- The Youngstown State men's basketball team went without a field goal for eight minutes in the second half and missed 12 of its final 19 free-throw attempts in a 69-55 loss to Green Bay on Sunday at Beeghly Center.
The YSU shooting drought came soon after Green Bay scored eight straight points to take its first double-digit lead of the contest. The Penguins still trailed just 50-44 with 10:38 left on Dan Boudler's bucket, but Green Bay went on a 16-5 run to go up 66-49 as YSU went cold from the floor.
Dallas Blocker's free throw with 5:22 remaining made the score 57-49, but Rahmon Fletcher and Troy Cotton hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to spark another 8-0 run for Green Bay. The Phoenix led by double digits the rest of the contest.
Cotton led all scorers with 23 points despite picking up his third foul late in the first half, and Randy Berry added 11 points and nine rebounds for Green Bay. The Phoenix held a 36-22 edge on the glass.
DeAndre Mays and Vance Cooksey had 10 points apiece for YSU.
Green Bay improve to 15-7 overall and 7-3 in the Horizon League while YSU drops to 7-12 and 2-8.
The Phoenix led the entire contest, but the Penguins stayed within striking distance until their cold spell in the second half.
The Penguins cut the margin to one twice early in the first half, but Green Bay went up by double digits for the first time at 50-40 on Rian Pearson's 3-point play with 12:03 remaining. Cooksey's lay-up had cut the score 42-40 with 16:07 left, but the Penguins did not score again until Ashen Ward's jumper stopped an 8-0 run with 11:46 left.
YSU started 11-for-12 from the free-throw line but missed seven of its next nine.
Green Bay scored the first five points of the contest until YSU got on the board with Mays' three-point play with 17:17 remaining. The Phoenix led by five on four more occasions in the first half before going up by seven, 23-16, on Matt Smith's jumper at the 8:34 mark.
The Penguins trimmed the lead to two on two Ashen Ward free throws with 5:23 left, and they kept the margin to three, 33-30, at the halftime.
Cotton led all scorers with 14 points in the opening 20 minutes, and no other UWGB player had more than four. Mays had eight to lead YSU.
Six of Green Bay's first eight shots came from 3-point range, and the Phoenix ended up attempting one more 3-pointer than deuces in the first half.
The Penguins started 5-for-9 in the half , but slowed a bit to finish at 42.9 percent in the period. Green Bay shot 37 percent and had a 16-7 edge off turnovers in the first period despite committing just one fewer miscue than YSU.
Both teams shot well from the free-throw line in the first half. Green Bay was 9-for-10 and YSU hit 11 of its first 12 before missing its last two. Green Bay held an 18-12 edge on the glass after grabbing 12 off the first 14 caroms.
Youngstown State remains home to play North Carolina Central on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
