Youngstown -- The Youngstown State women's basketball team welcomed home almost 20 former players on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Brandi Brown made the former Guins in attendance proud as she picked up her league-leading 12th double-double of the season in a 68-38 loss to Cleveland State at the Beeghly Center. Brown finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

With the defeat, YSU now falls to 0-25 overall and 0-14 in the Horizon League. Cleveland State improves to 13-12 and 8-6.

For the game, the Penguins made 15-of-55 shots (27.3 percent) while the Vikings hit at a 43.9 percent (29-of-66) clip. Only one CSU player reached double figures while 10 found their way into the scoring column.

Brown picked up her double-double with 12 minutes left in the contest. She grabbed a rebound on a miss on a 3-pointer by Angel Rogue and drove the length of the court for a fastbreak layup.

Kenya Middlebrooks scored 11 points for the Guins and she finished with eight rebounds.

In the first half, the Penguins tied the contest three times and grabbed a brief lead seven minutes into the game at 8-6.

The Guins tied the contest 10-all on a Boki Dimitrov basket at the 10:42 mark. After a Jessica Rogue basket gave the Vikings a 12-10 cushion, Middlebrooks' free throw cut the deficit to one. Angel Rogue drained a 3-pointer as CSU went up 15-11 before Brown cut the deficit to 15-13 at the 7:29 mark.

However Cleveland State scored the next 16 points to forge ahead 31-13 with just under two minutes left before the break.

Brown, who had six points and seven rebounds in the opening frame, stopped the run with a layup at the 1:33 mark. Leading the way offensively for Cleveland State was Angel Rogue who had 11 points. Angel Rogue made three 3-pointers in the first half, while her teammates failed to connect on seven other attempts. For YSU, Middlebrooks had seven points and five rebounds in the opening half.

The Vikings shot 42.4 percent from the field in the first half (14-of-33) while the Guins connected on 7-of-29 shots from the floor.

The Penguins continue their three-game home stand on Thursday when they entertain Wright State. Tipoff for the contest is set for 5:15 p.m. as part of a men's-women's doubleheader.