Youngstown -- Youngstown State played well enough defensively to win, but the Penguins shot 29.2 percent and were outscored 21-1 off turnovers in a 58-37 loss to Wright State on Thursday evening at Beeghly Center.

Sophomore Kenya Middlebrooks was a rebound shy of collecting her first career double-double, finishing with a game-high 12 points and nine rebounds. She was matched in scoring by Wright State's LaShawna Thomas and Maria Bennett.

Wright State led for more than 38 minutes and trailed just once when Macey Nortey's free throw gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Wright State scored the next five points and went ahead by 10 for the first time on a Molly Fox jumper with 12:21 remaining in the first half. The Raiders were 8-for-12 from the floor at that point.

YSU chipped away and cut the deficit to 18-14 on two Nortey free throws with 8:21 remaining, but Wright State went on a 10-2 run to go ahead 28-16 on a Bennett bucket. Bennett made the score 34-21 just before the first-half buzzer with her second banked triple of the period.

The Raiders scored the first four points of the second half, and the lead ranged from 14 to 19 points in the period.

Bennett scored 10 of her dozen points in the first half to lead all scorers.

Wright State shot 43.3 percent and 37 percent in the second half and ended at 40.4 percent. The Penguins shot 34.8 percent in the first half, but they were just 6-for-25 in the second half and finished at 29.2 percent.

Nortey finished with nine points, making 3-for-7 from the field, to go with her four assists and four steals.

Wright State also outscored YSU 34-14 in the paint, and the Raiders' bench outscored YSU's substitutes 22-2.

The Penguins will play their final home game of the season on Saturday against Detroit. The contest will start at 4:35 p.m. and will be the second half of a doubleheader with the YSU men. Seniors Kaitlyn March and Rachael Manuel will be honored for their contributions to the YSU program prior to the contest.