Box Score Morgantown, W.Va. -- The Youngstown State
women's basketball team played well enough defensively but
shot just 19.6 percent in a 69-37 loss at West Virginia in the
2011-12 season opener on Friday at the WVU Coliseum.
The Penguins trailed 26-15 at halftime because of a strong
defensive effort that held the Mountaineers to 30-percent shooting.
WVU shot 59.3 percent in the second half in outscoring the Guins
43-22 in the final 20 minutes.
WVU, which held a big size advantage, posted 12 blocks.
Sophomore guard Taylor Palmer had 33 points on 12-of-23 shooting,
including 8-for-16 from beyond the arc. The rest of the
Mountaineers combined to go 0-for-10 from 3-point range.
Brandi Brown had 12 points and eight rebounds for Youngstown
State but was just 3-for-15 from the field. Monica Touvelle, Heidi
Schlegel and Melissa Thompson had five points apiece.
YSU dug itself a 13-0 hole until Touvelle's 3-pointer with
12:50 remaining broke the scoreless stretch. WVU led by double
digits until Macey Nortey scored on YSU's first possession of
the second half. That made the score 26-17, but WVU scored the next
10 points and held the Penguins scoreless until the 15:45 mark.
Youngstown State will stay in Morgantown tonight before heading
to Fort Wayne, Ind., to play IPFW on Sunday. Tipoff against the
Mastodons is set for 2 p.m., and the game can be heard live on
570wkbn.com