High-Scoring Offenses Collide When @YSUMensHoops Visits Kent State
11/26/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The Youngstown State men's basketball team hits the road to play its fifth away contest in eight games when it takes on in-state rival Kent State, Wednesday, Nov. 27.
• Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. EST at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center in Kent, Ohio.
• The game can be heard on 570 WKBN-AM and iHeartRadio.
Highly Offensive
• Two highly-potent offenses will be tangling with one another on Wednesday evening.
• Youngstown State, who has scored more than 100 points twice this season, is averaging 83.6 points per game, and shooting 44.8 percent from the field and 75.5 percent from the free-throw line.
• Kent State is averaging 81.3 points per game while shooting 47.2 percent from the floor.
• The Penguins (60) and Golden Flashes (58) have combined for 118 3-pointers made.
Last Time Out
• Five players scored in double figures en route to a 108-57 win over Westminster on Nov. 23 at the Beeghly Center.
• Sophomore Bobby Hain led the team with 16 points and nine rebounds, and freshman Marcus Keene posted 15 points and a career-high six assists.
• Senior Kendrick Perry scored 13 points with five rebounds, six assists and three steals.
• Freshman Jalon Plummer and Shawn Amiker added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
The Kent State Series
• This is the 46th meeting between Youngstown State and Kent State in a series that dates back to 1929.
• The Golden Flashes own a 28-17 advantage in the all-time series and have won the last five meetings.
• The last Penguins victory was a 62-58 win on Dec. 22, 2006, in Kent, Ohio.
Scouting Kent State
• The Golden Flashes own a 6-1 record and have won their last four games, including three wins last weekend against Western Carolina (72-59), USC-Upstate (79-78), and Niagara (102-97).
• Kris Brewer leads Kent State in scoring with 12.4 points per game followed by Derek Jackson and Devereaux Manley at 11.3 points per game each.
• Darren Goodson is also in double figures with 10.1 points per contest.
Last Time Against Kent State
• Last season, Youngstown State and Kent State needed overtime to determine a winner, and the Golden Flashes escaped the Beeghly Center with an 85-78 victory.
• Kendrick Perry scored 26 points on 7-of-17 shooting from the floor and 10-of-11 from the free-throw line.
• Damian Eargle had a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Blake Allen added 12 poiints.
Penguins Set Rebounding Mark
• YSU set a single-game rebounding record with 66 boards against Westminster on Nov. 23.
• It broke the record of 64 set in 1987.
• The last time the Penguins recorded at least 60 rebounds was against Wilberforce on Jan. 11, 2011.
KP In the League
• Senior Kendrick Perry is in the top four in four key Horizon League statistical categories
• He leads the league in steals (3.0 spg), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.3), ranks third in assists (4.5 apg) and sixth in scoring (18.0 ppg).
A Win Will
• Improve YSU to 7-1 on the season.
• Mark YSU's first 7-1 start since the start of the 1979-80 season.
• YSU started 13-1 that year.
• Mark YSU's first 7-1 start as a D-I program.
• Mark YSU's 18th win over Kent State.
• Mark YSU's first win at Kent since 2006.
• Mark YSU's second road win of the season.
• Mark Head Coach Jerry Slocum's 680th career victory and his 99th at Youngstown State.
• Mark YSU's 1,033rd victory in the program's history.
Slocum In Elite Company
• Youngstown State Head Coach Jerry Slocum ranks among the best in the history of college basketball in terms of overall wins.
• Slocum ranks 34th all-time with 679 career victories and surpassed Denny Crum, who had 675 career victories.
• He also ranks fifth among active Division I coaches in all-time wins.
Sweet Charity
• Youngstown State has been taking advantage of its time at the free-throw line.
• The Penguins rank third in the Horizon League with a .755 free-throw percentage.
• Five players are shooting .829-or-better from the line this season.
• That group includes freshman Marcus Keene (.909), junior DJ Cole (.857), senior Kamren Belin (.850), sophomore Bobby Hain (.840) and senior Kendrick Perry (.829).
• Junior Shawn Amiker is shooting .789 from the stripe and sophomore Ryan Weber is connecting on a .769 clip.
Cool Hands Cole
• Junior guard DJ Cole has been sure handed when handling the rock.
• Cole, who is averaging 4.0 assists per game, leads the league with a 3.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• He also ranks fourth in the league in assists per game.
Hain On the Boards
• Sophomore Bobby Hain is proving he is one of the top rebounders in the Horizon League.
• Hain, who already has two double-doubles this year, ranks third in the league with 7.8 rebounds per game.
Penguins Top Scoring Horizon League Team
• At 83.6 points per game, Youngstown State leads the league in scoring offense.
• The Penguins also rank fourth in field-goal percentage (.448).
• YSU is also the league leaader with 17.3 assists per game.
KP Nets Steals Mark
• Kendrick Perry is Youngstown State's all-time steals leader with 191.
• Perry broke the record of 182 set by Bruce Alexander between 1979-83.
Hot-Handed Hain
• Sophomore Bobby Hain is playing a hot hand right now.
• The 6-10 center has two double-doubles and has made 57.7 percent of his field-goal attempts over the last six games.
• Hain also ranks 12th in the Horizon League with a .508 field-goal percentage.
Century Mark
• YSU's 108-57 win over Westminster on Nov. 23, marked the first time since 1990-91 that the Penguins have scored more than 100 points in a game twice in the same season.
• That year, the Penguins reached the century mark on six occasions.
• With the 104-58 win over Warren Wilson College on Nov. 14, YSU reached the 100-point mark for the first time since 2003.
• The last time the Penguins scored at least 100 points was a 106-69 win over Slippery Rock on Dec. 3, 2003.
KP Notches 22nd 20-Point Game
• With a game-high 31 points against Eastern Kentucky, senior Kendrick Perry notched his 22nd game with at least 20 points.
• It also marked the fourth 30-point effort of his career.
• Last season, Perry scored more than 20 points 10 times.
• He also scored at least 20 points in a game as a sophomore nine times and once as a freshman in 2010-11.
Perry Now Tied for 13th
• With 121 points this season, senior Kendrick Perry now ranks tied for 13th all-time on the YSU scoring list with 1,430 points.
• He needs one more point to move into sole possession of 13th place on the all-time scoring list.
• He needs five more to move into 12th place.
Perry Moving Up Assists, 3's, FT Charts
• Not only is senior Kendrick Perry YSU's all-time steals leader and climbling the all-time scoring list, he is also moving up the career assists, career 3-pointers made, and free-throws made charts.
• Perry ranks for fourth all-time with 398 career assists, fourth with 343 made free throws and sixth with 151 career 3-pointers made.
• Perry should also become the school's all-time leader in minutes played.
• Her currently ranks fourth with 3,225 minutes, and the school record is 3,689 held by Quin Humphrey from 2003-07.
Penguins Picked Fifth; Get First-Place Vote
• Youngstown State was picked to finish fifth in the Horizon League's Preseason Poll of head coaches, SIDs and selected media.
• The Penguins earned 219 points and received a first-place vote for the first time.
Perry Named Preseason POY
• Senior Kendrick Perry was named the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year after averaging 17.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game last season.
• Perry is the only returning player in the Horizon League that ranked in the top 10 in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals per game and free-throw percentage.
• Perry tied for the league lead with 1.9 steals per game, and ranked second in scoring, fifth with a .845 free-throw percentage, sixth with 4.1 assists per game and 10th with 5.5 rebounds per game.
Belin Named Preseason Second-Team
• Senior Kamren Belin was voted to the Preseason All-Horizon League Second-Team. Last season, Belin averaged 11.1 points per game, but posted a 12.3 points per game scoring average in league play. His .407 3-point percentage ranked fifth in the league.
Perry Preseason Accolades
• Senior Kendrick Perry collected a plethora of preseason honors this year.
• Besides the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year, Perry also collected the following preseason laurels:
• 2014 Cousy Award Watch List
• 2014 Senior CLASS Award Candidate
• Named 2013-14 Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year by Midmajormadness.com
• Named 2013-14 Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year by Blue Ribbon Sports.
• Named Top Ten Mid-Major Point Guards to Watch in 2013-14 by MidMajorMadness.com.
