Men's Basketball Begins Homestand Against Cleveland State Saturday
1/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Youngstown State vs. Cleveland State |
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| Date & Time | Saturday, Jan. 17, 7:05 p.m. |
| Arena | Beeghly Center | Youngstown, Ohio |
| Radio | 570 WKBN | iHeartRadio |
| Video | ESPN3.com |
| Live Stats | YSUSports.com |
| Live Tweets |
@YSUSports | @YSUMensHoops | @JayMe_Hall |
| Hash Tags | #GoGuins | #HLMBB |
| Mobile App | YSU Front Row |
Game Preview
• The Youngstown State men's basketball team returns home for the first of three straight home games when it hosts Cleveland State, Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Beeghly Center.
• Tipoff is set for 7:05 p.m. ET and can be heard on 570 AM WKBN and viewed on ESPN3.com.
About Cleveland State
• Cleveland State enters the game with an overall record of 10-9 and a 4-1 mark in the Horizon League.
• The Vikings have won four of their last five games and are coming off a 55-50 win at Wright State on Jan. 14.
• Leading the Vikings is junior Trey Lewis with 15.8 points per game. He is also shooting 42.2 percent from 3-poiint range.
• Junior Anton Grady is averaging 12.6 points and a team-best 6.3 rebounds per game.
• Senior Charlie Lee is in double figures at 11.4 points per game.
The Cleveland State Series
• This is the 82nd meeting between Youngstown State and Cleveland State in a series that dates back to 1930.
• The Vikings own a slim 42-39 advantage in the all-time series and the teams have each won three of the last six contests.
• In the last meeting, the Vikings won, 70-69, in overtime at Goodman Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
• The Penguins defeated the Vikings, 67-66, in the last game at the Beeghly Center last year.
• The Penguins have won the last two games played at the Beeghly Center.
Last Time Out
• The Penguins are coming off a 77-62 loss to Milwaukee on Jan. 14 at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wis.
• Sophomore Marcus Keene led three players in scoring double figures with 15 points.
• Sophomore Osandai Vaughn posted 14 points while junior Bobby Hain added 12 points.
Up Next
• The Penguins play host to Valparaiso, Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Beeghly.
• That contest can be heard on 570 AM WKBN and exclusively on ESPN3.com.
Hain's 1,000-Point Countdown
• With 862 career points, junior Bobby Hain needs just 138 more to become the 36th YSU player to score 1,000 points in a career.
• Hain would become the seventh player to accomplish the feat under Head Coach Jerry Slocum.
• The last YSU junior to reach 1,000 points was Kendrick Perry in the 2012-13 season.
Penguins Among Scoring Leaders
• Youngstown State has three of the top 16 scorers in the Horizon League.
• Sophomore Marcus Keene ranks fifth in the Horizon League with 16.1 points per game.
• Junior Bobby Hain is eighth with 15.1 points per game and senior Shawn Amiker is 16th with 11 points per game.
45 and Above
• Youngstown State has a great chance of winning when it make 45 percent of its field-goal attempts.
• The Penguins are 8-2 when they shooting at least 45 percent from the field.
Uniquely Hain
• Junior Bobby Hain is in a class by himself.
• Hain is the only player in the Horizon League averaging at least 15 points (15.1 ppg), 7.5 rebounds (7.9 rpg) and shooting about 50 percent from the field (.52).
• He is second in the league in rebounding, ranks fifth in field-goal percentage and is eighth in scoring.
Cole Reaches Century Mark
• With two assists against Wright State on Jan. 8, senior DJ Cole posted 100 assists this season.
• It marked the third straight year Cole has been credited with at least 100 assists.
• The last player to post 100 assists in three straight seasons was Kendrick Perry, who accomplished the feat four times from 2010-14.
• He has 106 assists this season and has 374 for his career.
Vaughn Hitting Stride
• Sophomore Osandai Vaughn has been hitting his stride offensively lately.
• Vaughn scored 14 points in the loss at Milwaukee on Jan. 14, and he scored 10 points against Green Bay on Jan. 11 and Valparaiso on Jan. 4.
• He had a career scoring high with 18 points against UIC on Jan. 2.
• Over the last six games, Vaughn has scored 68 points.
• In his previous 11 games played, Vaughn scored a total of 15 points.
• Vaughn averaged 11.3 points and 4.2 rebounds per game over the six games.
Stew's Crew
• Junior Shaun Stewart has been feeling more comfortable from the 3-point line.
• Over the last nine games, Stewart has made 14-of-33 or 42.4 percent of his 3-point attempts.
• He had made just 11 of his first 47 over the first 11 games of the season.
