Penguins Visit Oakland in Regular Season Road Finale
2/24/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Youngstown State at Oakland |
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| Date & Time | Wednesday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. |
| Arena | Athletics Center O'Rena | Rochester, Mich. |
| Radio | 570 WKBN | iHeartRadio |
| Video | ESPN3.com |
| Live Stats | GoldenGrizzlies.com |
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Game Preview
• The Youngstown State men's basketball team plays its final regular season road game when it visits Horizon League foe Oakland, Wednesday, Feb. 25, at the Athletics Center O'Rena in Rochester, Mich.
• Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET and can be heard on 570 AM WKBN and viewed on ESPN3.com.
About Oakland
• Oakland enters the game with an overall mark of 15-14 and a Horizon League record of 10-4.
• The Golden Grizzlies have won 10 straight at home, including a perfect 7-0 mark against league foes.
• Leading the Golden Grizzlies is sophomore Kahlil Felder with 17.3 points and 7.7 assists per game.
• Senior Corey Petros is posting 14.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.
The Oakland Series
• This is the 14th meeting between Youngstown State and Oakland in a series that dates back to 1999 when both schools were members of the Mid-Continent Conference.
• The Golden Grizzlies own a 9-4 advantage in the all-time series and have won the last four games.
• In the last meeting, Oakland defeated the Penguins, 96-80, on Feb. 1 at the Beeghly Center.
• The last time the Penguins defeated Oakland was a 99-87 win in the first round of the CIT in 2013 at the Beeghly Center.
Last Time Out
• The Penguins are coming off an 83-70 loss to Detroit on Feb. 21.
• Senior Shawn Amiker scored a team-high 19 points against the Titans while senior DJ Cole had 13 points. Marcus Keene added 12 points.
Up Next
• The Penguins close out the regular season and celebrate Senior Day when they host Milwaukee, Saturday, Feb. 28.
• That contest can be heard on 570 AM WKBN and viewed ESPN3.com.
Hain's 1,000-Point Countdown
• With 985 career points, junior Bobby Hain needs just 15 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,
Keene Among Nation's Best in 3's
• Sophomore Marcus Keene now ranks 12th nationally with 86 3-pointers made.
• He is also 18th in the country with a 3-point field-goal percentage of .430.
• Keene is 21st nationally with 2.97 3-pointers made per game.
YSU 2K
• With 2,075 points, Youngstown State has scored at least 2,000 points in a season for the sixth straight year.
• It is also the seventh time in the last nine seasons the Penguins have scored at least 2,000 points.
Penguins Among Scoring Leaders
• Youngstown State has three of the top 16 scorers in the Horizon League.
• Sophomore Marcus Keene ranks sixth in the Horizon League with 15.9 points per game.
• Junior Bobby Hain is seventh with 14.7 points per game and senior Shawn Amiker is 16th with 11.3 points per game.
45 and Above
• Youngstown State has a great chance of winning when it makes 45 percent of its field-goal attempts.
• The Penguins are 10-4 when they shooting at least 45 percent from the field.
Keene Nearing Single-Season 3-PT Mark
• Sophomore Marcus Keene has moved into fourth place on the YSU single-season 3-pointers made chart.
• Keene has made 86 3-pointers this season and needs just eight more to tie and nine to break the YSU single-season record of 94 set by Blake Allen in 2012-13.
• He is just the third player in school history to make at least 80 3-pointers in one season.
Amiker Sets Games Played Record
• With 125 games played, senior Shawn Amiker owns the Youngstown State career record.
• He broke the record of 123 against Wright State on Feb. 15.
Cole Nets 400 Assists
• With two assists against Wright State on Feb. 15, senior DJ Cole became the fifth player in school history to reach 400 assists and has 404 for his career.
• He currently ranks fifth on the all-time list and needs 53 more to move into fourth place.
• With two assists against Wright State on Jan. 8, 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.
