Tipoff Notes
Youngstown State seeks a share of the first conference regular-season championship in program history and the No. 1 in the 2023 Barbasol Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship when it visits IUPUI, Saturday, Feb. 25. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at The Jungle in Indianapolis, Ind., and the game will be broadcast on 570 WKBN and ESPN+.

The Penguins will clinch a share of the title and the No. 1 seed with a win over the Jaguars. Youngstown State will win the regular-season crown outright with a win and a Cleveland State loss.

Up Next
Youngstown State will host a 2023 Barbasol Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship quarterfinal game, Thursday, March 2. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on 570 WKBN and ESPN+. YSU's opponent has yet to be determined.

Scouting IUPUI
IUPUI enters the game with an overall record of 5-25 and a Horizon League mark of 2-17. The Jaguars are coming off an 81-75 win over Robert Morris on Feb. 23. Leading the Jaguars is Jlynn Counter with 14 points per game while Vincent Brady II is averaging 11 points per contest.

The IUPUI Series
This is the 21st meeting between Youngstown State and IUPUI in a series that dates back to 1975. Youngstown State owns an 18-2 record in the all-time series and have won the last four contests. The Penguins defeated IUPUI, 105-74, in the last meeting on Jan. 7, 2023, at Beeghly Center. The Penguins are 7-0 against the Jaguars when playing in Indianapolis, including 3-0 at The Jungle.

A Win Would...

• Clinch at least a share of the first regular-season conference championship in program history.
• Improve YSU's record to 23-8 and mark the first time in its Division I era to win 23 games in the regular season.
• Mark the most wins in a season since 24 in 1963-64. YSU also won 23 games in 1957-58 and 1956-57.
• Give the Penguins a 15-5 record in Horizon League play for the first time in program history and set the school record for most conference wins.
• Be YSU's 19th win over IUPUI and the eighth victory in Indianapolis, Ind.
• Mark YSU's fifth straight win over the Jaguars.
• Improve the Penguins' record to 9-6 on the road.
• Be the 219th in Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun's career and his 95th at Youngstown State.
• Make Jerrod Calhoun the third coach in school history to record at least 95 wins.
• Be Jerrod Calhoun's 11th win over IUPUI.

Cohill Nabs Two Academic Awards
This past week, senior Dwayne Cohill picked up a pair of academic awards. He was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District First-Team and to the Horizon  League All-Academic Team.

Guins Love February
Since 2019, Youngstown State has enjoyed a lot of success in the month of February. The Penguins own a 29-11 for a winning percentage of .725 since Feb. 1, 2019. 

Guins Set D-I Wins Mark
With the 95-65 win over Green Bay on Feb. 18, Youngstown State set school Division I wins record at 22 and needs two more to tie the program's all-time wins mark at 24 set in 1963-64. The last time Youngstown State won 20 games in season was in 1997-98, and the last time YSU had at least 22 wins was in 1976-77 with 22. 

Double 1K Club
Graduate student Adrian Nelson is now in a very special club. With 19 points and nine rebounds against Milwaukee, Nelson surpassed the 1,000-point and 1,000-rebound plateaus for his college career. He now has 1,027 career points and 1,020 career rebounds.

200 3's
Youngstown State has made 246 3-pointers this season to reach 200 3s made for the 12th consecutive full season. The Penguins also made 186 in the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season. The streak started in 2010-11 when the Penguins made 235 3-pointers. 

High Efficiency
As of Feb. 24, Youngstown State ranks fifth in the nation in team offensive efficiency rating, per teamrankings.com. The Penguins ranked fifth with 1.132 points per possession. Over the last three games, the Penguins offensive efficiency was 1.149 points per possession. The Penguins also own a 1.163 points per possession at Beeghly Center.

Best Horizon League Start
Youngstown State is off to its best start in Horizon League play with its 14-5 league mark.  The Penguins set the school record for conference wins with 14. The previous record was 12 set in 2021-22. 

More Storylines

• Youngstown State set the school Division I record for wins with 22 with its 95-65 win over Green Bay on Feb. 18. The last time Youngstown State won 20 games was in 1997-98, but two of those victories came in the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament. The last time YSU won at least 22 games was in 1976-77.
• With a win over IUPUI, Youngstown State will clinch at least of share of the first regular-season conference championship in program history, and clinch the first tournament No. 1 seed in program history.
• The Penguins also set a program record with 14 conference victories after the win over the Phoenix. The previous record was 12 set in 2021-22. Over the last two seasons, Youngstown State has won 26 conference games.
• Youngstown State tied a pair of school single-game record against IUPUI on Jan. 7. The Penguins tied the school records for most 3-pointers with 18 and 33 assists. The 3-pointer record was set against Oakland in 2013 while the assist mark was set in 1990 against Point Park. This is also the first time in school history the Penguins were credited with at least 30 assists in a game multiple times in a season. YSU had 30 assists against Westminster on Dec. 8.
• Senior Dwayne Cohill eclipsed an historic career-scoring milestone against IUPUI on Jan. 7. Cohill scored 13 points to surpass the 1,000-point scoring plateau and now has 1,218 career points. He also became the 42nd player in YSU history to score 1,000 points after posting 18 against Milwaukee on Feb. 16.
• For the third time this season, senior Dwayne Cohill was named the Horizon League men's basketball Player of the Week on Dec. 26. He scored 26 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the floor with three 3-pointers. He is the first YSU player to be named league's player of the week three times in a season.
• Senior Bryce McBride set the Youngstown State Division I single-game record with a career-high 15 assists against Westminster on Dec. 8, and became just second player in school history to record a triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists.
• Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun picked up the 218th win of his career with the Penguins' 95-65 win over Green Bay on Feb. 18. Calhoun also has 94 wins at Youngstown State, which ranks third on the YSU all-time wins list.
• Youngstown State has put up at least 81 points in 17 of its 30 games and has eclipsed the 90-mark seven times. In those 17 games with at least 81 points, the Penguins are 16-1. The Penguins poured in 90+ points against Green Bay (95-65), Wright State (91-89), IUPUI (105-74), against Westminster (117-65), against Grace Christian (96-68) and in a 90-72 victory over Tennessee-Martin on Nov. 9 after opening the year with a 92-point performance against Canisius on Nov. 7. 
• The Penguins have been quite efficient from the field in 2022-23 season. Youngstown State is shooting 49.1 percent from the field, five players are making at least 50 percent of their field-goal attempts, and seven are above 47 percent from the floor. The Penguins have also shot at least 50 percent from the field in 17 of their 30 games. YSU is also 16-1 this season when connecting on more than half its shots.
• Youngstown State has four players on the 2022-23 roster that have already earned their bachelor's degrees. Garrett Covington, Malek Green, Adrian Nelson, and Chris Shelton have graduated and are all working toward a master's degree. Green earned a master's degree from Canisius and is working on a second master's degree. 
• The Penguins have a quintet of players above or nearing the career 1 ,000-point scoring plateau. Garrett Covington has 1,296 career points while Malek Green, Brandon Rush and Dwayne Cohill have eclipsed the 1,000-point mark with 1,341 1,241 points, and 1,236 points, respectively. Adrian Nelson reached 1,000 career points after scoring 19 against Milwaukee and has 1,027. 
• Graduate Garrett Covington ranks highly in several YSU statistical categories. Covington second all-time with 146 career games played and 117 career games started, eighth with 127 career steals, and 19th all-time and eighth in the Division I era with 1,296 career points.