The top two women's basketball teams in the Horizon League standings are set for battle inside Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center on Saturday as Youngstown State hosts Green Bay. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN+, 570 WKBN and iHeartRadio.

Gameday Info

Youngstown State vs. Green Bay

• When: Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 | 2 p.m.
• Where: Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center | Youngstown, Ohio
• Watch: ESPN+ | espn.com
• Listen: 570 WKBN | iHeart.com
• Stats: SIDEARM Stats
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Tickets, Promotions & Fan Information

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Advance tickets for Saturday's game are available online through YSUsports.com. The ticket office and gates inside Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center will open at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Promotions

• Pink Game | Pregame reception and tickets for survivors and fighters RSVP
• Pink T-shirt giveaway to the first 500 fans, courtesy of Mercy Health in support of the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center
• YSU Stadium Cup giveaway, courtesy of Lyden Oil Company, Key Kutterz, Roof Rite, and 21 WFMJ
• YSU Alumni Day
• YSU Hall-of-Fame Celebration

Women's basketball alumna Heidi Schlegel Hahn (2010-15) is one of six individuals being inducted into the YSU Athletics Hall of Fame. Following a morning ceremony, the class will be introduced at halftime of the women's game. Hahn ranks in the top 10 in program history in career points, rebounds and double-doubles. She remains involved with the program through her company, Mentally Built Athletes.

Game Preview

Youngstown State is 17-7 overall and 10-4 in Horizon League play, holding a one-game lead for second place in the standings with six games remaining. Green Bay is unbeaten in Horizon League play at 14-0, and the Phoenix have won 32 consecutive regular-season conference games.

The Penguins enter Saturday's game on a four-game winning streak during which they've outscored opponents by an average of 20.5 points. YSU most recently earned a 79-48 victory over Milwaukee on Thursday, leading the Panthers by double digits for more than 30 minutes. Casey Santoro and Erica King scored 17 points apiece while combining for nine 3-pointers, and YSU's 13 3-pointers as a team were its most in four years. Santoro hit three 3s in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter as the Penguins pulled away. YSU showed its defensive prowess again, holding the league's top team in 3-point field-goal percentage to 24% from beyond the arc and 27.3% shooting overall.

Youngstown State leads the Horizon League in scoring defense, field-goal percentage defense, 3-point field-goal percentage defense and blocks per game, and it is among the top 40 teams in the country in all four categories. Offensively, YSU is averaging 70.3 points during its four-game winning streak and ranks fifth in the conference overall with 67.5 points per game.

Santoro, a sixth-year transfer point guard, leads a balanced offense that has used the same starting lineup in all 24 games. Santoro is averaging 12.4 points, and the four underclassmen alongside her average between 9.1 and 11.2 points per game. Sarah Baker, the top scorer among that group, has scored in double figures in seven straight games. King is averaging 9.9 points, while Danielle Cameron averages 9.4 points and ranks second in the league in 3s per game.  Sophia Gregory averages 9.1 points while ranking among the top 10 in the league in assists, blocks, steals and rebounds.

A Win Would...

• Give the Penguins an 18-7 record, their best mark through 25 games since the 2022-23 season. YSU would be 18-7 or better for the sixth time in the last 14 seasons.
• Give YSU an 11-4 record in Horizon League play, its best start since 2022-23. It would be the fifth time since joining the league in 2001-02 that the Penguins have started 11-4 or better. YSU has won at least 11 league games total five times previously, all since the 2012-13 season.
• Improve YSU's home record to 9-3 this season.
• Give the Penguins their first win over Green Bay since Jan. 20, 2023, snapping a seven-game losing streak.
• Give head coach Melissa Jackson her 102nd career win, her 30th at Youngstown State and her first career victory over Green Bay.

Milestone Watch

• Danielle Cameron is 15 points away from 250 in her career.
• Erica King's next 3-pointer will be the 50th of her career. She's also three assists shy of 1,000.

Scouting Green Bay

• Green Bay is 19-5 overall and 8-3 on the road, and it remains unbeaten in Horizon League play at 14-0. The Phoenix have won their 14 conference games by an average of 14.9 points per game, and they hold a four-game lead in the standings with six contests remaining. Green Bay beat Kansas State in non-conference play and lost at Wisconsin and Washington by a combined nine points.
• Green Bay ranks second in the Horizon League behind YSU in scoring defense and field-goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 57.5 points per game and 36.2% shooting. The Phoenix average 68 points offensively, which ranks fourth in the conference, while leading the league in assist-to-turnover ratio, assists per game and fewest turnovers per game.
• Green Bay's top two scorers are posts Jenna Guyer and Meghan Schultz. Guyer averages team highs of 14.6 points and 6.1 rebounds, and she has made a team-best 40 3-pointers. Schultz averages 12.3 points while shooting a team-best 57.1% from the field. Maddy Skorupski is the top-scoring guard at 10.7 points, and she ranks second in the conference behind teammate Kamy Peppler in assists per game. Skorupski is also fourth in the league with 2.1 steals per game.

Series History and Matchup Notes

Overall: Green Bay leads 51-6
Home: 3-22 // Away: 3-27 // Neutral: 0-2 // Jackson (career): 0-3
Current Win Streak: 7 by Green Bay

• Green Bay has won 51 of the 57 all-time meetings with Youngstown State in a series dating back to Jan. 21, 1993, when both teams were members of the Mid- Continent Conference. All 57 contests have been in league play or a conference tournament.
• While Green Bay has a hold on the all-time series, YSU has closed the gap recently, particularly in the last 14 meetings. The Penguins are 3-11 in the last 14 encounters, including a two-point loss in the semifinals of the 2019 Horizon League Championship and two double-overtime setbacks. The three meetings in Coach Melissa Jackson's tenure have been low-scoring, averaging 57.3-48.0.

Penguin Connection: Green Bay sophomore Gracie Grzesk is the daughter of YSU Athletics Hall of Famer Liz Hauger Grzesk. Hauger Grzesk is a Boardman, Ohio, native who played for the Penguins from 1993-97 and was the 1996-97 Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year. She served as an assistant coach at YSU during from 1999-2002 and married former YSU men's basketball assistant coach Gary Grzesk. Both later coached at Green Bay, and Grzesk is the current head men's basketball coach at Division III St. Norbert in DePere, Wis.

Last Time vs. Green Bay: Youngstown State built an early lead but came up short in a 56-47 loss at Green Bay on Dec. 7 at the Kress Center. The Penguins led by as many as seven in the opening quarter before foul trouble and a decisive free-throw advantage helped the Phoenix take a three-point halftime lead and pull away with a 17-point third quarter. Casey Santoro scored 17 points to lead YSU, while Sophia Gregory added eight. Green Bay's Meghan Schultz finished with 22 points and eight rebounds as the Phoenix held a 34-16 edge in the paint and went 13-for-16 at the free-throw line. Youngstown State shot 34.5% from the field, which was slightly below Green Bay's 36.4%.

Recapping Milwaukee

Game Summary

Youngstown State made 13 3-pointers and had four players score in double figures in a 79-48 win over Milwaukee on Thursday night at Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center.

The Penguins never trailed and led for 38:01 in the contest. Casey Santoro and Erica King scored 17 points apiece and combined for nine 3-pointers to pace YSU. Santoro tied a career high with five 3s and eclipsed 1,200 career points. Paulina Hernandez added 16 points, and Sarah Baker scored 12.

Youngstown State used a 12-0 first-quarter run to seize control early and led 37-20 at halftime. The Penguins pulled away with a 29-point fourth quarter.

Notes

• At 31 points, YSU had its largest margin of victory in a Horizon League game since it beat Purdue Fort Wayne 102-60 on Feb. 5, 2021. It was YSU's fifth-largest win ever in a Horizon League contest.
• YSU set new season highs with 13 3-pointers made and 34 attempted. It was the Penguins' most 3-pointers in a game since they made 13 against St. Francis Brooklyn on Nov. 26, 2022, and their most in a Horizon League game since making 15 at Cleveland State on Feb. 12, 2022.
• YSU made its first four attempts from 3-point range in both the second and fourth quarters.
• The Penguins had a season low seven turnovers.
• YSU did not trail in a game for the first time since the Salem game on New Year's Eve.
• Youngstown State had its highest scoring fourth quarter of the season with 29 points.
• Sarah Baker scored 12 points to extend her streak of reaching double figures to seven games. She also recorded her 50th career assist.
• Hayden Barrier missed the game with an upper body injury from the game at Oakland.
• Danielle Cameron tied her previous career highs of four assists and three steals while making multiple 3-pointers for the fourth straight game.
• Sophia Gregory tied her season high with 14 rebounds, and she had six assists to tie her career high without committing a turnover. Gregory went over 500 career points.
• Paulina Hernandez surpassed 250 career points while scoring 16 points off the bench.
• Dacia Lewandowski played 15:54, her most in a game since Dec. 16
• Erica King posted five assists without committing a turnover, and she matched her career high with four 3-pointers. King surpassed 400 career points while tying for game-high honors with 17 points.
• Casey Santoro tied her career high with five 3-pointers, matching her total from YSU's win against UMass on Dec. 20. Santoro was 4-for-5 from long distance in the second half, and she made all three of her attempts in the first 2:22 of the fourth quarter as YSU stretched a 12-point lead to 24. She also surpassed 1,200 career points in the game.

Up Next

Youngstown State continues its homestand against Robert Morris on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.