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Basketball Hosts Akron in NE Ohio Coaches vs. Cancer Doubleheader Saturday
by YSU
Wednesday, Nov 9, 2016 3:12 pm
• The Youngstown State men's basketball team opens its 87th season when it hosts Mid-American Conference member Akron, Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Beeghly Center. • Tipoff is slated for 7:45 p.m. ET and is on 570 AM WKBN, ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app. NE Ohio Coaches vs. Cancer • The game is part of the 2nd Annual Northeast Ohio Coaches vs. Cancer Basketball Doubleheader. • Kent State and Cleveland State play 5 p.m. at Beeghly Center. • Akron will host the event in 2017 and Cleveland State in 2018. Up Next • The Penguins play their first road game of the season against another Mid-American Conference foe Toledo, Tuesday, Nov. 15. • Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. and the game will on 570 AM WKBN. PSU-Behrend Exhibition Recap • Junior Cameron Morse scored a team-high 24 points and made six 3-pointers to lead the Youngstown State men's basketball team to a 100-61 exhibition win over Penn State-Behrend on Saturday afternoon at the Beeghly Center. • Morse connected on 8-of-10 shooting from the field, including 6-of-8 from behind the arc, and grabbed four rebounds. • Senior Matt Donlan also reached double figures with 11 points and three 3-pointers while sophomore Devin Haygood scored nine points with a team-high seven rebounds. • Junior Rahim Williams also poured in nine points and senior Brett Frantz added eight points. • The Penguins hit a total of 17 3-pointers and eight different players made at least one from distance. • For the game, the Penguins connected on 50.7 percent from the field and 48.6 percent from 3-point range. Morse Named Preseason All-Horizon League • Junior Cameron Morse, a 2016 All-Horizon League selection, was named to the Preseason All-Horizon League First-Team. • Morse led the Horizon League in scoring in league games with 23.3 points per game and ranked second overall with 20.3 points per game. 700 Club • Head Coach Jerry Slocum has 710 career wins and became the 38th head coach in NCAA history to reach 700 wins. • He ranks 37th with 710 career wins. • Slocum currently ranks eighth among active NCAA Division I coaches with 710 wins. Morse Improvement • Junior Cameron Morse averaged 14.3 points more per game in his sophomore year from his freshman season. • That scoring improvement ranks tied for the highest in Youngstown State's Division I era (since 1981-82). • It matches the best increase in YSU's Division I history of 14.3 points per game by Tilman Bevely from 1985-86 to 1986-87. • Bevely averaged 9.3 points per game in 1985-86 and 23.6 points per game in 1986-87. About Akron • Akron enters the 2016-17 season as the preseason favorite to win the Mid-American East Division and the MAC Tournament. • The Zips return nine letterwinners and three starters from last year's 26-9 team. • Senior Isaiah Johnson, who averaged 13.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game last year, was a Preseason All-MAC First-Team pick. The Akron Series • This is the 89th meeting between Youngstown State and Akron in a series that dates back to 1937. • The Zips own a 57-31 advantage in the all-time series and have won the last six meetings. • The last Youngstown State win came in 1994 - a 69-53 victory at the Beeghly Center. A Win Would • Give Youngstown State its 32nd win over Akron. • Mark YSU's first win over the Zips since 1994. • Mark YSU's 23rd win over Akron at the Beeghly Center. • Mark YSU's 41st season-opening win. • Mark Jerry Slocum's 711th career win and his 130th at Youngstown State. • Mark Jerry Slocum's first win over Akron. • Mark the 1,064th victory in program history. • Give the Penguins an 1-0 overall record. • Mark YSU's first home win of the season. Guins In Season Openers • The Penguins own a 40-46 mark in season openers. • The Penguins' last season-opening win at home was a 64-61 victory over Samford on Nov. 12, 2010. Morse 1,000-Point Countdown • Junior Cameron Morse has scored 710 points in just two seasons and needs 290 more to become the 37th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points. • Morse's 608 points last season are the ninth most in school history and the third-most since YSU joined Division I in 1981-82. |
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