Butler 68 Youngstown State 59The Penguins shot just 3-17 (17.6%) from beyond the arc as YSU dropped a critical last season match up to Butler, 68-59. Youngstown State has now lost three of their last five in Horizon League play after a 6-3 start.
Kendrick Perry led the Penguins with 23 points on 8-17 shooting from the field. Damian Eargle and Ashen Ward both compiled 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Butler was led by Chrishawn Hopkins, who scored 19. Jackson Aldridge made 3-5 from long distance for 15 points for the Bulldogs.
YSU took a 12-11 lead just before the twelve minute television timeout but that would be the last time that the Penguins would hold onto the advantage.
Following Ashen Ward’s three-point basket with 4:50 remaining in the first half to close the Butler lead to three (23-20), the Bulldogs went on a 12-5 run to end the opening twenty minutes of play to enter intermission with a 35-25 lead.
In a game of runs, Youngstown State opened the second frame by scoring 15 of the half's first 24 points to cut Butler's lead to 44-40 with just under 10 minutes left. However, YSU would only convert on 2-6 field goals during the next 5:37 compared to the Bulldogs' 5-8 as Butler took a 59-47 lead with a little less than four minutes to go. The Bulldogs prevailed 68-59.
Butler had lost three of their last four entering tonight's contest. The Bulldogs will travel to Cleveland State on Saturday.
2-12 | YSU's record vs. Butler under Jerry Slocum |
31.3% | Butler's 3-point percentage (5-16) |
3-12 | Allen, Perry, & Ward 3-point FGs |
40-24 | Butler's rebounding advantage |
8-6-11 | Ronald Nored's PTS/ASTs/REBs |
12-21 | Chrishawn Hopkins & Jackson Aldridge's FG |
7 | YSU's total bench points |
The Penguins will host Valparaiso on Saturday. Valpo now sits in first place after tonight's 59-41 win over Cleveland State. Of YSU's remaining four league games, the 'Guins are at home in three of those contests.
The Youngstown State's half of the box score below:
| FG | 3PT | FT | REB | A | PF | PTS |
Perry, g | 8-17 | 1-6 | 6-8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
Ward, g | 2-7 | 1-4 | 5-8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Allen, g | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Brooks, f | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Eargle, f | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Amiker Jr. | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Chojnacki | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Larson | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Podolsky | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cole | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Totals | 21-51 | 3-17 | 14-23 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 59 |
