March 6, 20179 yr Author From Youngstown State: • Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. and the game will be broadcast on 570- AM WKBN, and ESPNU. • This is the 14th meeting between Youngstown State and Northern Kentucky in a series that dates back to 1976. • The Penguins and Norse split the season series with each winning on their own home court. • NKU won, 83-70, on Jan. 5 in Highland Heights while YSU won, 81-77, on Feb. 18, at the Beeghly Center. • The Penguins advanced to the semifi nals with after an 81-80 win over top-seeded Oakland on March 4. • Senior Jorden Kaufman’s layup as time expired lifted the Penguins to the win. • Junior Cameron Morse scored a game-high 34 points on 12-of-28 shooting with fi ve assists. • Kaufman scored a career-high with 22 points and posted his seventh career double-double with 10 rebounds. • Head Coach Jerry Slocum has 723 career wins and became the 38th head coach in NCAA history to reach 700 wins. • He ranks 35th on that list and is ninth on the active Division I coaches list. • Junior Cameron Morse now ranks 16th alltime with 1,393 career points. • His 683 points this year rank third on the single- season list and the most in YSU’s Division I era.
March 6, 20179 yr Author YOUNGSTOWN STATE PROBABLE STARTERS Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG Other G 1 Braun Hartfi eld 6-6 185 Fr. Cleveland, Ohio 8.5 4.8 45.7 FG% G 23 Francisco Santiago 6-1 160 Jr. Cleveland, Ohio 11.5 5.1 151 asts G 24 Cameron Morse 6-2 185 Jr. Flint, Mich. 22.8 3.3 73 3s F 0 Matt Donlan 6-7 190 Sr. Melbourne, Australia 9.2 3.9 63 3s C 32 Jorden Kaufman 7-0 250 Sr. Andover, Kan. 8.5 6.5 56.9 FG%
March 7, 20179 yr So if NKU holds on, they will be favored in the championship game. Valpo is out so #4 seed NKU would be playing either the #6 or #10 seed in the finals. Great opportunity for the Norse...
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