YOUNGSTOWN — During his weekly press conference on Tuesday, Ethan Faulkner called Oakland one of the five best offensive teams that he’s faced since he’s been at Youngstown State and in the Horizon League. The Golden Grizzlies lived up to that moniker on Thursday, shooting a blistering ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Scoring is in Youngstown State sophomore guard Hayden Barrier’s blood, literally. Her mother, Beth, scored 1,211 points in a four-year college career at Alabama, while also earning a spot in the Kentucky high school basketball record books with 2,685 points. More than 20 ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State men’s basketball team looked like a group that hadn’t played in over a week. After a holiday layoff, the Penguins returned to Beeghly Center on Monday. But not a lot went well for them as they fell to the Titans 73-68. The Penguins (8-6, 2-2 Horizon ...

CLEVELAND — With Youngstown State’s post rotation down a player and battling foul trouble on Monday evening, the stage was set for the emergence of junior forward Paulina Hernandez. In her return to former school Cleveland State, Hernandez had a career-high 18 points to help lead YSU to a ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Twelve games into the 2025-26 season, with a full, healthy roster at its disposal, Youngstown State has looked like a different team compared to last year The Penguins sit at 8-4 overall during the holiday break and are coming off a signature win over MAC-contender ...

The Youngstown State women’s basketball team bounced back from a tough loss to Florida International on Friday with a 72-69 victory over UMass on Saturday to close out the FIU Holiday Classic. The Penguins now enter the holiday break with an 8-4 record after the win over the Minutewomen, ...