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, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Senior forward Cris Carroll has been Youngstown State’s go-to scorer all season long, and Saturday was no different. Days removed from a career-high 31-point outing earlier this week, Carroll did it again against USC-Upstate. He paced the Penguins’ offense with 27 points, ...