2011–12 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team represents Youngstown State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Jerry Slocum. The Penguins play their home games at the Beeghly Center and are members of the Horizon League. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament, where they lost to Detroit.^[1]

2011–12 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball
Conference	Horizon League
Record	15–13 (10–7 Horizon)
Head coach	Jerry Slocum
Assistant coaches	Michael Wernicki Brian DePaoli Byron Thorne
Home arena	Beeghly Center
Seasons ← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 Horizon League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Valparaiso	14	–	4		.778			22	–	11		.667
Cleveland State	12	–	6		.667			22	–	11		.667
Detroit †	11	–	7		.611			22	–	14		.611
Milwaukee	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Butler	11	–	7		.611			22	–	14		.611
Youngstown State	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
Green Bay	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Wright State	7	–	11		.389			13	–	19		.406
UIC	3	–	15		.167			8	–	22		.267
Loyola Chicago	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2012 Horizon League Tournament winner As of March 6, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2010–11 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 1 Blake Allen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Tampa, FL G 3 Kendrick Perry 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Ocoee, FL G 4 Shawn Amiker, Jr. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Fr Oak Park, MI G 5 Nate Perry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 197 lb (89 kg) So Greensburg, PA G 11 DJ Cole 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Olathe, KS F 14 Josh Chojnacki 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Erie, PA G 20 Ashen Ward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Sr Cleveland, OH F 21 Damian Eargle 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Warren, OH F 22 Cale Zuiker 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Marshfield, WI F 23 DuShawn Brooks 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Chicago, IL G 24 Danny Reese 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Youngstown, OH F 25 Fletcher Larson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Lakewood, NY F 32 Chris Morgan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Vienna, OH G 34 Mike Podolsky 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 214 lb (97 kg) So Canfield, OH	Head coach Jerry Slocum (King's (NY)) Assistant coach(es) Michael Wernicki (Pittsburgh) Brian DePaoli (Clarion) Byron Thorne (Penn State Behrend) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2010-11-12

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov. 12* 7:00 pm	at Samford	W 76–69	1–0	Pete Hanna Center  Homewood, AL
Nov. 15* 7:05 pm	Notre Dame (OH)	W 80–62	2–0	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Nov. 18* 7:05 pm	UC Riverside	W 53–49 ^OT	3–0	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Nov. 23* 7:00 pm	at Penn State	L 71–82	3–1	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, PA
Nov. 26* 7:00 pm	at Saint Francis (PA)	W 60–59	4–1	DeGol Arena  Loretto, PA
Dec. 1 7:00 pm	at Detroit	W 64–61	5–1 (1–0)	Calihan Hall  Detroit, MI
Dec. 3 3:00 pm	at Wright State	L 62–63	5–2 (1–1)	Nutter Center  Dayton, OH
Dec. 6* 7:45 pm	Fredonia State	W 69–35	6–2	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Dec. 10* 7:00 pm	at Buffalo	L 72–80	6–3	Alumni Arena  Buffalo, NY
Dec. 17* 7:00 pm	at Toledo	L 77–86	6–4	Savage Arena  Toledo, OH
Dec. 19* 7:00 pm	at Akron	L 62–88	6–5	James A. Rhodes Arena  Akron, OH
Dec. 22 7:05 pm	at Robert Morris	L 56–59	6–6	Charles L. Sewall Center  Moon Township, PA
Dec. 31 2:00 pm	at Cleveland State	W 73–67	7–6 (2–1)	Wolstein Center  Cleveland, OH
Jan. 5 7:05 pm	Loyola	W 68–64 ^OT	8–6 (3–1)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Jan. 7 7:05 pm	UIC	W 71–50	9–6 (4–1)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Jan. 13 8:00 pm	at Valparaiso	L 62–76	9–7 (4–2)	Athletics–Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
Jan. 15 2:00 pm	at Butler	L 55–71	9–8 (4–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
Jan. 20 7:05 pm	Milwaukee	W 68–66	10–8 (5–3)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Jan. 22 2:05 pm	Green Bay	W 77–47	11–8 (6–3)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Jan. 28 7:05 pm	Cleveland State	L 47–67	11–9 (6–4)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Jan. 31 8:00 pm	at Milwaukee	W 73–65	12–9 (7–4)	U.S. Cellular Arena  Milwaukee, WI
Feb. 2 8:00 pm	at UIC	L 68–72	12–10 (7–5)	UIC Pavilion  Chicago, IL
Feb. 5 2:00 pm	at Loyola	W 80–63	13–10 (8–5)	Joseph J. Gentile Center  Chicago, IL
Feb. 9 7:05 pm	Butler	L 59–68	13–11 (8–6)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Feb. 11 7:05 pm	Valparaiso	W 71–53	14–11 (9–6)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Feb. 14 8:00 pm	at Green Bay	L 65–71	14–12 (9–7)	Resch Center  Green Bay, WI
Feb. 18 8:30 pm	at Austin Peay ESPN Sears BracketBusters	L 68–71	14–13	Dunn Center  Clarksville, TN
Feb. 23 7:05 pm	Wright State	W 61–54	15–13 (10–7)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Feb. 25 2:05 pm	Detroit	L 74–76	15–14 (10–8)	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Horizon League tournament
Feb. 28 7:05 pm, HLN	Green Bay First Round	W 77–60	16–14	Beeghly Center  Youngstown, OH
Mar. 2 6:00 pm, ESPN3/HLN	vs. Detroit Quarterfinal	L 76–93	16–15	Athletics-Recreation Center  Valparaiso, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time..

References

1. "Detroit 93, Youngstown St. 76". ESPN. March 2, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.