• This is the 69th all-time meeting between YSU and CSU and the 34th all-time meeting in Youngstown where YSU leads 21-12.

• The Penguins have had a senior score 30-plus points in each of the previous two Senior Night games. Last year, Quin Humphrey scored 35 in a win over Wright State. In 2006, Dominique Crawford scored 37 against Loyola.

• YSU could have two players eclipse 1,000 points for their collegiate careers on Saturday. John Barber has 992 while Byron Davis has a combined 984 (YSU and NMSU).

• The 82 points were the second most scored by the Guins this season behind a 95-point effort against Lock Haven.

• The last time YSU scored 80-plus points and lost was to Loyola (87-84) on Feb. 25, 2006 in overtime.

• YSU is 6-2 when making at least seven 3-pointers in a game.

• YSU has won 15 of its last 17 games when leading at halftime. However, of those 17 the last two have been losses (Valpo and at Green Bay).

• The Guins are 13-2 the last 15 games when shooting at least 50 percent and have won seven of eight when scoring 80 points.

• YSU has made at least 10 3-pointers on 12 occasions under Coach Slocum.

• Senior guard Byron Davis has scored double figures in a career-best 22 games. Davis set a new career high with a 29-point effort at Buffalo last Saturday.

• Senior forward John Barber has scored in double figures 21 times this season. He had 23 career double-figure point games entering the year. He is just eight points shy of becoming the 31st player in school history to score 1,000 points for his YSU career.

• Freshman Vytas Sulskis has scored 255 points this year, which is the most by a Guins frosh since Doug Underwood in 290 in 2001-02.

• Senior Dwight Holmes has set new career season highs with 126 points and 67 rebounds this year.

• Barber will be playing his school-record 119th career game on Saturday while senior Dwight Holmes will appear in his 108th contest.

• Davis has played in 114 career contests - 57 at New Mexico State and 57 at YSU.

    Entering the game with 19 wins, CSU is going for its first 20-win season since 1992-93 (22 wins). Away from the Wolstein Center this year, the Vikings are 5-7, but have lost five of its last six since early January. J’Nathan Bullock is averaging a team-best 14.6 points while Cedric Jackson is close behind at 14.2 points per game.

    Youngstown State scored six straight points in the final minute to break open a one-point game and earn a 68-63 win over Cleveland State last year at Beeghly.

    Quin Humphrey finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds while Keston Roberts scored 15 of his 20 points in the first half.John Barber added 18 points and eight rebounds in 30 minutes off the bench.

    The Penguins held a 57-50 advantage with 5:42 remaining before Cleveland State went on an 8-2 run to get within one.

    After the teams exchanged threes, two Byron Davis free throws with 29 seconds remaining keyed a 6-0 run. Humphrey hit two free throws and had an assist on a breakaway Barber dunk as well.

    John Barber scored 18 points, but a disappointing shooting night played a huge factor in a 77-54 Penguins loss to the Vikings on Dec. 8 at the Wolstein Center.

    While the Penguins shot 35.9 percent making 19-of-53 attempts, the Vikings connected on a scorching 64.6 percent making 31-of-48 attempts. CSU shot 60.7 percent in the first half and improved to 70 percent in the second half.

    In the first half, YSU made nine field goals while CSU made 17, including five 3-pointers. The Penguins shot 34.6 percent in the opening stanza while CSU made 17-of-28 attempts, 60.7 percent.

    YSU holds a slim 35-33 in a series that dates back to Fenn vs. Youngstown College in December 1930. The schools have split the last six meetings at the Beeghly Center with the Guins winning 68-63 last year. CSU has won two straight and five of seven.

    Byron Davis scored a career-high 29 points and John Barber scored 22 but Youngstown State allowed a season-high in points losing 95-82 to Buffalo at Alumni Arena on Saturday afternoon.

    Davis was 13-of-18 from the field while Barber was 9-of-21. The duo also combined for 13 rebounds. Jack Liles was the only other Guin to reach double figures finishing with 11.

    The first half featured eight lead changes and four ties but a Buffalo run in the second half proved to be fatal.

    YSU trailed 49-47 just over three minutes into the second half on a 3-pointer by Vytas Sulskis. The Bulls scored 10 straight points to grab a 59-47 lead with 13:37 remaining and the closest the Guins could get was seven on two occasions, the latest at 76-69 with 6:57 on a trey by Davis.

    Guard Byron Davis has scored in double figures 22 times while scoring 20-or-more points on seven occasions. He had nine double-figure scoring games last year.

    Davis set a career high by finishing with 29 points at Buffalo on Saturday. Davis was 13-of-18 from the field and connected on two 3-pointers in the game.

    In the past four contests, Davis is 38-of-58 (65.5 percent) from the field.

    He scored 23 points against Valparaiso on Jan. 17 at Green Bay on Feb. 20. On Jan. 24, he finished with 22 at Milwaukee. He had 21 points at Saint Francis (Nov. 28) and 20 against Robert Morris (Dec. 17). He had 20 points at Butler on Feb. 14.

    In his career (New Mexico State and YSU) he has scored 984 points, making 126 3-pointers while dishing out 290 assists.

    Freshman guard Vance Cooksey leads the team with 79 assists and 37 steals. Cooksey was back in the starting lineup the previous two games. He had started 16 of the first 17 games of the season before coming off the bench for nine straight.

Cooksey, who has scored in double figures seven times this year, had six assists at Buffalo last Saturday.

    Senior forward John Barber has scored double figures in 21 games. Barber has scored 41 points the past two games after finishing with 22 at Buffalo.

    He has been rather sporadic his previous nine contests. Barber has scored 19 or more four times while scoring 10-or-less on five occasions, including a two and one-point performance. He is eight points shy of recording 1,000 for his career.

    He leads the team with five double-doubles and has nine in his career.

    In the past 26 games, he has scored 349 points (13.4 per game) while grabbing 178 rebounds (6.9 per contest). He has grabbed at least five rebounds in 23 games.

    For his career, Barber has scored 992 points while grabbing 564 rebounds.

    Junior guard Mikko Niemi had started nine straight games at the point guard spot for the Penguins before coming off the bench the previous two tilts.

    Niemi has made four of his seven 3-pointers in the last eight games. Of his eight field goals, seven are from behind the 3-point arc. YSU is 4-2 in games he makes a 3-pointer. Also, he is a 6-of-7 from the free-throw line in non-league games.

    Freshman guard Vytas Sulskis has set a freshman school records by making 43 3-pointers and attempting 112 this season. The previous most makes were 31 by Mike Alcorn in 1990-91. The previous high for attempts was established by Doug Underwood (104) during the 2001-02 slate.

    Sulskis is 43-of-112 from 3-point range for a team-high 38.4 percent.

    Sulskis has scored in double figures 11 times this season, including a career-best 26 points against UIC on Jan. 3. His effort against the Flames tied for the third most by a Penguin freshman since 1980.

    He scored 20 - all in the first half during the 76-73 victory over Green Bay on Feb. 20. He made a career-high-tying four 3-pointers against the Phoenix.

    Junior forward Jack Liles continues to provide a strong presence in the post.

    Liles, who returned to the starting lineup the previous two games, is shooting 54.7 percent from the field. He has made 111-of-203 shots from the field.

    He has scored in double figures 16 times this season after having 14 double-figure scoring games in his previous two years.

    His 255 points are a season high as are his 111 made field goals.

    Liles leads the team with 22 blocked shots and ranks fourth in school history with 77 career swats.

    Senior forward Dwight Holmes has grabbed 11 rebounds the past two games, including a season-high six against Green Bay. It was his most since hauling in 11 at Duquesne last season and the second most of his career.

    On Jan. 31 at Loyola he scored a career-best 19 points at Loyola on Jan. 31. Holmes, whose previous career high was 12 at Duquesne on Nov. 13, 2007, was 7-of-9 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line. He also played a career-best 32 minutes.

    Holmes has scoring a career season-high 111 points this year. In the past 11 contests he has hauled in 36 of his 67 rebounds.

    Junior guard Mel Johnson is the Penguins’ version of Vinnie Johnson. Coming off the bench in every game this season, Johnson has scored 94 points, grabbed 62 rebounds, has 29 assists, 28 steals and 11 blocks. Against Green Bay on Feb. 20, Johnson’s 12th 3-pointer of the year gave the Guins a 72-68 lead with just over two minutes left.

    YSU has shown spurts of playing well during different halves this season.

    In the first three games of the season, the Penguins had 126 first-half points compared to just 90 second-half points, including a 60-point effort against Lock Haven, the most since February 1992.

    In an eight-game stretch (Nov. 24-Dec. 29), the Guins totaled 216 points in the first half and 292 in the second half.

    From Jan. 3-12 (five games) YSU had scored 187 points (37.4) in the first half and 128 (25.6) in the second. In the most recent 12 games, YSU has scored 342 points (28.5 per game) in the first half and 446 (37.2 per game) in the second stanza.

    The Penguins have relied on seven players to handle the scoring duties this year. Of the 1,827 points scored, John Barber, Byron Davis, Jack Liles, Vance Cooksey, Vytas Sulskis, Mel Johnson and Dwight Holmes have contributed 1,737. Overall, 95.1 percent of YSU’s scoring goes through those seven.

    The Guins have had nine 30-point individual performances since Coach Slocum took over the program. In the previous 13 seasons, YSU had nine 30-point games. Last year, Quin Humphrey had three contests while Keston Roberts had two. Byron Davis had 29 last Saturday at Buffalo.