• Senior forward John Barber became the first player in school history to record more than 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 70 blocked shots in a career. Barber finished his career with 1,016 points, 582 rebounds and 71 blocks. He is the 31st player in school history to score more than 1,000 career points.

    • Barber also set a school record by playing in 120 games. He started all 30 games during the 2007-08 campaign. He had career season highs in points (407), rebounds (210), assists (35) and steals (19). He started 64 games in his career.

    • Senior guard Byron Davis completed his collegiate career as a 1,000-point scorer. Davis tallied 1,056 career points playing two seasons at Youngstown State and two at New Mexico State. He had 722 points for the Penguins the past two seasons.

    • Davis started all 30 games, scored a team-high 465 points, grabbed 90 rebounds, had 71 assists and 33 steals. He had 465 points after scoring 591 his first three seasons.

    • For the second consecutive year, the Penguins had two players score more than 400 points. In 2006-07, Quin Humphrey and Keston Roberts each had more than 400 while this past year Byron Davis and John Barber went over the 400-point plateau.

    • Senior forward Dwight Holmes played in 109 games in his career. In 2007-08, he had season career highs with 140 points, 74 rebounds, 17 blocks and 11 steals. Holmes had a career-high 19 points at Loyola. At one point during the season, he made 17 straight free throws.

    • Junior guard Mikko Niemi set career season highs with 49 assists, 46 rebounds and 29 points. Niemi recorded a career-high eight points at UIC in the regular season.

    • Junior forward Jack Liles scored a career season-high 292 points. He led the team in field-goal percentage shooting at a 54.7 percent clip (117-of-214). His 80 career blocked shots rank fourth in school history, one behind TeJay Anderson for third. Liles recorded a career-high 21 points against nationally-ranked Butler.
    • Junior guard Mel Johnson had 94 points, 64 rebounds, 30 steals, 29 assists and 11 blocks coming off the bench in all 30 games.

    • Freshman Vytas Sulskis was named to the Horizon League's All-Newcomer squad. Sulskis is the second YSU player in the past three seasons (Roberts in 2005-06) to be tabbed all-newcomer. He is the first Guin freshman to be named to the squad since joining the league.
    • Sulskis set a school freshmen record by making 46 3-pointers and attempting 121 shots from beyond the arc. Sulskis scored 270 points, the most by a freshman since Doug Underwood had 290 in 2001-02. His 131 rebounds were the most by a freshman since Desmond Harrison (131) and Dave Brown (214) in 1997-98. He also added 60 assists and 32 steals.

    • Freshman Vance Cooksey started 20 of 30 games in his first season for the Penguins. He led the team with 88 assists and 42 steals. He was tops on the team in free-throw percentage converting at a 79.7 percent clip (55-of-69). Of his 53 field goals, 25 came from behind the 3-point arc. He scored 186 points scoring in double figures on seven occasions.
    • In league action only, Byron Davis was fifth in scoring (14.4 points per game), Jack Liles was third in field-goal percentage (58.3) and John Barber was second in rebounding (7.6 per game).