• This is the 11th all-time meeting between YSU and UWGB in Green Bay. The Penguins lone win was a 65-61 win on March 4, 2003 in the opening round of the Horizon League Tournament. YSU has scored more than 60 points at Green Bay once.

• In four wins vs. UWGB, YSU is averaging 76.5 points per game. In the 16 losses, the Guins are averaging 55.8 points a contest.

• YSU has had a higher field-goal percentage in each of its last three losses. The Guins are shooting 47.9 percent (78-of-163) in the past three games. The difference has been opponents have made 20 more free throws and 10 more 3-pointers.

• The Guins have had a player score 20-plus points in four straight games. Jack Liles had 21 against Butler, Byron Davis had 23 versus Valpo and 22 at Milwaukee, while John Barber had 22 at Detroit.

• In the seven wins, YSU has averaged 76 points, shot 47.8 percent from the field, had 128 assists on 189 baskets, committed 87 turnovers and shot 39.8 percent from 3-point range.

• The Guins are 6-2 this season when shooting better than 46 percent from the field.

• Senior guard Byron Davis has scored in double figures in a career-best 15 games this year. He had 22 points at Milwaukee.

• Senior John Barber has scored in double figures in 14 of the last 16 games. Barber scored 16 points at Milwaukee.

• YSU is 6-2 when freshman guard Vytas Sulskis scores in double figures.

• Twice this year YSU has had five players score in double figures (Lock Haven, Robert Morris). Five times YSU has had at least four players reach double digits.

• YSU has made at least 10 3-pointers on 11 occasions since Coach Slocum took over. The Guins have made 11 twice this year - at Detroit and at Notre Dame.

• YSU has won 15 of the last 16 games it has led at halftime.

• The Guins have won 12 of their last 13 games when shooting 50 percent and won their last seven when scoring 80 points.

• Barber will be playing his 106th career game on Saturday while senior Dwight Holmes will appear in his 100th contest.

• Davis has played in 106 career contests - 57 at New Mexico State and 49 at YSU.

    The Phoenix are making 45.6 percent of its field-goal attempts and are shooting 77.3 percent from the free-throw line. Mike Schachtner leads the team averaging 17.5 points per contest.

    Jack Liles’ double-double couldn’t offset an cold shooting performance for Youngstown State fell to Green Bay 55-46 on Feb. 8, 2007 at the Resch Center.

    Liles finished with 14 points , 13 rebounds and five blocks, but the Penguins shot 28 percent.

    The Phoenix shot just 35.6 percent but held YSU to long scoring droughts toward the end of both halves.

    Mike Schachtner scored a game-high 21 points and Ryan Evanochko added 16 for UWGB.

    After a Liles two-handed dunk made the score 33-30 in favor of UW-Green Bay with 15:15 remaining in the second half, the Phoenix scored the next five points to go up eight and never led by less than five the rest of the way.

    Jan. 11, 2007 at Beeghly | A rough shooting night offset a good defensive effort as the Youngstown State lost 59-49 to UW-Green Bay.

    The Penguins shot a season-low 32.8 percent in the contest making 19-of-58 attempts, including 2-of-14 3-pointers. YSU also struggled from the free-throw line making 9-of-20 shots (45 percent).

    March 2, 2007 at Dayton | Green Bay opened up the second half on an 11-1 run and YSU could not recover losing 72-55 in the quarterfinals off the Horizon League Championships.

    YSU was held to 32.8 percent from the floor and 1-for-17 from behind the 3-point arc. UWGB shot 40 percent overall.

    Youngstown State is 4-3 all-time when scoring 60-or-more points against the Phoenix. However, the Penguins are 0-13 when they fail to reach the 60-point mark against Green Bay.

    Senior guard Byron Davis scored 22 points and Youngstown State chopped a 14-point second half deficit to three, but the Penguins could never get over the hump losing 76-69 to Milwaukee at the U.S. Cellular Arena on Thursday.

    YSU trailed 57-43 with just under 13 minutes remaining in the game. However, the Penguins fought back to within 64-61 on a Vytas Sulskis 3-pointer with 6:14 left.

    But that was as close as the Guins could get as the Panthers scored the next seven points to go ahead 71-61 at the 4:39 mark. In the final 5:51 of the contest, UWM made just one field goal, but made 10 free throws to maintain the lead and earn a season sweep of YSU.

    Guard Byron Davis has scored in double figures 15 times while scoring 20-or-more points on four occasions. He had nine double-figure scoring games last year.

    Davis scored a career-high 23 points against Valparaiso on Jan. 17. On Thursday, he finished with 22 at Milwaukee. He had 21 points at Saint Francis (Nov. 28) and 20 against Robert Morris (Dec. 17).

    Against Valpo, he was 10-of-16 from the field, including going 3-of-4 from behind the 3-point line. He set a career high by making 10 shots.

    He tied his career high making four 3-pointers at UWM on Thursday.

    In his career (New Mexico State and YSU) he has scored 877 points, making 114 3-pointers while dishing out 277 assists.

    Senior forward John Barber has scored in double figures in a team-high 16 games.

    He had picked up his seventh career double-double and third of the season with 16 points and 11 boards at UWM.

    In the past 17 games, he has scored 235 points (13.8 per game) while grabbing 119 rebounds (6.9 per contest). He has grabbed at least five rebounds in 16 games.

    Barber has scored 85 points in the past five games.

    For his career, Barber has scored 878 points while grabbing 505 rebounds.

    Freshman guard Vytas Sulskis has made a big contribution in his first year.

    On Jan. 3, he scored a career-best 26 points against UIC. His effort tied for the third most by a Penguin freshman since 1980. Only Tim Jackson’s 32 and 31 point outings in 1987-88 season were better.

    At Milwaukee he scored 15 points while grabbing seven rebounds.

    In the past 12 games he has made 24 3-pointers. For the year, he has made 30 3-pointers. The most by a freshman in school history is 31 by Mike Alcorn in 1990-91.

    Guard Vance Cooksey leads the team with 57 assists and 24 steals. After starting 16 of the first 17 games, he has come off the bench the last two games.

    Cooksey has had at least three assists in 10 contests. He also has scored in double digits against UCLA, Weber State, Notre Dame and Robert Morris. In the final five minutes of games, Cooksey is 22-of-25 (88 percent) from the free-throw line.

    At Detroit, he drilled two 3-pointers in the victory. YSU is 3-1 this year when Cooksey makes at least two 3-pointers in a contest. His career-best is four against Weber State (Nov. 13).

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

    Liles leads the team with a 52.2 field-goal percentage making 83-of-159 shots. For the year, he is averaging 10.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest. He has scored in double figures 12 times, including 10 of the last 14 games.

    He has attempted double figures in shots eight times this season, including four of the past six contests. Liles leads the team with 17 blocks and ranks fourth in school history with 72 career swats.

    Senior forward Dwight Holmes has seen an increased role since the Robert Morris game on Dec. 17.

    Entering that contest Holmes had played just 70 minutes and had 16 points and 17 rebounds. Since that time, Holmes has played 178 minutes in the last 11 games. He has scored 50 points and grabbed 19 rebounds. He is 18-of-35 (53.1 percent) from the field in those contests. He has also made seven of his last eight free-throw attempts.

    Holmes had eight points, three rebounds and a blocked shot in 20 minutes of action at UWM on Thursday.

    Junior guard Mel Johnson is the Penguins’ version of Vinnie Johnson. As the sixth man, Johnson has scored 67 points, grabbed 43 rebounds, has 22 steals, 18 assists and five blocks. At Wright State on Jan. 10 he had eight points, three boards, three assists, three steals and a blocked shot.

    Junior guard Mikko Niemi has started the last two games at the point. Niemi had started just one of the previous 17 contests.

Niemi has played double figures in minutes in eight of last nine contests after seeing that much time just three times in the first 10 contests.

    He has scored 12 of his 15 points, grabbed 17 of his 28 rebounds and dished out 17 of his 35 assists in those games.

    The Penguins have either been on from the line or way off.

Six times, YSU has shot 76.7 percent or better from the line while on nine other occasions the Penguins have shot 60 or below. Twice this year, YSU has shot in the 30s -- vs. Valpo (38.5 percent) and at Wright State (36.4 percent).

    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. Included in that total was a 60-point effort against Lock Haven, the Guins’ most since February 1992.

    In an eight-game stretch (Nov. 24-Dec. 29), the Guins totaled 216 points in the first half (27 points a half) and 292 in the first half (36.5 a half).

    From Jan. 3-12 (five games) YSU had scored 187 points in the first half and 128 in the second. In the past three games, YSU has scored 75 first-half points and 114 second-half points.

    The Penguins have relied on seven players to handle the scoring duties this year. Of the 1,238 points scored, John Barber, Byron Davis, Jack Liles, Vance Cooksey, Vytas Sulskis, Mel Johnson and Dwight Holmes have contributed 1,171. Overall, 94.6 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. The five in a season was the most since 1986-87.