• This is the 22nd all-time meeting and ninth in Youngstown between Green Bay and YSU. The Guins have dropped three of the last four meetings at Beeghly.

• Against Valpo, senior forward Dwight Holmes made his first 3-pointer of the season on his first attempt.

• Sophomore Alek Mrozik drained his second 3-pointer of the year at Valpo.

• Valpo and Butler made a combined 45 3-pointers against the Penguins this year. In the four games each team drilled 10-or-more. YSU has not allowed more than nine 3-pointers in its 22 other contests.

• The 16-point loss at Butler and the 19-point defeat at Valpo was just the second time this year YSU lost consecutive games by double figures.

• YSU is 5-2 when making at least seven 3-pointers in a game.

• YSU had won 15 straight games when leading at halftime, but has now dropped its last two when leading at the break (Valpo and at Green Bay).

• The Guins are 12-2 the last 14 games when shooting at least 50 percent and won their last seven when scoring 80 points.

• YSU has made at least 10 3-pointers on 11 occasions under Coach Slocum.

• Senior guard Byron Davis has scored double figures in a career-best 20 games. Davis scored 18 points at Valpo on Saturday.

• Senior forward John Barber has scored in double figures 19 times this season. He had 23 career double-figure point games entering the year. He is 49 points shy of scoring 1,000 for his career.

• Freshman Vytas Sulskis has scored 226 points this year, which is the most by a Guins frosh since Doug Underwood in 290 in 2001-02.

• Twice this year YSU has had five players score in double figures in the same game (Lock Haven, Robert Morris).

• Barber will be playing his 113rd career game on Wednesday while senior Dwight Holmes will appear in his 107th contest.

• Davis has played in 113 career contests - 57 at New Mexico State and 56 at YSU.

• YSU has had the same starting lineup the past seven games (Mikko Niemi, Vytas Sulskis, Byron Davis, Dwight Holmes and John Barber).

    Green Bay has not lost four straight this season, but enters Wednesday night’s game on a three-game losing skid. The Phoenix has three players who are averaging double figures in scoring. Leading the way is junior forward Mike Schachtner at 16.4 points per contest.

    A solid first-half effort and a 16-of-17 performance from the free-throw line was almost enough, but Youngstown State suffered a 66-58 defeat to Green Bay at the Resch Center on Jan. 26.

    The Penguins built a 33-24 first-half lead. However, the Phoenix went on a 20-4 run to take a 44-37 lead early in the second half.

    YSU regrouped and was able to get within 46-45 with 12:17 remaining in the contest. Freshman Vytas Sulskis made the first of two free throws to cut the deficit to one.

    Again, YSU crept within 52-51 with 7:08 on a three-point play by Byron Davis. Green Bay clamped down defensively holding the Guins scoreless for the next 5:16 while scoring the next six to earn the victory.

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

    The Penguins shot 32.8 percent making 19-of-58 attempts, including 2-of-14 3-pointers. YSU also struggled from the free-throw line making 9-of-20 shots.

    Youngstown State was able to hold the Phoenix to 59 points, however UWGB shot 43.4 percent while making eight threes.

Quin Humphrey scored 17 points on 8-of-25 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds.

    For the Phoenix, Mike Schachtner scored a game-high 20 points and was its only player to finish in double figures.

    Of the previous 21 meetings, the Guins have scored 65-or-more points on seven occasions. YSU is 4-3 in those contests, but has never won when scoring under 62 points. In each of the last five games, YSU has failed to shoot 40 percent.

    Youngstown State fell victim to some hot shooting for the second straight game as Valparaiso connected on 11 3-pointers en route to a 77-58 victory over the Penguins on Saturday night at the Athletics-Recreation Center.

    Byron Davis led YSU with 18 points while Vytas Sulskis and Dwight Holmes each added 10 before fouling out.

    For the game, Valpo shot 54.2 percent (26-of-48) while the Guins shot 38.9 percent (21-of-54). The Crusaders were 11-of-24 from 3-point range (45.8 percent) while YSU was 6-of-19 (31.6 percent).

    Leading the way for Valparaiso was Jarryd Loyd who scored 18 points. Jake Diebler had 14 and was 4-of-7 from behind the 3-point line. Bryan Bouchier had 11 points while Shawn Huff added 10.

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

    Davis scored a career-high 23 points against Valparaiso on Jan. 17. 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). On Thursday night he scored 20 points at Butler.

    He scored 18 points at Valparaiso on Saturday night making 8-of-13 attempts. In the earlier meeting with Valpo, he set a career high by making 10 shots.

    In his career (New Mexico State and YSU) he has scored 972 points, making 121 3-pointers while dishing out 286 assists.

    Freshman guard Vance Cooksey leads the team with 70 assists and 33 steals.

    After starting 16 of the first 17 games, he has come off the bench the last nine games. He had 15 points at Butler last Thursday. He was 5-of-6 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line.

    Cooksey has scored in double figures seven times this year after his effort at Butler last week.

    In the final five minutes, Cooksey is 26-of-31 (83.9 percent) from the free-throw line.

    Senior forward John Barber has scored in double figures in 19 games. Barber finished with a career-best 25 points against Wright State on Feb. 9.

    Against Detroit on Feb. 7, he picked up his ninth career double-double and fifth of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds. He has a double-double in two of the last five contests (19-11 at Loyola).

    In the past 24 games, he has scored 308 points (12.8 per game) while grabbing 167 rebounds (6.9 per contest). He has grabbed at least five rebounds in 21 games.

    For his career, Barber has scored 951 points while grabbing 553 rebounds. He had two points and seven rebounds at Green Bay earlier this year.

    Freshman guard Vytas Sulskis has set a freshman school record by making 37 3-pointers this season. The previous best was 31 held by Mike Alcorn in 1990-91. Sulskis is 37-of-104 from 3-point range for a a team-high 35.6 percent conversion rate.

    Sulskis has scored in double figures 10 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.

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

    Liles, who has come off the bench the past seven games, is shooting 54.6 percent from the field. He has made 107-of-196 shots from the field. For the year, he is averaging 10.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per contest. He has scored in double figures 15 times this season after having 14 double-figure scoring games in his career.

    Liles leads the team with 20 blocked shots and ranks fourth in school history with 75 career swats.

    Senior forward Dwight Holmes had 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 started the last seven games for YSU after starting 23 times last year.

    He 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 338 minutes in the last 18 games. He has scored 101 points in those games, including 10 at Valpo last Saturday.

    Junior guard Mel Johnson is the Penguins’ version of Vinnie Johnson. As the sixth man, Johnson has scored 90 points, grabbed 57 rebounds, has 27 assists, 26 steals and 11 blocks. At Valpo last Saturday he had nine points after scoring eight at Butler earlier in the week.

    Mikko Niemi has started the last nine games at the point guard spot for the Penguins after starting once in 17 games.

At UIC on Feb. 2, Niemi scored a career-high eight points. Against the Flames, he made three field goals, including two 3-pointers. He has played double figures in minutes in 14 of the last 16 games.

    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 10 games, YSU has scored 266 points (26.6 per game) in the first half and 364 (36.4 per game) in the second stanza.

    The Penguins have relied on seven players to handle the scoring duties this year. Of the 1,669 points scored, John Barber, Byron Davis, Jack Liles, Vance Cooksey, Vytas Sulskis, Mel Johnson and Dwight Holmes have contributed 1,584. Overall, 94.9 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.

    The Penguins will play at Buffalo on Saturday in a matchup created by the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. YSU owns a 13-10 all-time series lead over the Bulls. UB won the most recent meeting - 86-66 - at Alumni Arena on Dec. 6, 2003. As part of the contract, the Penguins will play host to the Bulls during the 2008-09 season.