Youngstown -- The Youngstown State men's basketball team connected on 11 3-pointers, including seven in a decisive second half to beat Green Bay 76-73 on Wednesday night at the Beeghly Center.

    The Penguins converted 7-of-8 3-point attempts in the second half and shot at a 64.7 percent (11-of-17) clip from behind the arc for the game. YSU shot 55.1 percent (27-of-49) from the field and just 47.8 percent from the line (11-of-23). Green Bay shot 54 percent from the field (27-of-50), but converted on just 5-of-17 3-point attempts (29.4 percent).

    The contest was in doubt until the final shot despite chances by the Penguins to seal the deal.

    After UWGB's Ryan Tillema cut a 76-70 YSU lead to three on trey with 33.1 seconds left, Jack Liles broke away from the pack before losing his dribble out of bounds under the Penguin basket.

    Green Bay's Mike Schachtner missed a 3-point attempt, but the Phoenix grabbed the long offensive rebound. Tillema attempted another game-tying 3-pointer with seven seconds left but missed and Dwight Holmes grabbed the rebound.

    With 3.4 seconds left, Holmes missed both free throws and Green Bay pushed the ball quickly up the court but was unable to get a desperation shot off before the buzzer.

    YSU led for most of the first half before Green Bay grabbed a 38-37 halftime lead.

    At the start of the second half, the Phoenix jumped ahead by six points but the Guins caught up tying the contest at 47 on a John Barber 3-pointer.

    From that point, the Guins forged ahead 58-51 after Byron Davis' free throw with 9:35 left. The Phoenix hung tough eventually taking a 64-63 lead with 5:09 left on three Tillema free throws

    Leading 69-68, Mel Johnson drilled a huge 3-pointer with 2:18 left. Randy Berry answered with a basket, but Davis quickly beat the Green Bay press down the floor for a breakaway dunk. Davis' steal and subsequent layup with 41 seconds left put YSU up by six before a frantic finish.

    Davis scored a game-high 23 points while freshman Vytas Sulskis scored 20 points, all in the first half. Barber added 19 for the Guins.

    For Green Bay, Terry Evans posted a team-leading 14 points.

    YSU returns to action on Saturday afternoon with a contest at Buffalo. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.