Jan. 17, 2009 | Box Score

Men's Basketball: Mays Goes For Career High in 78-61 Loss at Green Bay

    Green Bay, Wis. -- Junior DeAndre Mays scored a career-high 22 points but a hot-shooting Green Bay team was too much as the Youngstown State men's basketball team (5-12, 2-6 Horizon League) fell to the Phoenix, 78-61, on Saturday evening at the Resch Center.

    Junior Sirlester Martin scored 11 points and sophomore Tom Parks came off the bench to score a career-high 10 points.

    The Phoenix shot 51 percent from the field while the Penguins connected on just 33 percent of their field-goal attempts.

    The Penguins jumped out to a 5-4 lead after Mays hit a jumper at the 17:10 mark but the Phoenix went on a 17-4 run to take a 21-9 lead midway through the first half and never looked back

     Green Bay extended its lead to as many as 25 points in the first half, 40-15, but the Penguins made a quick surge to get within 16, 40-24, at the half. A 3-pointer by Parks, a jumper by Kelvin Bright and two jumpers by Mays finished the first-half scoring.

    Green Bay placed five players scoring in double figures lead b Troy Cotton, Mike Schachtner and Ryan Tilleman, who each had 11 points. Randy Berry and Terry Evan scored 10 points apiece.
    The Penguins return home to host Cleveland State in a nationally-televised game on Friday, Jan. 23. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. at the Beeghly Center and will be broadcast on NewsRadio 570 AM WKBN.