2018-19 Youngstown State Basketball Notes BASKETBALL Media Contact: Jamie Hall, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications/Men’s Basketball Contact • Cell: (330) 540-5417 • Email: [email protected] 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS YOUNGSTOWN STATE (3-6) VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN (6-2) Date Opponent TV/Radio Time Date: Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 Tipoff: 7 p.m. ET All-Time Series Record: CMU leads 5-2 Nov. 6 at Pittsburgh ACCNetExtra/570 WKBN L, 53-69 Last Meeting: CMU won, 75-63, on Nov. 18, 2014 Nov. 10 vs. Akron& ESPN3/570 WKBN L, 69-98 Location: Beeghly Center; Youngstown, Ohio TV: ESPN+ Nov. 12 HEIDELBERG% EPSN+/570 WKBN W, 106-83 Radio: 570 WKBN - Robb Schmidt (PBP) Nov. 16 vs. Columbia% 570 WKBN W, 94-83 OPENING TIP Nov. 17 at Fordham% ESPN+/1390 WNIO L, 61-67 • The Youngstown State men’s basketball team opens a two-game homestand when Nov. 18 vs. FIU% 570 WKBN L, 93-102 its host Mid-American Conference member Central Michigan, Tuesday, Dec. 4. Tipoff Nov. 21 WESTMINSTER ESPN+/570 WKBN W, 104-66 is slated for 7 p.m. at the Beeghly Center. Nov. 28 at Robert Morris 570 WKBN L, 56-76 The Penguins close out the homestand with their final home non-league game Dec. 1 at West Virginia AT&T SportsNet/570 WKBN L, 72-106 against Western Michigan, Saturday, Dec. 8. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. and is part of a Dec. 4 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ESPN+/570 WKBN 7 p.m. YSU men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader. Dec. 8 WESTERN MICHIGAN ESPN+/570 WKBN 2 p.m. THE COACHES Dec. 15 at Binghamton 570 WKBN 2 p.m. • Jerrod Calhoun is in his second year at Youngstown State and his seventh season Dec. 18 at No. 16 Ohio State BTN/570 WKBN 7 p.m. overall as a head coach. The 13th head coach in program history, Calhoun owns a Dec. 28 DETROIT MERCY* ESPN+/570 WKBN 2 p.m. career mark of 135-68 overall and is 11-30 at Youngstown State. The Cleveland, Ohio, native came to YSU after spending five years at Fairmont State, where he led the Dec. 30 OAKLAND* ESPN+/570 WKBN 2 p.m. Fighting Falcons to the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championship game and a Jan. 3 at Green Bay* ESPN+/570 WKBN 8 p.m. 34-3 overall record. Calhoun was named the 2017 Mountain East Conference Coach Jan. 5 at Milwaukee* ESPN+/570 WKBN 5 p.m. of the Year and the Mountain East Conference Men’s Sports Coach of the Year. Jan. 10 at UIC* ESPN+/570 WKBN 8 p.m. • Keno Davis is in his seventh season as the head coach at Central Michigan and his Jan. 12 at IUPUI* ESPN+/570 WKBN 1 p.m. 11th season overall as a head coach. Davis owns a 104-99 record with the Chippewas Jan. 17 WRIGHT STATE* ESPN+/570 WKBN 7 p.m. and a 178-154 career mark. Davis led Drake to a 28-5 overall record in 2007-08 and was the head coach at Providence from 2008-11. Jan. 19 NORTHERN KENTUCKY* ESPN+/570 WKBN 6 p.m. Jan. 26 at Cleveland State ESPN+/570 WKBN 7 p.m. STOryLINES AND NOTES Jan. 31 at Oakland* ESPN+/570 WKBN 7 p.m. • Junior Kendale Hampton tied a career high with seven 3-pointers made against Feb. 2 at Detroit Mercy* ESPN+/570 WKBN 1 p.m. Robert Morris on Nov. 28. He also led the Penguins with a career-high 32 points with seven 3s in the Penguin’s 94-83 win over Columbia on Nov. 16. His seven 3-pointers Feb. 7 MILWAUKEE* ESPN+/570 WKBN 7 p.m. are tied for fourth on the YSU single-season chart. The last YSU player to make at Feb. 9 GREEN BAY* ESPN+/570 WKBN 6 p.m. least seven 3s in a game was Matt Donlan against Robert Morris on Nov. 30, 2016. Feb. 14 IUPUI* ESPN+/570 WKBN 7 p.m. Hampton is just the sixth player in school history to record multiple games of at least seven 3-pointers made. Feb. 16 UIC* ESPN+/570 WKBN 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at Northern Kentucky* ESPN+/570 WKBN 7 p.m. • This is the eighth meeting between Youngstown State and Central Michigan in a Feb. 23 at Wright State* ESPN+/570 WKBN 3 p.m. series that dates back to 1985. The Chippewas own a 5-2 series advantage and won the last meeting, 75-63, in Mount Pleasant, Mich., in 2014. YSU won, 86-75, the last March 2 CLEVELAND STATE* ESPN+/570 WKBN 6 p.m. time these teams played at the Beeghly Center in 2013. The Penguins also defeated March 6 HL Quarterfinals^ ESPN+/570 WKBN TBA the Chippewas, 74-50, on Nov. 8, 2006, in East Lansing, Mich. March 11 HL Semifinals# ESPN+/570 WKBN 7/9:30 p.m. March 12 HL Championship# ESPN/570 WKBN 7 p.m. YOUNGSTOWN STATE POTENTIAL STARTERS All times are Eastern and subject to change. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown GP-GS PPG RPG Other * - Horizon League contest 2 Jelani Simmons G 6-5 190 Fr. Columbus, Ohio 9-2 6.9 2.1 9 3s & - Northeast Ohio Coaches vs. Cancer Doubleheader in Cleveland, Ohio 3 Darius Quisenberry G 6-1 170 Fr. Springfield, Ohio 9-9 9.8 3.4 24 asts % - Fordham Exempt Tournament 32 Garrett Covington G 6-5 195 So. Carmel, Ind. 9-7 11.3 2.4 16 stls ^ - Campus Sites 23 Olamide Pedersen F 6-8 210 Fr. Bronshoj, Denmark 9-9 5.4 4.9 55.2 FG% 33 Naz Bohannon F 6-6 230 So. Lorain, Ohio 9-9 6.0 8.8 3.1 apg # - at Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit, Mich. WWW.YSUSPORTS.COM 2018-19 Youngstown State Basketball Notes 2018-19 YOUNGSTOWN STATE ROSTER PRONUNCIATIONS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School/High School Noe Anabir “No-ay An-uh-ber” 0 Antwan Maxwell, Jr. F 6-7 230 Jr. Savannah, Ga./College of Central Florida/Sol C. Johnson Michael Akuchie “ah-coo-CHAY” 1 Atiba Taylor G 6-4 176 Fr. Hackensack, N.J./Hackensack Naz Bohannon “NOZ Bo-han-un” 2 Jelani Simmons G 6-5 190 Fr. Columbus, Ohio/Beechcroft Jerrod Calhoun “Jare-id” 3 Darius Quisenberry G 6-1 170 Fr. Springfield, Ohio/Huber Heights Wayne Donel Cathcart “Dah-NEL” 4 Cameron Kane-Johnson* G 5-11 180 Jr. Niles, Ohio/Westminster/Niles Kendale Hampton “Ken-Dale” 5 Kendale Hampton G 6-3 200 Jr. Columbia, S.C./Garden City Community College/A.C. Flora Paul Molinari “MALL-in-ARE-ee” 13 Donel Cathcart III G 6-5 200 Jr. Buffalo, N.Y./Niagara County Community College/Cardinal O’Hara Olamide Pedersen “OLE-ah-ME-duh” 20 Geoff Hamperian G 6-4 200 R-Fr. Morgantown, W.Va./University Atiba Taylor “uh-TEE-buh” 21 Noe Anabir F 6-8 220 Sr. Geneva, Switzerland/Mesa Community/Lions of Geneva 22 Devin Morgan G 5-10 212 Jr. Chester, Va./Delaware State/Matoaca 23 Olamide Pedersen F 6-8 210 Fr. Bronshoj, Denmark/Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.) 31 Michael Akuchie F 6-8 210 So. Planations, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 32 Garrett Covington G 6-5 195 So. Carmel, Ind./Don Bosco Prep/Carmel 33 Naz Bohannon F 6-6 230 So. Lorain, Ohio/Lorain 34 Justin Bofenkamp G 6-0 180 R-Fr. Vienna, Ohio/Warren JFK 42 Alex Holcombe F 6-8 235 Jr. Houston, Texas/Panola Junior College/Fort Bend Marshall 50 John Sally, Jr. C 6-11 250 R-Fr. Disputanta, Va./Benedictine College Prep • - indicates player must sit out the 2018-19 year to fulfill NCAA transfer requirements Head Coach: Jerrod Calhoun (Cincinnati, 2004) Second Season; Seventh Overall Assistant Coach: Paul Molinari (Villanova, 1990) Assistant Coach: Jason Slay (West Virginia State, 2008) Assistant Coach: Brady Trenkle (San Diego State, 1999) Director of Basketball Operations: Mark Richmond (West Virginia, 2008) Director of Player Personnel: Kevin Bruinsma (Spring Arbor, 2008) Assistant to the Head Coach: Danny Reese (Wooster, 2015) ROSTER BREAKDOWN By Class By Years With Program By Position By Home State/Country Seniors 1 Fourth Year 0 Center 1 Denmark 1 Juniors 6 Third Year 0 Forward 6 Florida 1 Sophomores 3 Second Year 8 Guard 10 Georgia 1 Freshmen 4 First Year 9 Indiana 1 Redshirt Freshman 3 New Jersey 1 New York 1 Ohio 5 South Carolina 1 Switzerland 1 Texas 1 Virginia 2 West Virginia 1 2018-19 YOUNGSTOWN STATE BASKETBALL 2018-19 Youngstown State Basketball Notes UP NEXT QUICK FACTS • The Penguins play their final home non-league game against Western Location: Youngstown, Ohio Michigan, Saturday, Dec. 8. Enrollment: 12,756 • Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. and will be broadcast on 570 WKBN and Founded: 1908 ESPN+. Nickname: Penguins • The game is also part of a YSU men’s and women’s basketball double- Colors: Red and White header League: Horizon League Athletics Director: Ron Strollo President: James P. Tressel BOHANNON NAMED PRESEASON ALL-HORIZON LEAGUE SECOND-TEAM Faculty Representative: Dr. Chet Cooper • Sophomore Naz Bohannon was named to the 2018 Preseason All-Ho- Home Court: Beeghly Center (6,300) rizon League Team after a vote of the league’s head coaches, athletics communications directors and media. • Bohannon was named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team in TEAM INFORMATION 2017-18 after averaging 7.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, which Head Coach: Jerrod Calhoun ranked sixth in the Horizon League.