YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- Youngstown State shot over 65 percent in the first half and eventually handed Green Bay a 96-77 road defeat on Saturday night at the Beeghly Center, dropping the Phoenix's record back to .500 in Horizon League play at 6-6. GB (12-13, 6-6 HL) trailed by 18 at the half after the Penguins (10-16, 6-7 HL) scored 51 points, and could never get closer than 15 in the second half.

YSU scored 46 points in the paint and won its fourth-straight game in the process. GB had four players in double-figures, led by Sandy Cohen III and ShanQuan Hemphill with 14 points each.

GB will return home to the Resch Center for four out of its last six games of the regular season, starting with Oakland on Thursday (Feb. 14) for Bud Light Night.

QUICK HITS

• YSU shot 65.4 percent in the first half, while GB shot just 37 percent
• The 96 points scored by the Penguins is the most GB has allowed in an HL game this year
• JayQuan McCloud (11 pts) and PJ Pipes (10 pts) also finished in double figures
• YSU finished 37-for-66 (56.1 percent) in the game
• GB trailed by as many as 27 points
• The Phoenix will play 4 of its last 6 games at the Resch Center
• YSU had 5 players in double-figures, led by Darius Quisenberry's 24 points
• GB opened up a 10-2 lead to start the game, but YSU finished on a 49-23 run to going in the half
• GB and YSU both won their respective home games in the two games this year
• Hunter Crist started his first game of the season
• Josh McNair missed the game due to an injury

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