Men's Basketball looks to improve on 11-win season
Keith Langford Jr. SPORTS EDITOR
Issue date: 11/10/09 Section: Sports
Bright led the team in scoring a season ago when he averaged 11.4 points per game. He led the team in scoring in six games last season and scored more than 20 points in three of those games, which included a season-high 27 points at Butler University.
Mays stretched the defense out with his ability to knock down the long ball. Mays averaged 37 percent from three-point territory. Martin provided an inside presence alongside former Penguin Liles. Martin led the team with 7.3 rebounds per game last season.
Junior Vytas Sulskis has contributed since his freshman season at YSU. Sulskis' overall game and versatility allows him to play several different positions for the Penguins.
Other key contributors from a season ago were junior Vance Cooksey and his 1.7 to 1 assist-to-turnover ratio, sophomore Ashen Ward's 38 percent three-point shooting and junior Tom Parks' 40 percent three-point shooting.
The team's biggest hurdle for the upcoming season may fall in its ability to win crucial road games. A season ago, the Penguins finished the season 4-10 on the road and 3-6 within league play. The Penguins won against the average teams or the teams below them in the Horizon League standings, but could beat the elite teams in the conference.
The hype for the season to begin draws nearer as the Penguins return to court for their first game at Xavier University on Nov. 13 with their first home game coming two days later against Hiram College.
Mays stretched the defense out with his ability to knock down the long ball. Mays averaged 37 percent from three-point territory. Martin provided an inside presence alongside former Penguin Liles. Martin led the team with 7.3 rebounds per game last season.
Junior Vytas Sulskis has contributed since his freshman season at YSU. Sulskis' overall game and versatility allows him to play several different positions for the Penguins.
Other key contributors from a season ago were junior Vance Cooksey and his 1.7 to 1 assist-to-turnover ratio, sophomore Ashen Ward's 38 percent three-point shooting and junior Tom Parks' 40 percent three-point shooting.
The team's biggest hurdle for the upcoming season may fall in its ability to win crucial road games. A season ago, the Penguins finished the season 4-10 on the road and 3-6 within league play. The Penguins won against the average teams or the teams below them in the Horizon League standings, but could beat the elite teams in the conference.
The hype for the season to begin draws nearer as the Penguins return to court for their first game at Xavier University on Nov. 13 with their first home game coming two days later against Hiram College.
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