2016–17 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team

2016–17 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oakland	14	–	4	.778	25	–	9	.735
Valparaiso	14	–	4	.778	24	–	9	.727
Green Bay	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Northern Kentucky †	12	–	6	.667	24	–	11	.686
Wright State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
UIC	7	–	11	.389	17	–	19	.472
Detroit	6	–	12	.333	8	–	23	.258
Cleveland State	5	–	13	.278	9	–	22	.290
Youngstown State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	21	.382
Milwaukee	4	–	14	.222	11	–	24	.314

† 2017 Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team will represent Youngstown State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Penguins, led by twelfth year head coach Jerry Slocum, will play their home games at the Beeghly Center as members of the Horizon League.

Previous season

The Penguins finished the 2015–16 season 11–21, 6–12 in Horizon League play to finish in seventh place. They lost to Detroit in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Bobby Hain	20	F	6'10"	240	Senior	Jupiter, FL	Graduated
Jordan Andrews	25	F	6'5"	180	Freshman	LaPlace, LA	Transferred to South Alabama
Bryce Nickels	33	F	6'9"	200	Freshman	Tampa, FL	Transferred to Florida SouthWestern State

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Rahim Williams	22	G	6'5"	185	Junior	Brampton, ON	Junior college transferred from State College of Florida

Recruiting class of 2016

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Braun Hartfield SG	Garfield Heights, OH	Garfield Heights High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A	Oct 20, 2015
Braun Hartfield SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 20, 2016.

Roster

2016–17 Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Matt Donlan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	Capital Christian Iowa Western CC	Melbourne, Australia
G	1	Braun Hartfield	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Garfield Heights	Cleveland, OH
F	2	Devin Haygood	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Lincoln	Ypsilanti, MI
G	4	Jeremiah Ferguson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Marist	Naperville, IL
G	10	Ryan Strollo	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Jr	Ursuline	Youngstown, OH
G	11	Latin Davis	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	So	Milan	Ypsilanti, MI
G	12	Noah Dean (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Southside Christian	Greenville, SC
G	14	Tyler Warford (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Muhlenberg County (KY) Howard CC	Pittsburgh, PA
G	15	Brett Frantz	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Sr	Free State Neosho County CC	Lawrence, KS
F	21	Stefan Rosic	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	North Central Texas Academy Arizona Western College	Kragujevac, Serbia
G/F	22	Rahim Williams	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Orangeville Prep State College of Florida	Toronto, ON
G	23	Francisco Santiago	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	RS Jr	Saint Ignatius Wheeling Jesuit	Cleveland, OH
G	24	Cameron Morse	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Carman-Ainsworth	Flint, MI
C	32	Jordan Kaufman	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS Sr	Central Oral Roberts	Andover, KS

Head coach

Jerry Slocum (Kings (N.Y.))

Assistant coach(es)

Michael Wernicki (Pittsburgh)
Stew Robinson (Indiana)
Kevin Bruinsman (Spring Harbor)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2016* 1:30 PM	Penn State Behrend	W 100–61		Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
Non-Conference regular season
11/12/2016* 7:45 PM, ESPN3	Akron Northeast Ohio Coaches vs. Cancer	W 90–82	1–0	Beeghly Center (2,601) Youngstown, OH
11/15/2016* 8:00 PM	at Toledo	L 98–103 ^OT	1–1	Savage Arena (3,891) Toledo, OH
11/18/2016* 5:30 PM	vs. Jacksonville Red Diamond Roundball Classic	L 54–79	1–2	Mitchell Center Mobile, AL
11/19/2016* 3:05 PM	at South Alabama Red Diamond Roundball Classic	L 75–84	1–3	Mitchell Center (1,948) Mobile, AL
11/20/2016* 1:30 PM	vs. FIU Red Diamond Roundball Classic	W 78–73	2–3	Mitchell Center Mobile, AL
11/22/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Westminster (PA) Red Diamond Roundball Classic	W 97–67	3–3	Beeghly Center (1,654) Youngstown, OH
11/26/2016* 12:00 PM, ESPN3	Canisius	L 84–90	3–4	Beeghly Center (1,174) Youngstown, OH
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM	at Robert Morris	W 75–74	4–4	Charles L. Sewall Center (792) Moon Township, PA
12/03/2016* ESPN3	Oberlin			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
12/06/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPNU	at Michigan State			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/10/2016* 2:00 PM	at American			Bender Arena Washington, D.C.
12/14/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Niagara			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Ohio State			Value City Arena Columbus, OH
Horizon League regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Milwaukee			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
12/31/2016 12:00 PM, ESPN3	Green Bay			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
01/02/2017 7:30 PM, ESPN3	at Northern Kentucky			BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY
01/07/2017 4:00 PM, ASN	at Wright State			Nutter Center Dayton, OH
01/12/2017 7:45 PM, ESPN3	Valparaiso			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
01/14/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	UIC			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
01/16/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Detroit			Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
01/20/2017 8:00 PM, ESPN3	at Green Bay			Resch Center Green Bay, WI
01/22/2017 2:00 PM, ESPN3	at Milwaukee			UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI
01/28/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Cleveland State			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
02/02/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Oakland			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
02/04/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Detroit			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
02/09/2017 8:00 PM, ESPN3	at UIC			UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
02/11/2017 8:00 PM, ESPN3	at Valparaiso			Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN
02/16/2017 7:45 PM, ESPN3	Wright State			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
02/18/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	Northern Kentucky			Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH
02/21/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Oakland			Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI
02/25/2017 3:30 PM, ESPN3	at Cleveland State			Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
Horizon League Tournament
03/03/17–03/07/2017	vs.			Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

v t e Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball
Venues	Beeghly Center (1972–present)
Culture & lore	Pete and Penny "Red and White"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25