YSU looking to halt recent three-game slide in Horizon League play

Correspondent photo / Robert Hayes. YSU’s Cris Carroll moves past Oakland’s Bordy Robinson during the second half on Thursday at Zidian Family Arena. YOUNGSTOWN — At the turn of a new year, Youngstown State finds itself at a crossroads. The Penguins suffered their third straight Horizon League defeat on Thursday against Oakland. It’s the first time that YSU has dropped three straight league games since it happened twice during the 2021-2022 season. Now with a road game against Northern Kentucky looming on Sunday, and a home tilt with Purdue Fort Wayne coming on Wednesday, the Penguins find themselves trying to keep what previously looked to be...