BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) - Blake Allen scored 15 points and Damien Eargle had a double-double to lead Youngstown State to a 58-49 win over Bowling Green on Saturday.
Eargle finished with 10 points, 15 rebounds and four blocked shots for the Penguins (4-4), who ended a four-game losing streak.
Youngstown State never trailed in the contest, scoring the first six points of the game before claiming a 23-17 halftime lead. The Penguins pushed their advantage to 16 points on Josh Chojnacki's 3-pointer with 8:52 left in the second half.
Bowling Green cut the Penguins' lead to six points when Craig Sealey scored on a layup. But Youngstown State responded with five free throws to give them enough cushion to seal the win.
Jordan Crawford scored 16 points, shooting 6 of 19 from the floor for the Falcons (3-4). A'uston Calhoun scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Youngstown State (4-4) « | 23 | 35 | 58 |
| Bowling Green (3-4) | 17 | 32 | 49 |
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| Youngstown State Penguins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Eargle, F | 34 | 4-7 | 2-9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Belin, F | 24 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| B. Allen, G | 37 | 5-10 | 3-6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| K. Perry, G | 31 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Amiker, G | 13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Cole | 28 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Chojnacki | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| B. Hain | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Podolsky | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Weber | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-49 | 12-26 | 44 | 12 | 16 | 58 | |
| 42.9% | 46.2% | ||||||
| Bowling Green Falcons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Calhoun, F | 32 | 5-13 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| C. Orr, F | 25 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| C. Black, C | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Crawford, G | 35 | 6-19 | 4-6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| L. Kraus, G | 26 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Sealey | 19 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| R. Holmes | 18 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| J. Clarke | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Henderson | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Erger | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-58 | 11-14 | 34 | 8 | 20 | 49 | |
| 31% | 78.6% | ||||||
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