YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Kendrick Perry scored 28 points and Youngstown State had its highest-scoring game this season, defeating Milwaukee 94-80 Friday night.
Perry was 11 of 16 from the field for the Penguins (15-11, 7-6 Horizon League), who shot 56.9 percent (33 of 58) overall. They made 66.7 percent (16 of 24) in the first half, including 6 of 12 3-pointers.
Blake Allen scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half, when Youngstown State took a 48-36 lead. DJ Cole added a career-best 18 points and Kamren Belin 15 for the Penguins, whose second-leading scorer, Damian Eargle, missed the game with a broken nose.
Youngstown State was coming off an 88-83 triple-overtime loss to Illinois-Chicago on Sunday.
Paris Gulley scored 18 points, Jordan Aaron 17 and J.J. Panoske 16 for the Panthers (6-21, 2-11), who were coming off a 71-53 win over Loyola of Chicago that ended a seven-game losing streak.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Wisconsin-Milwaukee (6-21) | 36 | 44 | 80 |
| Youngstown State (15-11) « | 48 | 46 | 94 |
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| Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Haggerty, F | 32 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| J. Panoske, F | 22 | 5-6 | 6-8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| D. Harris, F | 17 | 1-8 | 7-13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| J. Aaron, G | 34 | 5-11 | 3-3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| P. Gulley, G | 33 | 5-11 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Arians | 22 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| E. Richard | 22 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Q. Gustavson | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| K. Kelm | 4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Roelke | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-48 | 23-36 | 28 | 16 | 21 | 80 | |
| 47.9% | 63.9% | ||||||
| Youngstown State Penguins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Belin, F | 33 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| B. Hain, F | 15 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| B. Allen, G | 37 | 5-12 | 4-5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| K. Perry, G | 37 | 11-16 | 3-5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 |
| D. Cole, G | 33 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Larson | 18 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| S. Amiker | 11 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Weber | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Chojnacki | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| M. Podolsky | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Reese | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33-58 | 15-26 | 34 | 19 | 22 | 94 | |
| 56.9% | 57.7% | ||||||
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