The Horizon League suspended Oakland basketball coach Greg Kampe for one game due to engaging with an official in an unacceptable way that violated league regulations after a loss to Robert Morris. Horizon League Commissioner Julie Roe Lach made the announcement Tuesday,

Reigning Horizon League Sixth Player of the Year, Callie Genke answers the call this year as a starter for the Phoenix.

The Youngstown State University women's basketball team fell to Purdue Fort Wayne, 79-56, Wednesday at Zidian Family Arena. The Penguins were held to five points in the first quarter and trailed throughout the entire game.

For the second week in a row Northrop High School graduate and Mastodons junior guard Jalen Jackson is the Horizon League Player of the Week, following a Herculean effort Saturday against IU Indianapolis.

Two games for the price of one is a big hit. That was the case prior to 2018 when the Horizon League would occasionally hold men's and women's basketball doubleheaders. Since then every game is a stand alone meaning this week fans are coming to the YSU campus three of four days to see games.

Jamichael Stilwell, albeit barely, scrapped out his eighth double-double in the last nine games with 10 points and 10 boards. Danilo Jovanovich had a career-high 10 points, eight of which came in the first half, to go along with seven rebounds.

Thursday’s Horizon League slate includes the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (15-7, 8-3 Horizon League) playing the Cleveland State Vikings (16-6, 10-1 Horizon League) at 9:00 PM ET on ESPNU.Buy

Erik Pratt scored 20 points off the bench in 23 minutes to lead the Panthers to their biggest-ever win at Northern Kentucky.

The Raiders (11-11, 4-6) play at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Youngstown State (13-9, 7-4), which is one of four teams in the HL with a positive turnover margin, forcing 13 per game and committing 12.5. The Penguins have won five in a row and nine of the last 11 games in the series, including an 80-70 victory in the Nutter Center on Dec. 18.

IU Indianapolis visits the Robert Morris Colonials after Paul Zilinskas scored 23 points in the Jaguars' 91-80 loss to the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.

With the loss, YSU falls to 9-13 overall and 4-8 in conference play. The ‘Guins will hit the road to take on Green Bay on Thursday, Feb. 6.

The WATTS is an on-campus facility that offers Youngstown State athletics one of the best indoor complexes in the Horizon League.