The Youngstown State Penguins and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish meet in college basketball action from the Purcell Pavilion on Sunday afternoon.
The Youngstown State Penguins will look to build on their 90-72 win over UT-Martin in their last game. Dwayne Cohill led the Penguins with 19 points on 7 of 10 shooting with a team-high 5 assists while Malek Green, Garrett Covington and Brandon Rush each had 12 points in the win for the Penguins. Adrian Nelson added 10 points with a team-high 12 rebounds while John Lovelace Jr. added 10 points with 6 boards to cap off the scoring in double figures for Youngstown State.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will try to build on a 79-76 win over Radford in their last game. Nate Laszewski led the Irish with 26 points on 7 of 11 shooting with a team-high 12 rebounds for the double-double along with 3 assists while Trey Wertz added 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting with 4 threes and a team-high 4 assists with a pair of steals. Cormac Ryan added 10 points with 6 rebounds to cap off the double-digit scoring for Notre Dame in the winning effort.
Youngstown State is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 Sunday games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games against a team with a winning home record while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Notre Dame is 17-7 ATS in their last 24 games overall and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 Sunday games while the over is 5-0-1 in their last 6 home games.
I get the case to be made either way in this game, but I’m backing Youngstown State here. This Youngstown State team is loaded, and while the Irish are getting the power conference rub if you will, I think Youngstown State is fully capable of keeping this one within single digits. Give me Youngstown State and the points here.