Rosner leads Western Illinois against Youngstown State after 23-point game

Youngstown State Penguins (4-2) at Western Illinois Leathernecks (2-3)

Macomb, Illinois; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Western Illinois faces the Youngstown State Penguins after Alec Rosner scored 23 points in Western Illinois' 78-77 loss to the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros.

The Leathernecks are 1-0 on their home court. Western Illinois is fifth in the Summit shooting 31.7% from downtown, led by Matthew Wade shooting 100.0% from 3-point range.

The Penguins have gone 1-2 away from home. Youngstown State leads the Horizon with 42.7 points per game in the paint led by Adrian Nelson averaging 18.0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Rosner averages 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Leathernecks, scoring 15.4 points while shooting 40.0% from beyond the arc. Jesiah West is shooting 54.5% and averaging 10.4 points for Western Illinois.

Nelson is averaging 15 points and 9.7 rebounds for the Penguins. Dwayne Cohill is averaging 14.7 points and four assists for Youngstown State.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.