2023-2024 Youngstown State Penguins

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2023-2024 Youngstown State Penguins Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
13 Jaylen Bates Sr F 6-7 215 - Atlanta (GA) United States N/A
20 Anthony Breland Fr G 6-4 190 - Newton (NC) United States Moravian Prep
55 D.J. Burns Sr SF 6-7 220 May 16, 2001 New Orleans (LA) United States Sophie B. Wright Charter School
14 Dante DePante Fr G 6-4 190 - Pittsburgh (PA) United States Central Catholic High School
45 Gabe Dynes Fr C 7-3 190 - Independence (KY) United States Simon Kenton High School
3 E.J. Farmer Jr G 6-5 185 - Cleveland (OH) United States Cleveland Heights High School
30 Tommy Fryda Jr G 6-1 180 - Youngstown (OH) United States Boardman High School
2 Christian Kirkland Fr F 6-9 225 - Philadelphia (PA) United States Friends Select School
11 Bryson Langdon Sr G 5-9 170 - Chicago (IL) United States Kenwood Academy
22 John Lovelace, Jr. So F 6-7 205 - Brown Deer (WI) United States We Are United Prep
1 Ziggy Reid Sr F 6-6 245 Oct 25, 2000 Baltimore (MD) United States St. Paul's School
0 Brandon Rush Sr GF 6-3 195 - Warragul United States Warrensville Heights High School
5 Brett Thompson Sr G 6-1 180 - Oakland (CA) United States N/A
4 David Wilkerson So GF 6-4 175 - Lansing (MI) United States Liberty Heights Athletic Institute
10 Imanuel Zorgvol So C 7-0 215 - Paramaribo Republic of Suriname Central Florida Christian Academy

Recent Youngstown State Penguins History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 22-10 (14-6) 2nd (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 24-10 (15-5) 1st (Horizon) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2021-2022 19-15 (12-9) 6th (Horizon) 1st Rnd The Basketball Classic 2nd Rnd
2020-2021 15-12 (9-11) 6th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 18-15 (10-8) 4th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 12-20 (8-10) 6th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 8-24 (6-12) 8th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 13-21 (5-13) 8th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 11-21 (6-12) 7th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 11-21 (2-14) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 15-17 (6-10) 7th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 18-16 (7-9) 5th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 16-15 (10-8) 6th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 9-21 (2-16) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 8-22 (2-16) 10th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 11-19 (7-11) 6th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 9-21 (5-13) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 14-17 (7-9) 4th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 7-21 (4-12) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 5-23 (2-14) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 8-20 (4-12) 7th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 9-20 (4-12) 6th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A

2023-2024 Youngstown State Penguins Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Brett Thompson Horizon All-League Third Team
D.J. Burns Horizon All-League Second Team
Ziggy Reid Horizon All-League Second Team
D.J. Burns Horizon League All-Defensive Team
Gabe Dynes Horizon League All-Defensive Team
Gabe Dynes Horizon League All-Freshman Team
Ziggy Reid Horizon League Player of the Week (Dec 11, 2023)
Gabe Dynes Horizon League Freshman of the Week (Dec 11, 2023)
Gabe Dynes Horizon League Freshman of the Week (Feb 26, 2024)

2023-2024 Youngstown State Penguins Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters B. Langdon B. Thompson Z. Reid D. Burns G. Dynes
Rotation   B. Rush J. Lovelace, Jr.    
Rotation   E. Farmer      
Lim PT T. Fryda   D. Wilkerson J. Bates I. Zorgvol

2023-2024 Youngstown State Penguins Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Ziggy Reid 31 28.7 14.5 4.9 1.9 0.5 0.5 1.5
D.J. Burns 32 28.8 13.1 11.0 2.5 1.0 0.7 1.5
Brett Thompson 32 31.1 12.6 2.8 4.1 1.1 0.1 2.0
Brandon Rush 32 26.5 11.7 4.1 0.7 1.1 0.2 1.1
Bryson Langdon 32 25.7 8.1 2.0 3.6 0.7 0.0 1.4
E.J. Farmer 31 19.1 7.4 2.0 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.7
John Lovelace, Jr. 32 18.1 6.6 2.8 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.8
Jaylen Bates 16 11.2 4.2 3.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.8
Gabe Dynes 27 13.6 3.9 4.0 0.4 0.3 2.3 0.6
Imanuel Zorgvol 27 8.4 2.6 2.8 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.5
Tommy Fryda 10 2.8 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
David Wilkerson 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2023-2024 Youngstown State Penguins Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Jerrod Calhoun Head Coach 2017-2018 Head Coach (Fairmont State, 2012 to 2017)
Ethan Faulkner Associate Head Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (Youngstown State, 2019 to 2023)
Ben Asher Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Director of Basketball Operations (Rutgers, 2019 to 2021)
Mantoris Robinson Assistant Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (East Tennessee State, 2021 to 2022)
Danny Reese Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2021-2022 Director of Player Personnel (Youngstown State, 2019 to 2021)
Ron Strollo Director of Intercollegiate Athletics 2001-2002 N/A
Nick Calhoun Assistant Sports Performance Coach 2023-2024 N/A
Trevor Parks Director of Sports Information 2012-2013 N/A
Paul Molinari Director of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Youngstown State, 2017 to 2019)
Jamie Hall Assistant Director of Sports Information 2004-2005 N/A
John Vogel Assistant Director of Sports Information 2008-2009 N/A
Kelsey Ellis-Lepard Athletic Trainer 2023-2024 N/A