It is a rare occurrence for Oakland to win back-to-back conference games by more than 20 points, but after a 97-74 win over Cleveland State on Friday night, it had done just that.  How rare exactly? It’s just the second time the Golden Grizzlies have done it since joining the Horizon League in 2013. The other time was in 2024. 

The Youngstown State men's basketball team (9-9, 2-4 Horizon) lit it up from beyond the arc and finished one point shy of the century mark in its 99-61 victory over Bryant & Stratton College (10-7, 5-2 USCAA) on Friday morning in front of a sellout crowd of 4,637 during the Penguins annual School Day Kids Game at Zidian Family Arena inside Beeghly Center.

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies women’s basketball team was dealt a loss by the Green Bay Phoenix from inside the OU Credit Union O’Rena on Thursday, January 8, with the Phoenix coming away on top 78-63. The loss shifts Oakland’s record to 4-12 on the season, and 1-5 in Horizon League play, leaving the Golden Grizzlies as one of the bottom two teams in the Horizon League standings.

The Youngstown State women's basketball team (11-5, 4-2 Horizon) recorded its worst offensive night of the season, and suffered a tough 61-49 defeat against the Northern Kentucky Norse (7-11, 4-3 Horizon) on Thursday night at Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center. The Penguins had their four-game winning streak snapped, while the Norse have coincidentally now won four straight games of their own.

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Over the last week, two of the highest-profile head coaches in the Horizon League have offered blistering criticisms of the conference's schedule. Green Bay men’s coach Doug Gottlieb was one. After his Phoenix beat Milwaukee on Monday in front of 1,864 fans, Gottlieb took a vanilla question about the rivalry in an unexpected direction. “It stays a rivalry when the league figures out that that’s a bad day to schedule a rivalry game,” he began.

The Youngstown State men's basketball team (8-9, 2-5 Horizon) suffered another heartbreaking defeat, a tough 71-69 loss at the hands of the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (10-8, 4-3 Horizon) at Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center on Wednesday night. It's the fourth straight loss for the Penguins. Head coach Jon Coffman's Mastodons were up 7-4 at the first media timeout before Drew King's three-point play knotted it up at the 15:33 mark.

Cleveland State snapped its three-game losing streak on Wednesday night, earning a solid 87-75 home victory over Wright State to close out an arduous four games in nine days stretch, while improving to 13-5 overall and 3-4 in Horizon League play. Here are five things that stood out from the effort. 1. There’s really no debate: the Vikings needed a win, badly.

A year ago, the Robert Morris Colonials swept most of the postseason awards after a breakout campaign that ultimately saw them win both the regular season and postseason titles. After 5-6 games from each team to start league play, it looks wide open as far as who the teams to beat are. That means it’s currently wide open for many players and coaches to earn postseason honors as well.

At roughly 9:00 PM on New Year’s Day, I collapsed on to a queen bed in room 105 of a Motel 6 in Elkhart, IN. I was nauseous, lightheaded, and terrified of the possible explanations for those occasionally-recurring symptoms. A Red Wings game and a couple podcasts kept me mentally online as much as required to navigate my car those four hours from home.

The Youngstown State Penguins women's basketball team (11-4, 4-1 Horizon) made it a Manic Monday for the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (4-11, 1-4 Horizon) with a dominant 81-58 victory at Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center. It's the fourth consecutive win for YSU, who are in third place in the Horizon League standings. There were six lead changes in the first 4:27 of the contest, and YSU was up 16-12 thanks to a shot from Sarah Baker at the 1:13 mark, but Oakland tied it up at 16-all with back-to-back layups from Angie Smith and Layla Gold to end the period.

Green Bay survived a Milwaukee rally to snap a four-game skid against its arch rival, taking down the Panthers for the first time in the Doug Gottlieb era with a 79-76 victory on Monday night. The Phoenix came out of the gates red hot, winning the opening tip and ultimately making their first nine field goals to open up an early lead.

Bob and Jim preview the Horizon League games from Wednesday, January 7th to Sunday, January 11th.

As this is my debut on the power rankings, let's briefly go over what these rankings are based off of. These first rankings especially are rooted mainly in who has looked the best through the early portion of the league season. Things like how you played in the last week, who have you beaten, who have you lost to were thrown into a computer (my brain) and spit out the right combination.

A chaotic week out of the holiday break meant movement for ten of the Horizon League's 11 teams in this edition of the #HLWBB Power Rankings.

The Youngstown State men's basketball team (8-8, 2-4 Horizon) began 2026 on thin ice with an 85-83 loss at home to Oakland on Thursday at Zidian Family Arena inside Beeghly Center. The Penguins followed with another loss at Northern Kentucky 94-79 on Sunday at Truist Arena in Highland Heights, KY. Against Oakland, Carroll scored six of the game's first eight points with a pair of threes to give YSU the early 6-2 edge.

For the Oakland Golden Grizzlies against Robert Morris on Sunday, it was rolling early and often. A 51 point first half sparked a double-digit lead after the first 20 minutes of action.  After the game, head coach Greg Kampe said the team played with urgency coming out of the locker room and was pleased with its defensive effort. “Our guys came out and played with great intensity,” Kampe said.

The calendar has turned to 2026, and while many people out there are making resolutions for the new year, one thing has remained the same: Green Bay women's basketball is still the team to beat in the Horizon League. Following a hard fought win over Cleveland State, one that was well documented on both sides by our own Kyle Rossi at…

Cleveland State University (4-10, 0-3 Horizon League entering the week) was moments away from going 2-0 on the week before four steals by the Mastodons quickly turned the tables on the Vikings. With the win, CSU got its first conference victory, but there is still plenty of work to do. Home Game Against IU Indy (4-10, 0-3 HL) on Monday, December 29th…

Northern Kentucky capped off a men's and women's double-header for the Norse on Sunday night as they hosted Youngstown State. The Penguins were searching for what would be just their second win at Truist Arena in the series history. NKU looked determined to defend home court as it got out to an early lead, but a valiant comeback effort that drew within single digits came up just short as Northern Kentucky sealed the 94-79 victory.

Cleveland State fell to 12-5 overall, and just 2-4 in Horizon League play, following a 66-58 loss to Milwaukee on Sunday – the latest, and possibly ugliest, in a string of concerning defeats this season. Here are five things that stood out in UWM's Klotsche Center: 1. It’s awfully hard to avoid the idea that the defeat may very well be the worst CSU has experienced during Chris Kielsmeier’s tenure, at least when measured against expectations.