Scouting college basketball

Posted February 03, 2010 10:00 pm

By Lindsey Willhite

Youngstown State (8-13, 2-9) at Loyola (12-9, 3-8)When: 7 p.m. at Gentile CenterNet: horizonleaguenetwork.tvRadio: WAUR 930-AM, WNTD 950-AM, WLUW 88.7-FMSkinny: The Ramblers not only need a win, they need to start feeling good about their offense again. Loyola has dropped 7 of its last 8 and hit just 40 percent of its shots during that span. The Ramblers also failed to score in the final six minutes of its Saturday loss at Wright State. Youngstown won the first meeting 71-67 on Jan. 9.Cleveland State (10-12, 6-4) at UIC (5-16, 1-10)When: 7 p.m. at UIC PavilionNet: Comcast SportsNet, horizonleaguenetwork.tvRadio: WMVP 1000-AMSkinny: If the Flames can bring the same effort they put forth on Saturday at Detroit (when they lost 76-73), then Jimmy Collins' guys can snap their eight-game losing streak. Cleveland State, which owns a 1-7 road record, took the first meeting 70-63 on Jan. 9. UIC senior forward Jeremy Buttell victimized the Vikings for 22 points and 8 rebounds in that one.-

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