YOUNGSTOWN — Coming off the high of its road win at Grand Canyon on Friday, Youngstown State returned to the friendly confines of Zidian Family Arena for its home opener on Monday night.

Despite a tight margin at halftime, the Penguins fought off a cold shooting start and pulled away from Penn State-Shenango in the second half for a 115-53 win over the Lions.

“Gotta give Penn State-Shenango a lot of credit with how that first half went,” head coach Ethan Faulkner said. “We did not have our team ready to go in the first 20 minutes. I was really disappointed in our effort and our mindset and our attention to detail. Obviously got some things corrected at halftime, played with a little bit better energy and effort, and the game played out from there. But we’ve gotta be much better to start

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