YOUNGSTOWN — With shooting numbers that mirrored a Major League Baseball batting average on Sunday, Youngstown State had to find other ways to score.

The Penguins got after Bucknell defensively, dominated on the glass and got to the free-throw line in a 60-53 win, their first win over the Bison since 2015.

“Bucknell is a tough, defensive-oriented team,” YSU head coach Melissa Jackson said. “They have great help-side (defense) and they’re tough to Iso. We were able to get them moving a little bit. But we’ll go back and watch the film. They dig and they double in the post, so we knew we were going to have a lot of outside shots.

“Thought we got a little three happy, took a couple quick threes. But made the adjustment at halftime to attack some of those long closeouts, and I thought our ki

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