Bowling Green State University Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach. Girl Dad. Husband. Believer. WV Native. Live music. Outdoor adventures.
#TalonsUp
#AyZiggy
There is something to be said about going to a school that really wants you, not where you are a second option, or multiple offers out for the same scholarship. 🐧🏀
#realtalk
#A1FromDay1
#PerfectFit
#GoGuins
Recruiting breakfast meeting with the little boss after getting back from Louisville. “Dad did you see any good basketball players?” Yeah I did, and one is on campus today! 😎🐧🏀⛈
#goguins
#ysuwbb
#hooperinthehouse
#team304
SO...PROUD...OF...THIS...TEAM!! Got a dub in the jungle tonight!! And
@IndiyaB_12
breaks the school assist record that stood for 32 years. 😎🐧🏀
#gofreakingguins
#ysuwbb
Today is a big day. I get to watch big time players ball out that we would love to see in a YSU uniform, and I get squeeze this little one and wish her a happy 4th birthday!
#basketballandbirthdaycake
#goodday
#harperlea
If you are wanting to play a certain position in college, think about who you can defend. Lateral quickness/ability to keep someone in front of you—will likely determine what your position/role will be—not your shooting range on offense. 🐧🏀
#guardayard
#lockdown
#movethosefeet
Lost a close one to GB tonight. Our kids battled and dealt with adversity of 3 players fouling out. Had some bench players step up and the young ones battled. We will keep grinding.
#goguins
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I’m not above getting out of my seat on the baseline and standing up close to the court to see if your height matches what is listed in the coaches packet. 😎🤷🏼♂️😉
#julyrecruiting
#aaubingo
#ncaa
#iwannaknow
We have a great group of student athletes! No such thing as a bad day getting to coach basketball and attempting to make an impact on people!
#GoGuins
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Competitive. Patient. Passionate. Encouraging.
Hear what acting Acting Head Coach
@jnicolais3
is like at practice with this mic'd up video 📽
#GoGuins
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In my 19 years of coaching college basketball, this July period is bittersweet. Excited to get back out and watch hoopers after the long hiatus, but leaving today on my 2nd born’s 1st bday and driving home next Monday on my 1st born’s 7th birthday is gut wrenching.
Finished up the school year with a TEAM GPA of 3.66 for the entire year!!! Made it into post season play 4 out of 5 seasons and with final word in July, should have 5 straight years of being in the WBCA Division 1 Academic top 25 🐧🏀🎓
#proudcoach
#goguins
Last game of 2019. Our team finished the semester with a 3.8 TEAM GPA. Overall team GPA of this group is a 3.73. Started conference play 2-0, and have done so battling adversity the last 9 games. Here’s to 2020!! 🐧🏀
#toughmindedplayers
#toughmindedteam
#GoGuins
#ysuwbb
Picked up a Big road win at Cleveland state. Great team win today-defense was stingy and freshmen
@cheolson14
was straight flames today!! 🔥🔥🔥🏀🐧
#GoGuins
So we started Pre-K 👀😳. I can remember when the team was holding her in their arms soon after she came home from the hospital!
#timeflies
#makethemostofit
Big win today over IUPUI in our
#HLWBB
opener! McKenah Peters scored a career-high 22 points to lead us to the win.
Recap, highlights and stats:
#GoGuins
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Watched some big time hoopers at the
@LBInsider
Michigan May Madness event. Appreciate getting to see the big name programs squaring off against each other! Watched a lot of kids we want at YOUNGSTOWN STATE!!! 🐧🏀
#hoopersallaround
#solidevent
➡️ 7th-best GPA in D-I in 2018-19
➡️ Top 10 GPA in 3 of the last 4 years
➡️ Top 25 GPA in 8 of the last 9 years
And we won 22 games and played in the WNIT.
Our student-athletes are incredible, and we're so proud of them!
#GoGuins
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#YandProud
RECRUITS: (POST PLAYERS) Keep your phones charged and answer the call. We don’t just recruit you to guard the tallest player on the opposing team. WE THROW THE BALL INSIDE!! Look at the stats of post players on teams that are recruiting you!!! 🐧🏀
#weshowpostlove
#GoGuins
HUGE win versus a quality program. Our defense showed up tonight! The amount of times I witnessed our players diving on the floor for 50/50 balls makes this coach PROUD!! 😤👊🏼🐧🏀
#GoGuins
#Dnice
Penguins WWWWWWin!!!
We grind out another home win by beating Milwaukee 58-50!
Shy tied for game-high honors with 16 points, and Callahan finished with 13.
6-0 overall, 3-0 in
#HLWBB
play, 3-0 at home.
#GoGuins
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PENGUINS WIN!!!
We went 12-for-23 from 3-point range, and Lilly Ritz had a great night in the post with 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting and nine rebounds. Paige Shy added a career-high 18 points and eight rebounds.
#GoGuins
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#HLWBB
Proud of how this group is coming together! Had some young pups 🐶play like BIG DAWGS 🐺last night. Hard fought win over a seasoned team to start conference play.
✔️7 times in last 8 seasons. ✔️1 of 4 schools in top 25 7 out of last 8 seasons. ✔️1 of 2 D1 schools in OHIO. 🎓Youngstown State Women’s Basketball Posts Nation's 10th-Best Team GPA in 2017-18
I have witnessed some really good basketball while holding it down in Indy this week. Day 7 the players with the most toughness—mental and physical, usually stand out. Play hard and finish strong—we love gritty, hard nosed, hoopers!!! 🐧🏀
#GoGuins
#bluecollar
#toughness
PENGUINS WIN!!!
Ferrell missed both attempts, and Shy got the rebound to seal the win!
THANK YOU for having our backs tonight, Penguin Family! Great to have you back in Beeghly!
#GoGuins
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Balanced Scoring Gives Penguins Gritty Win at Eastern Michigan in Season Opener
Recap, stats and postgame interviews with Coach Barnes and Paige Shy -
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Wurtz missed the second attempt, and Trimmer's heave from 3/4 court at the buzzer comes up just short.
We bow out of
#MotorCityMadness
with a two-point loss in the semifinals.
Heck of an effort, Penguins.
#YandProud
One of the coolest things I have been a part of in 15 years of coaching college basketball. Both players break the school record for career 3’s in the same game. Congrats
@IndiyaB_12
@nikki3414
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#goguins
Proud of this team and staff for all the uncertainty they dealt with and rallied together for a memorable second half of Horizon league play. 🐧🏀
#GoGuins
NOT DONE YET!!!
We're thrilled to accept an invitation to play in the Postseason
@WomensNIT
! It's our fifth postseason tournament in the last seven years!
Details on who, when and where we'll play will be announced later tonight.
#GoGuins
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#YandProud
PENGUINS WIN!!!
YSU 64, Detroit Mercy 56
Lilly Ritz scored a career-high 25 points, and Chelsea Olson posted 14 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.
It was a battle, but we're 4-0 heading into Thanksgiving.
#GoGuins
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PENGUINS WIN!
Dunn tied a career high with 24 points, and Smolinski finished with 23 while resting the entire fourth period. Olson added 18, and Trimmer had nine assists.
1-0 in
#HLWBB
. We'll go for another one on Sunday.
#GoGuins
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PENGUINS WIN!!!
We trailed by 15 in the second quarter and led by 13 in the fourth as we won 72-63.
Ny'Dajah Jackson finished with 19 points to lead three Penguins in double figures.
#GoGuins
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Penguins WWWWin!
We never trailed and led by double digits for the final 31 minutes to win our fourth straight!
Hear from Coach Nicolais and the player of the game on the postgame show on 1390 WNIO:
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The hustle on the long rebound... the pass ahead in transition... the entry... the and-one... the CELEBRATION.
The play where we tied the game in the fourth = 💯🔥
YSU has led
#HLWBB
in 3s per game for 6 straight seasons and in 7 of the last 9. Individually, at least one Penguin has ranked among the league's top 5 in 3s per game for 9 straight years. Last year, Maddie Schires was 5th with 2.17 3s per game.
#GoGuins
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#FunFactFriday
These 3 put it on the line night in and night out. All three will be discussed in years to come as amazing ambassadors for our athletic department and university as a whole. Leaders, book worms, bucket getters and most of all AMAZING PEOPLE.
#GoGuins
#FutureAlums
#Penguinsforlife
Smolinski makes another 3, and our three seniors come out together.
They combined for 44 points tonight. Three trips to the postseason in four years for Melinda and Alison. Four in five years for Sarah.
#GoGuins
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#YandProud
YSU made 222 3-pointers in 2019-20, its 10th straight season with at least 2⃣0⃣0⃣. The Penguins are one of just 12 teams in D-I to make at least 200 3s in each season since 2010-11.
#GoGuins
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#FunFactFriday