Raiders take thriller from Richmond SpidersMarch 26, 2013By Mike Klingshirn DAYTON, Ohio – The Wright State Raiders advanced to the CBI semifinals with a thrilling 57-51 victory over the Richmond Spiders on Monday night at the Nutter Center. The see-saw affair featured 16 lead changes and 15 tied scores throughout the battle. The six point margin of victory was the largest lead held by either team on the night. A crowd of 3,741 saw Richmond (19-15) score the last four points of the first twenty minutes to take a 26-23 halftime lead. It was the largest lead of the half for either team, in a half that had eight lead changes and seven tied scores. Miles Dixon led the way for Wright State (23-12) with nine first half points. “I just let the game come to me and let it flow,” Dixon said. “Coach always talks to me about not forcing it on the first shot, so I just let the game come to me.” The Raiders scored the first six points out of the locker room to go up 29-26, three minutes into the half. Richmond retook the lead by scoring the next seven points to go up 33-29, before stretching the margin to 39-34 with 10:06 left to play. Wright State reclaimed the advantage two minutes later (41-40) on a JT Yoho drive to the hoop and free throw to complete a three point play. Six more lead changes ensued before the Spiders found themselves back on top 48-45 with 4:18 left to play. From there, WSU’s intensity to win and their determination on defense made the difference. “The key to the last couple minutes was to keep playing Wright State defense,” said Jerran Young. Reggie Arceneaux drained a 3-pointer to draw the Raiders even at 48 at the 3:44 mark. His shot ignited an eventual 9-0 game-deciding run for Wright State over the next three minutes. The Green and Gold took the lead for good 50-48 on a Miles Dixon drive to the hoop with 2:39 remaining. A Jerran Young steal and slam-dunk with 1:08 left capped the run, stretching the WSU lead to 54-48. The dunk sent the Raider faithful into frenzy, with the sense that victory was near. On Richmond’s next possession, a Greg Robbins trey cut the Raider lead to 54-51 with 42 seconds left to play. With Wright State in the double-bonus, it appeared that the Green and Gold were still in command. Unfortunately, it took just two seconds for them to fumble the inbound play out of bounds for a turnover. The Spiders’ Robbins squared away for another 3-point attempt, but missed. Matt Vest grabbed the rebound and Young was fouled with 17 seconds to go. Young hit both free throws plus another charity toss two seconds later, to seal the 57-51 Raider victory. Wright State head coach Billy Donlon acknowledged that his team has matured greatly since the beginning of the season. “They’ve bought into the way that they have to win,” Donlon said. “I would love for us to score 85 and win, but this team isn’t ready for that. If your kids buy into the best way that they can win, no matter where you’re coaching or who you’re with … you’re going to win. And that’s what they’ve done.” Wright State advances to the CBI semifinals on Wednesday night against an opponent (George Mason, Western Michigan, or Santa Clara) to be determined.
UPDATE: WSU will host Santa Clara Wednesday night in a 9pm tip.
Post Game Audio
Box Score
Photos © and Courtesy of Tim G. Zechar
Raiders top Tulsa 72-52 to advance in CBI tournamentMarch 21, 2013By Mike Klingshirn DAYTON, Ohio – It was a history-making evening at the Ervin J. Nutter Center on Wednesday night, as the Wright State Raiders captured their first ever post-season victory as an NCAA Division I program by defeating the Tulsa Hurricane 72-52 in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). A crowd of 2,507 was on hand to witness the event. With the victory Wright State will host the Richmond Spiders from the Atlantic-10 in the CBI quarterfinals on Monday March 25. Tip-off at the Nutter Center is scheduled for 7:00. The CBI, a postseason tournament, which began in 2008, is comprised of a 16-team field and hosted at on-campus arenas throughout the country. Past tournament champions have been Pittsburgh (2012), Oregon (2011), Virginia Commonwealth (2010), Oregon State (2009), and this evening’s opponent, Tulsa (2008). This matchup featured two of the youngest teams in the country. The Wright State Raiders (22-12, 10-6 Horizon League) entered the season with the 11th youngest roster in the country and no seniors. The Tulsa Hurricane (17-16, 8-8 Conference USA) carried a roster with seven freshmen. The jitters were evident early for both young teams, as they battled to a 4-4 tie seven minutes into the contest. After six lead changes, Tulsa found themselves on top 12-11, before Reggie Arceneaux hit a trey and Matt Vest scored on a layup off of a turnover to put Wright State on top 16-12. A traditional three point play on a jumper and free throw by James Woodard pulled Tulsa to within 16-15. That is when the Raiders rattled off eight straight points on a JT Yoho 3-pointer, and a Miles Dixon layup and trey to go up 24-15 with 5:20 left in the half. Wright State maintained that lead and held a seemingly commanding 32-23 halftime advantage. The Tulsa Hurricane came out of the locker room with a new-found spirit and aggressiveness. They quickly outscored Wright State 13-4 in the first four minutes of the second half to even the score at 36-36. “I was mad,” said Wright State head coach Billy Donlon. “I called a quick timeout because that was the only time where I don’t think that we played with intensity. We just allowed Tulsa to run up and down the court. They’re faster than we are. They play the open court game an entire season. We don’t play that way, and so if we were going to play that way, we were going to get run out of our building. I said ‘Make it a half court game and we’ll probably win.’” The Raiders righted the ship by scoring the game’s next seven points … three on a Joe Bramanti basket under the hoop and free throw, a Yoho runner in the lane, and a pair of Bramanti free throws. Tulsa answered to draw within 45-43 with 12:15 left to play. The Green and Gold, however, remained calm, played solid defense, and blew out the Hurricane by outscoring them 27-9 the rest of the way. The end result was an impressive 72-52 first round CBI victory. Wright State hit 26-of-55 shot attempts from the field for the contest. They were 9-of-19 from 3-point land. One key to WSU’s second half performance was the fact that they took just five shot attempts from beyond the arc in the second twenty minutes, as opposed to 14 first half attempts. “We told them in the locker room that we’ve had games, like Detroit at home, where we have fallen in love with the three point shot,” Donlon said. “Even if we’re making them, we’re a team where the ball has to go in the paint. We have to score with the ball in the paint to win consistently.” Kendall Griffin (15), Jerran Young (14), and Miles Dixon (12) led the Raiders in scoring. Young pulled down a team high eight rebounds.
CBI History by the Numbers (2008-2012):Conference records of interest: Atlantic 10 (7-9), Big East (5-3), Conference USA (13-7), Horizon (4-5), MAC (1-5), Missouri Valley (10-8), Pac-12 (19-9), Summit (1-3). Number of Horizon League teams to participate: 4 — Butler (2012), Green Bay (2009, 2010), Milwaukee (2012), and Valparaiso (2008). Horizon League records: Butler (2-1), Valparaiso (1-1), Green Bay (1-2), Milwaukee (0-1). Most CBI wins: Oregon State (7), Oregon (5), Pittsburgh (5), Tulsa (5), VCU (5). Best all-time CBI coaching records: Shaka Smart (VCU, 5-0), Dana Altman (Oregon, 5-1), Jamie Dixon (Pitt, 5-1), Doug Wojcik (Tulsa, 5-1).
Box Score
Post Game Audio
Photos © and Courtesy of Tim G. Zechar
Purple Aces turn the Raiders blueFebruary 24, 2013By Mike Klingshirn DAYTON, Ohio – The Wright State Raiders ventured outside of league play on Saturday afternoon, only to suffer one of their worst defeats of the season, at the hands of the Evansville Purple Aces from the Missouri Valley Conference, by a final score of 70-58. An impressive contingent of a few hundred Evansville fans made the trip to the NutterCenter, helping to lift the number in the house to 3,428. The Raiders (18-10, 9-5 HL) were without the services of their top two scorers (Reggie Arceneaux and Cole Darling) for the second consecutive game due to injury. Freshman J.T. Yoho did his best to help fill the void by recording his first double-double, scoring twenty points and pulling down eleven rebounds … both career highs. Unfortunately for WrightState, he was one of the few bright spots for his team. Evansville (16-13, 8-8 MVC) opened the contest by scoring the game’s first nine points, and the Raiders got no closer than five all afternoon long. “We were absolutely hammered,” said WrightState head coach Billy Donlon. “Sometimes you’re the hammer, and sometimes you’re the nail. Today we were the nail.” The Aces scored early and often, bolting to a 17-3 lead, just five and a half minutes into the contest. By that time, coach Donlon had already burned two time-outs in an effort to help stem the tide. “In those time-outs, I thought that we were getting ready to be run out of here. I felt that we were getting ready to be beat by forty,” Donlon said. “I never call two time-outs in the first five minutes of a game. It wasn’t their motion (offense). It was transition basketball. They (Evansville) just blew it up the floor. They blew by us on one pass in the half court. That’s not motion. We didn’t guard our guard very well.” It wasn’t until the 11:59 mark of the first half that WrightState sank their first field goal. That came on a Jerran Young put-back off of a missed Matt Vest shot attempt from beyond the arc to make the score 17-5. Down 21-7, the Raiders went on a 9-0 run to pull within 21-16, but the Aces countered with an 8-0 run of their own, to push the margin back to 29-16 with 6:11 before halftime. Yoho kept his team within sight of the Aces with a hot shooting hand by scoring eight points over the next six minutes. He had 16 points, in all, before halftime. Still, the Raiders trailed 39-28 at the intermission. WrightState drew to within 41-36, but six unanswered points by the Aces put Evansville comfortably back on top 47-36 with 15:23 left to play. From there, the Aces maintained a double-digit lead for all but a few seconds over the remainder of the contest. Evansville stretched their lead to 70-52, before the Raiders scored the game’s final six points. “You have to be so mentally tough when you play a motion team,” Donlon said. “And I just didn’t think that we were there tonight.” WSU was led in scoring by Yoho (20), Young (11), and Kendall Griffin (10). Matt Vest contributed with six rebounds and five assists. WrightState returns to Horizon League action on Tuesday evening at UIC.
Injury Updates:Reggie Arceneaux (concussion) is hopeful for Tuesday. It is still being determined if or when Cole Darling (foot) will be back.
Box Score
Post Game AudioPhotos © and Courtesy of Tim G. Zechar
#23 drops 23 for WSU but Valpo drops WSU 68-61February 13, 2013AJ Pacher stepped up big for WSU Tuesday night against Valpo with 7 points in 12 minutes of first half play and 23 points in 24 total game minutes. Along with 6 rounds, 3 assists and steal, that is one impressive line in the box score. Unfortunately, it was not enough to overcome the power game of Valpo as the Raiders fall to 17-9 (8-5). It was quite the night in the Nutter Center as at least one of the men in stripes appeared to have chip on his shoulder before the game even started. He allegedly was overheard complaining about the hostile crowds he had to deal with. Given that several students and a platinum seat holder were threatened during the game and a former WSU Board of Trustee was ejected from the game, I’d say someone got up on the wrong side of the bed yesterday. This ejected fan reportedly said something about the “pathetic officiating” but nothing vulgar or personal were part of the comments. The officials did not impact the game’s outcome but they made themselves visible which is not what a quality crew does; officials should essentially go unnoticed as they do their job. The Raider bench scored 45 of WSU’s 68 points (Pacher 23, Dixon 13 and Arceneauz 9) while the starting five struggled with 6-19 shooting (31%). As a team WSU shot 41% while Valpo shot 49% for the contest. Both teams struggled behind the arc shooting around 24%. After playing 4 games in nine days last night, the Raiders are off until Feb 20 when the travel to Cleveland. Then up is the Bracketbuster game against Evansville on Feb. 23, and finally, the last regular season home game against Youngstown on March 2.
Box Score
Post Game AudioValpo Coach and Kevin Van_Wijk
Photos © and Courtesy of Tim G. Zechar
Déjà vu! Raiders find way to beat Loyola againFebruary 5, 2013By Mike Klingshirn DAYTON, Ohio – It was déjà vu all over again on Monday night at the Nutter Center, where the Wright State Raiders and the Loyola Ramblers met for the second time in nearly three weeks. It would be understandable to excuse the 3,171 in attendance for thinking that they had just witnessed an instant replay. In terms of the score, both contests followed very similar scripts. But on this night, it was a different set of heroes for WrightState who brought home the victory. In the previous encounter, the Raiders trailed by ten points at the half, cut the margin to a point midway through the second half, only to see Loyola take a seemingly commanding lead with six minutes to play. That’s when the Raiders staged a furious comeback and pulled out a victory in the game’s final seconds. In that game, Reggie Arceneaux was on fire from beyond the arc, hitting six three-pointers and scoring a career-high 29 points. WrightState won that one 62-61. On this night, the Raiders (15-8 6-4 HL) trailed 34-22 at halftime, pulled to within 39-36 with 12:02 remaining, before Loyola (13-10 3-7 HL) stretched their lead to 53-40 with 6:34 left to play. From there, the Raiders staged another furious comeback, outscoring the Rambles 22-6 down the stretch to and pull out another victory in the closing seconds by a very similar score of 62-59. Unlike in their first meeting, Reggie Arceneaux was held scoreless. Loyola’s defense clamped down on him and refused to allow Reggie to touch the ball, limiting him to just four shot attempts for the game. However, a slew of Raiders stepped up to play huge roles in this game’s final outcome. Because the Rambler defense had taken Arceneaux out of the game, coach Donlon substituted him out in favor of Joe Bramanti with about six minutes left to play and the team trailing by double digits. That move marked the beginning of the Raiders comeback. “Credit our guys,” said head coach Billy Donlon. “After the first ten minutes of the first half, we saw that how we were guarding them wasn’t going to work. So for the rest of the game, we were trying to find ways. With Jarren Young having two fouls in the first half, we had to play without his athleticism.” Trailing 53-40, WrightState’s comeback began with a layup by Miles Dixon, and a Jarren Young layup off of a Dixon steal. After a Loyola basket, Young and Dixon connected on 3-pointers, followed by a Kendall Griffin layup to quickly close the margin to 55-52 with 3:59 to play. Loyola scored their final points of the night on a pair of free throws by Cully Brown to put the Ramblers up 59-54 at the 3:11 mark. With 2:24 remaining, freshman Joe Bramanti, playing the point guard position, took to ball strong to the hoop, hit the bucket, was fouled, and connected on his free throw attempt, drawing WSU to within 59-57. Ten seconds later, Bramanti stole the ball, and got it to Miles Dixon who was quickly fouled. Dixon hit both free throws to even the score at 59. The Raider defense came up with another stop and Cole Darling hit a jumper with 1:18 showing on the clock to give the Raiders their first lead in nearly thirty-five minutes of play, when they last led 5-4. A Miles Dixon free throw with eight seconds remaining made the final score 62-59. Loyola had one last chance to tie the game, but a Cole Darling steal at the buzzer prevented the Ramblers form attempting a shot. WrightState used the press throughout the contest, resulting in 31 points off of turnovers. “Over the last two or three games, our confidence was struggling,” Donlon said. “One of the things that a press does is … it makes you stop feeling sorry for yourself. It just makes you play.” “We came into the game with the idea to press. But early foul trouble limited our numbers and I didn’t want to press and wear us to thin for the rest of the game. And I thought that helped us late.” Cole Darling led the Raiders with 17 points. Jarren Young added 11. Kendall Griffin had a solid game with eight points, seven assists, and just one turnover in 36 minutes of action. AJ Pacher contributed with nine points. Up next for Wright State is a trip to Wisconsin, where they will take on the Green Bay Phoenix Thursday night, followed by a game against the Milwaukee Panthers on Saturday.
Box Score
Post Game Audio
Photos © and Courtesy of Tim G. Zechar
Raiders fall 83-76 to the Titans Wednesday nightJanuary 31, 2013Raiders drop third straight game and 4th in last five games. Wright State (14-8, 5-4 Horizon) is off until Monday, February 4, when the Raiders host Loyola at 7:00. Post game AudioBox Score
Photos © and Courtesy of Tim G. Zechar
UIC Flames turn out the lights on Blackout Night: Raiders fall 55-49January 27, 2013By Mike Klingshirn DAYTON, Ohio – Saturday evening was Blackout Night at the Nutter Center. The Wright State Raiders, playing on their home court, wore black uniforms and the first 5,000 fans that entered the turnstiles received black t-shirts to wear. It was also Homecoming weekend on campus, so a larger than normal crowd of 8,065 filled the place — double the size of WSU’s largest crowd in nine home dates this season. Prior to tip-off, Blackout Night seemed like a festive occasion, unless of course, you are superstitious. One would be hard pressed to remember a good performance by any Raider team that played in those black uniforms. Tonight was no exception, as the Wright State Raiders suffered their first home loss of the season to the UIC Flames 55-49. Maybe the Great Rowdy Raider in the sky frowns upon the black uniforms, because after all, green and gold are Wright State’s official colors. “Burn them,” said WSU radio color analyst Bob Grote following the game. “We have never won in those things.” The game began well enough for the Raiders (14-7, 5-3 HL). After a JT Yoho 3-pointer put Wright State on top 8-4, UIC proceeded to rattle off runs of 11-straight and 9-straight points, sandwiched around a Tavares Sledge field goal to give the Flames a commanding 24-10 lead with six minutes left in the first half. UIC (13-8, 4-4 HL) played a zone defense and WSU was unable to shoot over it. Wright State played as poorly offensively as they could play, missing a lot of open shots, and hitting just 5-of-21 first half attempts. As a result, the Raiders found themselves on the wrong end of a 26-14 halftime score. After UIC’s Josh Crittle began the second half by hitting a jumper to put the Flames ahead by a score of 28-14, Wright State went on a 12-2 run to pull to within 30-26 with 13:06 left to play. A Cole Darling layup narrowed the gap to 38-36 at the 5:25 mark, but UIC was able to push their lead back to 48-41. JT Yoho drained a three-pointer with 39 seconds left to play to make it 49-46, but UIC broke the Raider press on the ensuing in-bounds play for an easy layup by Crittle, which helped seal the 55-49 UIC victory. Darling led the Raiders in scoring with 11 points on 5-of-15 shooting. Matt Vest hauled down nine rebounds and dished out four of the six Raider assists in the game. WSU shot just 33-percent from the field for the game (18-of-54), and an ice-cold 2-of-19 from beyond the arc. The loss was Wright State’s second straight defeat — both in the black uniforms — after beginning the season 14-5. The team had just returned home in the wee hours of Thursday morning following a brutal 3-game/5-day road trip. “They’ve got to get their confidence back,” Donlon said. “We haven’t been able to practice. With four games in eight days, you don’t practice. In between days, you’re resting. Hopefully we’ll get a chance to get a practice in.”
Post Game Audio
Box Score
Photos © and Courtesy of Tim G. Zechar
Raiders undefeated in league playJanuary 10, 2013The Wright State Raiders have performed above the expectation of many this season including those that picked them last in the league preseason ranking. WSU stands currently at 12-4 overall and 3-0 in the league. The latest victim of the Raiders, Cleveland State, fell to 9-8 (1-2) by 16, 69-53 in front of a reported 4048 fans at the Nutter Center. The Raiders jumped out to an 8 point lead to start the fame before Bryn Forbes got the scoring started for the Vikings. The Raiders went on take a commanding 35-17 lead at the break. Jerran Young lead all players with 14 points in just 6 minutes of play. WSU shot 46% from the field compared the 26% by CSU. The Raiders shot a blistering 53% 3FG% (7-13). A full half of WSU’s point total came from CSU turnovers. The WSU bench contributed 14 points – Coach Donlon used 10 players in the half. The Vikings picked up their offense in the 2nd period scoring 36 but WSU continued shooting well, scoring 34 to pick up the 69-53 win. Jerran Young scored 9 in the final 20 minutes to end the game with 23 on 8-11 shooting (3-4 from behind the arc) in 21 minutes. Kendal Griffin was the only other Raider with double figure scoring (12) as the points and minutes were spread over 14 players seeing action. For CSU, only Forbes broke into double figures with 15 points. Sixteen Viking turnovers resulted in 24 WSU points. CSU outrebounded WSU 33-29. Next up for WSU is a four game road test beginning at Loyola on Friday followed by Valpo, Detroit and Youngstown. This of course will test the young Raiders.
Box Score
Post Game AudioPhotos © and Courtesy of Tim G. Zechar
Raiders survive Milwaukee 53-51 on Throwback NightJanuary 6, 2013By Mike Klingshirn DAYTON, Ohio – The Wright State Raiders rode the spirit of ’83 to a hard fought 53-51 victory over the Milwaukee Panthers on Throwback Night, Saturday, in front of an announced crowd of 3,921 at the Nutter Center. The evening featured a reunion and celebration of the 1983 Wright State NCAA division-II national championship team. However, unlike most games played thirty years ago, the Raiders never led throughout the first half of action. On this night, the Panthers would be more difficult to solve than a Rubik’s Cube, as things started out slowly for Wright State (11-4, 2-0 Horizon). The Panthers were incommand early, taking leads of 7-2 and 16-10, before the Raiders battled their way to tie the game at 23 with 3:46 left in the half. Milwaukee (4-12, 0-2) closed out the first stanza by scoring the next five points, on a jumper by Demetrius Harris and three free throws, to take a 28-23 lead at the intermission. The Raiders came out of the halftime locker room “hungry like the wolf” and opened the second half with a 10-3 run, capped by a Cole Darling 3-pointer, giving Wright State their first lead of the night 33-31 with 16:48 to play The Panthers quickly regained the advantage 35-33 on a pair of Demetrius Harris slam dunks. From there, neither team was able to build more than a four point lead over theremainder of the contest, which also saw three more lead changes. With the Raiders trailing by a point, Cole Darling hit a clutch 3-pointer to put his teamback in front 51-49 with 2:16 to left play. A pair of Kendall Griffin free throws stretched the WSU lead to 53-49. James Haarsma sank two free throws to draw Milwaukee to within 53-51 with 1:10 left. On Wright State’s next passion, Tavares Sledge was forced to fire up a 3-point shot attempt from the left corner, as the shot clock ticked down to just one second. His shot bounced off the side of the rim. And in a leaping, athletic move, Jerran Young pulled down a huge rebound. Reggie Arceneux was immediately fouled, with 31.1 seconds remaining, but missed both free throw attempts. That gave the Panthers a chance to win or tie the game. “Out of the timeout, with twenty seconds left, Tavares Sledge said ‘Coach, we’re going to get the rebound. We’re going to get the stop,’” commented Donlon. “That’s confidence and faith.” Milwaukee’s Jordan Aaron missed a jumper as time expired, and the Raiders escaped with the victory. “There is no doubt that the spirit of the ‘83 team was in the Wright State Nutter Center tonight,” Donlon said. “There is no doubt about it.” The Raiders were led in scoring by Arceneaux (15) and Darling (14). In a balanced rebounding effort, the Raiders beat Milwaukee on the boards 37-28. Ten different Raiders had collected at least one rebound before the halftime buzzer had sounded. Sledge and Young finished with seven boards apiece, while Darling grabbed six . Wright State shot 41-percent from the floor, but hit just 4-of-18 from beyond the arc. The Panthers hit 18-of-25 free throw attempts, while the Raiders connected on 5-of-8. Milwaukee’s Demetrius Harris had a big game, recording a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. “He’s (Harris) tough … He’s a big body,” said Darling. “He’s a monster down there. We’ve just got to outwork him.”
Post Game Audio
Box Score
Photos © and Courtesy of Tim G. Zechar
Raiders sprint to 92-59 victory over VMIDecember 9, 2012By Mike Klingshirn DAYTON, Ohio – Reggie Arceneaux sprinted his way to career-highs in both scoring (22) and assists (7) in leading the Wright State Raiders to a fast-paced 92-59 victory over the VMI Keydets on Saturday night at the Nutter Center. Arceneaux has found his shooting touch in recent games, but his head coach downplayed that some. “I need him to be our point guard,” Donlon said. “The key numbers are seven assists, three turnovers, and three steals in 29 minutes.” WrightState’s 92 points were the most scored by a WSU team in a game, since coach Biancardi’s squad defeated Wisconsin Green Bay 94-80 at home on February 27, 2005. Jerran Young also recorded a career-high six points, while pulling down eight rebounds in 16 minutes of play. Stephen Gossard’s four points were a career-high for him, while Bobo Drummond and Jacoby Roddy scored the first points of their young collegiate careers. Meanwhile, twelve of the thirteen Raiders who saw action scored. Cole Darling, who injured a shoulder in practice on Wednesday, sat the bench in street clothes, unable to play. VMI (4-6) drained four three-point field goals in the game’s first six minutes to quickly bolt in front of the Raiders, who started four guards, 16-6. “If you’re going to start four guards, and they build a lead by pounding it inside … then you have to adjust,” Donlon said, “but if you start four guards and they make threes, then that’s on your effort and lack of intensity.” After that, Arceneaux guarded the dribble, and played with great pace and speed. Down 23-15 midway through the half,WrightStatewent on a 15-point run, which saw them grab their first lead at 24-23, before stretching it to 30-23 with 5:52 left in the half. “When Reggie sprints the floor, it forces everybody else to really sprint the floor,” Donlon said. VMI pulled to within 30-28, but the Raiders scored the next eight consecutive points to close the half with a 38-28 advantage. VMI scored the second stanza’s first four points to draw to within 38-32, but that was as close as they would challenge WSU for the rest of the night. WrightState(6-3) hit VMI with a knock-out punch in the form of a 19-6 run to go up 57-38 with thirteen minutes to left play. The Green and Gold built their lead to 71-48 at the 9:07 mark, before eventually winning by a final score of 92-59. Four Raiders scored in double figures: Arceneaux (22), Miles Dixon (15), Matt Vest (11), and Kendall Griffin (10). WrightStatewon the battle of the boards 39-29. They shot 52-percent (33-of-63) from the field, 33-percent (7-of-21) from beyond the arc, and 86-percent (19-of-21) from the foul line. The Raiders outscored the Keydets 48-16 in the paint, and 17-6 off of turnovers. Official attendance for the contest was announced at an even 3,500. Box Score
Post Game AudioCoach DonlonArceneaux and Vest
|
|
Social Bookmarks
Powered by STRK
All rights Reserved. Copyright © 2001-2012 RaiderRoundball.com
All rights Reserved. Copyright © 2001-2012 RaiderRoundball.com