Year: 2021

Daily Almanac for Saturday, December 18, 2021; Day 352 of the Year

COURTESY WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18. It […]

Akron Zips travel to Fairborn for Wednesday Night battle with Wright State

Follow Akron Basketball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram | Follow Coach Groce on Twitter Game 10 Notes: Akron at Wright State (PDF) Akron Zips (6-3, 0-0 MAC) at Wright State (2-6, 1-1 Horizon)Wednesday, Dec. 15 • Ervin J. Nutter Center • Dayton, Ohio • 7 PM • ESPN+ Wright State Head CoachScott Nagy (Delta State ’88)Overall Record: […]

Catching up with Wright State Men’s Basketball: Tae Gibbs added to coaching staff

DAYTON – Wright State men’s basketball head coach Scott Nagy announced Monday the addition of Tae Gibbs as the new Director of Player Development for the Raiders. “We are excited to add another high character person to our staff,” Nagy said. “We feel that Tae’s coaching experience brings a lot of […]

Catching up with Wright State Men’s Basketball: Raiders selected second in Horizon League preseason poll; Basile and Holden earn preseason honors

INDIANAPOLIS/DAYTON – Wright State men’s basketball team received 463 total votes and nine first-place votes as the Raiders were selected second in the Horizon League preseason poll ahead of the 2021-22 season. Additionally, redshirt junior Grant Basile was named a first team preseason selection and junior Tanner Holden earned second […]

Catching up with Wright State Men’s Basketball: Raiders sign two recruits in November Signing Period

DAYTON – Wright State men’s basketball coach Scott Nagy has announced the signing of a pair of players this afternoon to national letters-of-intent to attend Wright State University and join the Raider program beginning next fall. The newest Raiders are Drey Carter from Columbus, OH (Westerville South) and Logan […]

Catching up with Wright State Men’s Basketball: Star guard Tanner Holden named to Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List

BOSTON/DAYTON – Wright State men’s basketball junior guard Tanner Holden has been named to the Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List, announced on Thursday night. The award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I mid-major player. The full preseason watch list can be seen here. Holden averaged a team-high […]

Catching up with Wright State Men’s Basketball: Grant Basile named HL Player of the Week November 15

INDIANAPOLIS/DAYTON – Wright State redshirt-junior Grant Basile has been named the first Horizon League Player of the Week of the season, the League office announced on Monday. Basile turned in a career-best 37 points on Friday night as the Raiders went on the road against Marshall, and ended the […]

Daily Almanac for Wednesday, December 16, 2021; Day 349 of the Year

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. The combat, between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee, included futile frontal attacks by the […]