DAYTON – The Wright State men’s basketball team begins the 2023 portion of its schedule on Monday afternoon when the Raiders make the short trip west to take on IUPUI in a 2 p.m. afternoon tipoff from Indiana Farmers Coliseum.
Fans can follow the action several ways – via live stats, by watching on ESPN+ or by tuning in on WONE 980 AM. Chris Collins and Jim Brown will have all the play-by-play on the radio feed.
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LAST TIME OUT
Wright State saw Trey Calvin tally 31 points, including 21 in the second half, but the Raiders fell 78-64 at Northern Kentucky on Thursday night. Calvin went 10-of-17 from the floor with four three-pointers while going 7-of-7 from the free throw line. Amari Davis added 10 points as he reached double figures for the ninth time this season, while AJ Braun tallied eight points and pulled down four rebounds. Tim Finke grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds and passed out six assists, chipping in four points.
A SERIES CALLED JAG(S)
IUPUI is 3-11 this season and coming off a Saturday home loss to Northern Kentucky. Both of IUPUI’s wins this season have come at home. Wright State and IUPUI have previously met 22 times entering Monday’s action, with the Raiders leading the series 19-3 having won the last 10 meetings and 13 of the last 14 matchups overall. IUPUI won the first game of the series back on Nov. 29, 1976 (89-84) but the Raiders have had almost all the success in the series since.
EYING IUPUI
-IUPUI is 3-11 overall and 0-3 in Horizon League play after a 55-42 home loss to Northern Kentucky on Saturday afternoon. Two of the three wins have come at home, where the Jags are 2-2, against NCAA Division III foes Franklin College (59-45) and Spalding University (75-53). The other victory came on a neutral floor against Texas A&M Commerce (62-52), who is in its first year transitioning to NCAA Division I.
-The Jaguars are 0-6 in true road contests to date and face a stretch of six of eight games on the road to end January and begin February action.
-IUPUI has yet to have its full roster available as Bryce Monroe has been limited to just four games and DJ Jackson missed nearly eight weeks to an injury before returning Saturday. Six other players have each missed at least one game due to injury or illness.
-Only three players – Chris Osten, Vincent Brady II and Daylan Hamilton – have appeared in all 14 games this season and only Osten has started all 14 times.
STRANGE BUT TRUE. . .
-Wright State has won five straight games played at Indiana Farmers Coliseum between regular season and postseason action.
-The Raiders have won seven of the last eight contests in Indy dating back to the 2018-19 campaign, with the lone loss coming in the 2020 Horizon League tournament semifinals against former conference foe UIC.
-IUPUI has only played one night game at home to date – the exhibition against Brescia. Following Monday’s game, four of IUPUI’s final eight home games will be daytime tips.
30-PLUS FOR TREY
Trey Calvin notched his second 30-plus point performance of the season with a 31-point effort Dec. 29 in the loss at Northern Kentucky. Against NKU, Calvin tallied 21 points in the second half and finished the night 10-of-17 from the floor with four three-pointers while going 7-of-7 from the free throw line. It marked the fifth time in 2022-23 that he’s recorded 20 or more points, as he now has 12 performances of 20-plus points in his career.
FINKE FACTS
Tim Finke has six games with 10 or more points this season on his way to a current 8.6 points/game average. His 18 points against Robert Morris on Dec. 1 were a season-best and was three points shy of his career mark of 21 set back at Detroit Mercy last February. Finke is also crashing the glass, with his 6.4 rebounds per game average the best on the Raider roster and inside the Top 10 in ths Horizon. His 11 rebounds Dec. 17 against Northwestern Ohio was just one off his career high (12, Milwaukee, Feb. 2021) while he pulled down 10 boards on Dec. 29 at Northern Kentucky. He has five or more rebounds in 11 of 14 games, with eight-plus rebounds in six contests.
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