By Annie Walker
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Tipoff moves to 9 p.m. with the national broadcast selection
INDIANAPOLIS/DAYTON – The Wright State men’s basketball game at Youngstown State on Friday, January 12 has been selected to be nationally televised on ESPN2, the Horizon League and ESPN announced on Thursday afternoon.
The game moves to a 9 p.m. tipoff with the national television selection.
The selection will be Wright State’s 34th national television broadcast under head coach Scott Nagy and second in two weeks, with Wright State also set to host Cleveland State on ESPN2 inside the Nutter Center on Thursday, January 4. The Raiders had three regular season ESPN linear games last season and have had at least one regular season linear contest in 16 of the last 17 seasons dating back to 2006-07, with multiple regular season contests 12 times in that same 17-year stretch.
The Raiders are currently 6-6 overall and 1-0 in Horizon League play. Wright State heads back into League action this weekend in Wisconsin against Green Bay and Milwaukee, respectively, playing a pair of day games against the Phoenix on Friday (1 p.m. ET start) and Panthers on Sunday (3 p.m. ET start).
Wright State closed out its non-conference slate with a 101-54 win over visiting Muskingum last Friday. Tanner Holden led Wright State with 19 points and Andrew Welage finished with 17 points to lead six Raiders in double digits scoring.
Wright State’s contest at Youngstown State is one of five road games in the month of January for the Raiders, who play three home games in the month, including the national ESPN2 broadcast against Cleveland State on January 4. The Raiders will play six of their final nine Horizon League contests at home inside the Nutter Center to close the season.
Additional Horizon League wildcard dates this season are: January 25, February 1 and March 2. Selections are made by ESPN and the Horizon League office approximately two weeks prior to each national broadcast date.
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