By Sabrina Mason
DAYTON – The Wright State men’s basketball team returns home for a Saturday night matchup with regional foe Central State inside the Nutter Center, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. Fans can follow the action several ways – watching on ESPN+, via live stats or by tuning in to the home for Raider Basketball 101.5 HANK FM and WING 1410 AM. Chris Collins and Jim Brown will have all the play-by-play on the radio television feeds.
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LAST TIME OUT
Wright State used a 16-8 run to open the second half and had a two-possession game with 75 seconds remaining, but the Raiders fell 86-77 to Toledo on Wednesday night. Brandon Noel led the Raiders with a game-high 24 points and had a double-double with 10 rebounds. Alex Huibregtse was in double figures as well, notching 16 points – 11 in the second half – and adding six rebounds of his own. Jack Doumbia filled his stat line off the bench, finishing with nine points, five steals, four rebounds, two steals and a block, while three Raiders – Michael Imariagbe, Keaton Norris and Logan Woods – each chipped in eight points.
FAMILIAR FOE
Wright State and Central State meet for the 24th time on Saturday night, but the first time since the 2019-20 season opener inside the Nutter Center on Nov. 5, 2019. In that contest, current Raider assistant Cole Gentry started and tallied 13 points and five assists – along with one of his two career blocks. Ironically, his only other career block also came in a season opener – Nov. 7, 2018 against Western Carolina.
Wright State leads the all-time series 16-7 overall, with nearly all of the prior meetings coming in the 1970’s and 1980’s during the Raiders’ Division II days. Before the 2019 game, the last meeting between the two was in December 1991. The Raiders and Marauders have played each other on a neutral court 11 occasions in the previous 23 games. Wright State has won two of the three games played at the Nutter Center. Central State earned a 94-91 win in February 1991 during the inaugural season of the building before Raider wins Dec. 1991 matchup (112-66) and the 2019 meeting (96-77).
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
– Central State is 1-2 early in the year, dropping contests against Mississippi College and West Alabama during the opening week of action before grabbing its first win on Thursday at home against Fort Valley State.
– Two players are averaging double-digits scoring, led by Ramar Pryor at 17.3 points per game, with 13.3 points per game from Brandon Scott. Both Pryor and Scott are averaging 5.7 rebounds per game, with Javantae Randle’s 6.7 rebounds per night the best on the roster.
CONTINUITY ON THE COURT
Wright State features five fifth-year players on its roster this season – Jack Doumbia, Alex Huibregtse, Michael Imariagbe, Brandon Noel and Andrew Welage – which is tied for the 11th-most fifth year (and above) men’s basketball players on NCAA Division I rosters this season. Oklahoma State has eight such players to lead the country, while Louisville, Charlotte and Wichita State each have seven qualifying players and Auburn, Illinois State, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas State each have six such players. Wright State is one of eight schools with five qualifying players, a list that also includes Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas, among others.
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