By Pete Ross
1 18 2025
DAYTON – The Wright State men’s basketball team makes the short trip south on Saturday for an afternoon matchup at Northern Kentucky. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. and fans can follow the action several ways – via live stats, by watching on ESPN+ 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 radio feed.
Fans can tune into 101.5 HANK FM live over the air in the Dayton metro area, as well stream the station live nationwide through a variety of free streaming apps. The iHeartRadio app, the TuneIn Radio app and the Audacy app are all FREE and each carry 101.5 HANK FM. Just search “101.5 HANK FM” on any of the three apps for Raider Basketball.
SATURDAY: WATCH ON ESPN+ | FOLLOW LIVE STATS | LISTEN ON 101.5 HANK FM | GAME NOTES
LAST TIME OUT
Alex Huibregtse turned in a season-best and game-high 31 points on a night where he joined the Raider 1,000 point club, but Wright State fell in double overtime 120-113 to visiting Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday at home. Huibregtse finished the night 7-of-14 from three-point range, a new career-high for him, on the way to the 31 points, while Brandon Noel tallied 23 points on 11-of-17 overall shooting and just missing a double-double with nine rebounds. Jack Doumbia turned in 23 points as well, notching a double-double with 13 rebounds, with all of his scoring coming after the halftime break.
NO. 3 BECOMES NO. 39
Alex Huibregtse became the 39th member of Wright State’s 1,000 point club with a first half three-pointer on Jan. 15 against Robert Morris. He went on to have 31 points in the game and joins Brandon Noel as the active members of the 1,000 point club.
KEATON FILLS THE STAT SHEET
Keaton Norris turned in eight rebounds and eight steals on Jan. 15 against Robert Morris, with the 8 boards a new career high. The eight helpers marked the fourth time this season he’s notched that many assists, with the last Raider to have more than eight assists Alex Huibregtse with 10 on Feb. 4, 2024 at Northern Kentucky. Norris has three games this season with five-plus rebounds after he had three such games in 2022-23 and a pair in the 2021-22 season.
NORSE NOTES
Wright State won both regular season games last season before NKU grabbed a postseason win in the HL quarterfinals. The Raiders lead the overall series 31-17 and have won nine of the last 13 meetings.
THE NORSE SIDE
– Northern Kentucky is 9-10 overall with a 4-4 Horizon League mark, entering Saturday on a three-game losing streak. The Norse are 8-3 at home (3-1 in HL play) with just a 1-7 record on the road.
– Three NKU players are averaging double digits scoring, led by Trey Robinson at 15.6 points/game, followed by Sam Vinson at 11.9 and Josh Dilling at 11.3 points/game.
BEEN A WHILE
Wright State played extra basketball for the first time this season on Jan. 15 against Purdue Fort Wayne, while the contest was the first double overtime effort for the Raiders since Nov. 9, 2022 in the 2022-23 season opener against Davidson, also a loss at home. Wright State played two overtime games last season and three during the 2022-23 campaign – one single overtime contest, one double overtime game and a triple overtime marathon.
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