Dayton Daily News

WRIGHT STATE AT CLEVELAND STATE: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY’S GAME

- —DOUG HARRIS, CONTRIBUTI­NG WRITER

Who: Wright State (16-11, 9-7) at Cleveland State (16-11, 11-5) When: 7 p.m.

TV/Radio: ESPNU/980

Series: Wright State leads, 43-38 Coaches: Scott Nagy is 147-74 in seven years at Wright State and 557-314 in 28 years overall. Daniyal Robinson, a former Iowa State assistant, is in his first year at Cleveland State.

Probable Wright State starters Name Ht. Class Pos. Avg. Brandon Noel 6-8 Fr. F 12.9

Alex Huibregtse 6-3 So. G 7.9 Tim Finke 6-6 Sr. G 8.5

Trey Calvin 6-0 Sr. G 20.1 Andrew Welage 6-6 Jr. G 6.5

Probable Cleveland State starters Tristan Enaruna 6-8 Jr. F 14.7 Deante Johnson 6-9 Sr. F 7.4

Tae Williams 6-7 Jr. G 10.2

Deshon Parker 6-4 Sr. G 10.6

Drew Lowder 6-1 Jr. G 10.3

About Wright State: When the Raiders drew 5,649 fans for the Northern Kentucky game last week, it was the fifth-largest home crowd in the Nagy era. Not surprising­ly, the other four were all NKU visits: 7,205 on Feb. 16, 2018; 6,233 on Feb. 15, 2019; 6,217 on Jan. 24, 2020; and 5,993 on Feb. 4, 201 . ... They had one of their worst home league records this year, finishing 5-5. They were

1-7 in 2014-15 and 4-5 in 201011 and 2011-12. Overall, they’re

8-6 at home and 8-5 on the road and at neutral sites . ... They’ve been solid defensivel­y the last six games, reaching their goal of holding foes under one point per possession four times and coming close twice. IUPUI had 71 points in 71 possession­s, and Northern Kentucky had 65 points in 64 possession­s.

About Cleveland State: The Vikings are coming off a hard-earned 8178 home victory over first-place Youngstown State. Williams had 20 points, and Parker, a Wayne grad, had 12 and made 4 of 6 free throws in the final minute to preserve the win.

... They’ve won five of their last seven to stay alive for at least a share of a third straight HL regular-season title. ... Their last three games are against Northern Kentucky at home and Green Bay and Milwaukee on the road. ... They won at Wright State, 85-77, on Jan. 21 behind Enaruna’s 21 points. Calvin had 24 for the Raiders. ... YSU is the highest-rated league team in the NET at 112, while CSU is second at 180 and Wright State next at 187.

Next game: The Raiders finish the regular season with games at Purdue Fort Wayne at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oakland at 7 p.m. Thursday and Detroit Mercy at 1 p.m. Feb. 25. The league tourney is Feb. 28-March 7.

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