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to 16 appearances in 17 years, State with 12 points and with four NCAA wins in the nine rebounds. Everett Winchester home arena of the NBA’s Dal- had 11 points for the las Mavericks, before switch- Raiders, who shot only 31 ing “Ts” and shades of orange percent (19 of 60) in their three years ago. lowest-scoring game of the
It was Barnes’ 100th Volunteer season. game and 57th win. “Well, I think it’s kind of
The Vols (26-8) are the No. the obvious,” Wright State 3 seed in the South Region. coach Scott Nagy said. “You They’ll next face 11th-seeded just can’t play as poorly as Loyola-Chicago, which edged we did offensively and win Miami 64-62 in the final sec- an NCAA game, not against ond. a team like Tennessee.”
Lamonte Turner had 19 It was points and a career-high nine the fourth double-double assists for Tennessee, SEC this season for Schofield co-champions in the regular and his second in the postseason. season after being picked in The 6-5 junior forward the preseason to finish 13th had 22 points and 10 in the 14-team league. Grant rebounds in the SEC Tour- Williams added 14 points nament championship game and nine rebounds. loss to Kentucky.
Loudon Love led Wright
Double double: Tough ender:
Wright State senior Grant Benzinger, their leading scorer at 14.5 points per game and the MVP of the Horizon League Tournament, had only five points on 2-of-16 shooting, 1-of-9 on 3-pointers.
“Whether it was emo- tionally shooting the ball or whatever, he carried this team almost all year,” Love said. “It’s hard to see him play his last college career game like that . ... We know he was trying to make each one, so we can’t blame him for anything.”
Raiders in the future:
While hard to talk about next season after a loss, Nagy said expectations for the team and how they prepare for next season should change.
“We primarily lose one guy that has played for us, and we’re adding six, six good players,” he said. “So our depth is going to change a lot. It’s going to be very competitive.”
Big picture Wright State:
The Raiders finished the season with 25 wins, their most playing a Division I schedule. They are 0-3 in NCAA Tournament games . ... Love, their 6-foot-9 freshman center, had three fouls in the first half, when he played only 10 minutes.
Tennessee:
This is the third program Barnes has led to at least one NCAA victory. He also won tournament games at Clemson and Texas.