Raiders Take Overtime Loss at Cleveland State

Thursday, January 25

Cleveland, OH

7:00 PM

Wright State University

15-6, 6-3HL

Cleveland State

13-7, 5-4HL

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Wright State

Cleveland State

Photo by: R. Keith Cole

1/25/2018 6:55:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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By: Communications

The Wright State women's basketball team fell short in its bid to bounce back after a home loss to IUPUI Sunday as they fell in overtime 71-70 at Cleveland State Thursday night.

The Raiders led by as much as 20 points at 28-8 in the second quarter until Cleveland State roared from behind in the third quarter to take a brief lead. The game teetered back and forth and went to overtime as senior Chelsea Welch's jumper gave WSU the one-point lead with 2.4 on the clock. Ashanti Abshaw hit the 15-foot winner at the buzzer for the win.

Wright State is now 15-6, 6-3, and CSU goes to 13-7, 5-4.

GAME SUMMARY

First Half Highlights

The Vikings took an early 2-0 lead just to have the Raiders storm back for 16-5 first quarter lead. Emily Vogelpohl and Breaunna Lloyd each had seven points.
The Raiders continued hot shooting and solid defense on the way to a 37-26 halftime lead.
Vogelpohl hit 6-8 from the field to lead the way with 16 points while Chelsea Welch had 10 points, and Lloyd had nine.
WSU shot 41.2% while holding the Vikings to just 25% from the field.

Second Half Highlights

The second half was different as the Vikings tied the game at 5:55 at a three pointer, capping an 11-0 CSU run. WSU took the lead back, but CSU regained the advantage 40-39.
WSU led after three quarters 45-44, but were outscored 18-8 in third period.
Mackenzie Taylor hit deep three at 5:30 for a 54-53 lead, but it didn't hold up long
Down 62-58 with 35 seconds on the clock, the Raiders managed to tie the game at 62. CSU had a shot at the buzzer, but it rimmed out to force overtime.
In the overtime, Cleveland State took its largest lead of the game with five quick, unanswered points, but the Raiders managed to come back and stay close.
Welch hit a 13 footer with 2.4 seconds remaining just to see CSU's Ashanti Abshaw hit a 16 footer as time expired for the Viking win.

FACTS AND FIGURES

Welch finished with 20 points and Vogelpohl with 18. Lloyd ended with 13 points off the bench as Symone Simmons grabbed her season-best 17 rebounds. Nia Sumpter came off the bench for her career-high nine boards.
The Raiders ended up shooting 33% from the field while the Vikings shot 43% while both teams host 18% from three.
The Raiders took 21 more field goals than the Vikings, making five fewer of those shots.
Wright State outrebounded Cleveland State 57-38 and outscored the Vikings in bench points 15-3, points in the paint 38-32 and second chance points 25-2.
CSU's Khayla Livingston finished with 25 points as Abshaw posted 22 points.
The game had seven ties and 12 lead changes.

NEXT UP

The Raiders head to Youngstown State for a 1 pm game Saturday.
YSU is currently 8-12, 4-5 after winning 54-51 over Northern Kentucky Thursday. WSU defeated YSU on January 15 73-50.