The Wright State men's basketball team finished their first road trip of the season with a 86-70 loss at Chicago State on Wednesday. The Raiders led by two points at the half, but an 18-6 run by the Cougars to open the second stanza proved to be the difference.

The Raiders surrendered the first basket of the game to CSU, a lay up from Aaron Williams, but answered with a Vaughn Duggins three-point basket to take the lead. The Raiders would hold their lead throughout the first half building their lead to seven points.

With 4:23 remaining in the first half, the Raiders pushed their lead to 29-22 when Jordan Pleiman took a pass from Reinaldo Smith and laid it into the basket. The seven-point lead was the largest of the game for the Raiders, but the Cougars responded with seven unanswered points, tying the game at 29-29. After trading baskets, the Raiders would add the last points of the half on a fast break dunk from Scottie Wilson. Ultimately giving the Raiders a 33-31 lead at the break.

To start the second half, the Cougars opened with a 16-4 run to give them a 47-37 lead with 14:16 left in the game. The Green and Gold cut the lead to six points on a Smith three-point field goal at the 11:35 mark. Chicago State would push their lead back to double-digits just a minute later as they held off the Raiders down the stretch.

Leading the way offensively for the Raiders was Scottie Wilson who netted 15 points and DaShaun Wood who scored 12. Wilson, who set a new career-high in the game, was five-for-nine from the field and grabbed two rebounds in the game.

As a team, the Raiders shot 51.9 percent from the field and made 9-of-15 free throws in the game. Chicago State managed to shoot 54.2 percent and made 26 of their 30 free thrown attempts, including 20-of-23 in the second half.

The Raiders, now 1-2 on the season, will take the next ten days to prepare for their league-opener against Detroit. The Green and Gold will square off with the Titans on December 2 at 7:00 in the Ervin J. Nutter Center.

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