Wright State University
18-10
Evansville (BracketBusters)
16-13
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville | 39 | 31 | 70 |
| Wright State | 28 | 30 | 58 |
2/23/2013 5:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Evansville jumped out to a 17-3 lead six minutes into the contest and the Wright State men's basketball team could not recover as the Purple Aces defeated the Raiders 70-58 in BracketBusters action Saturday at WSU's Nutter Center.
The Aces scored the first nine points of the contest and the margin grew to 17-3 on a Troy Taylor layup and two foul shots with 14:24 remaining in the first half.
A 9-0 run, including five from JT Yoho, cut the deficit to 21-16 and a three from the freshman forward made it 32-27 at the 2:07 mark before Evansville pushed the halftime lead to 39-28 by scoring six of the final seven points.
The Aces shot 54 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes, including five of eight from three-point range, while WSU was at 30 percent.
A Jerran Young three drew the Raiders to within five again at 41-36 three minutes into the second half, but Evansville answered with six straight points to push the lead back into double figures. Wright State would get no closer than eight the rest of the way.
Evansville shot 50 percent overall and was seven of 14 from behind the arc compared to 36 percent shooting for WSU.
Yoho led the way for the Raiders with a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds, with 16 of those points coming in the first half. Young added 11 points and Kendall Griffin 10.
Colt Ryan paced Evansville (16-13) with 21 points while DJ Balentine added 18 and Lewis Jones 10, both off the bench.
Wright State (18-10) wraps up the regular season next week with a pair of Horizon League contests, traveling to UIC on Tuesday, February 26, for an 8:00 Eastern contest followed by a home date with Youngstown State on Saturday, March 2, at 2:00.
