Raiders Roll to Win over Titans

Friday, January 26

Wright State Nutter Center

7:00 PM

Wright State University

16-6, 8-1HL

Detroit Mercy

6-16, 2-7HL

Detroit Mercy

Wright State

Photo by: Allison Rodriguez

1/26/2018 3:26:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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WSU wins 87-55

By: Communications

A great combination of offense and defense allowed the Wright State men's basketball team to bounce back after a loss last weekend to defeat Detroit Mercy at home 87-55 behind five Raiders in double figures.

Senior Grant Benzinger led the way, scoring all of his 17 points in the first half as he connected on four threes. Everett Winchester came off the bench to score 15 points to equal fellow freshman Loudon Love's offensive output. Cole Gentry finished with 12 points, and Jaylon Hall had 10 points.

Wright State led the game for over 39 minutes, stretching its largest lead to 35 late in the game. The 32-point difference was the largest winning margin for the Raiders this year. WSU led by 21 points with 6:28 left in the first, half but the Titans managed to close the margin to just 10 points at 1:53 thanks to three straight threes by UDM. The Raiders picked it up in the second half and didn't look back until the final buzzer.

Wright State is now 16-6 and 8-1 while Detroit Mercy drops to 6-16 and 2-7.

GAME SUMMARY

First Half Highlights

The Raiders jumped out to a 17-5 lead by the first media timeout at 15:22 as Benzinger had 12 points, including three threes.
Wright State went to the locker room up 41-28.
Benzinger had 17 points while Love had nine points and five rebounds.
WSU shot 47% from the field and outrebounded the Titans 20-17.

Second Half Highlights

The Raiders continued the scoring, winning 87-55 and outscored UDM 46-27 in the final period.
Winchester and Gentry each scored nine and Hall collected seven more points.
WSU shot 68% (17-25) from the field while holding the Titans to just 35% (8-23).

FACTS AND FIGURES

WSU shot 56.1% from the field for the game, the second best percentage of the season. WSU shot 64.8% against Urbana.
The attendance was 7,453 for the season's best.
The Raiders outscored the Titans 46-6 in the paint; 19-6 off turnovers and 30-20 from the bench.
87 points were the most since 98 against Urbana.

POST-GAME REACTION

"Some times when a game starts like this, you think it will continue the entire game, but it's fool's gold. We had about a seven-minute period where we had a let down, but the kids did a great job of staying focused with so much going on around them--Air Force Night, me going barefoot, the large crowd, new uniforms."
--WSU head coach Scott Nagy

"We needed to make sure we got back here and played the way we have been: playing good defense and starting out strong."
--Parker Ernsthausen

NEXT UP

The Raiders will host Oakland Sunday at 2 pm. WSU defeated OU earlier in the season in overtime.
The Grizzlies won at Northern Kentucky Friday night and are now 14-8, 6-3.