Thursday, February 1
Milwaukee, WI
8:00 PM
Wright State University
at
Milwaukee
Photo by: R. Keith Cole
Raiders Head to Wisconsin
1/30/2018 11:20:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Winners of seven of the last nine games, the Wright State women's basketball team take to the road again for games at Milwaukee Thursday at 8 pm and at Green Bay Saturday at 2 pm. Both games will be shown live on ESPN3.
The Raiders head into the weekend with a record of 16-6, 7-3 after splitting last weekend, losing at Cleveland State 71-70 in overtime and bouncing back at Youngstown State 69-59 for the win. Senior Chelsea Welch leads the Raiders and the Horizon League at 21.5 points per game while Emily Vogelpohl sits at 11.4 points and 7.2 rebounds a game. She needs just 40 points for 1,000 career points as senior Lexi Smith needs 48 points to join that exclusive club. Symone Simmons leads the team in rebounding at 8.6.
MILWAUKEE
The Raiders head into the weekend with a record of 16-6, 7-3 after splitting last weekend, losing at Cleveland State 71-70 in overtime and bouncing back at Youngstown State 69-59 for the win. Senior Chelsea Welch leads the Raiders and the Horizon League at 21.5 points per game while Emily Vogelpohl sits at 11.4 points and 7.2 rebounds a game. She needs just 40 points for 1,000 career points as senior Lexi Smith needs 48 points to join that exclusive club. Symone Simmons leads the team in rebounding at 8.6.
MILWAUKEE
- The Panthers are 16-6, 7-3 and tied with the Raiders for third place.
- Milwaukee has won six of the last seven, including the most recent over UIC at home Sunday afternoon 59-44.
- The Raiders won the earlier meeting on Dec. 30 56-51 at the Nutter Center.
- Welch led all scorers with 21 points, and UWM's Steph Kostowicz had 17 points.
- Kostowicz leads the Panthers at 14.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.
- The Phoenix are currently 18-2, 8-1 and will host Northern Kentucky before the Raiders come to town.
- Green Bay won at Wright State 58-51 to start the league schedule on Dec. 28.
- Welch had 22 points in that game to lead all scorers as Jessica Lindstrom and Allie LeClaire each had 15 to pace the Phoenix.
- Linstrom leads UWGB at 14.5 points and 9.9 rebounds per game while LeClaire is averaging 13.0 points.
- The Phoenix have just one loss since late November. That loss came at Northern Kentucky on December 30, immediately after they visited the Nutter Center.
- Green Bay is currently second in the mid-major poll, 13th in the NCAA RPI and 20th nationally in most polls.
- The Raiders will come home for four straight, starting with Detroit Mercy on Feb. 8 and Oakland on Feb. 10.
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