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Loudon Love Collected a Double-Double with 14 points and 12 Rebounds
74
TOLEDO TOLEDO 2-1
84
Winner Wright State WSU 2-1
TOLEDO TOLEDO
2-1
74
Final
84
Wright State WSU
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
TOLEDO TOLEDO 32 42 74
Wright State WSU 40 44 84

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Communications

@WSU_MBB Handles Toledo

Raiders Win 84-74

The Wright State men's basketball team tangled with one of the best teams from the Mid-American Conference and came away with a convincing 84-74 victory over Toledo Wednesday night at the WSU Nutter Center.

Cole Gentry posted his career-high 30 points as the Raider raised their record to 2-1.  The Raiders led much of the game as Loudon Love finished with his first double-double of the season at 14 points and 12 rebounds while freshman Skyelar Potter also collected his first with 13 points and 11 boards.  It was the first time a Raider scored at least 30 points since Grant Benzinger's 31 points at Northern Kentucky last year.  Bill Wampler also added 17 points.  WSU dominated the boards 48-27 and shot 46% from the field with 10 three pointers.  Wright State lived inside as well with 26 points in the paint to just 10 points for UT.

First Half
The scoring started with a Love layup but neither team went up by more than two points in the early going as WSU led 14-12 at the second media timeout.  The Raiders did manage to score the next six points to grab a 20-12 lead.  UT rolled back to cut the score to 24-23 as WSU took a 40-32 lead into the locker room on a three pointer from Gentry.  Gentry led the Raiders with 13 points on three three pointers as Love added 10 points and Wampler put in nine points.  Love, Parker Ernsthausen and Potter each grabbed six boards.  WSU shot 46% from the field and 41% from three, dominating the boards 23-9.

Second Half
The Raiders stretched their lead to as much as 14 points early at 53-39 but the Rockets were only able to cut it to eight points at 69-61 with 4:25 remaining.  Potter had 11 points in the second 20 minutes while Gentry led the way with 17 points.  WSU shot 46% overall and won the boards 25-18.

Nagy Says
"I think it's a tale of two games, and Murray State was a wake-up call.  For five months, people were telling us how great we are.  I think a good stat to look at tonight are the rebounds, because it's a hard stat and that's where we fell short at Murray but came out strong here."

Next Up
The Raiders will host North Florida Saturday at 3 pm as part of the Cancun Challenge.  Take advantage of the Family Four Pack: Four tickets and four concession vouchers for just $30.  Use the Promo Code BEATUNF.  Call 937-775-4934 for more information.

Follow the Raiders
Fans can listen to Chris Collins and Jim Brown make the call of each game on Big 106.5 FM and the iHeart App.  The iHeart app is easy to download and use.  Just go to the App Store for Android or iPhones and select the iHeart App for free.  Once it's downloaded, you can search and bookmark Big 106.5 for the games and WONE 980 AM for the shows.  It's that simple, and you won't miss a minute of the action.

Tickets
For ticket information click here or call 937-775-4934.

Coaches Shows
The Wright State men's and women's Coaches Shows will return Nov. 26 at Flyboys Deli in the Fairfield Mall.  Women's Coach Katrina Merriweather will be live with Chris Collins at 5:30 pm and Men's Coach Scott Nagy will be on at 6 pm.  Fans can come by for delicious food or tune in WONE, 980 AM or use the iHeart App.  It will also be streamed live through wsuraiders.com.
 
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