Penn State Hands Loss to @WSU_MBB

Tuesday, November 20

Cancun, Mexico

8:30 PM

Wright State University

3-2

Penn State%

3-1

WRIGHT STATE

PENN STATE

Bill Wampler Led the Raiders with 17 Points vs Penn State

Photo by: R. Keith Cole

11/20/2018 3:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Penn State Nagy Post Game

Love Posts Double-Double

By: Communications

The Wright State men's basketball team played its first regular-season game out of the country Tuesday night in Cancun, Mexico, falling to Penn State 77-59. The Raiders are now 3-2 and PSU is 3-1. WSU will play SMU Wednesday at 6 PM.

Four Raiders ended in double-digit scoring led by Bill Wampler with 17, Loudon Love 14, Mark Hughes 11 and Cole Gentry 11. Love made it a double-double with 10 rebounds with Skyelar Potter adding five. WSU shot 39.6% while Penn State hit shots at a 58% clip from the field and outrebounded the Raiders 32-26. PSU had 16 turnovers to 15 for WSU but outscored the Raiders off turnovers 21-9.

First Half
Penn State jumped out to a 7-0 lead to start the contest and were up 19-11 at the 12-minute timeout. The advantage continued to grow as PSU led 32-15 with six minutes remaining and 45-28 at the half. Wampler had 14 points while Love went to the locker room with four points and seven rebounds. Gentry scored seven in 15 minutes, though he had three fouls. WSU shot 38.5% from the field while PSU shot 61.5%, but the Raiders won the boards 15-14. Wright State had 10 turnovers and forced six.

Second Half
Hughes got the Raiders off on the right foot in the final 20 minutes with the first two points and heated up by hitting two threes pointers as PSU led 58-42 at the 12-minute timeout. WSU narrowed the lead to 63-50 with 7:53 remaining, but the Nittany Lions extended their lead and won 77-59. Hughes collected all of his 11 points in the second half while Love had 10 points.

Nagy Says
"Defensively, we played scared. We were better in the second half but the first half, we allowed them to get too many shots. We played like we did at Murray State, and we need to be strong every game."

Next Up
The Raiders will play SMU (2-3) Wednesday at 6 pm. Bradley defeated SMU Tuesday night 75-62. The game will be shown CBS Sports Network or fans can listen to Chris Collins and Jim Brown on the Big 106.5 FM/iHeart Radio. WSU comes home to host Cedarville next Tuesday night at 7 pm.

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.