It took five extra minutes, but the Wright State men's basketball team improved to 3-0 on the young season with an 85-80 overtime road victory at Tennessee Tech on Tuesday night. The Raiders had four players finish with double digit scoring nights, led by Bill Wampler's game-high 20 points, while Tanner Holden (18 points and 14 rebounds) and Loudon Love (17 points and 10 rebounds) both tallied double-doubles.
 
Wright State (3-0) returns home to the Nutter Center for a Saturday night matchup with in-state foe Kent State in a battle that will tipoff at 7 p.m. between the two undefeated teams.
 
Tied at 75-all heading to overtime, the Raiders jumped ahead on a three-pointer from Wampler and a jumper from Love. After Tennessee Tech (1-2) scored six of the next seven points to cut the Wright State to one with 1:50 to play, Jaylon Hall delivered back-to-back critical plays for the Raiders – first, a putback layup off his own miss to extend the advantage to three points before coming down the court and blocking an Eagle shot attempt and keeping the ball inbounds with one minute remaining.
 
Tanner Holden's jumper with 13 seconds remaining pushed the Raider lead to five and closed the night out.
 
Of Wright State's four double-digit scorers – Wampler, Holden, Love and Cole Gentry – only Gentry had a scoring presence in the opening 20 minutes, tallying eight of his 11 points in the first half to lead all scorers at the break. The remaining three combined for eight points at the break (Wampler four points, Love & Holden two points each), but made their way into the second half scoring early, combining for 13 of the first 15 Raider points in the opening five minutes of the second half.
 
After picking up two fouls in the first half, Love played the final 7:15 of regulation and overtime with four fouls, scoring five points and grabbing four rebounds during that stretch. Eight different Raiders scored in the contest, including a six-point night for Grant Basile inside in place of Love while adding five rebounds. Hall also finished with six points to go with his five rebounds, while Skyelar Potter (four points) and Trey Calvin (three points) also found the scoring column.
 
As a team, the Raiders finished with a 28-12 advantage in second-chance points, bolstered by a 50-32 rebounding edge. Wright State held Tennessee Tech to just eight offensive rebounds, while the Raiders pulled down 14 offensive boards on their end of the court.
 
Tennessee Tech outshot the Raiders from the floor, finishing the game shooting 47.7 percent, while Wright State climbed up and ended the night shooting 41.9 percent after shooting 36 percent in the opening half. The difference came from deep and the free throw line, as Wright State hit nine three-pointers and shot 14-of-17 from the stripe in the win.
 
Four of Tennessee Tech's five starters finished with double-digit scoring nights, led by Darius Allen's 18 points.