Raiders end road trip Sunday afternoon at UIC

The Wright State men's basketball team wraps its four-game roadtrip with a Sunday afternoon tipoff in Chicago, squaring off against UIC at 4:15 p.m. looking to stay unbeaten in both true road games and in Horizon League action. The Raiders are 15-3 on the season and 5-0 in HL action, while UIC is 6-12 overall and 1-4 in conference play. Wright State has won eight games in row while UIC has lost its last four games.

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Wright State led virtually wire-to-wire on Friday night for an 84-70 win at IUPUI in what the Raiders hope is the first of two visits to the Indianapolis Farmers Coliseum this season. Four Raiders finished the night in double figures scoring, led by Bill Wampler's game-high 26 points on 10-of-11 shooting, including going a perfect 5-of-5 from deep. Loudon Love turned in the night's lone double-double, tallying 20 points and a game-high 15 rebounds as he recorded 14 points and 10 rebounds in the final 20 minutes alone. Tanner Holden and Trey Calvin each finished with 10 points, with Holden tallying half his points at the free throw line and Calvin recording two of his four baskets from beyond the arc.

FLAMING HOT
Sunday will be the 59th meeting all-time between Wright State and UIC, with the Raiders holding a slim 30-28 advantage despite the fact that UIC won both matchups last season. Prior to the Flames' two wins last year, Wright State had won five straight in the series and had a stretch from 2007-2012 where it won 11 of the 12 meetings. The first meeting came on Jan. 11, 1993, an 85-82 UIC victory in Chicago. Head coach Scott Nagy is 4-2 against the Flames since coming to Wright State.

UIC-YOU
UIC dropped to 1-4 in Horizon League play with a 68-52 home loss to Northern Kentucky on Friday night, which came on the heels of a 64-62 buzzer-beating defeat at Milwaukee last Sunday. The Flames won their HL opener over Cleveland State but have now dropped four straight.

UIC senior Tarkus Ferguson is one of two active players in Division I basketball with at least 1,300 career points, 600 career rebounds and 500 career assists. He is joined by Merrimack's Juvaris Hayes.

The Flames lead the Horizon League in blocked shots, swatting away 66 shots this year. Wright State is third in the league with 55 blocks this season.

The Flames have played in a number of close games this year, with six contests being decided by five points or less and four of the six contests being determined by three points or less. UIC is 2-4 in games decided by 1-5 points and 1-3 in games determined by a single possession.

ROAD WORK
Friday's win at IUPUI improved the Raiders to 6-0 in true road games overall this season. Their six is the most among the remaining five road unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I. The six true road wins to open the season are also the most by the Wright State program in its Division I history and is tied for best start in the 40-year history of the program (also began 6-0 in their third year in 1972-73).

Wright State's previous best road start in its Division I era was 2-0 in both the 2000-2001 and 2012-13 seasons. The Raiders have never started 7-0 on the road at any point in program history.

GONE STREAKING
Wright State's win over IUPUI was it's eighth-straight, matching its longest winning streak under Scott Nagy (eight straight from Dec. 22, 2017-Jan. 18, 2018). The next mark in program history is 11 consecutive wins from Jan. 17-Feb. 20 in the 2007-2008 campaign.

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Players Mentioned

Trey Calvin

Tanner Holden

Loudon Love

Bill Wampler

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