Raiders travel to Bowling Green for Sunday tilt

Sunday, December 13

Bowling Green, OH

12:00 PM

Wright State University

Bowling Green

12/12/2020 12:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Wright State men's basketball team will play its final non-conference game, and first contest away from the Nutter Center, on the 2020-21 schedule on Sunday afternoon when the Raiders travel up I-75 to take on Bowling Green. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m., and fans can follow the action on ESPN+ or tune into Chris Collins and Jim Brown calling the play-by-play on WRZX 106.5 FM.

Wright State is 1-1 on the young season, dropping the opener to Marshall before a 24-point win over Miami (OH) last Saturday. After losing its opening game, Bowling Green has won its last four, but has not played since a victory over Buffalo last Sunday.

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Last time out, four players once again scored in double figures for Wright State, but it was the defense that stood out as the Raiders tallied their first win of the young season with a 71-47 victory last Saturday over Miami (OH) inside the Nutter Center. Wright State held Miami (OH) to just 27.3 percent shooting from the floor and did not allow a RedHawk to reach double digits in the scorebook, holding the visitors to 21 second half points after leading by six points at the halftime break. Trey Calvin lead all scorers with his second straight 16-point effort, adding in five rebounds, three assists and a steal, while Tim Finke notched the lone double-double, tallying 13 points and a new career-best 11 rebounds in 35 minutes of action. Finke's 35 minutes was the most of any player for either side on Saturday and was also a new career-best.

ALL IN THE NAME OF LOVE…
After a 16-rebound effort in the season opener and seven rebounds against Miami (OH), Loudon Love now has 904 career rebounds with Bill Edwards' 907 career boards looming on the horizon. Over his first three seasons, Love is averaging 9.2 rebounds per game, which is also on pace to reset the Raider program record for career rebound average – currently 8.7 rpg from Rondey Robinson.

Love has 1,415 points (No. 14 all-time in program history) and is less than 100 points away from entering the realm of the top 10 Raider scorers all-time. Love averaged 15.9 points and 9.7 rebounds last season, turning in double digit scoring performances in 21 of his 27 games played, including 17 in Horizon League play. He finished with 11 double-double performances last season, including eight in league action.

DO I KNOW YOU?
Wright State and Bowling Green matchup for the 16th time in program history Sunday, with the Raiders having won seven of the previous 15 matchups, including two of the last three. The teams recently met in four consecutive seasons from 2012-2016, with each side winning both of its home games, and first squared off in December 1980. In the last meeting, Dec. 20, 2015, Wright State shot 76 percent in the second half while holding Bowling Green to only 20 second half points as the Raiders rolled to an 83-47 home win. Former Raider JT Yoho paced all scorers with 22 points off the bench while Mark Alstork had 19 points and Joe Thomasson tallied 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

FALCON FACTS
Bowling Green has won its last four contests, including an 86-78 win over Buffalo in its MAC opener last Sunday. After opening the season with a 14-point loss at Michigan, the Falcons have home wins over South Carolina State, Purdue-Northwest (Division II) and Buffalo, along with an overtime road victory at Appalachian State on Nov. 30. Fifth-year senior Justin Turner was named the MAC Player of the Week on Monday after leading Bowling Green to wins over App State, Purdue-Northwest and Buffalo by averaging 25.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists. Turner surpassed the 1,700-point milestone in Bowling Green's win over Buffalo. He's scored 1,712 points in his career, which ranks seventh all-time at BGSU. Turner needs just 227 points to break the school record. Since the start of the 2018-19 season, Bowling Green is 31-4 inside the Stroh Center, the most home wins of any MAC team in that time frame, while the Falcons' .886 home winning percentage also leads the MAC.