The No. 3 seeded Wright State women's basketball team will continue its postseason run on Thursday, hosting the No. 6 seed Cleveland State in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside the Nutter Center and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
Tickets for tomorrow night's game can be purchased at the link below or at the Nutter Center on the day of the game. All tickets are General Admission, priced at $5 each.
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The Raiders are coming off of a 83-47 victory over UIC Tuesday evening in the opening round of the Horizon League Championship. Eleven of the 13 Raiders that saw action made their mark on the scorebook with three tallying double figure nights, led by
Michal Miller's 16 points. Redshirt freshman
Shamarre Hale added 12 points for the Raiders and
Angel Baker rounded out the double-figure scoring for Wright State adding 10 points to the score line.
Meanwhile, Cleveland State defeated Youngstown State 84-48 with four Vikings finishing in double-figures led by Mariah Miller's 27 points. Mariah White added 17 points for the Vikings, while Jade Ely added 12 and Taylah Levy posted 10. Nadia Dumas grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds, while Jade Ely and Mariah Miller both added nine boards each.
Wright State swept the season series against the Vikings this season and have swept the season series in the last two seasons and also defeated Cleveland State in Horizon League tournament action once in that span (March 2018 HL Third Round).
With a win on Thursday, the Raiders would advance to join top seeds IUPUI and Green Bay in Indianapolis for the semifinals on March 9.
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Mariah While recorded 17 points for the Vikings against the Penguins Tuesday night and after posting five steals against YSU. White is now tied for seventh in the CSU Single-Season Record Book with 94 steals, and has posted five or more takeaways in two of the last three games.
- Chris Kielsmeier is in his second season at the helm of the Cleveland State women's basketball program. Prior to Cleveland State, Kielsmeier was the head coach at Division II Wayne State College, where he spent 10 seasons with the Wildcats. Kielsmeier left Wayne State as the all-time winningest coach in program history with a career record of 237-72.
- Tuesday's victory marked the team's 20th win of the season, putting the Vikings at the 20-win mark for the first time since the 2010-11 campaign and just the fourth time in program history. Notably, Tuesday's win also marked the first #HLWBB Tournament victory for the Vikings since the 2014-15 season.
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