Friday, February 5
Dayton, OH
2:00 PM
Wright State University
vs
Milwaukee
Raiders welcome Panthers to Nutter Center
2/3/2021 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Wright State women's basketball team welcomes Milwaukee to the Nutter Center for a weekend matchup. The Raiders and Panthers will face off Friday and Saturday, with both contests set to tip at 2 p.m.
Saturday's contest will be the Raiders' annual #Play4Kay game, a game that raises awareness for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Fans can follow both games on ESPN+ or via live stats both days.
FRIDAY: ESPN+ | LIVE STATS SATURDAY: ESPN+ | LIVE STATS
Wright State tallied a pair of road victories against the newest Horizon League member, Purdue Fort Wayne, on January 29-30. On Friday, The Raiders defeated the Mastodons 77-50 as Angel Baker tallied her 1,000th career point in a Raiders' uniform in the process. A Baker jump shot started the scoring efforts for Wright State who went on an 18-0 run over nearly seven minutes before Fort Wayne's Aubrey Stupp's three-pointer gave the Mastodons their first points of the contest. Wright State used a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter over four minutes to secure the lead.
Saturday saw a hard fought battle, with Wright State walking away 69-59 victors. Tyler Frierson's layup after nearly two minutes of scoreless action put the Raiders on the board first. Fort Wayne answered shortly after, tying the contest at 2-all before going on a 9-0 run over three minutes. The Mastodons' went on to outscore the Raiders 12-8 at the end of the first quarter. Wright State went on a 10-2 run to close out the first half to head into the locker room down just three, 26-29. Baker tallied a season- and game-high 24 points, while Shamarre Hale added 14 points and Tyler Frierson collected her third double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Saturday's contest will be the Raiders' annual #Play4Kay game, a game that raises awareness for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Fans can follow both games on ESPN+ or via live stats both days.
FRIDAY: ESPN+ | LIVE STATS SATURDAY: ESPN+ | LIVE STATS
Wright State tallied a pair of road victories against the newest Horizon League member, Purdue Fort Wayne, on January 29-30. On Friday, The Raiders defeated the Mastodons 77-50 as Angel Baker tallied her 1,000th career point in a Raiders' uniform in the process. A Baker jump shot started the scoring efforts for Wright State who went on an 18-0 run over nearly seven minutes before Fort Wayne's Aubrey Stupp's three-pointer gave the Mastodons their first points of the contest. Wright State used a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter over four minutes to secure the lead.
Saturday saw a hard fought battle, with Wright State walking away 69-59 victors. Tyler Frierson's layup after nearly two minutes of scoreless action put the Raiders on the board first. Fort Wayne answered shortly after, tying the contest at 2-all before going on a 9-0 run over three minutes. The Mastodons' went on to outscore the Raiders 12-8 at the end of the first quarter. Wright State went on a 10-2 run to close out the first half to head into the locker room down just three, 26-29. Baker tallied a season- and game-high 24 points, while Shamarre Hale added 14 points and Tyler Frierson collected her third double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- Milwaukee dropped just its second and third contests of the 2020-2021 season against Northern Kentucky last week, as the Panthers are now 15-3 overall and 12-2 in HL play. Notably, the Panthers were picked seventh in the #HLWBB preseason poll.
- Megan Walstad leads Milwaukee, averaging 13.4 points per game on the year, and she is also tallying a team-leading 9.7 rebounds per game. Brandi Bisping is pacing the Panthers with 11.0 points per and 8.2 rebounds per game.
- The Panthers finished the 2019-2020 season with an overall record of 15-16 and an 11-7 mark in HL play before falling to Northern Kentucky in the second round of the Horizon League tournament.
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