Raiders set for Thursday meeting at Indiana

DAYTON - The Wright State men's basketball team hits the road for a Thursday night visit to face Indiana, a quick turnaround from Tuesday's home opening one-point loss to Toledo. Indiana is 2-0 on the season with a pair of home wins.

Fans can follow the action several ways - via live stats, by watching on the Big Ten Network or by tuning in to the new home for Raider Basketball 101.5 HANK FM and WING 1410 AM, where Chris Collins and Jim Brown will have all the play-by-play on the radio feed.

Fans can tune into 101.5 HANK FM live over the air in the Dayton metro area, as well stream the station live nationwide through a variety of free streaming apps. The iHeartRadio app, the TuneIn Radio app and the Audacy app are all FREE and each carry 101.5 HANK FM. Just search "101.5 HANK FM" on any of the three apps for Raider Basketball.

THURSDAY: WATCH ON BIG TEN NETWORK | FOLLOW LIVE STATS | LISTEN ON 101.5 HANK FM | GAME NOTES

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State had a chance for a game-winning basket on Tuesday night but Trey Calvin's contested pullup jumper at the horn hit front rim and the Raiders fell 78-77 to Toledo in the home opener inside the Nutter Center. Four Raiders finished in double figures, led by Calvin's game-high 22 points, while shooting 55 percent from the floor on the night. The sides were even in nearly every category except for turnovers, with Wright State turning the ball over 15 times to give Toledo a 25-9 edge in points off turnovers.

HEY YOU, IU
Wright State and Indiana have met twice before and once in Bloomington (November 2010). The Raiders and Hoosiers squared off in Indianapolis March 19, 1993 in Wright State's first Division I NCAA Tournament game after winning the 1993 Mid-Continent Championship inside the Nutter Center. Raider radio analyst Jim Brown is in his 11th season calling games alongside Chris Collins. Brown was on the Raider coaching staff as an assistant, associate and head coach for 28 years and was on the bench for Wright State's first NCAA Tournament game against Indiana in 1993.

INDIANA CONNECTION
Wright State assistant Dan Beré made it to college basketball's highest game as a student manager at Indiana, as the Hoosiers danced to the 2002 national championship game before falling to Maryland in the title tilt. Beré spent four years as a manager for the Hoosiers under current Detroit Mercy (and Horizon League foe) head coach Mike Davis.

KNOW THE FOE
- Indiana has opened its 2023-24 season with a pair of home wins, downing Florida Gulf Coast 69-63 last Tuesday and tallying a 72-64 victory over Army on Sunday afternoon.
- Kel'el Ware is tied for the team lead with 16.5 points per game on 11-of-16 shooting (68.8%) from the field. Ware tops the Indiana rebounding list with 9.0 per contest and averages 2.0 blocks a night.

LOOKING TO AVOID THE SLIDE
Wright State dropped its first two regular season contests for the first time since opening 0-3 in head coach Scott Nagy's second season in 2017-18.

ALL IN THE NUMBERS
Wright State has been efficient inside so far this season, shooting 85.7 percent (24-of-28) in around the rim baskets, nearly 25 percentage points higher than the current Division I average of 62.1 percent. The Raiders are also above the Division I average in mid-range jump shots, connecting at 48.3 percent (14-of-29), ahead of the 34.6 percent Division I average

BIG BRAUN
AJ Braun tallied 16 points in the Nov. 14 home opener against Toledo on 8-of-10 shooting, his most points since scoring a career-best 22 points against IUPUI in Feb. 2023 (8-of-9 shooting). Through two contests, Braun is shooting 70.6 percent overall, 10 percentage points higher than his current career best (60.9 percent last season), while he's connecting at an 87.5 percent clip in shots under 4.5 feet.

ANOTHER ASSEMBLY (HALL)
Tanner Holden will visit Indiana and Assembly Hall for the second straight season after playing as a visitor on January 28 while at Ohio State. Holden logged five minutes of game action and was 0-of-2 from the floor while grabbing a pair of rebounds.

40 MINUTE MAN
Brandon Noel played all 40 minutes in Wright State's Nov. 14 contest against Toledo, the first time in his career he has played the entirety of a game. The 40 minutes were not Noel's career high, however, thanks to his 48 minutes of action in Wright State's triple overtime contest at Youngstown State in February 2023.

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Players Mentioned

AJ Braun

Trey Calvin

Tanner Holden

Brandon Noel

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