Men's Basketball returns home, opens HL play Wednesday night

Wednesday, November 29

Dayton, OH

7 PM

Wright State University

IUPUI

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Men's Basketball returns home, opens HL play Wednesday night

11/28/2023 2:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DAYTON - The Wright State men's basketball team returns home to the Nutter Center for the first time in two weeks on Wednesday night as the Raiders host IUPUI in the Horizon League opener for both teams. Wednesday's contest begins a stretch where the Raiders will play five of their next six games at home through the month of December, with the lone road game on Saturday at Davidson. Fans can follow the action several ways - via live stats, by watching on ESPN+ or by tuning in to the new home for Raider Basketball 101.5 HANK FM and WING 1410 AM. Chris Collins and Jim Brown will have all the play-by-play on the both the ESPN and radio feeds.

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LAST TIME OUT
Wright State tallied 12 of the first 15 points on Wednesday night as the Raiders defeated Illinois State 74-49 in the third-place game at the Gulf Coast Showcase. The Raiders shot 50 percent in the opening half to jump out to a 39-21 lead at the break, aided by holding Illinois State (3-3) to 27 percent shooting in the first 20 minutes and a 28 percent mark for the night. Wright State ended the win with a 46 percent team shooting mark.

Trey Calvin finished with 26 points for his fourth 20-plus point game of the season while Brandon Noel added a season-best 19 points.

EARLY ON THE HORIZON
Wright State will play its earliest Horizon League contest by calendar date in program history on Wednesday, however, the Raiders have faced several current Horizon League foes in eight non-conference matchups over the years, holding a 6-2 overall record in those meetings. The Raiders have played current HL foes three times previously on November 29 - including IUPUI back on Nov. 29, 1976.
Division I Era
- Nov. 23, 2010 vs. Oakland - 82-79 win
- Nov. 24, 2001 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne - 75-62 win
- Nov. 25, 1990 vs. Cleveland State - 99-92 loss
Division II Era
- Nov. 29, 1986 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne - 79-78 win
- Nov. 25, 1985 vs. Northern Kentucky - 86-74 win
- Nov. 23, 1985 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne - 75-66 win
- Nov. 29, 1976 vs. IUPUI - 89-84 loss
- Nov. 29, 1975 vs. Oakland - 103-79 win

KNOW THE FOE
- IUPUI is 3-4 on the season after opening the year with back-to-back wins over Division III Spalding and Valparaiso. The Jaguars then dropped four straight - to Indiana State, Elon, Winthrop and Holy Cross - before getting back to the win column with an overtime home victory on Saturday against NAIA Cleary.

SERIES RESET
Wright State won both regular season matchups last season, tallying 14- and 32-point victories against IUPUI in 2022-23. The Raiders hold a 21-3 overall series advantage entering 2023-24, having won the last 12 straight meetings and 15 of the last 16 matchups overall.

SCORING THE ROCK
Trey Calvin enters Wednesday's action with double digits scored in every game in 2023-24 and 20 of his last 21 games dating back to a win at Green Bay in January 2023. Over the last season-plus, Calvin has recorded 10 or more points in 32 of his last 39 games played.

GETTING BACK ON TRACK
Brandon Noel tallied 22 total points over the first three games, shooting 7-of-22 overall, before bouncing back in Florida with 16-, 17- and 19-point efforts (19-of-33) in the Gulf Coast Showcase

FLORIDA MAN
Brandon Noel was named to the Gulf Coast Showcase all-tournament team after averaging 17.3 points/game in Florida Nov. 20-22, shooting 58 percent from the floor and adding 5.7 rebounds/game and 1.3 blocks/game while playing 100-plus minutes over the three tournament contests.

SNEAKY SCORER
Drey Carter has quietly tallied five straight six-point scoring efforts off the bench for the Raiders, entering Wednesday shooting 67 percent (14-of-21) while logging 12.0 minutes/game. Carter is averaging 5.7 points/game overall, starting his collegiate career with a four-point scoring output on Nov. 10 at Colorado State before the six-point barrage.

SHARING THE LOAD
Although still early in the season, Wright State enters Wednesday's action with nine players averaging double digit minutes per game, from 35.8 minutes/game for Brandon Noel to 11.3 minutes/game for Kaden Brown. If this pace keeps up, it will be the first time since the 2019-2020 season that the Raiders have had nine players average double digit minutes per contest. That group ranged from Cole Gentry's 31/3 minutes/game to 14.3 for Grant Basile.