Men's Basketball closes calendar year at Milwaukee Sunday

Sunday, December 31

Milwaukee, WI / UWM Panther Arena

3 PM

Wright State University

Milwaukee

Photo by: Danny Sikkenga

Men's Basketball closes calendar year at Milwaukee Sunday

12/30/2023 2:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DAYTON - The Wright State men's basketball team closes the 2023 calendar year with a Sunday afternoon contest at Milwaukee, with both teams entering the contest with identical 1-1 Horizon League marks. Sunday's game will tip at 3 p.m. ET and 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 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.

SUNDAY: WATCH ON ESPN+ | FOLLOW LIVE STATS | LISTEN ON 101.5 HANK FM | GAME NOTES

LAST TIME OUT
Three players scored in double digits on Friday afternoon but Wright State fell 88-77 at Green Bay as Trey Calvin played in his 134th game as a Raider, becoming the all-time leader in games played in Wright State program history. The Raiders were paced by 23 points from both Trey Calvin and Tanner Holden. Calvin tallied 16 of his 23 points in the first half, finishing the afternoon 10-of-23 shooting with a trio of three pointers, while Holden and Noel, who finished with 10 points, each pulled down nine rebounds as the pair combined to shoot 13-of-22 from the floor.

MILWAUKEE MATCHUP
Wright State and Milwaukee have met 71 times, with the Raiders holding a 38-33 lead over Milwaukee in the series, including wins in nine of the last 12 meetings. The first meeting came back on Jan. 17, 1977 in Milwaukee, a 75-66 Panther win. The first Wright State home game was the following year - a 71-69 Raider win on Feb. 13, 1978.

PANTHER POINTS
- Milwaukee is currently 6-7 overall on the season and 1-1 in Horizon League play. The Panthers are 4-2 at home, coming off a Friday night home win over Robert Morris in its return to HL play. Two home contests came on campus at the Klotsche Center, where Milwaukee was 1-1 (win vs. NCAA DIII Stout, loss to Southern Mississippi).
- The Panthers are now 4-1 this season in games decided by five points or less after Friday's 78-75 win over Robert Morris, moving to 15-4 in those type games under Bart Lundy.

HOT SHOTS
Four regular rotation players are connecting at over 50.0 percent from the floor, led by AJ Braun's 67.4 percent, followed by Drey Carter (62.5), Tanner Holden (57.5) and Andrew Welage (50.8). Trey Calvin (48.5 percent is just off the shooting pace.

SCORING THE ROCK
Trey Calvin has scored in double digits in every game in 2023-24 and 15 straight contests going back to last season. Calvin has been held to less than 10 points only five times since scoring 18 points on Feb. 26, 2022 and has only 11 total single-digit scoring games since the start of 2021-22. Calvin has 32 performances of 20-plus points in the same time span.