Women's Basketball set for Thursday matchup

DAYTON — The Wright State women's basketball team makes a quick trip over to Indianapolis for its lone contest of the week on Thursday night as the Raiders take on IUPUI. The Raiders have won four of their last five games, while IUPUI is 1-4 in its last five games. Thursday's game is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff, and fans can keep up with the action by watching on ESPN+ or following live stats.

GAME INFORMATION
Thursday, January 11 - 7 p.m. - Watch - Live Stats - WSU Game Notes

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State used a strong fourth quarter push on Sunday but it wasn't enough as the Raiders fell to visiting Green Bay 75-63 inside the Nutter Center. Wright State saw three players finish in double digits, led by Kacee Baumhower's 19 points, while Rachel Loobie had 16 points and Alexis Hutchison chipped in 11 points. Layne Ferrell finished with five points but had full stat line with eight rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks, all team highs in the loss.

NUMBERS DON'T LIE
Wright State has two measuring sticks in the statistics that have strongly leaned towards wins or losses this season. The Raiders are 9-0 when winning at halftime but just 1-6 when trailing at the break. Wright State is only 1-4 when scoring 69 or fewer points but 9-0 when its scored more than 70 points.

FROM WAY DOWNTOWN
Wright State is currently No. 27 nationally with its 8.6 three-pointers made per game average. The Raiders have connected on nine or more three-pointers as a group in 10 of their 17 contests to date. The Raiders connected on a season-best 14 triples at Robert Morris (Dec. 31) and hit 12 threes against Milwaukee (Jan. 5), West Virginia (Dec. 18) and Eastern Illinois (Dec. 9), with 11 triples against Slippery Rock (Nov. 20).

KNOW THE FOE
- IUPUI is currently 3-11 overall and 1-4 in the Horizon. IUPUI is coming off a home win last Thursday against Detroit Mercy that snapped what had been a four-game losing streak.
- The Jaguars have won two of their three games at home - Eastern Illinois in the season opener and last week against Detroit Mercy.
- IUPUI has three players averaging double digits scoring, led by Katie Davidson at 19.2 points/game. Jazmyn Turner's 7.1 rebounds/game leads the way in that category.

NOTABLES. . .
- Alexis Hutchison leads the HL with a 324 total points (No. 6 nationally).
- Kacee Baumhower is No. 8 nationally with her 91.4% FT percentage.
- Layne Ferrell has 10-plus points in six of her last eight games.
- Rachel Loobie has back-to-back double-digit scoring games and has recorded double figures in six games this season.
- Kacee Baumhower has six straight double-digit scoring games and tallied three three-pointers in back-to-back games last weekend.

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Players Mentioned

Kacee Baumhower

Layne Ferrell

Alexis Hutchison

Rachel Loobie

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