Raiders drop heartbreaker in Myrtle Beach finale

Sunday, November 24

Myrtle Beach, SC / HTC Center

1 PM

Wright State University

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USF

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Wright St.

Photo by: Sage Hurteau

11/24/2024 3:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Jack Doumbia gave the Wright State men's basketball team a one-point lead with five seconds remaining, but USF's Jayden Reid answered with a contested, fallaway jumper in the closing moments to hand the Raiders a 73-72 loss in the third-place game of the Myrtle Beach Invitational.

Wright State (4-4) now heads home for the holiday break before returning to action on Saturday, November 30 at home against Air Force in the Stars, Stripes and Flight Classic.

Down six after a USF (4-3) three-pointer with 5:30 to go, Wright State clawed back and scored the next four points to pull within two with four minutes to play. Neither side found the basket again until a USF dunk with 51 seconds remaining pushed the margin to four points and set up the final ending. Keaton Norris connected on a three-pointer with 44 seconds to go before a USF basket pushed the margin back to three with 34 seconds remaining.

Wright State cut the lead to one on a Doumbia layup out of a timeout with 23 seconds remaining and the Raider defense forced a turnover on the other end, setting up Doumbia's go-ahead jumper at the free throw line with five seconds to play before Reid's bucket on the other end.

Doumbia finished with a game- and career-high 18 points on 9-of-11 shooting as he tallied his first career double-double with 10 rebounds as well. Solomon Callaghan added a career-high 15 points of his own, knocking in a trio of three-pointers while adding seven rebounds and three assists. Alex Huibregtse tallied 12 points and Keaton Norris had 10 points to go along with four assists.

Wright State finished the afternoon shooting 44 percent (27-of-62) and was 8-of-24 (33 percent) from three-point range, while USF connected at 53 percent (29-of-55) overall and was also 33 percent (5-of-15) from deep.

Aided by Callaghan and Doumbia, the Raiders got 37 points contributed off the bench, while they notched 30 points in the paint compared to USF's 44 paint points.

Reid finished with 14 points to lead three USF players in double figures, with Jamille Reynolds tallying a double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds in the win.