DAYTON — The Wright State women's basketball program will return home after a ten-day hiatus, hosting Cleveland State for a 7 p.m. game on Monday, December 6.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Monday, December 16 – 7:00 p.m. – Watch – Live Stats – WSU Game Notes
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Raiders moved to 2-7 on the season and 0-2 in the Horizon League, falling to Oakland 84-70 on Friday night. Wright Sta ended the night shooting 38.1 percent overall from the floor. Rylee Sagester led the team, tallying a career high 17 points while going 5-of-11 for three. Following Sagester's 17 points was Chloe Chard Peloquin, recording 13 and Amaya Staton with 11. Ellie Magestro-Kennedy recorded nine points on the night, matching her career best, closely trailed by Abbie Riddle with eight points. Claire Henson added six points for the Raiders, and Olivia Brown four.
 
Four Raiders combined for 20 rebounds, with five each coming from Chard Peloquin, Riddle, Staton, and Taylor. Brown led the team with ten assists, a personal best and team season high. Chard Peloquin had two blocks, followed by one each by Henson and Sagester.
 
SCOUTING THE VIKINGS
Under direction of seventh-season head coach Chris Kielsmeier, Cleveland State is 8-2 on the season, recently defeating Bethune-Cookman 78-59, and HL opponents IU Indy, 82-49, and Northern Kentucky, 67-54. The Vikings have fell to Ohio State 104-69 in their season opener, and to Akron 85-74.
 
The Vikings took the 2023-24 HL regular season title, going 29-6 overall and 18-2 in conference. The No. 1 seed defeated Northern Kentucky and Wright State in the HL Tournament, falling to No. 2 Green Bay in the championship. CSU went on to play in the WBIT, falling to Toledo in the first round. 
 
The Vikings lead the league and rank 25th nationally shooting 47.8 overall from the floor, and rank fourth in the nation in free throws per game (19.00). CSU's 31.1 defensive rebounds per game rank 11th nationally. Junior forward Jordana Reisma is second in the nation with a 71.6 field goal percentage, while Michayla Perdue is ninth nationally averaging 22 points per game. Sara Guerreiro leads the league with 8.6 rebounds per game and is second with 4.8 assists per game. Perdue was named the HL Player of the Week on December after leading the Vikings to a 2-0 week with winds over Louisiana and Lamar. Over the two games, Perdue averaged 17.5 points with a 46.4 field goal percentage, earning a spot on the Big Easy Classic All-Tournament Team.
 
HISTORY VS. CLEVELAND STATE
The Vikings hold a close 45-42 all-time record over Wright State. The two last plaeyd each other in March of 2024 in the HL Semifinals, where CSU won 83-50.
 
RYLEE'S RECORD NIGHT
On Friday, November 6, Rylee Sagester led the team with a career high 17 points at Oakland. The redshirt-freshman recorded all but two points from behind the arc, shooting 5-of-11 on the night, a career best, while going two-for-two on the free throw line. Not only were her five threes a team season best, but were the most of any Horizon League first-year player in a conference game this season.
 
STAT STUFFING HALF
Junior forward Chloe Chard Peloquin tallied a career best of five blocks in the conference opener at Detroit Mercy on Wednesday, December 4. The Johnstown, Ohio native recorded all five blocks in the first half. She is the first Raider to accomplish the feat since Richelle van der Keijl in the 2015-16 season. As a team, Wright State had not tallied five blocks in this season, last doing so in at IU Indy on January 11, recording five blocks in the first half and six in the second.
 
STATON HAS 'EM SEEING DOUBLE
Amaya Staton is no stranger to dual-figure stats, putting up a double-double for three consecutive games (Nov. 15-24). Staton's first of the back-to-back-to-back double-doubles came at home on November 15, tallying 12 points and 13 rebounds against Tennessee State; then at Bellarmine on November 21, grabbing 11 rebounds and leading the team with 15 points, and again against Ohio with 11 points and 11 rebounds. The Lorain, Ohio native was the first Raider to see three consecutive double-doubles since Lexi Smith in the 2016-17 season; and as of November 25, Staton was one of just 11 other NCAA Division I women's basketball players to do so in the 2024-25 season.
 
TALK ABOUT A FOURTH QUARTER!
In a 77-65 victory over Tennessee State on Nov. 15, Claire Henson logged a career high 22 points. Of her 22 points on the day, 14 were scored in the final ten minutes. In the eventful final period, the junior guard went three-for-three from the floor and eight-of-nine on the line, accounting for two-thirds of the Raiders 21 points in the quarter.
 
CAREER HIGH SEASON OPENER
The Raiders opened the 2024-45 season at Wisconsin, as Claire Henson and Makiya Miller each saw career-highs with double-digit points in the 95-68 final. Miller ended the night with a career high 22 points, marking eight double-figure scoring games in her collegiate career. Miller matched a career high of six rebounds, previously recorded at Michigan State (01/13/23) and Ohio Christian (11/17/22). Joining Miller in double-figures was Henson, tallying 12 points, another Raider career high. Chloe Chard Peloquin matched a career best of seven rebounds in her Wright State debut, recording five points.
 
PRESEASON POLL
The Raiders finished sixth in the 2024 Horizon League preseason poll with 58 points, which the league's 11 head coaches voted on. Cleveland State (117 points) was selected to win the conference after receiving all seven first-place votes, closely followed by Green Bay (114 points) with four first-place votes.
 
NONCONFERENCE TESTS
WSU will close its non-conference slate with games against Grand Canyon (December 18), Georgia Southern (December 19), and Florida Atlantic (December 21) at the GCU Classic. 
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders will pause Horizon League play as they travel to Phoenix, Arizona to compete in the GCU Classic from Wednesday, December 18 to Saturday, December 21. The first of the three games is against Grand Canyon at 4:30 p.m. ET, and will stream on ESPN+. Wright State will take on Georgia Southern on Thursday, December 19 at 2 p.m. ET, and Florida Atlantic on Saturday, December 21 at 12 p.m. ET. All three games will have live stats provided.