Raiders ready for final conference matchup at Detroit Mercy

Saturday, March 2

Detroit, MI

1 PM

Wright State University

Detroit Mercy

Photo by: Joseph Craven

Raiders ready for final conference matchup at Detroit Mercy

3/1/2024 3:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

DAYTON – Entering the final weekend of regular season Horizon League play, the Wright State women's basketball team will stay on the road as they take on Detroit Mercy. Tip-off for the Saturday game is set for 1:00 p.m., and fans can follow along by watching ESPN+ or through live stats.

GAME INFORMATION
Saturday, March 2 - 1 p.m. - Watch - Live Stats - WSU Game Notes

LAST TIME OUT
Though they held the lead a majority of the night, the Wright State women's basketball team was unable to close out in double-overtime, falling to Oakland 84-82 in the Thursday night matchup.

Hutchison led the Raiders with 29 points, shooting 52.3 percent from the floor, with four rebounds, three assists, and three steals. Baumhower also saw double digits, putting up 17 points while recording a team high of five assists. Alongside the two was Lauren Scott with 13 points, and Loobie with 11. Loobie and Layne Ferrell co-led Wright State with eight rebounds.

HOW THEY ARE STACKING UP
Heading into the final regular season matchup of the season, Wright State goes into the Saturday matchup with a 10-9 Horizon League record, sitting fourth in conference standings.

The Raiders are looking up at Cleveland State and Green Bay, both holding a 17-2 HL record. Purdue Fort Wayne takes the third spot going 12-7 in the HL. The Raiders sit one win above Detroit Mercy, Milwaukee, and Youngstown State (9-10), and two wins about Oakland and Northern Kentucky (8-11).

As the standings currently sit, Wright State's closest foe in terms of standings is against their Saturday matchup, Detroit Mercy (9-10). With a win, the Raiders will hold their four seed, or could fall as low as a seventh seed with a loss.

KNOW THE FOE
- The Titans are currently 16-14 overall, 9-10 in the Horizon League, and are 9-2 in contests at home.
- Detroit Mercy is led by starters Irene Murua and Emma Trawally Porta. Murua leads the Titans with 332 points on the season, averaging 11.1/g, placing her 17 in the HL. Trawally Porta sits second in the HL, averaging 7.7 rebounds a game and 1.5 blocks a game. Trawally Porta leads the Titans shooting 51.4 percent from the floor.
- The Titans lead the HL averaging 37.9 rebounds per game and holding a 34.8 rebound margin. They are sixth in the HL shooting 41.7 percent overall, 70.8 percent at the line, and averaging 3.03 blocks per game.

QUICK HITTERS
- Alexis Hutchison leads the HL with an 19 points/game scoring average, she also leads in HL contests with 19 points/game.
- The Raiders have two of the top three FT shooters in the HL, led by Kacee Baumhower at 87.6 %, with Alexis Hutchison sitting third shooting 81.9%.
- Wright State is second in the HL in three-pointers made per game (7.9) and leads in team free throw percentage (79%).

SETTING THE WAY
Wright State currently has ten Horizon League victories this season, the most HL wins the Raiders' have had under head coach Kari Hoffman. Five of the Raiders' six HL wins a season ago came after January 28, while they also added a road victory in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament on the road against Oakland.

NATIONALLY SPEAKING
Wright State is No. 8 nationally with its 79 percent free throw percentage. Kacee Baumhower's 87.6 free throw percentage is No. 23 nationally. Alexis Hutchison is No. 17 nationally with 570 total points scored while her 19 points/game mark is No. 31. Hutchison's 505 field goal attempts are No. 9 nationally with her 209 field goals made No. 23.