DELAND, FL – The Wright State men's basketball team scored 24 straight points early in the first half and was in control throughout as the Raiders went on the road for a 79-62 win at Stetson on Tuesday night.
 
Wright State (4-3) now returns home for Thanksgiving before a Friday visit to take on former Horizon League foe Butler. Friday's game is set for a 2 p.m. tipoff, and fans can follow the action several ways – on ESPN+, via live stats or by tuning in to the Wright State Radio Network – 101.5 FM 'The Fridge' and WING 1410 AM. Chris Collins and Jim Brown will have all the play-by-play action on the radio feed.
 
On Tuesday, Stetson (3-4) scored the first five points of the night before the Raiders responded with 24 unanswered points over an eight-minute stretch to take control of the game. Wright State later closed the first half with eight of the final 12 points to take a 42-23 lead into the break before a 9-2 run over four minutes early in the second half put the game out of reach.
 
Michael Cooper scored 10 of his game-high 19 points in the second half as he was 7-of-16 from the floor with a career-best five three-pointers, adding three rebounds, three assists, a pair of steals and a block. Bryan Etumnu tallied 14 points of his own, his most in a Raider uniform, with four three-pointers, a new career-high from deep from him as well, while Michael Imariagbe turned in a complete stat line of 13 points, a game-high seven rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block. Andrea Holden was the final Raider in double figures with 10 points, including eight in the first half, to go with six rebounds and a pair of blocks.
 
Wright State shot 53 percent overall with a 54 percent mark from deep, connecting on 14 three-pointers, it's most since hitting 14 triples last March against IU Indy and just two three-pointers shy of the single game mark set last season at Oakland. Defensively, the Raiders held Stetson to just 35 percent shooting in the first half and 44 percent for the night while the hosts shot just 30 percent from deep.
 
The Raiders converted 13 Stetson turnovers into 25 points,  finishing with 10 steals as a group, including three from Logan Woods, while Wright State outrebounded the hosts 34-29 and dished out 17 assists on its 31 made baskets.
 
Jamie Phillips Jr. finished with 17 points to lead Stetson in the loss, while Ethan Copeland also finished with double-digits scoring with 10 for the hosts.