Women’s Basketball Readies for Midweek Action at Youngstown

Tuesday, December 16

Youngstown, OH / Beeghly Center

6:30 PM

Wright State University

Youngstown State

Photo by: Joseph Craven

Women’s Basketball Readies for Midweek Action at Youngstown

12/15/2025 5:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

DAYTON- Wright State (5-7) will resume Horizon League play on Tuesday, December 16, on the road against Youngstown State. Tip-off in Youngstown is set for 6:30 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION
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SCOUTING THE PENGUINS
Youngstown enters Friday's contest at 6-3 on the season with a 1-1 mark in Horizon League play. The Penguins feature a 2-1 record at the Beeghly Center with wins over Thiel and Bucknell.

Sixth Year Casey Santoro powers the Youngstown offense, leading the team with 13.4 points and 2.9 assists per game. She does this while shooting 41.9% from the floor, a league best 44.2% from beyond the arc, and 85.7% from the free-throw line. Santoro's 2.1 three-pointers per game place her tied for third in the Horizon League.

Reigning Horizon League Freshman of the Year, Sophia Gregory is having a stellar sophomore campaign, scoring 9.7 points per game while averaging a team-high 7.8 rebounds. Gregory's 7.8 rebounds per game currently place her tied for second in the Horizon League with Claire Henson. Gregory is currently second on the team with 1.1 blocks per game, trailing Paulina Hernandez, who is averaging a league-high 2.2.

HISTORY VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE
Tuesday's game will mark the 75^th all-time meeting between Wright State and Youngstown State, a series the Raiders lead 43-31. A season ago, the Raiders swept the season series over the Penguins, including a 73-58 home win in the opening round of the Horizon League tournament. Wright State has won its last two meetings in Youngstown, with its last loss at the Beeghly Center coming on January 26, 2023.

LAST TIME OUT
The Raiders slipped on the road at Canisius Friday night, falling to the Golden Griffins 60-65

Two Raiders finished in double digits, with Ellie Magestro-Kennedy leading the team with 12 points, followed by Olivia Brown with 11. Brown also set a new career high with five steals. Claire Henson snagged a team-high six rebounds.

Wright State struggled in the first half, shooting 38.5% from the floor and just 25% from behind the arc, while Canisius shot 46.2% from the floor and 55.6% from behind the arc to build an eight-point halftime lead.

The Raiders came out of the halftime locker room with a lot of energy, outscoring the Golden Griffins 23-16 in the third quarter. Four of the game's nine lead changes occurred in the quarter, with the teams exchanging buckets and leads. At the end of the quarter, the Raiders trailed by just one

In the middle of the fourth quarter, Wright State went on a 7-0 run that gave the Raiders a five-point lead with just under three minutes left to play. Following the Wright State run, Canisius went on a 10-0 run to finish the game and win on its home court.

HORIZON LEAGUE RANKS
Wright State features one of the Horizon League's most potent offenses, leading the league with 846 points and scoring a second-best 70.5 points per game. The Raiders are getting it done from beyond the three-point line, shooting 32.2% and knocking down a league high 8.52 three-pointers per game, followed by Northern Kentucky at 7. per game.

BALL SECURITY IS JOB SECURITY
The Wright State offense has been taking care of the ball this season, averaging just 12.8 turnovers per game, which is good for 22^nd in the nation and first in the Horizon League. The Raiders also feature a 4.17 turnover margin, which is good for second-best in the Horizon League and 65^th in the nation.

BREEZIE LIKE A SUNDAY MORNING
Senior guard Breezie Williams has made an immediate impact for the Raiders, averaging 11.9 points, 2.3 assists, and 3.6 rebounds per game across her first 12 games in a Raider uniform. The Canton, Ohio, native is shooting an impressive 41.5% from the floor, 31.1% from three-point range. The senior is also getting it done on the defensive end of the floor, averaging 2.3 steals per game. Williams is 12th in the Horizon League in points per game (11.9) and third in steals per game (2.3). The Bryant transfer had a breakout performance on the road at Tennessee State, dropping a new career-high 27 points with three assists, three rebounds, and two blocks. She followed up her career night in Nashville with a 20-point performance against Wilberforce in just 14 minutes of action. Williams also finished one rebound and one steal short of a triple-double at Florida Atlantic, finishing with a career-high nine steals and a season-high nine rebounds.

RYLEE FROM RANGE
Redshirt sophomore guard Rylee Sagester is not only one of the best three-point shooters in the Horizon League but is one of the best in the country. The Alexandria, Ohio native is shooting a stellar 43.3% from beyond the arc, which is a team best and second in the Horizon League. Nationally, Sagester is tied for 31st in three-pointers made with 29 and tied for 93rd in three-pointers per game with 2.4. She tops the Horizon League in three-pointers made and is second in three-point percentage. Sagester has made more than one three-pointer in eight of the Raiders' 12 games, highlighted by a pair of games with five made threes against Wilberforce and Bellarmine.

CLAIRE CRASHING THE BOARDS
Claire Henson has been active in the paint for the Raiders, snagging 93 rebounds so far this season. Henson is tied for second in the Horizon League with 7.8 rebounds per game. The senior grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds against Ohio on November 22, topping her previous high of 12 against Bellarmine earlier this season. The senior has grabbed eight or more rebounds in seven of Wright State's 11 games.

Henson also has a team and conference high of three double-doubles. The senior has recorded double-doubles against Bellarmine (13 pts. and 12 reb.), Ohio (17 pts. and 15 reb.), and Oakland (17 pts. and 10 reb.). Chloe Chard Peloquin recorded the only other double-double for the Raiders in the season opener against Butler (15 pts. and 11 rebs.).

RECORD-BREAKING HOME OPENER
The Raiders set a new program best for points scored in a single game with 122 points. Their first time eclipsing 100 points since November 10, 2017, against Northwestern (OH).

The Raiders led wire-to-wire, taking the lead just 19 seconds into the game and never looking back. Breezie Williams led all players in points for the second game in a row, following up her 27-point performance with another 20-point performance in just 14 minutes. Ellie Magestro-Kennedy (17), Elaina Rager (17), Rylee Sagester (17), and Grace Okih (16) all scored double-digits, with Okih and Rager setting new career highs. All 11 available Raiders saw action on the court tonight, with each player scoring at least four points.

Wright State was making it rain from downtown, tying the program record in three-pointers made with 18. The Raiders did it while shooting an impressive 47.4% from beyond the arc.

SIZING UP THE 2025-26 SQUAD
The Raiders return nine players from last season while adding four newcomers (two transfers and two freshmen).

The squad features four seniors, three juniors, four sophomores, and two freshmen. The roster also expands not only across the nation, with four different states represented (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin), but across the globe, with three international student-athletes (England, Nigeria, Sweden).

UP NEXT
Wright State will wrap up the non-conference portion of its schedule on Friday, December 19, against SEC foe Kentucky. Tip-off in Lexington is slated for 6:30 p.m.