Men's Basketball heads to Purdue Fort Wayne for midweek matchup

Wednesday, February 5

Fort Wayne, IN / Memorial Coliseum

7 PM

Wright State University

Purdue Fort Wayne

Photo by: Jordan Wommack

Men's Basketball heads to Purdue Fort Wayne for midweek matchup

2/4/2025 3:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DAYTON - The Wright State men's basketball team is back on the road for a midweek matchup at Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday night, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. Fans can follow the action several ways - via live stats, by watching on ESPN+ or by tuning in to the home for Raider Basketball 101.5 HANK FM and WING 1410 AM. Chris Collins and Jim Brown will have all the play-by-play radio feed.

Fans can tune into 101.5 HANK FM live over the air in the Dayton metro area, as well stream the station live nationwide through a variety of free streaming apps. The iHeartRadio app, the TuneIn Radio app and the Audacy app are all FREE and each carry 101.5 HANK FM. Just search "101.5 HANK FM" on any of the three apps for Raider Basketball.

WEDNESDAY: WATCH ON ESPN+ | FOLLOW LIVE STATS | LISTEN ON 101.5 HANK FM | GAME NOTES

LAST TIME OUT
Andrew Welage connected on a runner through traffic with 11 seconds to play to help give Wright State a 66-64 home victory over Robert Morris inside the Nutter Center on Sunday afternoon. Brandon Noel led Wright State with 17 points, adding four rebounds, as the lone Raider in double figures, with Michael Imariagbe turning in nine points off the bench with five rebounds and a pair of blocks. Solomon Callaghan and Welage each added eight points

DEFENSIVE CHANGES?
Wright State has allowed 75 points or less in 15 of 24 contests to date after holding opponents to 75 points or less eight times last season. The Raider defense has held opponents to 65 points or less eight times.

TRIPLES FOR AL
Alex Huibregtse has connected from long range in 32 straight games dating back to February 2024. He was held without a three-pointer just six times in 2023-24 (three in the first four games of the 23-24 season). The stretch is the longest three-point streak for the Raiders since Grant Benzinger connected on a triple in 34 straight contests between Jan, 29, 2017 and February 1, 2018.

FORT WAYNE FACTS
Wright State leads the short series 12-7 against Purdue Fort Wayne despite dropping the first meeting of the season. Nine of the 14 all-time matchups came back during the 1980's. The Raiders have won five of the last nine meetings dating back to the 2003-04 season. Alex Huibregtse turned in a season-best and game-high 31 points in the first meeting on a night where he joined the Raider 1,000 point club, but Wright State fell in double overtime 120-113 to Purdue Fort Wayne back on January 15.

DETAILS ON THE 'DONS
- Purdue Fort Wayne is 16-8 overall and 9-4 in the Horizon League, coming into Wednesday off a 81-79 road win at Milwaukee on Sunday. Purdue Fort Wayne is 9-1 at home, with the lone blemish a 68-58 loss to Cleveland State in its last home game on January 30.
- Purdue Fort Wayne is second in the nation in fewest turnovers per game (9.0) and fourth in turnover margin (+6.0).