Men's Basketball welcomes NKU for Saturday tilt

Saturday, January 24

Dayton, OH

1 PM

Wright State University

Northern Kentucky

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Photo by: Joseph Craven

1/23/2026 3:35:00 PM | Men's Basketball

DAYTON - The Wright State men's basketball team welcomes Northern Kentucky to the Nutter Center for a 1 p.m. tipoff. Fans can follow the action several ways - watching 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 on the radio and television feeds.

Fans can tune into 101.5 FM 'The Fridge' or WING 1410 AM 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 both stations. Just search "101.5 FM 'The Fridge" or "WING 1410 AM" on any of the three apps for Raider Basketball.

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SATURDAY: WATCH ON ESPN+ | FOLLOW LIVE STATS | LISTEN ON WRIGHT STATE RADIO NETWORK | GAME NOTES | TICKETS

LAST TIME OUT
Six players finished with double-digit scoring nights on Wednesday, but Wright State saw its seven-game winning streak come to an end with an 85-79 loss to Cleveland State inside the Nutter Center. Michael Cooper led Wright State with 14 points as he added six rebounds, while a trio of Raiders each had 11 points – TJ Burch, Solomon Callaghan and Kellen Pickett, with 10 points from Dominic Pangonis and Michael Imariagbe, with Imariagbe just missing a double-double with nine points as he added a team-high five assists.

LET'S LINEUP
Wright State has had 12 different starting lineup combinations to date this season, while the Raiders currently have nine different players averaging over 15 minutes per contest.

PICKETT EARNS THIRD-STRAIGHT HL NOD
Kellen Pickett was named the Horizon League Freshman of the Week for the third consecutive week, the League office announced on Jan. 19. Pickett turned in his second-straight 18-point performance on Jan. 15 in Wright State's home win over Youngstown State. The 18 points, which tied his career-best set Jan. 11 at Oakland, came with nine rebounds as he just missed his third-straight double-double.

NORSE NOTES
Wright State leads the overall series 32-18 and has won 10 of the last 15 meetings against Northern Kentucky. The two sides split their two games last season, with each winning on the road.

THE NORSE SIDE
- Northern Kentucky is 14-7 overall with a 6-4 Horizon League mark, coming off a loss last Saturday at home against Robert Morris.
- Northern Kentucky has lost two of its last three games after rolling off four-straight Horizon League wins from December 29-January 9.

TRACKING FROM THREE
Wright State is hitting three-pointers at a 36.3 percent rate (146-of-402). The current mark is on pace for the Raiders' best percentage since hitting 40.5 percent in 2001-02. The school-record is 41.0 percent, set in the program's first year in Division I in 1987-88.