Raiders run winning streak to five on Holden's career night

Friday, January 9

Detroit, MI / Calihan Hall

7 PM

Wright State University

10-7,5-1Horizon

Detroit Mercy

6-9,3-3Horizon

Wright St.

Detroit Mercy

Photo by: Jack Moreland

Raiders run winning streak to five on Holden's career night

1/9/2026 10:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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DETROIT – After taking a double-digit lead into the halftime break, the Wright State men's basketball team battled second half foul trouble to run its winning streak to five straight games as the Raiders came away with an 84-82 Friday night road victory over Detroit Mercy in Horizon League action.

Wright State (10-7, 5-1 Horizon) now readies for a Sunday afternoon showdown at Oakland in a nationally televised ESPN2 contest that will see the current top two teams in the HL standings face off. Fans can follow the all the action several ways – on ESPN2, 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 Friday, the Raiders closed the opening half on a 15-3 run to take an 11-point lead into the locker room after they shot 57 percent over the first 20 minutes, pushing the margin to 19 points at the start of the second half before Detroit Mercy (6-9, 3-3 Horizon) began chipping away.

Despite the hosts continual push, Wright State never trailed in the final 20 minutes. Detroit Mercy got the margin down to two possessions on multiple occasions, but never got closer than four points until the final 30 seconds when they cut the Raider lead to two three times in that stretch. Wright State, who was 23-of-28 at the free throw line, missed the second of two free throws with two seconds remaining up two, but Detroit Mercy was unable to even get a heave shot off before the buzzer as the Raiders survived.

Wright State's final line at the free throw stripe – 23-of-28 – marked the Raiders' most field goals made and attempted since going 26-of-34 in a 30-point win at Robert Morris in February 2024. The Raiders were also 32-of-38 at the stripe earlier that season in January 2024 at Cleveland State, albeit that game was an overtime win.

Andrea Holden led five Raiders in double figures with a career-high 17 points, including an 11-of-12 mark at the free throw line as he finished with nearly half of Wright State's free throw attempts. Solomon Callaghan had 15 points and Logan Woods had 12 points as both tallied three three-pointers, while TJ Burch also finished with 12 points and Michal Imariagbe chipped in 10 points. Dominic Pangonis had six points as Kellen Pickett added five points and a game- and career-best 12 rebounds, while Bryan Etumnu and Alex Bruskotter each saw their first action of the calendar year, scoring five and four points, respectively.

After the 57 percent first half shooting, Wright State finished the night connecting at 52 percent overall (27-of-52) while hitting five of its seven three-pointers (7-16, 44 percent) in the first half. Detroit Mercy finished shooting 47 percent (28-of-60) and had just three three-pointers (3-14, 21 percent) while going to the line 31 times themselves, connecting at 74 percent (23-of-31).

Legend Geeter had 22 points to lead Detroit Mercy, who also got 16 points from Tyler Spratt, 13 from Orlando Lovejoy and 11 from TJ Nadeau in the loss for the hosts.