Wright State men's basketball beats Florida Atlantic 97-71

Monday, November 2

Dayton, OH

7 PM

Wright State University

1-0,0-0Horizon

102

Air Force

0-1,0-0Mountain West

Team	1	2	F
Air Force	31	40	71
Wright St.	60	42	102

Photo by: Joseph Craven

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Box Score

Raiders move to 2-0 as O'Hara scores 20 after halftime and Holden posts a second straight double-double

DAYTON, Ohio — CJ O'Hara scored 20 of his team-high 24 points in the second half, and Chadlyn Traylor added 20 as the Wright State men's basketball team beat Florida Atlantic 97-71 on Friday night at the Nutter Center.

The Raiders (2-0) never trailed against Florida Atlantic (1-1). Wright State travels to Toledo Tuesday. Tip time is to be announced. Fans can follow the action on the Wright State Radio Network – 101.5 FM 'The Fridge' and WING 1410 AM – with Chris Collins and Jim Brown on the call.

Kanaan Carlyle's basket at 18:38 tied the game 2-2, the only tie of the night. Wright State took the lead for good on a Traylor jumper 16 seconds later and later scored 12 straight points from 17:25 to 13:21, capped by an O'Hara fast-break layup, to lead 19-4. Traylor scored 12 points in the first half, and the Raiders led 47-28 at halftime.

Florida Atlantic outscored Wright State 12-3 from 14:53 to 12:31 of the second half, with a 3-pointer and a fast-break dunk from Mason Porter-Brown cutting a 62-36 deficit to 65-48. O'Hara answered with six points in a 10-0 Raiders run from 10:50 to 7:44 that made it 77-51. The lead reached 29 points, 95-66, on a Noah Lewis 3-pointer at 1:32.

O'Hara made 7-of-12 shots and all 10 of his free throws, with five rebounds, four of them offensive, and a team-high three steals. Traylor shot 8-of-13 from the field and 2-of-4 from 3-point range with three assists.
Andrea Holden posted his second straight double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds, going 7-of-8 at the line with three assists. Dominic Pangonis added 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting.

Wright State shot 57% (33-of-58) from the field, 35% (7-of-20) from 3-point range and 89% (24-of-27) at the line, including 15-of-15 in the second half. Florida Atlantic shot 41% (22-of-54), 42% (8-of-19) from deep and 73% (19-of-26) at the line. The Raiders won the battle on the glass 38-26, scored 20 points off 14 Florida Atlantic turnovers and held edges of 42-28 in the paint, 20-11 in fast-break points and 18-9 in second-chance points. They finished with 14 assists on 33 made baskets.

Carlyle scored a game-high 25 points for Florida Atlantic, making 4-of-6 3-pointers and all nine of his free throws. Porter-Brown added 13 points, and Felipe Quinones had 11 points and nine rebounds.

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