Men's Basketball heads to Purdue Fort Wayne for Wednesday tilt

Wednesday, February 25

Fort Wayne, IN / Memorial Coliseum

7 PM

Wright State University

Purdue Fort Wayne

Photo by: Joseph Craven

Men's Basketball heads to Purdue Fort Wayne for Wednesday tilt

2/24/2026 2:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball

DAYTON - The Wright State men's basketball team heads on the road for its penultimate game of the regular season on Wednesday night as the Raiders take on Purdue Fort Wayne, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. 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 feed.

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.

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

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State battled all afternoon, but the Raiders were unable to come up on the right side of the scoreboard in an 81-68 Senior Day loss to Robert Morris. Michael Cooper scored 16 of his team-high 19 points in the second half, while TJ Burch finished with 11 points and Andrea Holden added 10 points as the final Raider in double figures.

A WIN WOULD. . .
A Wright State victory on Wednesday would clinch the outright Horizon League regular season title for the Raiders. The last time the Raiders were atop the HL regular season standings was in the 2020-21 season, their third-straight campaign with at least a share of the regular season title. Wright State's last outright Horizon League regular season championship came in 2019-20 when the Raiders went 15-3 in the 18-game HL slate.

ON THE HORIZON
Wright State is aiming for its 15th 20-win season in Division I and its first time reaching the mark since the 2021-22 season (22 wins). The Raiders won 20-plus games in seven of eight seasons from 2012-2020.

FORT WAYNE FACTS
Wright State leads the short series 13-8 against Purdue Fort Wayne, with nine of the 15 all-time matchups came back during the 1980's. The Raiders have won six of the last 11 meetings dating back to the 2003-04 season. The Raiders won the first matchup of the season 73-68 as Michael Imariagbe notched a second-straight double-double with 19 points adn 16 rebounds. Kellen Pickett added 14 points while Michael Cooper notched 13 points and Solomon Callaghan had 11 points.

DETAILS ON THE 'DONS
- Purdue Fort Wayne is 16-13 overall with a 10-8 Horizon League mark, coming off a Sunday win at Cleveland State.
- Purdue Fort Wayne is currently 11-3 at home, compared to its 5-10 road record. Purdue Fort Wayne has lost four of its last six games.

KELLEN GOES HOME
Freshman Kellen Pickett returns home on Wednesday to play in his first collegiate games in his hometown of Fort Wayne. A standout prep player at Blackhawk Christian, Pickett led Blackhawk Christian to the Indiana Class 3A regional final in March 2025, while he and Blackhawk Christian won the 2023 Indiana 2A State Championship. Pickett averaged 19.3 points per game with an 11.5 rebounds per contest mark and 3.5 assists per game average as a senior Blackhawk Christian.

KP SAYS NO
Kellen Pickett's 39 blocks entering Wednesday's game are the second-most in the Horizon League to date and already tied for the fifth-most in a single season in Raider history. Pickett is just three blocks from having the second-most blocks in a single season (42) but has a ways to catch Grant Basile's 59 blocks in the 2021-22 season.