Raiders begin #HLMBB tourney run Wednesday inside the Nutter Center

Wednesday, March 4

Dayton, OH

7 PM

Wright State University

Cleveland State (HL Championship First Round)

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Raiders begin #HLMBB tourney run Wednesday inside the Nutter Center

3/3/2026 3:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

DAYTON - The Wright State men's basketball team begins postseason action inside the Nutter Center on Wednesday night as the top-seeded Raiders host No. 10 Cleveland State in the first round of the 2026 Barbasol Horizon League Basketball Championship. Wednesday's game is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff and 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 television 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.

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

LAST TIME OUT
Michael Imariagbe's putback tip-in with less than a second remaining capped a ferocious second half comeback that saw Wright State claw back from 20 points down to grab its 20th win of the season with a 92-91 victory over Northern Kentucky on Saturday night. Kellen Pickett finished with 19 points to lead five Raiders in double figures, with Imariagbe notching a 15-point, 16-rebound double-double effort, along with 15 points from Michael Cooper.

AT THE TOP
The Raiders are Horizon League regular season champions for the first time since the 2020-21 season, and own the outright title for the first time since the 2019-20 campaign. Wright State is the No. 1 seed in the Horizon League Championship for the fourth time, also sitting as the top seed in the 2020, 2019 and 2007 HL tournaments.

GIVE ME 20
Wright State's comeback win in the regular season finale gave the Raiders their 15th 20-win season in Division I, reaching the mark for the first time since the 2021-22 season (22 wins). The Raiders won 20-plus games in seven of eight seasons from 2012-2020.

THE VIKING AGE
The Raiders and Vikings have met 88 times previously, with Wright State coming away with 46 wins. The first-ever meeting came Feb. 12, 1972, a Cleveland State 72-62 win in Cleveland. The first matchup in Dayton came Jan. 21, 1974, a 69-45 Raider win (third meeting overall). The teams split the regular season meetings, with each winning on the others' home court.

FAMILIAR FOES
Wright State has won 15 of the last 23 contests in the series overall, which is the longest series all-time in Raider history.

BELIEVE-LAND
- Cleveland State is 11-21 overall and finished the regular season with a 6-14 Horizon League record. The Vikings are just 3-12 in road games this season.
- Cleveland State is coming off 101-93 home victory over No. 11-seed IU Indy in Monday's HL play-in game, snapping what had been a seven-game losing streak.

ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS
Wright State's 20-point comeback victory in the regular season finale against NKU was the largest comeback Raider win in the Division I era, surpassing the previous record of 16 points. The Raiders trailed by 20 late in the first half and 18 at the half before winning on Michael Imariagbe's putback tip-in with less than a second remaining. The Raiders had previously come back to win when trailing by 16 points four times, most recently on Feb. 27, 2025 when they scored 51 second half points to came back and win 82-76 inside the Nutter Center against Cleveland State.

MORE THAN A TREND. . .
Wright State has 19 wins and counting this season – in 18 of those wins, the Raiders have led at the half, have led with 10 minutes to play and have led with five minutes to play. The lone outlier wins when trailing at the half came when the Raiders were down one point at the break to Youngstown State in January in an eventual 93-83 win and last Saturday in the comeback 92-91 win at NKU.

MAGIC NUMBER
Wright State has tallied 63 wins and counting when scoring 80 or more points the last five-plus seasons (63-14), dating back to the start of the 2021-22 campaign. The Raiders are 14-36 when scoring less than 80 points over the same time span, however own six of those wins this season (at Stetson, vs. Eastern Michigan, vs. Milwaukee, at Milwaukee, vs. Purdue Fort Wayne, at Purdue Fort Wayne).