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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Injuries won’t get in way of Thursday’s game
FAIRBORN — Practice was demanding at the Nutter Center this afternoon and caused a few deeper bruises than usual, although every Wright State player is expected to be ready for Thursday’s Horizon League opener with Cleveland State on ESPNU at 9 p.m.
At one point, three players were off the floor being attended to by athletics trainer Jason Franklin, who called the injuries minor.
Freshman guard Tyler Koch rolled his left ankle, junior forward Cooper Land hurt his right elbow and junior guard Vaughn Duggins injured his left knee.
All were bandaged and were expected to be ready for Wednesday’s practice.
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Cleveland State will be tough opponent
FAIRBORN — The fact J’Nathan Bullock and Cedric Jackson have graduated from last season’s Cleveland State team does not mean the Vikings will be hurting this season.
So far, they haven’t been quite as good as the 26-11 record they posted (not all of their victories came against Division I teams, as will be the case this season), but they’ve also played Kentucky, Virginia and Wichita State, which is why they visit the Nutter Center Thursday with a three-game losing streak.
“They’re very good,” Wright State coach Brad Brownell said. “They’ve got enough guys who played significant minutes back. People forget about how good D’Aundray Brown was. He was hurt a lot last year.”
Brown was hurt in the first WSU game, suffering a stress frcture to the ribs after playing only 12 minutes. He didn’t score any points in that game, and Wright State won, 71-62. And Brown was still on the bench the second time the teams met, on Jan. 31, when Cleveland State won at home, 59-50.
Dayton Dunbar’s Norris Cole hurt the Raiders in both games, going for 18 and 20 points.
So don’t look for an easy game. Pre-game, by the way, starts early. There will be food and other festivities in the McLin Gym at 7 p.m., two hours before the ESPNU start. Also, Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News will be honored by the school for long service as a sports writer in the community.
