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Raiders make easy work of Maryland-Eastern Shore
FAIRBORN — Despite an early flurry of missed baskets — and actually falling behind a couple of times in the first six minutes — Wright State easily defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore at the Nutter Center tonight.
In fact, the Raiders produced their biggest winning margin in coach Brad Brownell’s four seasons, beating the Hawks 87-46.
Every one of the Raiders who played scored, and they all did except for starting point guard N’Gai Evans, who sat out a second straight game with a strained right MCL. He dressed, and could have played if needed, but he wasn’t.
The game also allowed the Raiders to use their three freshmen more, and they all came through with their biggest scoring games. Tyler Koch scored nine while Darian Cartharn and Paul Darkwa each scored five.
Todd Brown, Cooper Land and Scott Grote each scored in double figures for the Raiders with 16, 14 and 11 points.
Oddly, UMES took the early lead on a Kevin White basket and led 9-7 on a Tyler Hines basket with about 14 minutes to play in the first half.
From that point on, however, it was mostly Wright State, which broke a two-game losing streak to improve its record to 7-4. UMES is 3-6.
Wright State took a lead it would not relinquish the rest of the way on a Darian Cartharn 3-point basket that made it 10-9. Wright State went on to lead 42-20 at the half and held the Hawks scoreless for almost the first six minutes of the second half while moving to a 56-20 lead.
In Brownell’s three previous seasons, the most he had ever beaten an opponent was by 26. He did it three times, the last time last season in a game against Illinois-Chicago.
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By Charles
December 19, 2009 9:29 PM | Link to this
This was WSU Basketball at it’s best. Defense all 40 minutes and getting the entire team involved. Great effort tonight.
By WSU Matt
December 19, 2009 10:54 PM | Link to this
UMES is easily the worst team to play at the Nutter Center in the last 10 years. We would have been better off playing my church league squad.
By Tom
December 20, 2009 12:31 AM | Link to this
I don’t think UMES was the worst team I’ve seen at the Nutter Center but, it is what it is and the score was ugly. Charles, sitting where he sat, was not right, either.
By Charles
December 20, 2009 1:35 AM | Link to this
Jealous? haha