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Series: Wright State leads 24-12
Coaches: Scott Nagy is 83-40 in his fourth year at Wright State and 483-280 in his 25th year overall. Darrin Horn is in his first year at Northern Kentucky and is 185-119 overall, including five years at Western Kentucky and four at South Carolina. He reached the 2008 NCAA Sweet 16 with WKU.
Probable Wright State starters
Name Ht. Class Pos. Avg.
Loudon Love 6-9 Jr. C 15.1
Tanner Holden 6-6 Fr. F 10.9
Jaylon Hall 6-6 So. F 8.0
Bill Wampler 6-6 Sr. F 14.6
Cole Gentry 5-10 Sr. G 11.2
Probable Northern Kentucky starters
Trevon Faulkner 6-3 So. G 13.5
Tyler Sharpe 6-0 Sr. G 16.5
Bryson Langdon 5-9 So. G 8.2
Silar Adheke 6-6 Jr. F 4.5
Jalen Tate 6-6 Jr. G 9.3
About Wright State: The Raiders had just six turnovers in their win over Youngstown State on Saturday. That's tied for their fewest against a Division-I foe since having four in a 62-45 win at Valparaiso on Jan. 10, 2014. .…Hall leads the team and is eighth in the league in assists (3.4 per game). Love is second (9.9) and is sixth (7.0) in the conference in rebounding. … Wampler scored a career-high 29 points in a home win over Northern Kentucky last season, and he's catching fire at the right time. He averaged 13.8 in the first 12 games and 15.6 in the last eight. "I'm getting better at picking my spots and finding areas I can score at higher rates than I was in the nonconference," he said. "I'm expanding my game a little bit. Teams are making me do different things, and I'm just trying to work on that so I can be the best player I can be."
About Northern Kentucky: Wright State and NKU each won at home when they met last year, but the Norse prevailed, 77-66, in the Horizon League finals as Tate, a preseason first-team all-league pick, had 17 points and four assists, and Dantez Walton, who's been sidelined with an injury, had 15 points and 14 rebounds. … The Norse are first in the league in scoring defense at 64.3 points per game. They're second in scoring margin, winning by an average of 10.1 per game. Wright State is first at 10.9. Green Bay is third at 1.3. … Sharpe, a preseason second-team all-league pick, averaged 14.4 points last season and led the team in 3's with 90. He's third in the league with 55 this season. … Drew McDonald, the league player of the year last season, has graduated and taken a job with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
Coming up: The Raiders play at Milwaukee at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, and Green Bay at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2.
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