Youngstown State at Wright State: What you need to know about Saturday’s game

Who: Youngstown State (11-8, 4-2) at Wright State (16-4, 6-1)

When: 7 p.m. Saturday

TV/Radio: ESPN+/106.5-FM

Series: Wright State leads 47-12

Coaches: Scott Nagy is 82-40 in his fourth year at Wright State and 482-280 in his 25th year overall. Jerrod Calhoun is 31-52 in his third year at Youngstown State and 155-90 in eight years overall, including five years at Fairmont State.

Probable Wright State starters

Name Ht. Class Pos. Avg.

Loudon Love 6-9 Jr. C 14.7

Tanner Holden 6-6 Fr. F 11.1

Jaylon Hall 6-6 So. F 8.1

Bill Wampler 6-6 Sr. F 14.5

Cole Gentry 5-10 Sr. G 11.2

Probable Youngstown State starters

Michael Akuchie 6-8 Jr. F 9.3

Naz Bohannon 6-6 Jr. F 9.1

Darius Quisenberry 6-1 So. G 14.9

Donel Cathcart III 6-5 Sr. G 6.0

Garrett Covington 6-5 Jr. G 8.0

About Wright State: The Raiders can match their best league start in 29 years of conference play, having gone 7-1 in 2017-18, 2015-16 and 2003-04. … They've averaged a Horizon League-best 3,457 fans for 10 home games, including 3,153 for Thursday's 75-62 win over Cleveland State. … Gentry lifted his 3-point percentage to 43.0 with a 4-of-5 showing against the Vikings. Freshmen have been most affected by the NCAA's decision to push the 3-point line back this season from 20-9 to 22-1¾. The high school distance is 19-9. That may explain why first-year players Trey Calvin (20 of 81) and Holden (6 of 20) have struggled. But the Raiders are shooting a league-high 41.5 percent from the arc in conference games. All other teams are shooting 36.2% or worse. … They're ninth in the league in foul shooting at 65.9% and last in conference games only at 60.3%.

About Youngstown State: The Penguins are coming off an 88-63 loss at Northern Kentucky. Covington had 17 points, but they went 20 of 60 from the field, 5 of 18 on 3's and 18 of 29 from the foul line. They're 8-1 at home but 3-7 on the road. … Even with the blowout defeat, they're alone in third in the league. They returned five players who started at least 17 games and were picked to finish sixth. … Quisenberry, a former Wayne star, is 10th in the league in scoring, seventh in assists (3.6) and fourth in steals (1.7). He became the first YSU freshman to be named all-league when he earned second-team honors last year. … Bohannon is third in the league in rebounding at 8.8 per game. … YSU leads the league (slightly) in offensive rebounding at 13.37 per game to Wright State's 13.35. … The Penguins set a school record with 303 3's last season.

Coming up: The first-place Raiders will host second-place Northern Kentucky (13-6, 5-2), which is on a four-game winning streak, at 9 p.m. Friday on ESPNU.

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