College Basketball Preview: Wright State vs. Green Bay

WSU’s Ryan Custer (passing) during Wright State’s 85-72 win over Detroit Mercy in a men’s college basketball Horizon League game at Calihan Hall on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. MARC PENDLETON / STAFF

WSU’s Ryan Custer (passing) during Wright State’s 85-72 win over Detroit Mercy in a men’s college basketball Horizon League game at Calihan Hall on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. MARC PENDLETON / STAFF

Who: Wright State (11-5, 2-1) at Wisconsin-Green Bay (10-6, 4-0)

When: 8 p.m. Thursday

TV: ESPN3

Radio: 106.5-FM

Series: Green Bay leads 30-25, with the most recent meeting being a 78-69 Phoenix victory in last year's Horizon League tournament championship game.

Coaches: Scott Nagy is 11-6 at Wright State and 421-246 in 22 seasons overall. Linc Darner is 33-19 in his second season at Green Bay after going 290-117 at Division II schools Saint Joseph's and Florida Southern, where he won the national championship in 2015.

Probable Wright State starters

Parker Ernsthausen;6-11;So.;C;4.8

Steven Davis;6-8;Sr.;F;15.8

Mark Alstork;6-5;Jr.;G;18.8

Justin Mitchell;6-;Jr.;G;10.6

Grant Benzinger;6-3;Jr.;G;10.8

Probable Wisconsin-Green Bay

Trevor Anderson;6-2;Jr.;G;11.5

Khalil Small;6-2;Jr.;G;10.2

Turner Botz;6-7;Sr.;G;7.6

Kerem Kanter;6-10;Jr.;F;9.8

Kenneth Lowe;6-8;Sr.;F;6.0

About Wright State: The Raiders are coming off an 80-75 loss to Youngstown State on Saturday in which they blew a 15-point lead. … KenPom.com gives WSU a 33 percent chance of winning while predicting a 79-784 loss. The Raiders are 192nd in the Pomeroy rankings. … Wright State has won three of its last four road games. … The Raiders have not beaten the Phoenix in Green Bay since Feb. 7, 2013, a 70-68 triumph in double overtime. … Wright State has two common non-league opponents with Green Bay in Murray State (the Raiders won 77-62 on the road; the Phoenix lost 93-77 on the road) and Toledo (Wright State lost 82-78 at home; Green Bay won at home 78-77 in overtime).

About Green Bay: The Phoenix are coming off an 80-71 home win against Northern Kentucky on Saturday in which they rallied from 15 points down in the second half … Green Bay has won six in a row, which is its longest winning streak since the 2013-14 season. The Phoenix are 5-1 at home. … Green Bay is 177th in the KenPom.com rankings … After starting the first 11 games of the season, leading scorer Charles Cooper, a senior guard who averages 13.9 points per game, has come off the bench in the last five. … The Phoenix lead the conference in scoring offense (81.5), rebounding offense (41.5), blocked shots (8.5), assists (15.3) and steals (9.5).

Coming up: The Raiders will complete the two-game swing at 3 p.m. Saturday at Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Their next home game is Friday, Jan. 20, against Detroit.

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