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Series: Wright State leads, 42-11. The Raiders are 24-2 at home but lost to Youngstown State, 74-69, in 2015 at the Nutter Center.
Coaches: Scott Nagy is 11-5 at Wright State and 421-245 in 22 seasons overall. Jerry Slocum has a 136-220 record in 12 seasons at Youngstown State. He's coached since 1975 with stops at the NCAA Division II and NAIA levels. He's one of eight active coaches and 38 overall with 700 career wins.
Probable Wright State starters
Parker Ernsthausen 6-11 So. C 4.5
Steven Davis 6-8 Sr. F 15.6
Mark Alstork 6-5 Jr. G 19.2
Justin Mitchell 6-4 Jr. G 10.2
Grant Benzinger 6-3 Jr. G 10.7
Probable Youngstown State starters
Jorden Kauffman 7-0 Sr. C 6.9
Matt Donlan 6-7 Sr. F. 10.3
Cameron Morse 6-2 Jr. G 22.3
Francisco Santiago 6-1 Jr. G 12.9
Brett Frantz 6-3 Sr. G 6.7
About Wright State: The Raiders are coming off a 55-51 win over Cleveland State to improve to 7-1 at home. … The Raiders are second in the Horizon League in scoring defense, allowing 69.2 per game. Only Oakland at 67.3 is better. … They have a big advantage on 3-pointers. They're shooting a league-best 39.2 percent and are second in 3-point defense, holding foes to 31.2 percent. They're making a league-high 8.9 three-pointers per game and giving up 6.8. Sub guard Mike LaTulip leads the league in 3-point percentage at 50.8. … They're averaging 16.4 turnovers per game, the most in the conference, while forcing 14.9.
About Youngstown State: The Penguins are coming off an 80-73 loss at Northern Kentucky. Morse had 13 points to become the 37th player in program history to top 1,000 for his career. He was named to the preseason all-league first team. He was the leading scorer in conference games last year with a 23.0 average and was second overall at 20.3 per game. … The Penguins were 11-21 last season and finished seventh in the league at 6-12. … Braun Hartfield was named the conference freshman of the week after averaging 8.5 points and 8.5 rebounds last week. … Donlan had seven 3-pointers in a game this year and has more than 100 for his career. … Santiago is second in the league with 4.9 assists per game and has had five double-doubles this season. In his last three games, he's averaged 14.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists.
Coming up: The Raiders hit the road for games at Green Bay on Thursday and Milwaukee on Saturday. Their next home game is Friday, Jan. 20, against Detroit.
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