College basketball: Wright State holds off Milwaukee

Loudon Love scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Thursday in the Raiders’ 56-54 win over visiting Milwaukee at the Nutter Center. Joseph Craven/CONTRIBUTED

Loudon Love scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Thursday in the Raiders’ 56-54 win over visiting Milwaukee at the Nutter Center. Joseph Craven/CONTRIBUTED
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By Doug Harris
Jan 25, 2019
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Loudon Love had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead Wright State to a 56-54 Horizon League win over visiting Milwaukee on Thursday.

Sub Skyelar Potter chipped in 10 points.

The Raiders (11-10, 5-3) had a six-point lead six minutes to go, but the Panthers (9-12, 4-4) tied the game on a Darius Roy drive with 2:35 to go.

Love made one of two foul shots for a 55-54 lead at 2:20. And Milwaukee botched their next two possessions with a chance to take the lead, getting called for a shot-clock violation and then resorting to a hurried floater by Roy that missed late in the shot clock.

Leading by one, Malachi Smith missed a drive, but the ball went out of bounds off the Panthers with 26 seconds left.

Mark Hughes was fouled with 15.3 seconds left and made one of two free throws.

After a timeout with 9.5 seconds to go, Jake Wright had a 3-point attempt blocked, and the Panthers’ rushed follow-up didn’t make it to the rim.

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