TV: ESPN3
Radio: 106.5-FM
Series: Green Bay leads 31-29
Coaches: Scott Nagy is 56-32 in his third year at Wright State and 466-272 in 24 years overall. Linc Darner is 64-58 in his fourth year with Green Bay. He led Florida Southern to the 2015 Division II national title.
Probable Wright State starters
Mark Hughes, 6-4, Sr., G, 10.0
Cole Gentry, 5-10, Jr., G, 13.2
Alan Vest, 6-3, Sr., G, 4.9
Loudon Love, 6-9, So., F, 14.8
Parker Ernsthausen, 6-11, Sr., C, 4.5
Probable Green Bay starters
Sandy Cohen III, 6-6, Sr., G, 17.3
JayQuan McCloud, 6-2, Jr., G, 14.7
ShanQuan Hemphill, 6-6, Jr., F, 11.5
Josh McNair, 6-6, Jr., F, 4.0
P.J. Pipes, 6-2, So., F, 6.7
About Wright State: The Raiders have won three in a row for the first time this season and have vaulted into a tie for second in the league with Oakland and Detroit Mercy, two games behind 7-1 Northern Kentucky. … Freshmen subs Skyelar Potter (10 points) and Malachi Smith (four) provided the only bench scoring in a 56-54 win over Milwaukee on Thursday. They played a combined 36 minutes, the most the duo has been on the floor against a Division-I foe since the North Florida game Nov. 17. … The Raiders made just 5 of 27 three-pointers (18.5 percent), their worst shooting effort from the arc at home this season. They went 4 of 22 (18.2) at Oakland and 3 of 18 (16.7) at Murray State.
About Green Bay: The Phoenix is coming off an 87-65 loss at Northern Kentucky. It gave up 56 points in the paint, went 4 of 20 on 3-pointers and was out-rebounded, 44-28. Cohen had 19 points and nine rebounds. … Picked to finish fifth in the league, it leads the conference in scoring (83.9 points per game) but is last defensively (83.2). … Cohen, a preseason first-team all-league pick, is in the top seven in the conference in scoring, rebounding (6.5) and assists (4.6). … The Phoenix started 3-0 in the league but has lost four of its last five.
League tourney moving: The Horizon League announced Friday that its men's and women's conference tournament semifinals and finals will be held at the 6,800-seat Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis from 2020-22.
The dates and bracket for the entire 2020 tourney will be released at a later time. The arena is located at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, and the conference headquarters are in Indianapolis.
The tourney will be held again this season at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena. The women will play March 5-6 and the men March 11-12.
Coming up: The Raiders play their next two games on the road, at UIC on Friday and IUPUI on Sunday, Feb. 3.
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