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Series: Wright State leads 1-0
Coaches: Scott Nagy is 136-69 in his seventh year at Wright State and 546-309 in his 28th year overall. Caleb Williams (not the Heisman Trophy winner) is 47-98 in his sixth season as coach at Northwestern Ohio.
Probable Wright State starters
Name Ht. Class Pos. Avg.
A.J. Braun 6-9 So. C 10.3
Brandon Noel 6-8 Fr. F 11.6
Amari Davis 6-2 Sr. G 11.9
Tim Finke 6-6 Sr. G 9.3
Keaton Norris 6-0 So. G 3.5
Probable NW Ohio starters
Trevon Wells 6-4 Jr. F 11.5
Aden Brown 6-4 So. F 1.2
Biggz Johnson 6-0 So. G 18.0
Mohamad Kraidly 6-4 Jr. G 11.4
Cedric Delancy Jr. 6-2 Jr. G 5.0
About Wright State: Star guard Trey Calvin, averaging a team-high 16.9 points, was held out of the starting lineup for the third straight game in a 66-54 loss at Akron on Wednesday. The preseason second-team All-Horizon League selection has still been the top scorer in the last two games, getting 20 and 16 points. … The Raiders hosted Northwestern Ohio in 2018-19 and notched a 91-52 victory. … Braun, who is hitting 65.8% from the field, and Noel, shooting 62.5%, would both be in the top-25 players nationally in field-goal accuracy if they had enough attempts to qualify. … Davis is fighting a shooting slump. He was 1 of 9 for two points against Akron. He was 14 of 38 in the three games before that. … After scoring a combined 13 points on 6-of-23 shooting in his previous two games, Finke scored 11 against the Zips. He’s averaging 5.9 rebounds, second on the team to Noel’s 6.0 mark.
About NW Ohio: The Racers, who had a game Friday night against visiting Taylor University, snagged an 85-82 overtime win against Ohio Christian on Tuesday. Wells had 24 points on 9-of-11 shooting. … Based in Lima, the Racers had been an NAIA Division II program, but the NAIA went to one division beginning in 2020-21. … They haven’t had a winning record since going 18-13 in 2016-17. They went 11-19 last season and 0-16 in 2020-21. … They play in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. Johnson earned all-league second-team and all-freshman team honors last season after averaging 13.5 points. Delancy made the all-defensive team. … The last Division I team they played was Toledo in 2021-22, and they lost, 106-36. When they play against the NCAA’s top division, the game is considered an exhibition, and the result only counts for their D-I host.
Next game: The Raiders conclude their non-league schedule by playing at rival Miami at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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