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Series: Wright State leads 37-34
Coaches: Scott Nagy is 54-32 in his third year at Wright State and 464-272 in 24 years overall. Dennis Felton is 17-38 in his second season at Cleveland State and 201-183 in 13 seasons overall, including stops at Western Kentucky and Georgia.
Probable Wright State starters
Cole Gentry, 5-10, Jr., G, 13.7
Alan Vest, 6-3, Sr., G, 4.6
Mark Hughes, 6-4, Sr., G, 10.5
Loudon Love, 6-9, So., F, 14.0
Parker Ernsthausen, 6-11, Sr., C, 4.5
Probable Cleveland State starters
Kasheem Thomas, 6-0, Jr., G, 6.7
Rashad Williams, 6-2, Fr., G, 9.9
Seth Millner, 6-6, Fr., G, 6.6
Jaalam Hill, 6-7, Jr., F, 9.2
Stefan Kenic, 6-9, So., F, 11.1
About Wright State: Sub Bill Wampler had 17 points in an 80-74 win at Youngstown State on Thursday . He leads the team with a 14.8 average. … The Raiders set a program record for most free throws in a game without a miss by going 18 for 18 against the Penguins. They've had three other perfect outings with a minimum of 10 attempts: 12-of-12 against UIC on Jan. 4, 2007, 10-for-10 against Detroit Mercy on Dec. 2, 2006, and 10-for-10 against Wilberforce on Jan. 13, 1975. … Love made 3 of 3 free throws against the Penguins and has hit 12 of 17 (70.6 percent) on the road and 24 of 45 (53.3 percent) at home. … Gentry is on pace to set the single-season school record for free-throw shooting. He's 57 of 60 for 95 percent. The record is 94.9 by Jesse Deister in 2000-01. … The Raiders have gone 7-4 against the Vikings since 2013-14. Each team won 30 times in the first 60 meetings.
About Cleveland State: The Vikings lost, 91-76, to visiting Northern Kentucky on Thursday. Williams had a team-high 23 points in his first career start. Tyree Appleby, a 6-1 guard who averages a team-leading 17.8 points and 5.1 assists, missed the game for undisclosed reasons. He averaged 11.8 points and 4.0 assists in 2017-18 and was a preseason first-team all-league pick. … Despite finishing 12-23 last season, the Vikings advanced to the conference tourney finals for the first time since 2009. They were picked seventh in the preseason poll. … They've gone from having a veteran team (six seniors last year) to being one of the league's youngest teams (six freshmen). … The Vikings set program records for 3-pointers made (294) and attempted (863) last season. … They have just three Division I wins: South Carolina State, Bowling Green and Niagara.
Coming up: The Raiders play seven of their final 11 league games at home and host Milwaukee (8-11, 3-3) at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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