TV: ESPN+
Radio: 106.5-FM
Series: Green Bay leads 31-30
Coaches: Scott Nagy is 63-33 in his third year at Wright State and 473-273 in 24 years overall. Linc Darner is 69-61 in his fourth year with Green Bay and 362-178 in 17 years overall.
Probable Wright State starters
Mark Hughes, 6-4, Sr., G, 9.7
Cole Gentry, 5-10, Jr., G, 12.3
Alan Vest, 6-3, Sr., G, 5.1
Loudon Love, 6-9, So., F, 15.5
Parker Ernsthausen, 6-11, Sr., C, 4.9
Probable Green Bay starters
Sandy Cohen III, 6-6, Sr., G, 16.7
JayQuan McCloud, 6-2, Jr., G, 13.6
Cody Schwartz, 6-9, Jr., F, 5.9
Josh McNair, 6-6, Jr., F, 5.0
ShanQuan Hemphill, 6-6, Jr., F, 11.7
About Wright State: The Raiders, who are second in the league in the NET rankings at 140th (Northern Kentucky is 125th), have taken as many as 40 three-pointers in a game this season, but their accuracy has improved as they've become more selective. They've gone 9 of 19, 11 of 21 and 9 of 21 in their last three games, hiking their percentage from 33.9 to 35.2. … Crowds have increased at the Nutter Center. Winning will do that. They Raiders have had turnouts of 5,045, 6,233, 4,655 and 5,743 in their last four games, and their average attendance is now a league-high 4,095. They have one home game left in the conference quarterfinals. … Gentry is shooting 90.4 percent from the free-throw line (75 of 83) and is trying to become the fourth Raider to top 90.0, joining Jesse Deister (94.9 in 2000-01), Andy Holderman (91.2 in 1992-93) and Cain Doliboa (90.9 in 2001-02).
About Green Bay: The Phoenix, which is 217th in the NET rankings, is in a three-way tie for third with UIC and Oakland. It has the No. 1 offense in the conference, averaging 81.6 points, but its defense is giving up a league-worst 80.6 points. Wright State is first defensively at 68.0. … Cohen III is the only Division-I player to lead his team in scoring, rebounds (6.4), assists (4.5), steals (1.9) and blocks (0.9). … Green Bay gave up 18 offensive rebounds in 78-67 road loss Sunday to IUPUI, which snapped a three-game winning streak. … The Raiders held Cohen III to four points in an 87-75 home win on Jan. 26.
Finishing first: The Raiders can clinch at least a league co-championship with a win. The only other title in their history came when they shared the crown with Butler in 2006-07. They were second in 2009-10, 2015-16 and 2017-18.
Nagy led South Dakota State to Summit League co-championships in 2014-15 and 2015-16 and an outright crown in 2012-13. The Jackrabbits also won four Division-II conference titles under him.
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