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Post by Raider Country on Jan 24, 2007 22:23:26 GMT -5
Another good team victory for the Raiders. All 5 starters scored 8 points or more.
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Post by wsu97 on Jan 24, 2007 22:30:46 GMT -5
WSU just went to 13-8 overall and 6-2 in the HL. Last year we went 13-15 overall, and 8-8 in the HL. Not to shabby for a first year coach starting a couple of freshman.
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Post by Big D on Jan 24, 2007 22:49:06 GMT -5
The first half was excellent. The second half was a little too sloppy, but we still got the W. We need to play a more complete 40 minute game Saturday if we want to move to 14-8.
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Post by Doliboabros on Jan 24, 2007 22:51:53 GMT -5
Todd Brown had another huge game and Vaughn Duggins quitely put together another solid game as well. It is amazing to me how these TRUE freshmen play with so much confidence.
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Post by Raider Country on Jan 25, 2007 7:15:08 GMT -5
Win has WSU ready for a road tripBy Marc Katz Staff Writer Thursday, January 25, 2007 FAIRBORN — Already, Wright State basketball coach Brad Brownell is thinking about how difficult it will be to play at Youngstown State on the last day of the Horizon League schedule. It wasn't so easy Wednesday night either, though the Raiders made it safely through a hotly-contested second half to defeat the Penguins 62-49 at the Nutter Center after they ran out to a 14-2 start. Youngstown State played the Raiders nearly even the rest of the way. Freshman guard Vaughn Duggins' 3-point basket with 3:48 to go stymied YSU's last run, which nudged the Penguins to within 54-47. "This man right here," Duggins said, pointing to senior guard DaShaun Wood. "He drove it my way and my man helped, and he scooped it to me and I hit the shot." Those shots will have to come on the road, too, which is a long one. "It's going to be difficult to go to Youngstown and win," Brownell said, realizing he has three straight road games well before then, beginning Saturday at Loyola of Chicago. "If you can get a road win, you've probably done some good things that week. "This was a critical game for us, heading for three on the road. You just needed to go out feeling good about yourself. It's much better going out feeling this way about yourself than the other way. We're 6-2 and we've had five home games. "If we're going to win the league or compete in the league, we've got to win road games, which is what anybody has to do." The victory not only closed the Raiders out of their home for awhile, but completed the first half of league play. "These teams are talented," Wood said. "Every game is a fight. These teams have a lot of pride." www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/01/25/ddn012507wsubb.html
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Post by Raider Country on Jan 25, 2007 7:16:43 GMT -5
Go-to guys have good nights for WSUBy Marc Katz Staff Writer Thursday, January 25, 2007 FAIRBORN — The big Wright State guys came through Wednesday night against Youngstown State. DaShaun Wood, a candidate for Horizon League Player of The Year, scored 17 and dished out seven assists. Freshman Todd Brown, on a scoring binge, fired in 16. Junior Jordan Pleiman grabbed 11 rebounds to go with his nine points. Senior Drew Burleson made four of his six shots. "Your main-line guys, your best players in the league, they're going to play good if you played out in the street," WSU coach Brad Brownell said following WSU's 62-49 victory. "Doesn't matter if you're home or away. Most nights, they're going to play well. "Your role guys seem to play better at home. There are a lot of factors. They have people cheering for them; you make a basket, you have a little more bounce in your step. That's why most teams play better at home and you've got to play a little better on the road. Sometimes it takes a little more experience to get those road wins." Road wins will be key Youngstown State coach Jerry Slocum has improved the Penguins to where they are on the verge of winning 10 or more games (they're at 9-12) for the first time in six seasons. That's in the Horizon League, where most teams are on the same level. "I think anywhere from the 2 to 9 spot, there's a lot of parity in this league," Slocum said. "Obviously, you have Butler having a tremendous year. I think Wright State, Green Bay and Loyola are at the top of the pool in terms of talent levels. You need to protect your home floor. It's going to come down to sneaking in a road win someplace." Weak competition Gordie Wise's 41st annual strength of nonconference schedule is out, and there are some surprises. Wright State's strength of schedule is No. 184, according to Wise, emeritus WSU professor of marketing, while UD's is ranked No. 32. Now, the surprises. Coppin State is deemed to have the toughest schedule among the 336 Division I teams, while Bowling Green is last. And how about this: No. 220 Louisville and No. 183 Oklahoma State played no games on an opponent's home court, while Michigan State, UCLA, USC, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Providence, Drake, Marquette, Syracuse, St. John's, Missouri, Florida and Auburn played one game each on an opponent's home court. President honored Outgoing WSU president Kim Goldenberg was surprised with a gift letter jacket presented to him before the game by Athletic Director Mike Cusack. The occasion was billed as the final on-court appearance by Goldenberg as school president. www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/01/25/ddn012507wsunotes.html
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Post by raiderrunt on Jan 25, 2007 12:39:17 GMT -5
Wright State 62 - Youngstown State 49 January 25th, 2007Game Recaps, Wright St, Youngstown St By Bill Kintner DAYTON – For Wright State it was a single home game sandwiched in between four road games and one they had to have to win the Horizon League. For Youngstown State it was a long-shot opportunity to pick up a rare road win away from home. To the grateful but sparse crowd of 4334 Raider fans Wright State (13-8, 6-2 HL) took care of business tonight to defeat the Penguins for the seventh consecutive time 62-49. Wright State Coach Brad Brownell wanted to get this one before heading out on the road for three straight games. “I think winning on the road is very difficult. I think it will be very difficult for us to go to Youngstown and win,” said Brownell. “That is just the nature of this league right now. The talent is pretty close. Butler is a little bit better than everybody right now. When you go on the road you better be good to win.” Youngstown State Coach Jerry Slocum agreed it was very hard to win on the road. “You need to protect your home floor, because it is going to come down to squeaking a win on the road,” explained a tired Slocum. There was also a showdown of two pre-season first team Horizon League guards as Youngstown State’s Quin Humphrey squared-off against Wright State’s DeShaun Wood. Neither star shot the ball very well tonight as Humphrey went 8-18 with 22 points to lead all scorers and Wood went 7-18 with 17 points, but did a good job of passing it off when he was covered to also get seven assists. At the half, Wright State led by 11 points at 34-23. Ten seconds into the second half Youngstown State’s Jack Liles hit a jumper, then with neither team scoring for almost three minutes the Penguins’ Byron Davis hit a 3-pointer to get Youngstown State (9-12, 4-5 HL) within three points at 34-28. That is as close as the Penguins would get to Wright State the rest of the game. At the 15:08 mark in the second half the Raiders finally got on the board when Wood made a lay up. By the 11:05 mark the Raiders pushed their lead to 14 points on a 3-pointer by Vaughn Duggins. The Penguins made one more push to get back in the game as Humphrey and Keston Roberts scored 11 straight points to get the deficit down to seven points at 54-47. That is when Duggins put a dagger into the heart of the Penguins with a dramatic, arching 3-pointer, that got the lead back into double digits to stay at 57-47. Wood thought that the success the Raiders have had against Youngstown State motivated them in this game as they tried to come back. “This team has a lot of pride and we have been playing each other for long time now. Since I have been here those guys have never won in the Nutter Center and they came in with something to prove today. They gave it a good shot but we stuck in, hung in, played good defense and got the win,” explained Wood. Aside from Wood, Todd Brown scored 16 points and Jordan Pleiman pulled down 11 rebounds for the Raiders. To start the game the Raiders jumped out to a 14-2 lead as four different players scored to get the ball rolling. But after that the Raiders only out-scored Youngstown State by a point the rest of the half as Humphrey scored nine points to enable the Penguins to pretty much trade baskets with Wright State the remainder of the half. The only other Penguin in double figures was Roberts with 10 points. Notes: *Wright State is 3-3 when Dayton Daily News beat writer Marc Katz wears a light colored shirt. The Raiders are 9-4 when he wears a dark colored shirt. Tonight………………..it was a light yellow shirt. *Wright State leads the all-time series 27-6. This win was the 7th in a row for the Raiders. *Youngstown State’s next game is January 29th at Loyola at 8 p. m. *Wright State’s next game is January 22nd at Loyola at 2 p. m. www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/wright_state_62_youngstown_state_4929782
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Post by Raiderfan on Jan 25, 2007 22:33:05 GMT -5
Well I wasn't able to comment last night so I'll make it brief. We really played a team game against YSU but what I personally enjoyed the most was watching Vaughn shut down Roberts.
We'll need to hit our FT's if we hope to beat Loyola. We were horrible last night.
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Post by Wolf on Feb 18, 2007 9:21:32 GMT -5
Our final regular season game is against YSU this Thursday. They are 10-15 overall and 6-8 in the HL. They have an RPI of 154. This is their final home game and senior night.
11-08 at Cent. Michigan 74-50 W 11-09 at Michigan St. 61-86 L 11-13 at Duquesne 75-81 L 11-22 at Michigan 56-65 L 11-24 at Ohio St. 57-91 L 11-28 Canisius 59-71 L 12-02 at Illinois-Chicago 64-80 L 12-10 at Wisc. Milwaukee 68-65 W 12-16 at Robert Morris 78-79 L 12-19 at James Madison 78-58 W 12-22 at Kent St. 62-58 W 12-30 Loyola (IL) 76-71 W 01-02 Akron 61-70 L 01-06 at Detroit 51-66 L 01-11 Wisc. Green Bay 49-59 L 01-13 Wisc. Milwaukee 81-63 W 01-17 at Butler 39-67 L 01-20 Cleveland St. 68-63 W 01-24 at Wright St. 49-62 L 01-29 at Loyola (IL) 68-80 L 01-31 Butler 58-71 L 02-03 Illinois-Chicago 92-87 W 02-08 at Wisc. Green Bay 46-55 L 02-14 Detroit 82-70 W 02-17 Eastern Kentucky 66-61 W
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Post by Nutt House on Feb 19, 2007 16:19:34 GMT -5
February 19, 2007
Wright State Ends Regular Season at Youngstown State
DAYTON -- The Wright State University men's basketball team will end the regular season at Youngstown State Thursday, February 22 at 7 pm. The game can be seen live on Time Warner, Ch. 25 and ESPN Fullcourt as well as via the internet at horizonleague.org. Chris Collins and Mark Vest will have the call on WONE, 980 AM and WIZE, 1430 AM.
The Raiders, currently 21-8 and 13-2 in the Horizon League, have been led by Player of the Year Candidate DaShaun Wood's 19.6 points and carry a nine-game winning streak. A win will guarantee at least a tie for the League title and a possibility of hosting the tournament. The Penguins, 12-15 and 6-8 in the Horizon League, will host Senior Night for three of its starters, including Quin Humphrey (18.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg) and Keston Roberts (16.1 ppg).
For more information, go to wsuraiders.com.
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Post by Raiderfan on Feb 20, 2007 22:12:32 GMT -5
This will be a real challenge for us come Thursday. YSU is on a roll winning 3 or 4 ( all at home).
Can we contain Humphrey & Roberts?
YSU is fighting to host a first round game so they have a vested interest in this game.
Who will step up for us ( other then Dashaun)? In the first game it was Todd with 16pts.
Can we stop Humphrey from penetrating at will?
Can we some how have over 100 fans at the game to help our boyz?
One thing I am certain of and that is BB will have our team very well prepared.
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Post by Class of '83 on Feb 20, 2007 22:32:51 GMT -5
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Post by Doliboabros on Feb 21, 2007 22:19:25 GMT -5
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Post by Wolf on Feb 21, 2007 22:34:11 GMT -5
Ex-Stockbridge star finds success outside of stateBy BILL SANDERS The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 02/21/07 Quin Humphrey made peace with a couple of realizations before ever leaving his Ellenwood home. To play pro basketball, the former Stockbridge High star had to be willing to go overseas. To play college ball, he had to be willing to check his ego and not spend too much time wondering why Georgia, Tennessee and Auburn lost interest in him. And to grow up and become a man, he had to go far away from the comforts of home. Today, Humphrey is a scoring machine at Ohio's Youngstown State University, a Division I team in the Horizon League, averaging almost 19 points per game, including 93 points in his last three home games. The Penguins are 12-15. Humphrey is one of many Georgia players who leave the state — mostly to play for teams that aren't considered basketball powerhouses — and succeed. Morris Almond, a McEachern grad and former teammate of the Hawks' Josh Smith, has been one of the nation's top scorers at Rice for most of the season. Paul Delany, a former Chamblee star now at UAB, entered the week as one of only two Division I players averaging 15 points, five rebounds and five assists. Humphrey, like Youngstown State, is less heralded. That's OK, he said. "I came here because I felt the most comfortable here," Humphrey said. "They recruited me the whole time, including my senior year." 'The place I needed to be' For whatever reason, many SEC schools that had shown some interest in Humphrey cooled on him his senior year. Humphrey isn't bitter. In fact, he's very matter-of-fact about why those schools lost interest. "They simply thought other guys were better than me," he said. "Some wanted me to go to a [junior college] and then come, but they just didn't think I was as good as the guys they were signing. God put me in the place I needed to be." Humphrey is the school's second all-time leading scorer. He scored 17 points against Butler this season and 15 against Ohio State, two of the nation's top teams. Those kind of games make him know there's a career for him at the next level. But asked to name a few Youngstown State alumni in the NBA, Humphrey again faced the truth unflinchingly. "Don't think there are any," he said. "I'll continue to play, wherever it may be. I made peace with that fact my freshman year in high school." His coach, Jerry Slocum, said Humphrey will be remembered on campus for years. "Quin might have one of the more historic careers of anybody who has ever played here," Slocum said. "Any time you rebuild a program, there's founding fathers of that program that set the tone for those behind them." Humphrey doesn't get back home much these days, maybe a couple of weeks during the summer. That was by design. He loves his family, but knew getting away was going to be good for him. "That's one of the reasons I came here," he said. "I knew I was immature in high school, needed to grow and become a man. Now I'm graduating with a degree in sociology." www.ajc.com/search/content/sports/finalfour/stories/2007/02/21/0222spthumphrey.html
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Post by wsu97 on Feb 22, 2007 7:03:08 GMT -5
Wright State foe has goal of its ownBy Marc Katz Staff Writer Thursday, February 22, 2007 FAIRBORN — For the first time in years, Wright State and Youngstown State will be playing for something tonight. The Raiders (21-8, 13-2), playing their last regular-season game, must win to clinch at least a tie for the Horizon League championship with Butler. The Penguins (12-15, 6-8), with two games left, need to win both to finish .500 in the league, with a chance for fourth place. In five previous Horizon League seasons, YSU has never won more than four league games. "To do some of the things we've done this year is the first step for Youngstown State," coach Jerry Slocum said. "There is some enjoyment in that fact. But we're clearly not happy or satisfied." A longtime NAIA and Division II coach who directed 19 seasons of 20 or more victories in 31 years, Slocum took over a moribund YSU program last season and finished 7-21, two games better than YSU finished the season before. The number of victories has nearly doubled this season. "We expected to be better than we were last year," Slocum said. "I'm proud of our work ethic, but not satisfied where we are." Wright State uses a balanced attack led by league-leading scorer DaShaun Wood (19.6 ppg) and four other players averaging 7.7 points or more. Youngstown State has seniors Quin Humphrey (19.4 ppg) and Keston Roberts (15.9). "Q is one of the better players in this conference," Slocum said. "Keston Roberts is instant offense. He can put up numbers and put them up in a hurry. "We also know Wright State's had an incredible year. They have a leading candidate (Wood) for Player of the Year in the conference. He's had an outstanding season, not only in statistics, but also in leading." Wright State is on a nine-game winning streak, while YSU has won two straight and three of four. In their previous meeting at WSU on Jan. 24, the Raiders won 62-49. www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/02/22/ddn022207wsubb.html
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