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Post by Wolf on Dec 17, 2005 23:02:07 GMT -5
Texas-Pan American (12–16) The Broncs stumbled to a 12–16 mark last season in Robert Davenport’s first season as head coach. Now he must replace seven of his top eight scorers, including dynamic point guard Sergio Sanchez (15.5 ppg), forward Chris Fagan and 7-0 center Alvaidas Gedminas. Senior Derrick East (7.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg), a 6-8 forward, is the top returnee, while sophomores Zach Trader, Dexter Shankle and Thomas Sanders have a chance to step up after seeing limited action a year ago. A cast of four junior college imports -- 7-0 center Colin Lien of Southeastern (Iowa), forward Cori Gaither of Southwestern (Texas) Christian, guard Larry Sheppard of Iowa Western, and combo guard Johnathan Chatman of Sheridan (Wyo.) College -- are expected to make an immediate impact. sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/specials/preview/2005/teams/others/ind.html |
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Post by Wolf on Dec 17, 2005 23:04:57 GMT -5
Texas Pan Am is 1-8 on the year. They have an RPI of 278.
Illinois 71, Texas Pan American 59
Wichita St. 97, Texas Pan American 66
Texas Pan American 60, Texas Southern 57
Kent St. 82, Texas Pan American 70
Texas 82, Texas Pan American 54
Air Force 81, Texas Pan American 68
Texas San Antonio 101, Texas Pan American 81
Texas Tech 103, Texas Pan American 50
Texas St. 58, Texas Pan American 57
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Post by wsu97 on Dec 17, 2005 23:06:32 GMT -5
Texas Pan American has 1 more game before they come to the Nutter Center on Thursday. They play at Stephen F. Austin this tuesday.
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Post by wsu97 on Dec 17, 2005 23:08:31 GMT -5
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Post by wsu97 on Dec 17, 2005 23:10:45 GMT -5
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Post by wsu97 on Dec 17, 2005 23:12:07 GMT -5
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Post by Big D on Dec 20, 2005 23:09:43 GMT -5
Texas Pan Am 52
Stephen F. Austin 71 Final
Texas Pan Am drops to 1-9 headed into our game with them.
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Post by Big D on Dec 22, 2005 7:28:32 GMT -5
Snow, foe remind Raiders of bizarre trip in '04 By Marc Katz Dayton Daily News FAIRBORN | Sure there's snow on the ground now, but a year ago, there was snow on top of snow. A year ago today, so much snow fell in the Miami Valley, The Weather Channel sent its own meteorologist to do on-site reports. While Dayton was the star of the show, a group of Wright State basketball players, coaches and other personnel tried to get comfortable in the Dallas airport. Talk about being dumped on twice. That night, after leading Texas Pan-American by four at the half and by nine in the second half with 14:08 to play, the Raiders fell 77-59 to a basket avalanche in Edinburg, Texas. The next day, when they flew into Dallas for connecting flights to Dayton and a short Christmas vacation, the Dayton airport was closed. Texas Pan-Am is back on the schedule tonight — for the third straight season — for an anniversary game, but at the Nutter Center. Let the Broncos find their own way home. "We were in that airport six, seven hours," junior point guard DaShaun Wood said of last year. "It was one of the worst things ever, and we had taken a bad loss." Wood had planned to fly back to Dayton with the team, then fly home to Detroit. Suddenly, it looked like Christmas in Dallas. "It's harder when you've got a group of 22 people," WSU coach Paul Biancardi said. "You don't move 22 people quickly on planes. I was worried the longer the delay, the shorter our team had to be with their families. But the people at the airlines were wonderful." A few players who lived on the East Coast — including current guard Jaron Taylor — found flights from Dallas. Parysh Munroe, from the Bahamas, found a flight there. Most of the rest of the group took a flight to Chicago, and a bus from there to Dayton. "It took us four hours to get to Lafayette, Ind.," said Biancardi of what is normally a trip of less than two hours. "We had to change bus drivers, and we stopped to get something to eat." The entire Chicago-Dayton trip took eight hours, nearly three more than usual, and the team arrived at the Nutter Center in the early morning. "My parents picked me up in our truck," said Jordan Pleiman, who lives in Fort Loramie. "I got home before Christmas Eve. Christmas is fun, but it would have been more fun had we won." Everett Spencer called his parents and told them he'd be late. His father drove over from Columbus, took a motel room and waited for his son to arrive. When the sun came up on the 24th, they drove to Columbus. Drew Burleson, from Wheelersburg, didn't wait until light. Team managers left behind had already dug out players' cars in the Nutter Center lot and Burleson piled in and drove home, a three-hour trip. "When I got to Chillicothe, the roads were fine," Burleson said. There were other minor inconveniences. Wood found a flight from Dallas to Detroit, but his luggage didn't, at least not right away. Taylor had his shirt and tie for travel, and a bag full of "some Wright State sweats" to wear in Baltimore. For most, it was tougher looking back on the loss. Ray Castillo, a 6-foot-5 guard, led UTPA with 30 points. He was a senior and is no longer with the team. This year, some snow has returned as a reminder. "It's not like I hadn't seen snow," Taylor said. "We lost so bad. I was down at that point." Contact Marc Katz at 225-2157. www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/wsu/daily/1222wsubb.html |
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Post by wsu97 on Dec 22, 2005 13:21:42 GMT -5
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Post by Wolf on Dec 22, 2005 21:02:27 GMT -5
Texas Pan Am 53 Final
Wright State 63
WSU improves to 3-5
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Post by Wolf on Dec 22, 2005 21:12:58 GMT -5
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Post by bballraider on Dec 22, 2005 22:12:34 GMT -5
I like the fact that we trapped on defense a little more, and it was successfull overall. I also like that a lot of players saw the court, which helped keep players fresh, which in turn helped the Raiders hit free throws in the end. Good defensive and rebounding effort overall everybody looked pretty good on the floor. Offense could still use a little fluency to it, and we need to start hitting those bunnies, as it will hurt us when we play some better teams. A win is a win, so I can't complain too much.
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Post by wsu97 on Dec 22, 2005 22:25:51 GMT -5
It wasn't pretty, but a win is a win. We will need to play better than this to have a chance to beat Northeastern next week.
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Post by Big D on Dec 22, 2005 22:33:15 GMT -5
I agree with everything you said bballraider and WSU97. We did several things well tonight, but we still struggled on offense in the second half. The most important thing though is we came away with the win.
Here is something else to think about. WSU is 3-1 since Scott has been available to play this year. What would our record be right now if he wasn't suspended for those first 4 games?
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Post by Big D on Dec 23, 2005 7:10:09 GMT -5
WSU leaves Pan-Am in cold this timeBy Marc Katz Dayton Daily News FAIRBORN | This time there was no snow and no collapse. There were also a plethora of lineup configurations. All ended up being good news for the Wright State Raiders. Thursday night, playing the same team on the same day the blizzard hit Dayton a year ago, the Raiders beat Texas Pan-American 63-53 at the Nutter Center as three Tyrone Scott baskets in the first 5½ minutes doomed the Broncs. A year ago, the Raiders not only were stuck for several hours in a Texas airport, they lost to UTPA as well after holding a nine-point lead in the second half. Scott, a junior college transfer, wasn't there for that, but he has slipped into the WSU lineup, scoring in double figures in three of the four games he has played. His 16 points matched his season's high. "I felt comfortable at the start," said Scott, who took seven shots in the first half and made five. "What actually gave me a good start was game preparation. Going over shots I was going to get in the game." Scott wasn't the only one to score for the Raiders, who put three in double figures — DaShaun Wood had 11 despite a bad cold and Drew Burleson added 10. Jordan Pleiman also made double-figure status with 11 rebounds. Plenty of Raiders had chances, though. Within the first 10 minutes, nine different players were in the lineup. By the half, coach Paul Biancardi used 12 of his 13 players and by the end of the game, he used them all. Most significantly, for close to four minutes near the start of the second half, he used a four-guard lineup. An acolyte of a three-guard configuration, Biancardi moved to a starting lineup with three "big" men just four games ago. During games, he has reverted to a three-guard configuration when needed. Against Pan-Am, he broke even from that. "Sometimes you have to just change the lineup to get people's attention," Biancardi said. "Sometimes you change lineups for matchup situations. It's a coaching decision that's made on the spot, in a matter of seconds. But, things have been worked on in practice. We have an idea what they look like." To most, it looked like this: Pleiman's left baseline jumper with 14 minutes to go in the first half put the Raiders up 16-6. Texas Pan-American never moved closer than seven the rest of the way, yet never fell behind by more than 14. Some of it was Pan-American not giving up. Part of it was Wood's cold, which he explained as, "Something doesn't feel right." Part of it was reserve guard Jaron Taylor taking seven stitches over his right eye Tuesday from an elbow in practice and having to wear protective goggles. Part of it might have been the search for reserve center James Craft's uniform before the game. His usual No. 32 could not be found, and he had to wear No. 33 without his name on the back. Part of it might have been Biancardi's own cold, which made him less animated than usual, and caused him to forgo his postgame radio show. He did leave the building with a smile. "I'm very happy," Biancardi said. "I wish everyone a Merry Christmas." Contact Marc Katz at 225-2157 www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/wsu/daily/1223wsubb.html
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