Green Bay a Little Too Much for Wright State, 57-56

Filed under Game Recap on January 15th, 2012

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On January 14th on the road, the Raiders were edged by the Phoenix, 57-56, in Horizon play. This one looked good at halftime, and Wright State was up 30-22. However, nothing went right in the second half, and Green Bay closed it out.

A couple facts played into this pairing. Last year, Wright State was 3-0 against Green Bay. Over four years, the Raiders stand at 6-4, and at Resch Center, they're 1-4. Since 1980, the Wright State record against Green Bay is 22-23.

Green Bay got the upper hand on Wright State with overpowering free throw shooting and also by winning defensive rebounding.

Green Bay got many more defensive rebounds which created more possession opportunities, 23 to 18. The Phoenix hit 26 of their free throws compared to five for the Raiders.

Julius Mays did his best to keep the Raiders in it with 15 points in 36 minutes.

WSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO B+ Julius Mays 36 15 4 2 3 0 5 B+ AJ Pacher 19 9 6 0 0 0 1 C+ John Balwigaire 14 3 0 2 1 0 0 C+ R. Arceneaux 36 11 2 3 2 0 6 C+ Armond Battle 28 5 6 0 1 0 0 C Matt Vest 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 C Johann Mpondo 21 4 3 0 0 0 0 C- Cole Darling 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 D Vance Hall 27 3 1 0 0 0 3

GB Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Alec Brown 34 9 8 1 0 11 3 B+ Keifer Sykes 33 16 6 2 1 0 5 B- Josh Humphrey 22 4 2 1 1 0 0 C+ Kam Cerroni 21 11 2 1 0 0 3 C+ Terry Johnson 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 C Steve Baker 28 5 2 1 2 0 3 C- Brennan Cougill 21 5 3 0 0 2 4 D+ Aaron Armstead 18 2 0 1 1 0 0 - Greg Mays 8 0 1 0 0 1 3

The Raiders slide to 9-11 with this loss. Their conference record drops to 4-4, still good enough for 5th place. They've also lost 3 out of their last 5 games.

Next up is a matchup with Detroit on the road on January 21st.

• This is the 1st loss of the season where the Raiders opponent came back to win after being down at half-time.
• This was the 3rd foul out of the season for Armond Battle
• The Raiders set a season high for three point percentage.
• The top two scorers (Julius Mays and Reggie Arceneaux) accounted for 46.4% of the points.
• This was the 6th foul out of the season for AJ Pacher

• The top two rebounders (Alec Brown and Keifer Sykes) accounted for 45.1% of the rebounds.
• Keifer Sykes recorded a team season high in free throws made with 10 and free throws attempted with 14.
• Keifer Sykes has led the team in scoring 3 times in 17 games this season.
• Alec Brown has led the team in rebounding 9 times in 17 games this season.
• Alec Brown set a career high with 11 blocks.

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