A good early start, along with Wright State’s stellar defense and Scott Grote’s career high at Wright State, helped the Raiders move on in the Horizon League Tournament.
Conference Notes
Horizon Notebook: Regular Season Ends In Style
The regular season ended with some close contests. Jay looks back at some of them, then looks ahead to the league tournament and also looks at the postseason awards.
Wright State sneaks by Green Bay
Wright State coach Brad Brownell was amazingly calm after winning a nail-biter 65-64 against Green Bay. In the span of 26 seconds Wright State came within hair of blowing a four-point lead and losing.
Horizon Notebook – The Battle for the Double-Bye
Catching you up on happenings in the Horizon League, Jay looks at battles for the coveted double byes in the tournament, as well as a few middling teams hoping to host a home game. A few bottom teams have had their moments of late as well.
Syracuse Dominates St. John’s
Syracuse played well and St. John’s didn’t, and that led to a blowout that the short-handed Red Storm hasn’t suffered too many of in what’s been a difficult season.
Bracket Buster: Northeastern Shuts Down Wright State
In this game of two defensive-minded teams, Wright State succeeded in shutting down Northeastern’s two top scorers, but their whole effort sprung a leak as Chaisson Allen exploded for 22 points and Eugene Spates had a career day, as the Huskies defeated Wright State 69-57.
Bryant Seniors End A Journey
In the fall of 2005, four young men arrived on the campus of Bryant University with a college basketball career in front of them. At the time, the program was in Division II, and a highly successful one at that. The four young men all roomed together right away, and as their journey draws to a close, they are now part of a Division I program. In light of that, it’s safe to say they’ve had quite the college experience.
West Virginia’s Second-Half Surge Tops Irish
Alex Ruoff scorched the nets to the tune of 24 points on 9-for-16 shooting, and West Virginia reeled off a decisive 16-6 second half spurt, leading to the Mountaineers’ 79-68 victory over Notre Dame before a raucous 13,126 at WVU Coliseum last night.
Georgia State Blooming Late
Rod Barnes talked about his team going through a building process. Lest anyone think that the Georgia State coach is stepping back after what some might consider has been a disappointing season, the reality is that he said this all along. Even after his team pulled out a 70-68 win at Northeastern on Wednesday night, he’s saying the same thing while feeling like there are some real positives for his team.
Black History Month Classic Recap
The second annual Black History Month Classic was held on Monday, a set of four high school games in row. Helping even more is that a standing room-only crowd witnessed much of the action at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.
