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2016–17 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

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2016–17 Wright State Raiders men's basketball
ConferenceHorizon League
Record20–12 (11–7 Horizon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaNutter Center
Seasons
2016–17 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oakland 14 4   .778 25 9   .735
Valparaiso 14 4   .778 24 9   .727
Green Bay 12 6   .667 18 14   .563
Northern Kentucky 12 6   .667 24 11   .686
Wright State 11 7   .611 20 12   .625
UIC 7 11   .389 17 19   .472
Detroit 6 12   .333 8 23   .258
Cleveland State 5 13   .278 9 22   .290
Youngstown State 5 13   .278 13 21   .382
Milwaukee 4 14   .222 11 24   .314
2017 Horizon League Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Raiders, led by first-year head coach Scott Nagy, played their home games at the Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 20–12, 11–7 in Horizon League play to finish fifth place. In the Horizon League tournament, they lost to Northern Kentucky in the quarterfinals. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Previous season

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The Raiders finished the 2015–16 season 22–13, 13–5 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated UIC, Detroit, and Oakland to advance to the Championship game of the Horizon League tournament where they lost to Green Bay. Despite having 22 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

On March 19, 2016 head coach Billy Donlon was fired.[1] He finished at Wright State with a six-year record of 109–94. On April 4, the school hired Scott Nagy as head coach.[2]

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Daniel Collie 2 G 6'0" 170 Senior Parkersville, WV Graduated
Biggie Minnis 10 G 6'3" 200 Senior Philadelphia, PA Graduated
J. T. Yoho 11 F 6'6" 235 Senior Solsberry, IN Graduated
Michael Karena 14 C 6'10" 270 Senior Christchurch, New Zealand Graduated
Brandon Neel 15 G 6'3" 190 RS Junior Cincinnati, OH Graduate transferred to Midwestern State
Daniel Mortensen 20 F 6'9" 230 Freshman Islev, Denmark Transferred to Barry
Joe Thomasson 32 G 6'4" 165 Senior Dayton, OH Graduated
Roderick Davis 35 F 6'9" 230 Sophomore Brandon, FL Transferred to Indianapolis

Incoming Transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Mike LaTulip 5 G 6'1" 170 RS Senior Arlington Heights, IL Transferred from Illinois. Will eligible to play since LaTulip graduated from Illinois.

Recruiting class of 2016

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Everett Winchester
#90 SG
Baltimore, MD Gilman School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sep 12, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 59
Ryan Custer
PF
Cincinnati, OH Elder High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Aug 4, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Loudon Love-Vollbrecht
PF
Geneva, IL Geneva High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 285 lb (129 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 19, 2016.

Roster

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2016–17 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Steven Davis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Manual Indianapolis, IN
G 1 Justin Mitchell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Wayne Fort Wayne, IN
G 2 Everett Winchester 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Gilman Baltimore, MD
G 3 Mark Hughes 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Ursuline Youngstown, OH
G 4 Alan Vest 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Chaminade-Julienne Kettering, OH
G 5 Mike LaTulip 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Sr Prospect
Illinois
Arlington Heights, IL
G 10 Adam Giles (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Miamisburg Miamisburg, OH
C 11 Loudon Love 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 300 lb (136 kg) Fr Geneva Geneva, IL
G 12 Tye Wilburn 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Lake Central
Kilgore
Schereville, IN
G 13 Grant Benzinger 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Moeller Cincinnati, OH
G 21 Trey Stacey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Moeller Cincinnati, OH
F/C 22 Parker Ernsthausen (W) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) RS So Toledo St. John's Bowling Green, OH
G 24 Mark Alstork 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Thurgood Marshall
Ball State
Dayton, OH
F 33 Ryan Custer 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Elder Cincinnati, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2016*
7:00 pm
Cedarville W 88–62 
Nutter Center (3,809)
Fairborn, OH
Non-Conference regular season
11/11/2016*
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Southern Illinois W 85–81  1–0
SIU Arena (4,427)
Carbondale, IL
11/15/2016*
7:00 pm
Miami (OH) W 89–87  2–0
Nutter Center (3,813)
Fairborn, OH
11/19/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Toledo L 78–82  2–1
Nutter Center 
Fairborn, OH
11/21/2016*
7:00 pm
Ohio Dominican
Men Against Breast Cancer Classic
W 109–54  3–1
Nutter Center (3,105)
Fairborn, OH
11/25/2016*
7:00 pm
Cal State Bakersfield
Men Against Breast Cancer Classic
W 68–64  4–1
Nutter Center (3,123)
Fairborn, OH
11/26/2016*
7:00 pm
North Dakota
Men Against Breast Cancer Classic
W 83–79  5–1
Nutter Center (3,024)
Fairborn, OH
11/27/2016*
4:30 pm
North Florida
Men Against Breast Cancer Classic
W 75–67  6–1
Nutter Center (2,975)
Fairborn, OH
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Georgia State L 74–81  6–2
GSU Sports Arena (1,256)
Atlanta, GA
12/03/2016*
5:00 pm
at Penn State L 50–72  6–3
Bryce Jordan Center (6,227)
University Park, PA
12/07/2016*
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Loyola–Chicago L 64–77  6–4
Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,428)
Chicago, IL
12/13/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Urbana W 85–34  7–4
Nutter Center (3,295)
Fairborn, OH
12/18/2016*
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at Kent State W 68–63  8–4
MAC Center (1,827)
Kent, OH
12/22/2016*
8:00 pm
at Murray State W 77–62  9–4
CFSB Center (2,413)
Murray, KY
Horizon League regular season
12/29/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Oakland L 62–81  9–5
(0–1)
Athletics Center O'rena (2,724)
Rochester, MI
12/31/2016
3:30 pm, ESPN3
at Detroit W 85–72  10–5
(1–1)
Calihan Hall (1,360)
Detroit, MI
01/05/2017
7:30 pm, ESPN3
Cleveland State W 55–51  11–5
(2–1)
Nutter Center (3,488)
Fairborn, OH
01/07/2017
4:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3
Youngstown State L 75–80  11–6
(2–2)
Nutter Center (3,977)
Fairborn, OH
01/12/2017
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Green Bay L 61–78  11–7
(2–3)
Resch Center (2,416)
Green Bay, WI
01/14/2017
3:00 pm, ESPN3
at Milwaukee W 70–67  12–7
(3–3)
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,402)
Milwaukee, WI
01/20/2016
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Detroit W 106–88  13–7
(4–3)
Nutter Center (3,975)
Fairborn, OH
01/22/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Oakland W 88–67  14–7
(5–3)
Nutter Center (3,982)
Fairborn, OH
01/27/2017
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Valparaiso L 55–70  14–8
(5–4)
Athletics–Recreation Center (3,461)
Valparaiso, IN
01/29/2017
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at UIC W 88–86  15–8
(6–4)
UIC Pavilion (2,508)
Chicago, IL
02/04/2017
7:00 pm
Northern Kentucky L 79–83  15–9
(6–5)
Nutter Center (5,993)
Fairborn, OH
02/09/2017
7:00 pm, ASN
Milwaukee W 76–65  16–9
(7–5)
Nutter Center (4,004)
Fairborn, OH
02/11/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Green Bay W 88–79  17–9
(8–5)
Nutter Center (6,678)
Fairborn, OH
02/16/2017
7:45 pm, ESPN3
at Youngstown State W 84–81  18–9
(9–5)
Beeghly Center (2,351)
Youngstown, OH
02/18/2017
3:30 pm, ESPN3
at Cleveland State W 74–68 2OT 19–9
(10–5)
Wolstein Center (1,297)
Cleveland, OH
02/21/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Northern Kentucky L 76–83  19–10
(10–6)
BB&T Arena (2,908)
Highland Heights, KY
02/24/2017
7:30 pm, ESPN3
Valparaiso L 74–84  19–11
(10–7)
Nutter Center (5,028)
Fairborn, OH
02/26/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
UIC W 87–49  20–11
(11–7)
Nutter Center 
Fairborn, OH
Horizon League tournament
03/05/2017
7:30 pm, ESPN3
(5) vs. (4) Northern Kentucky
Quarterfinals
L 77–82  20–12
Joe Louis Arena (5,654)
Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.


Awards and honors

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Mark Alstork First Team All Horizon League

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Statistics

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Number Name Games Average Points Assists Rebounds
23 Mark Alstork 32 19.0 608 112 150
0 Steven Davis 32 14.9 477 32 139
13 Grant Benzinger 32 12.8 411 51 185
1 Justin Mitchell 32 11.5 367 127 267
5 Mike LaTulip 32 7.0 223 48 94
22 Parker Ernsthausen 31 5.2 162 26 65
3 Mark Hughes 26 3.2 83 38 68
33 Ryan Custer 32 2.2 70 13 23
12 Tye Wilburn 18 1.3 24 14 19
4 Alan Vest 20 0.8 16 10 15
21 Trey Stacey 9 1.8 16 1 2
10 Adam Giles 7 1.1 8 0 0

Source[4]


References

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  1. ^ "Wright State fires coach Billy Donlon after 6 seasons". Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Wright State hires Nagy as basketball coach". ESPN.com. April 4, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "Wright State Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "2016-17 Raider Basketball Wright State Combined Team Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved August 13, 2024.