{"id":119983,"date":"2022-03-08T09:08:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=119983"},"modified":"2022-03-08T09:08:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:08:38","slug":"raiders-top-cleveland-state-advancing-to-play-northern-kentucky-in-horizon-league-title-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/03\/08\/raiders-top-cleveland-state-advancing-to-play-northern-kentucky-in-horizon-league-title-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders top Cleveland State, advancing to play Northern Kentucky in Horizon League title game"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Wright State men’s basketball team<\/a> will play for the 2022 Keeps Horizon League Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday, March 8, after the Raiders defeated Cleveland State 82-67 in the semifinals Monday night in the Indiana Farmers Coliseum.<\/p>\n

Wright State will take on No. 3 Northern Kentucky on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Indianapolis. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN, and Raider fans can also listen to the radio call with Chris Collins and Jim Brown on WONE 980 AM.<\/p>\n

Purchase tickets for the championship game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The No. 4-seeded Raiders (20-13) jumped out to a 22-10 lead early and always had an answer for each run from top-seeded Cleveland State (20-10) throughout the night. Wright State led by 10 at the half and began the second half on a 7-0 run. Cleveland State made a run midway through the second half, getting as close as seven with 9:06 remaining before a\u00a0Keaton Norris\u00a0three-pointer pushed the lead back to 10 points and the Raider lead pushed back double digits for good.<\/p>\n

Grant Basile\u00a0finished with a game-high 27 points on the way to his 11th double-double of the season with his 11 boards.\u00a0Tanner Holden\u00a0also tallied a double-double with his 12 points and 10 rebounds, including eight points in the second half. Tim Finke\u00a0scored 12 points of his own, adding seven rebounds, while Norris notched a career-high 10 points behind a trio of three-pointers.<\/p>\n

Wright State shot 49% (25-of-51) from the floor overall while connecting on nine of 18 three-pointers.<\/p>\n

Defensively, the Raiders held Cleveland State to just a 3-of-20 mark from deep and 40% (25-of-63) from the floor overall.<\/p>\n

Wright State won the rebound battle 36-32, pulling down 26 defensive boards to Cleveland State’s 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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