{"id":50816,"date":"2018-03-06T21:21:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T02:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=50816"},"modified":"2018-03-07T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T18:08:32","slug":"raiders-clinch-spot-in-ncaa-tournament-after-winning-horizon-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/03\/06\/raiders-clinch-spot-in-ncaa-tournament-after-winning-horizon-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders clinch spot in NCAA tournament after winning Horizon League title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/03\/06\/raiders-clinch-spot-in-ncaa-tournament-after-winning-horizon-league-title\/wsu_men_078-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50826\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50826\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2018\/03\/WSU_men_078-copy-508x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a>For the third time in program history, the Wright State University men&#8217;s basketball team will play in the NCAA tournament after winning the Horizon League title.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders decisively defeated Cleveland State 74\u201357 in the finals of the Little Caesars Horizon League Championship March 6 in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>The team will learn who they will play in the opening round of the NCAA tournament\u00a0when the 68-team bracket is released on Sunday, March 11, at 6 p.m. on TBS.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State previously made the NCAA Division tournament in 1993 and 2007.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/03\/06\/raiders-clinch-spot-in-ncaa-tournament-after-winning-horizon-league-title\/wsu_men_029\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50819\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50819\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2018\/03\/WSU_men_029-508x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senior guard Grant Benzinger was named the MVP of the Horizon League tournament. He led the Raiders with 19 points and nine rebounds in the win over the Vikings.<\/p>\n<p>Junior guard Cole Gentry and freshman guard Jaylon Hall scored 11. Freshman center Loudon Love, who was\u00a0also named to the All-Tournament Team, scored nine points and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Love set a new freshman scoring record previously set by Bill Edwards in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State outscored the Vikings in the paint 34\u201322 and 17\u20138 off the bench. The Raiders shot 43\u00a0percent from the field and CSU shot 40 percent. Wright State\u00a0outrebounded\u00a0Cleveland State\u00a040\u201330.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/03\/06\/raiders-clinch-spot-in-ncaa-tournament-after-winning-horizon-league-title\/wsu_men_041\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50820\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50820\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2018\/03\/WSU_men_041-508x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a>The Raiders, who were the Horizon League tournament&#8217;s second seed, improved to 25\u20139, the most wins in the program&#8217;s Division I history.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders advanced to the Horizon League finals by defeating Milwaukee 59\u201353 in the semifinals and Green Bay 87\u201372.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the third time in program history, the Wright State University men&#8217;s basketball team will play in the NCAA tournament after winning the Horizon League title. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/03\/06\/raiders-clinch-spot-in-ncaa-tournament-after-winning-horizon-league-title\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":50826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[725,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-news-sidebar","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50816"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50832,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50816\/revisions\/50832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}