Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
By Tom Archdeacon
He may have been the headliner in Wright State’s season-opening 96-77 victory over Central State, but he was relegated to second fiddle in his own family Tuesday night.
In his college debut, Tanner Holden led the Raiders with 21 points and seven rebounds.
Afterward — following the locker room “attaboys” of his teammates — the 6-foot-6 freshman from Wheelersburg headed back to the Nutter Center court to spend some time with his mom and his godmother who had made the two-hour drive from southeastern Ohio to see the game.
Meanwhile, his dad and his grandfather had driven to Kentucky where his older sister, Sydney, and her University of Rio Grande teammates were playing at the University of Pikeville.
A 5-foot-9 senior guard, Sydney has just returned from ACL surgery 10 months ago.
Before going out to join his family, Tanner had talked about his sister:
“I’m really proud of her. Tonight was just her second game back. She’s just finding her groove. It will take her a while, but she’ll get there.”
Yet, back at courtside – where his mom had gotten a text from his dad – he found out just how Sydney got her groove back.
While he had had 21 points, Sydney had scored 22.
And later when you checked the boxscores of each game, you saw she had eclipsed his rebounds 10 to 7.
