Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
By Tom Archdeacon
Once the game ended — after Wright State had fended off Marshall for an 88-79 victory at the Nutter Center Wednesday night — the Raiders’ players made their customary, single-file circuit around the court to meet and greet and share the moment with the joyous fans who waited for them to parade by.
No player got more of an embrace on this night than Jack Doumbia, the lithe 6-foot-6 forward who had just put the team on his back down the stretch and willed the way to victory with his energy, his aggression and his points.
He scored 18 of the Raiders’ final 30 points; seven of the team’s final 12, and put an exclamation point on his performance with a final rebound and a full-length drive down the court that he capped off with a dunk just before time expired.
Doumbia finished with 20 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots.
The Raiders were led by Brandon Noel — Doumbia, rightfully, called him “the pillar’ of the team — with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Afterward, WSU coach Clint Sargent called Doumbia “an elite difference maker” and “a game changer.”
