Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Jim Brown has been associated with Wright State basketball for 52 years — from an assistant when the program was in its infancy in the early 1970s, to being head coach for a year, to his current role as color analyst on radio broadcasts.
He was on the Ralph Underhill’s staff when Bill Edwards, the only men’s player to have his number retired by the school, led the 1992-93 team to the NCAA tourney. The 6-foot-8 forward averaged 25.2 points and often made big scoring nights look effortless.
Though the Raiders have attracted plenty of prolific rebounders, deft passers and productive offensive players through the years, Brown figured there’d be a long wait before anyone showed up with the same skill set as Edwards.
But while it may have taken almost three decades, the wait is over.
Junior Tanner Holden is second in the Horizon League with a 20.6 average while posting the third-best field-goal percentage at 51.8.
He also leads the country in free throws attempted and made, going 141 of 174 for an 81% clip.
