Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
For Wright State coach Scott Nagy, trying to get the most out of his team these days is like playing a game of Whac-A-Mole.
The defense — which has been a season-long project — seemed to have turned a corner during a four-game winning streak, including an impressive beat-down of Oakland on Feb. 5.
But the offense went AWOL in a loss at Milwaukee last week. And then, in a crucial game for positioning in the Horizon League standings Sunday, the Raiders couldn’t do either well against Northern Kentucky, save for a flurry of points in the final 83 seconds.
“I’m at a loss as to why we’ve been so bad offensively the last two games. It’s been a struggle for us,” Nagy said.
Despite having the top offense in HL play at 76.9 points per game, the Raiders went 27 of 97 from the field in three consecutive halves (two against Milwaukee and one against NKU).
Connecting at a 27.8% clip will usually lead to disaster. They made 15 of 31 shots in the second half Sunday to finish at 37.3%, but they were torched on defense by the Norse, who shot 58% — the best showing by an opponent since Penn State also shot 58% on Nov. 20, 2018.
