Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Tanner Holden’s return to Wright State in the offseason sent a jolt of excitement through the program — for everybody, that is, except coach Scott Nagy.
Not that he wasn’t thrilled to be bringing back a 20-point scorer and two-time first-team All-Horizon League pick. It’s just that he wanted to be the voice of reason and temper some of the giddiness.
“Just because we were adding Tanner, we weren’t adding what we really needed, which was defense and rebounding,” Nagy said this week.
“I think we’re a worse rebounding team actually. I’m not blaming that on Tanner because they’re all involved in it. But, in my opinion, this should be a really good rebounding team, and it has not been. It’s one of my frustrations.”
The Raiders, who are 14-12 overall and 9-6 in the league, have a paltry plus-1.6 rebound margin per game, which is the second-worst average in Nagy’s eight years.
Even more disconcerting is that they’re giving up 10.3 offensive rebounds per game while averaging 8.9 themselves. That’s led to a bundle of second-chance points for opponents.
