Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Former Trotwood-Madison star Amari Davis never wanted to nurse a grudge about Wright State not recruiting him — despite being a local kid who led the Rams to a state title, earning Ohio Division II player of the year honors after averaging 30 points per game.
After all, other schools weren’t exactly camping out in his yard, either.
But when he started having success at Horizon League-rival Green Bay, the Raiders’ recruiting whiff became increasingly obvious. And he took delight in making them pay for that mistake each time they played.
“Coming out of high school, people were like, ‘Oh, man, Wright State didn’t pick you up!’ I kind of made it personal when we played them,” he said.
“It felt good to drop that many points on them.”
Though the Phoenix won just one of four meetings, the Raiders couldn’t stop him. He was his team’s leading scorer each game, averaged 22.5 points and made 34 of 61 shots (55.7%) and 20 of 30 free throws.
