Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State coach Scott Nagy knew he had the makings of a good defensive team going into the season. He had reason to believe rebounding would be a strong point, too.
But after losing a pair of All-Horizon League players in Bill Wampler and Cole Gentry — both proficient shooters — Nagy figured the Raiders would take a step back offensively and might be better off operating at a slower pace to maximize their size.
But four sophomores — Grant Basile, Tanner Holden, Tim Finke and Trey Calvin — have emerged more quickly than he could have imagined, putting scoring threats around the reigning conference player of the year, 6-foot-8 senior center Loudon Love. And the Raiders can punish opponents in a variety of ways.
They’re averaging 81.7 points per game, which is five more than the No. 2 team in the league and 24th nationally.
They’re slightly ahead of last year’s 80.6 clip and are on pace to be the highest scoring team at Wright State since the Bill Edwards-led 1992-93 bunch put up 89.1 per game.
“Offensively, I didn’t think we’d be where we are. I was worried about our shooting, and I didn’t know if we could play Grant and Loudon together. Fortunately, since Loudon moves so good, we can play those two at the same time,” Nagy said.
