Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
It could have been a case of rust from not having played in a week. Or it might have been mental fatigue from having to prepare for final exams.
But Wright State coach Clint Sargent has been around for five straight Horizon League losses to Youngstown State and eight defeats in the last 10 games in the series, and he wasn’t going to tolerate any excuse-making after a flat-as-a-tortilla performance in an 80-70 home loss Wednesday.
“Extremely disappointed. Subtly, with our team at home, even being up five at the half, I felt like our huddles were (poor). Our players were frustrated and not quite as connected as I would have liked us to have been with the magnitude of this game, with Youngstown beating us four straight times — two times in our building, and this will be the third,” Sargent said.
“I have a locker room full of players who understand all those dynamics and how we’ve been pushed around. It happened again. When it mattered most, we looked disconnected.”
The Raiders took a 21-9 lead at 12:20 of the first half and were outscored, 71-49, the rest of the way. They gave up 45 second-half points.
Sargent, who is in his first year as coach after eight years as an assistant, was more animated than he’s been all year, at least at home — annoyed with the officiating (3,932 fans were in agreement there), but more frustrated with his players.
