Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State coach Scott Nagy doesn’t expect to have the same firepower he had last season when his team averaged 80.6 points, which was seventh-best nationally, and dropped 106 on IUPUI.
But the Raiders don’t have to generate buckets at the same high clip to be a force in the Horizon League. They’re coming off the first outright regular-season title in program history, and their recruiting success under Nagy means they’ll likely have another loaded roster.
What he’s seen in preseason practice should send shudders around the conference:
“We only have 13 guys on the team, which is really shallow. But in terms of guys who can play for us, we are deep — probably as deep as we’ve been since I’ve been here.”
The headliner is league player of the year Loudon Love, a fifth-year senior who averaged 15.9 points and 9.7 rebounds last season. He’s been a model of consistency over his career, and the only thing that changes from year to year is how he wears his hair (will it be a man bun, cornrows or Samurai ponytail?)
The 6-foot-9, 260-pound center is 15th on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,365 points, just behind Hall-of-Famer Bob Grote. He’s also second in career rebounds with 882 and needs only 26 to pass Bill Edwards.
