Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State coach Scott Nagy has been telling anyone who would listen that his team couldn’t keep winning without picking it up on defense.
If his players weren’t convinced of that, those reservations were erased in a 73-63 loss at Northern Kentucky on Tuesday.
The Norse shot 50.8% from the field and outscored the Raiders, 12-2, in the final five minutes for their third straight victory.
“We’ve been good offensively, let’s face it, but you’re going to have a game when you’re not,” Nagy said on his postgame radio show. “We weren’t good offensively (shooting 40% from the field), and that’s when you need your defense to be good enough. We haven’t been good enough most of the year, and we weren’t tonight.”
Tanner Holden, who was named Horizon League player of the week Monday, continued his strong play with 22 points and nine rebounds. The junior wing became the 21st Raider to reach 500 career rebounds last week.
Tim Finke scored 12 points. And Grant Basile, drawing extra attention inside against NKU’s zone, finished with nine points (nine below his average) and 11 rebounds. He was 4 of 12 from the field.
