Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
When Wright State jumped out to leads of 15-2 and 27-6 at IUPUI on Sunday, coach Scott Nagy knew his team wasn’t going to coast to the finish, and he made sure his players understood that.
“We told them it was going to be a very tough game, a 40-minute game. I didn’t care how we started,” he said on his post-game radio show. “We knew they were going to work their way back in it because they’re a tough team and are well-coached.”
The Jaguars did just that, climbing to within five at halftime and taking a three-point lead midway through the second half. But the Raiders didn’t buckle, scoring eight straight points in a 73-second span down the stretch to pull out a 79-74 victory.
After having their four-game winning streak end in a listless performance at UIC on Friday, shooting season lows from the field (21.8 percent) and on 3’s (16.7 percent), the Raiders put four players in double figures while shooting 47.2 from the floor and 38.1 beyond the arc.
They’re 13-11 overall and 7-4 and in a tie for second in the Horizon League with Oakland, which plays at Wright State at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The Jaguars, coming off a win Friday against first-place Northern Kentucky, had their three-game winning streak stopped while falling to 14-10, 6-5.
“I told the guys, ‘The most difficult thing for people to handle is success. It just is,” Nagy said. “We win four in a row and go to UIC, and we’re not as prepared emotionally as we should be. We come off a loss, and you see how we rolled in here. Our kids were locked in.
“The only good thing about losing is it reminds you how good winning is. And you want to feel that way again.”
