On Saturday, March 2, the Women’s Basketball team travelled to Oakland and the Men’s Basketball team travelled to Milwaukee for their last regular season games. The Raiders won both games.
The wins secured the regular season titles for the men and women; it is the first time in team history that the women have won and the first time in team history that the men have won.
The women’s win also sets a new record for most conference wins, at 16.
Leading scorers for the women’s team included Emily Vogelpohl with 13 points and seven rebounds and Symone Simmons with nine points and 11 rebounds.
Simmons became the 22nd member of the Wright State 1,000 point club, but is the only person to have both 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
Leading scorers for the men’s team included Loudon Love with 13 points and eight rebounds, Parker Ernsthausen with 10 points and five rebounds, and Billy Wampler with 10 points and two rebounds.
The women won 73-64 and the men won 65-62.
Due to their first-place finishes, the Raiders will host home quarterfinal matches on Tuesday, March 5. The women will be playing Oakland at 5:30 p.m. and the men will be playing IUPUI at 8 p.m.
Students will get one free ticket each and additional tickets may be purchased for either $5 or $10 depending upon the seat location.
