WSU vs Mississippi Valley State Men's Basketball | Photo by Daniel Delgado | The Wright State Guardian
Leading in points for the entire game, the Men’s Basketball team started the weekend off with a 75-62 win over the Cleveland State Vikings.
Thursday's game also gave academically-successful student-athletes an opportunity to be recognized for their hard work in the classroom.
During halftime, a special event was held to recognize student-athletes of all sports who earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester. More than 150 outstanding student-athletes were recognized.
After the tip-off at 7 p.m. in the Nutter Center, the Raiders and Vikings were off to the races.
The Raiders started off strong, scoring right from the get-go. They took the lead and kept it throughout the entire game.
By the 12 minute mark, WSU had a 10-point lead. Cleveland State began to close the gap, but the Raiders ended the first half with a score of 32-25, and the they had no plans of slowing down.
Several players finished in double digits Thursday night including G Tanner Holden (2), G Cole Gentry (31), C Loudon Love (11) and F Grant Basile (21).
Freshmen Holden and Basile brought in early points for the team. Holden led the team with 16 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
Basile scored a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds; he didn’t stop there, also contributing four blocks for the Raiders.
Gentry ended the night with 14 points of his own, racking up the quick points with four three-pointers. In his 31 minutes of play, he had 5-of-6 shooting and was named Player of the Game.
Love was just behind Gentry with 13 points.
This win brings the Raiders to a record of 16-4 overall and 6-1 in Horizon League play.
