ESPN and WWSU106.9 Sports Broadcaster Shea Neal contributed to this article.
Looking ahead through the weekend of February 12, Men’s Basketball hopes to continue a seven-win streak versus Milwaukee at home, Women’s Basketball will try to cement the first-place finish at Northern Kentucky, and Volleyball hopes to continue an undefeated season at home against Youngstown State.
I’ve got my own opinions about how the games will go, but it never hurts to have another sports nerd help me out. These are my takes and WWSU’s Shea Neal’s takes on how the weekend of February 12 looks for Raider Athletics.
Men’s BB v.s. Milwaukee: Will the Raiders make it nine in a row?
Noah: This Men’s side has won seven in a row, and will probably make it nine after this weekend. Milwaukee is a middle of the pack team, but recently lost two games by about 15 points each to Northern Kentucky.
Te’Jon Lucas and DeAndre Gholston have been good attacking threats for the Panthers, but with Love, Holden, and Basile all in top form for the Raiders, Wright State is on too much of a roll right now to be stopped by Milwaukee. 2-0 for the Raiders.
Shea: Te’Jon Lucas is a great guard with almost 1,000 career points for the Panthers and DeAndre Gholston has been a great scoring threat all year to give Milwaukee their middle of the league record.
But, they lack the big guys to challenge the Raiders in the paint with Loudon, Grant and Tanner.It’s gonna be a 2-0 for me just because of the matchups in the paint being in Wright State’s favor.
Women’s BB v.s. Northern Kentucky: The Lady Raiders won’t let their lead slip.
Noah: This weekend will basically decide the first place finisher for this year, and the Lady Raiders aren’t about to let that slip. I doubted them and predicted a 1-1 versus Milwaukee, but the Angel Baker show proved me wrong, and I won’t let that happen again.
NKU lost their last two against Green Bay, a team that is 10-4 but is not at the level that Wright State is at right now. Even though the games are away, It’s way more likely it’s a 2-0 weekend for Wright State rather than a 1-1.
Shea: I agree it’s a 2-0 here as well. NKU has a great frontcourt in Lindsey Duvall and Ally Niece, Wright State has proven in the last few weeks that they can gameplan around the talented forwards in the conference.
Angel Baker will most likely continue her hot streak and the duo of Frierson and Hale in the paint will control the rebounding game in a weekend that will state why this team is the best in the league.
Women’s Volleyball: They’ll slide past the penguins for an 8-0 season start.
Noah: I’m predicting no losses across all sports and the one I’m most confident in is this one. The Penguins have some threats with Josi Borum, Margaux Thompson, and Alexia Byrnes, but they are 2-4 and those four losses were all sweeps.
With two sweeps from UIC and two from IPFW, we’ll most likely see a sweep for at least one game if not two, especially with how dominant this Wright State side is looking. I mean, just to lose a single set this season Oakland had to take a 3rd set to 38 points.
Shea: Volleyball will probably sweep Youngstown both days. The attack that the Raiders bring to the table is too strong for a YSU lineup that lacks depth and experience.The combination of Alders, Baker, Sauer, Wolf, and Powers is the best the HL has seen in a long time.
I expect the Lady Raiders to be 8-0 after two sweeps this weekend for sure.
Are us Raider Sports podcast nerds right, or are we way too biased towards the Raiders? Only time will tell!
