2015–16 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2015–16
Team:	Wright State Raiders
Conference:	Horizon League
Short Conf:	Horizon
Record:	22–13
Conf Record:	13–5
Head Coach:	Billy Donlon
Hc Year:	6th
Asst Coach1:	Scott Woods
Asst Coach2:	Patrice Days
Asst Coach3:	Kevin Devitt
Stadium:	Nutter Center

The 2015–16 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Raiders, led by sixth year head coach Billy Donlon, played their home games at the Nutter Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 22–13, 13–5 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated UIC, Detroit, and Oakland to advance to the championship game of the Horizon League tournament where they lost to Green Bay. Despite having 22 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

On March 19, head coach Billy Donlon was fired.^[1] He finished at Wright State with a six-year record of 109–94.

Schedule

^[2] |-! colspan="9" style="background:#355e3b; color:gold;"| Non-Conference regular season|-! colspan="9" style="background:#355e3b; color:gold;"| Horizon League regular season|-! colspan="9" style="background:#355e3b; color:gold;"|Horizon League tournament

Awards and honors

Joe Thomasson	Horizon League All Defensive Team
JT Yoho	Horizon League All Tournament Team

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Statistics

Number	Name	Games	Average	Points	Assists	Rebounds
23	Mark Alstork	35	12.4	434	61	164
11	JT Yoho	34	12.6	427	83	168
14	Michael Karena	34	9.9	338	11	127
32	Joe Thomasson	35	9.6	337	117	185
13	Grant Benzinger	34	7.6	259	18	63
10	Biggie Minnis	29	7.0	204	94	85
3	Mark Hughes	33	3.5	116	41	63
5	Justin Mitchell	23	3.2	73	27	53
20	Daniel Mortensen	22	2.7	60	5	17
4	Alan Vest	22	1.5	32	8	15
36	Roderick Davis	12	1.5	18	2	9
21	Trey Stacey	13	1.3	17	2	5
02	Daniel Collie	17	0.9	15	6	2
15	Brandon Neel	5	3.0	3	1	7

Source^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wright State fires coach Billy Donlon after 6 seasons . bigstory.ap.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160319000700/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/50c382639d084f32addb966e29af4f42/wright-state-fires-coach-billy-donlon-after-6-seasons . 2016-03-19.
2. Web site: 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule . www.WSURaiders.com . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220425152403/https://wsuraiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2015-16 . 2022-04-25.
3. Web site: Wright State Record Book. October 23, 2023.
4. Web site: 2015-16 Raider Basketball Wright State Combined Team Statistics . August 12, 2024.