Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2018–19 |
Team: | Wright State Raiders |
Conference: | Horizon League |
Short Conf: | Horizon |
Record: | 21–14 |
Conf Record: | 13–5 |
Head Coach: | Scott Nagy |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Asst Coach1: | Brian Cooley |
Asst Coach2: | Sharif Chambliss |
Asst Coach3: | Clint Sargent |
Stadium: | Nutter Center |
Champion: | Horizon League regular season co-champions |
Bowl: | NIT |
Bowl Result: | first round |
The 2018–19 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Raiders, led by third-year head coach Scott Nagy, played their home games at the Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio, as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 21–14, 13–5 in Horizon League to be regular season co-champions with Northern Kentucky. They defeated IUPUI and Green Bay to advance to the championship game of the Horizon League tournament where they lost to Northern Kentucky. As regular season league champion, and number 1 seed in their league tournament, who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Clemson.
The Raiders finished the 2017–18 season 25–10, 14–4 in Horizon League play to finish in second place. In the Horizon League tournament, they defeated Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Cleveland State to become Horizon League Tournament champions. This received the Horizon League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Tennessee in the first round.[1]
|-! colspan="9" style=| Exhibition|-! colspan="9" style=| Non-conference regular season|-! colspan="9" style=| Horizon League regular season|-! colspan="9" style=|Horizon League tournament|-|-! colspan="9" style=|NIT|-
Loudon Love | First Team All Horizon League |
Bill Wampler | Second Team All Horizon League |
Parker Ernsthausen | Horizon League All Defensive Team |
Mark Hughes | Horizon League All Defensive Team |
Malachi Smith | Horizon League All Newcomer Team |
Scott Nagy | Horizon League Coach of the Year |
Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bill Wampler | 35 | 15.0 | 525 | 42 | 118 |
11 | Loudon Love | 34 | 15.1 | 513 | 32 | 280 |
31 | Cole Gentry | 35 | 11.7 | 411 | 113 | 86 |
3 | Mark Hughes | 35 | 9.3 | 324 | 101 | 149 |
5 | Skyelar Potter | 35 | 5.8 | 204 | 20 | 134 |
13 | Malachi Smith | 35 | 5.4 | 190 | 59 | 100 |
22 | Parker Ernsthausen | 35 | 4.9 | 173 | 81 | 108 |
4 | Alan Vest | 35 | 4.9 | 173 | 31 | 138 |
23 | James Manns | 16 | 1.9 | 31 | 1 | 5 |
20 | Andy Neff | 8 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Adam Giles | 14 | 0.4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
21 | Grant Basile | 3 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
00 | Jaylon Hall | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |