Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State leading scorer Tanner Holden took a measly three shots while playing 37 minutes in a 66-64 loss to Cleveland State on Friday — and he’d taken a mere two until scoring on a put-back with 4.2 seconds left.
Either the visiting Vikings knew how to contain the lefty wing or he’s a team-oriented player who knows he doesn’t need to force a shot if a teammate has a better one.
Turns out, it’s the latter.
“Other guys got it going. Loudon (Love) got it going. I’m not going to take shots away from him. Or if other guys get it going, I’m not going to be that guy who has to get mine. I feel like it just wasn’t my game,” he said.
Being selective has helped the sophomore shoot 57% from the field — he made two of those three shots against CSU — while upping his scoring average from 11.8 to 17.1, sixth in the Horizon League.
He still had 11 points in the defeat, making all six of his free throws and tossing in a 3, but he became the focal point of the offense again in Saturday’s rematch.
