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DDN Archdeacon: ‘Brotherhood’ fuels Wright State’s 2K seniors

Bob Grant hugs Trey Calvin

Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News

By Tom Archdeacon

The first time he saw the Nutter Center he was amazed.

When Wright State was recruiting him out of St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Trey Calvin knew very little about the school and nothing about its basketball arena.

“People said Wright State was a mid-major — not a big school — so I didn’t expect them to have this big, huge gymnasium,” Calvin said as he stood outside the Raiders’ dressing room Saturday night after WSU’s 94-88 victory over Northern Kentucky in the regular season finale at the Nutter Center. “The first time I saw this place was on my recruiting visit and it definitely pulled me to Wright State. I was thinking this could be as great place to play. This place could be special.”

Later, on his first day on campus, he gravitated to the Nutter Center court and began shooting around. Soon he was joined by another freshman.

Tanner Holden, who was from Wheelersburg, had come to shoot, as well.

The two didn’t know each other, but they soon formed a bond.