Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Wright State is moving on in the NCAA Tournament for the first time.
The Raiders downed fellow 16 seed Bryant 93-82 on Wednesday night at UD Arena to advance to the round of 64. They had lost their previous three NCAA Tournament games, all in the round of 64.
Wright State led by two at the half, pushed the advantage to eight on Trey Calvin’s floater with 16:27 left, and it was never closer than five the rest of the way.
Calvin had a steal and a break-away layup to give Wright State a nine-point lead at 66-57, and AJ Braun’s free throw made it a 10-point game for the first time with 12 minutes to go.
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Tanner Holden pushed it to 75-61 with a pair of free throws with 7:50 to go, and the Raiders held serve from there.
They led by as many as 16 as a partisan crowd chanted, “Let’s Go Raiders” multiple times in the second half.
