Wright State comes to Akron Wednesday night to face the Zips. The Raiders stand at 5-5 coming off of a 64-60 loss at Western Kentucky. They have wins over Louisville, Bowling Green, Defiance, Abilene Christian and Weber State. They have lost three in a row, to WKU, Youngstown State and Rober Morris and lost earlier in the season to Davidson and UC Riverside.
The Raiders lost two of their best players, Tanner Holden and Grant Basile, who combined for 38.5 points and 15.6 rebounds last season, to P5 teams in the offseason. In their absence, the team has been led by 6'0" senior guard Trey Calvin at 17 ppg and 6'2" senior guard Amari Jackson at 12.9 ppg. 6'8" redshirt freshman forward Brandon Noel kicks in 12.1 ppg while leading the team in rebounding at 6.4 rpg. The Raiders were predicted to finish third in the Horizon preseason poll . Calvin and former Horizon League Freshman of the Year Amari Davis (who started his career at UWGB) were named to the All-Horizon preseason second team.