GREEN BAY, WI — The Wright State Raiders had a big offensive game in a 99-67 victory over Green Bay Thursday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Brandon Noel scored a career-high 32 points on his way to his fourth straight double-double as he grabbed 12 rebounds. It’s also the first time Noel has scored over 30 points in his career.
The Raiders improved to 10-8 overall, 3-4 in the Horizon League.
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The Raiders made 41 of 57 shots, just less than 72% for the game. WSU shot just under 76% in the second half.
It marks the second time Wright State finished at over 70% shooting in game. They made 74% of their shots against Defiance on November 17.
Trey Calvin added 16 points while Amari Davis had 15 and Tim Finke scored 13 points. Both Calvin and Finke each had six assists.
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The Raiders opened the game scoring the first six points and led 19-8 with 12:27 left in the first half. Their biggest lead in the opening half was 16 points, 36-20, with 5:49 remaining until halftime. Green Bay cut the deficit to 42-33 at halftime.
Wright State began the second half outscoring Green Bay, 12-5, to go up, 54-38, and never looked back.
The Raiders’ next game will be Saturday night when play at Milwaukee. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at Panther Arena.