\n
\n Story Links
\n
<\/p>\n
DAYTON \u2013 The Wright State men’s basketball team and head coach Clint Sargent<\/a> announced the Raiders’ 2025-26 non-conference schedule on Tuesday afternoon, highlighted by five home contests inside the Nutter Center as part of a slate that includes three first-time opponents and some familiar foes. Franklin College (Nov. 3, Nutter Center) \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Story Links
DAYTON \u2013 The Wright State men’s basketball team and head coach Clint Sargent announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":["post-144785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaabasketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00a0
\nSeason tickets are on sale now<\/a>, with opportunities to purchase single game tickets set to go on sale in the coming months. Wright State’s Horizon League schedule was announced last week.<\/a>
\n\u00a0
\nThe Raider non-conference schedule is highlighted by continuing a pair of longstanding in-state matchups with home contests against Toledo and Miami (OH) and an opening week trip to take on California, in addition to previously the announced game at Butler and taking part in the Greenbrier Tip-Off.
\n\u00a0
\n“I’m very pleased with how our non-conference schedule came together and want to thank our staff for their hard work,” Sargent said of the slate. “We aimed to create a competitively balanced schedule that challenges our team and provides opportunities to grow, while giving our fans plenty of chances to support us at home and on the road.”
\n\u00a0
\nThe Raiders will officially open the season at home on November 3 against Franklin College before a cross-country trip and their first-ever matchup\u00a0with California. The early season trip will be Wright State’s first visit to the state of California since the Raiders’ 2022 NCAA Tournament matchup against Arizona that was played in San Diego. The last time the Raiders played on the West Coast during the regular season was a trip to Seattle in 2009 when they opened the season at the Athletes in Action Classic. The state of California was also the site of Wright State’s first-ever win as an NCAA Division I institution, with the Raiders earning a 110-97 road victory over the former United States International University in San Diego on November 28, 1987.
\n\u00a0
\nWright State returns home to the Nutter Center to take on Toledo for the 17th time in program history on November 11 before taking part in the Greenbrier Tip-Off November 15 and 16 against Radford and Kent State. The Raiders host Ohio Wesleyan at home on November 20 before finishing the month on the road, first in Florida on November 25 at Stetson before renewing a series with former Horizon League foe Butler on November 28 in Indianapolis.
\n\u00a0
\nThe Raiders close out the non-conference with three December matchups, first traveling to Marshall on December 13 before a pair of home contests inside the Nutter Center. Wright State and Miami (OH) square off for the 41st time on December 16 before the Raiders host Eastern Michigan on December 22.
\n\u00a0
\nWright State returns six players from a season ago while adding seven newcomers (four transfers, three freshmen). Logan Woods<\/a> started 25 games in 2024-25 while shooting 48 percent overall, while Michael Imariagbe<\/a> (18 starts, 64 percent shooting) and Solomon Callaghan<\/a> (11 starts, 41 percent shooting) also had double-digit starts and shot over 40 percent from the floor and Andrea Holden<\/a> connected at a 65 percent shooting clip with five starts. Transfers Sam Alamutu<\/a>, TJ Burch<\/a>, Bryan Etumnu<\/a> and Dominic Pangonis<\/a> join the Raiders with collegiate experience, along with redshirt freshmen Alex Bruskotter<\/a> and Ayden Davis<\/a> and true freshmen Michael Cooper<\/a>, PJ Douglas<\/a> and Kellen Pickett<\/a>.
\n\u00a0
\nOPPONENT INFO<\/p>\n
\nFranklin ended 2024-25 with a 22-8 overall record and won the Heartland tournament title, advancing to the NCAA Division III Sweet 16 before falling to Washington University in St. Louis in the national tournament. Wright State and Franklin have met eight times previously, with the Raiders winning all eight times. The first matchup came in February 1974 and the most recent meeting was in January 1985.
\n\u00a0
\nCal (Nov. 6, Berkeley, CA)
\nCal finished with a 14-19 overall record and a 6-14 ACC record in its first year in the conference, falling in the second round of the ACC Tournament. Cal was 11-6 at home last season. Wright State and Cal have never met on the hardwood.
\n\u00a0
\nToledo (Nov. 11, Nutter Center)
\nToledo was 18-15 overall in 2024-25 with a 10-8 MAC record, ending the year in the second round of the MAC Tournament. Toledo was 6-9 in true road games last season. Wright State and Toledo have met 16 times previously, most recently last November, with the Raiders having won three of the last five contests in an 8-8 overall series.
\n\u00a0
\nGreenbrier Tip-Off (Nov. 15-16, White Sulphur Springs, WV)
\n– Radford (Nov. 15) finished 20-13 last season with a 9-7 Big South record, ending the year in the semifinals of the Big South Tournament. Radford was 7-9 in true road contests last season but 3-1 in neutral matchups. Wright State and Radford have never met on the hardwood.
\n– Kent State (Nov. 16) was 24-12 in 2024-25 with an 11-7 MAC record, advancing to the NIT Quarterfinals. The Raiders have faced Kent State seven times previously, with four of those meetings coming since 2016, in a short series with the in-state foe that dates back to the 1973-74 campaign.
\n\u00a0
\nOhio Wesleyan (Nov. 20, Nutter Center)
\nOhio Wesleyan finished 2024-25 with a 15-12 overall record and a 9-7 mark in the North Coast Athletic Conference, ending the year in the NCAC tournament semifinals. Ohio Wesleyan was a combined 7-8 in contests away from home last season. Wright State and Ohio Wesleyan have never met on the hardwood.
\n\u00a0
\nStetson (Nov. 25, DeLand, FL)
\nStetson was 8-24 last season with a 6-12 mark in the ASUN, ending the year in the opening round of the ASUN tournament. Stetson was 5-9 at home in 2024-25. Wright State and Stetson have met three times previously, facing off in Florida in January 1974, January 1975 and January 1976.
\n\u00a0
\nButler (Nov. 28, Indianapolis, IN)
\nButler ended 2024-25 with a 15-20 overall record and a 6-14 mark in Big East play, concluding the season in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Crown. November’s matchup will be the 44th meeting all time between the former Horizon League foes and the first time since February 2012.
\n\u00a0
\nMarshall (Dec. 13, Huntington, WV)
\nMarshall was 20-13 overall and 12-6 in Sun Belt action last season, ending the year in the Sun Belt tournament quarterfinals. Marshall was 14-3 at home in 2024-25. Wright State and Marshall have faced off five times previously, including a Raider win last season inside the Nutter Center.
\n\u00a0
\nMiami (OH) (Dec. 16, Nutter Center)
\nMiami (OH) finished 2024-25 with a 25-9 record and a 14-4 MAC mark, ending the year in the MAC Championship game. Miami finished with a 15-1 home record last year, with its lone blemish coming in November as the Raiders handed them a 13-pint defeat in the 40th all-time meeting between the schools. \u00a0
\n\u00a0
\nEastern Michigan (Dec. 22, Nutter Center)
\nEastern Michigan was 16-16 last season with a 9-9 record in the MAC, falling in the opening round of the MAC tournament to close the season. Eastern Michigan was 6-10 on the road last season. This marks just the second meeting between Wright State and Eastern Michigan in a series that started last December.<\/p>\n