# 2011–12 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Billy Donlon, serving his second year. The Raiders played their home games at the Nutter Center and are members of the Horizon League. They lost in the first round of the Horizon League tournament to Butler.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| Nov. 5* 7:00 pm | Central State | L 50–56 | | Nutter Center (3,179) Fairborn, OH |
| Regular season |||||
| Nov. 11* 9:00 pm, BTN | at No. 3 Ohio State Global Sports Shootout | L 42–73 | 0–1 | Value City Arena (15,645) Columbus, OH |
| Nov. 13* 3:00 pm | Kenyon | W 80–56 | 1–1 | Nutter Center (2,583) Fairborn, OH |
| Nov. 16* 7:00 pm | Jackson State Global Sports Shootout | W 56–39 | 2–1 | Nutter Center (3,159) Fairborn, OH |
| Nov. 21* 7:00 pm, Sun Sports | vs. No. 10 Florida Global Sports Shootout | L 65–78 | 2–2 | St. Pete Times Forum (6,331) Tampa, FL |
| Nov. 23* 7:00 pm | at North Florida Global Sports Shootout | L 52–69 | 2–3 | UNF Arena (824) Jacksonville, FL |
| Nov. 26* 7:00 pm | Charlotte | L 66–70 | 2–4 | Nutter Center (2,993) Fairborn, OH |
| Dec. 1 7:00 pm | Cleveland State | L 43–45 | 2–5 (0–1) | Nutter Center (3,349) Fairborn, OH |
| Dec. 3 3:00 pm | Youngstown State | W 63–62 | 3–5 (1–1) | Nutter Center (2,879) Fairborn, OH |
| Dec. 7* 9:00 pm | at Air Force | L 34–55 | 3–6 | Clune Arena (1,471) Colorado Springs, CO |
| Dec. 10* 3:30 pm, ONN | at Miami | W 51–39 | 4–6 | Millett Hall (2,544) Oxford, OH |
| Dec. 14* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | Cincinnati | L 58–78 | 4–7 | Nutter Center (5,977) Fairborn, OH |
| Dec. 17* 7:00 pm | Ohio | L 54–82 | 4–8 | Nutter Center (3,749) Fairborn, OH |
| Dec. 20* 7:00 pm | Idaho | W 80–78 $^{OT}$ | 5–8 | Nutter Center (3,040) Fairborn, OH |
| Dec. 22* 7:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 60–42 | 6–8 | Nutter Center (3,684) Fairborn, OH |
| Dec. 29 8:00 pm | at Loyola | W 64–48 | 7–8 (2–1) | Joseph J. Gentile Center (1,429) Chicago, IL |
| Dec. 31 2:00 pm | at UIC | W 74–70 $^{OT}$ | 8–8 (3–1) | UIC Pavilion (1,836) Chicago, IL |
| Jan. 6 9:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN3 | Butler | L 62–63 | 8–9 (3–2) | Nutter Center (6,588) Fairborn, OH |
| Jan. 8 3:00 pm | Valparaiso | W 73–55 | 9–9 (3–3) | Nutter Center (3,736) Fairborn, OH |
| Jan. 12 8:00 pm | at Milwaukee | L 38–58 | 9–10 (4–3) | U.S. Cellular Arena (2,364) Milwaukee, WI |
| Jan. 14 2:00 pm, HLN | at Green Bay | L 56–57 | 9–11 (4–4) | Resch Center (3,449) Green Bay, WI |
| Jan. 21 12:00 pm, Fox Sports | at Detroit | L 53–69 | 10–11 (4–5) | Calihan Hall (2,247) Detroit, MI |
| Jan. 25 7:00 pm | UIC | W 69–63 | 10–12 (5–5) | Nutter Center (3,578) Fairborn, OH |
| Jan. 27 7:00 pm | Loyola | W 47–41 | 11–12 (6–5) | Nutter Center (4,743) Fairborn, OH |
| Feb. 2 7:00 pm | at Butler | L 53–64 | 11–13 (6–6) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (6,543) Indianapolis, IN |
| Feb. 4 8:00 pm | at Valparaiso | L 54–63 | 11–14 (6–7) | Athletics–Recreation Center (4,727) Valparaiso, IN |
| Feb. 10 9:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN3 | Green Bay | L 48–53 | 11–15 (6–8) | Nutter Center (4,557) Fairborn, OH |
| Feb. 12 3:00 pm | Milwaukee Academic Recognition Day | W 70–46 | 12–15 (7–8) | Nutter Center (4,263) Fairborn, OH |
| Feb. 15 7:00 pm | Detroit | L 55–71 | 12–16 (7–9) | Nutter Center (3,565) Fairborn, OH |
| Feb. 18 5:05 pm | at UMKC Bracket Busters | W 76–62 | 13–16 | Swinney Recreation Center (888) Kansas City, MO |
| Feb. 23 7:00 pm | at Youngstown State | L 54–61 | 13–17 (7–10) | Beeghly Center (1,953) Youngstown, OH |
| Feb. 25 2:00 pm | at Cleveland State | L 55–77 | 13–18 (7–11) | Wolstein Center (3,891) Cleveland, OH |
| Horizon League tournament |||||
| Feb. 28 7:00 pm, HLN | at Butler First Round | L 52–70 | 13–19 | Hinkle Fieldhouse (4,042) Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. HLN = Horizon League Network. BTN = Big Ten Network. ONN = Ohio News Network.. |||||

## Awards and honors

| Johann Mpondo | Raider Award |
| Julius Mays | Second Team All Horizon League |
| Julius Mays | Horizon League Newcomer of the Year |
| Julius Mays | Horizon League All Newcomer Team |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
| 34 | Julius Mays | 30 | 14.1 | 423 | 74 | 85 |
| 3 | Reggie Arceneaux | 32 | 8.5 | 272 | 68 | 64 |
| 12 | Armond Battle | 30 | 6.8 | 205 | 26 | 105 |
| 22 | Cole Darling | 30 | 6.3 | 190 | 23 | 109 |
| 23 | AJ Pacher | 32 | 5.4 | 173 | 11 | 108 |
| 21 | Vance Hall | 30 | 4.5 | 134 | 27 | 45 |
| 5 | John Balwigaire | 31 | 4.3 | 133 | 32 | 38 |
| 4 | Johann Mpondo | 32 | 4.1 | 131 | 7 | 105 |
| 44 | Tavares Sledge | 31 | 3.1 | 96 | 7 | 88 |
| 24 | Matt Vest | 20 | 2.1 | 42 | 15 | 20 |
| 15 | Kendall Griffin | 25 | 2.0 | 49 | 16 | 33 |
| 10 | Jason Cuffee | 16 | 0.4 | 6 | 13 | 11 |
| 30 | Stephen Gossard | 9 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Ulysses Thomas | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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