# 1988–89 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season led by head coach Ralph Underhill.

## Season summary

Season two of Division I play continued the process of transition. There was optimism about the improving schedule that featured several good mid-majors. There was excitement about the new arena soon to be built on campus. The Raiders continued their exciting high-scoring brand of basketball, averaging over 80 points a night taking on all comers. There were also the growing pains of trying to scale-up operations to compete at the big-school level and the search for a conference continued.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Dec 3, 1988 | Middle Tennessee State | W 88-71 | 1–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 5, 1988 | at Central Michigan | L 87-96 | 1–1 | Rose Arena Mount Pleasant, MI |
| Dec 9, 1988 | at Drake Drake Classic | L 68-74 | 1–2 | Veterans Auditorium Des Moines, IA |
| Dec 10, 1988 | vs. George Mason Drake Classic | L 95-98 $^{2OT}$ | 1–3 | Veterans Auditorium Des Moines, IA |
| Dec 13, 1988 | St. Francis (NY) | W 75-74 | 2–3 | WSU PE Building (2,026) Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 16, 1988 | Bethune–Cookman Wright State Invitational | L 55-64 | 2–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 17, 1988 | Howard Wright State Invitational | W 76-72 | 3–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 21, 1988 | at Bowling Green | L 56-73 | 3–5 | Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH |
| Dec 31, 1988 | Liberty | W 105-77 | 4–5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 5, 1989 | at Howard | W 69-67 | 5–5 | Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 7, 1989 | at Brooklyn | W 94-70 | 6–5 | Roosevelt Gymnasium Brooklyn, New York |
| Jan 11, 1989 | Ashland | W 62-58 | 7-5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 13, 1989 | Central State | W 102-70 | 8-5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 18, 1989 | Western Illinois | W 72-65 | 9-5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 21, 1989 | at Akron | L 78-87 | 9-6 | JAR Arena Akron, OH |
| Jan 25, 1989 | Maryland-Baltimore County | W 86-81 | 10-6 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 28, 1989 | Green Bay | W 77-72 | 11-6 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 31, 1989 | Mount St. Mary’s | L 100-102 | 11-7 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 4, 1989 | Northern Illinois | L 84-85 | 11-8 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 8, 1989 | at Middle Tennessee State | L 51-83 | 11–9 | Hale Arena Murfreesboro, TN |
| Feb 11, 1989 | Southern Utah | W 87-81 | 12–9 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 13, 1989 | Wilmington | W 106-88 | 13–9 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 15, 1989 | at Eastern Kentucky | W 70-65 | 14–9 | Alumni Coliseum Richmond, KY |
| Feb 18, 1989 | Akron | L 70-86 | 14–10 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 20, 1989 | Brooklyn | W 118-88 | 15-10 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 25, 1989 | at Northern Illinois | L 73-82 | 15-11 | Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, IL |
| Mar 1, 1989 | Youngstown State | W 105-90 | 16-11 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Mar 4, 1989 | Milwaukee | W 105-96 | 17-11 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. ||||||
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## Awards and honors

| Rondey Robinson | MVP |
| Brad Smith | MVP |
| Chris Wampler | Raider Award |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
| 45 | Brad Smith | 28 | 21.7 | 608 | 48 | 266 |
| 42 | Rondney Robinson | 28 | 14.5 | 406 | 62 | 299 |
| 22 | Mark Woods | 27 | 10.0 | 270 | 156 | 76 |
| 20 | Marcus Mumphrey | 27 | 8.9 | 241 | 29 | 43 |
| 34 | Chris Wampler | 28 | 8.0 | 225 | 95 | 79 |
| 33 | Matt Horstman | 28 | 7.8 | 218 | 38 | 20 |
| 44 | Scott Benton | 27 | 6.1 | 164 | 42 | 98 |
| 32 | Dave Dinn | 4 | 6.0 | 24 | 5 | 20 |
| 35 | Ron Pierce | 24 | 2.8 | 67 | 2 | 39 |
| 52 | Scott Wilder | 20 | 2.2 | 43 | 1 | 20 |
| 23 | Rob Geistwhite | 14 | 1.9 | 27 | 11 | 26 |
| 43 | Rob Haucke | 16 | 1.3 | 21 | 20 | 8 |
| 40 | Jeff Unverferth | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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