# 1987–88 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1987–88 NCAA NCAA Division I men's basketball season led by head coach Ralph Underhill.

## Season summary

1987-88 was the beginning of one of the most difficult periods for the Raiders. There was excitement about moving up to Division I, but this was tempered by the frustration of not finding a conference to join. Jumping up a division is always a challenge, but combined with the chaos of putting together an independent schedule made winning and getting noticed difficult. Even so, Wright State Basketball delivered yet another winning season.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 28, 1987 | at U.S. International | W 110-97 | 1-0 | Golden Hall San Diego, CA |
| Dec 5, 1987 | Pace | W 71-70 | 2–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 7, 1987 | at Green Bay | L 65-87 | 2-1 | Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena Green Bay, WI |
| Dec 9, 1987 | at Western Illinois | L 67-89 | 2–2 | Western Hall Macomb, IL |
| Dec 12, 1987 | at Bowling Green | L 65-66 | 2–3 | Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH |
| Dec 18, 1987 | Delaware State Wright State Invitational | W 99-96 | 3–3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 19, 1987 | Northeast Louisiana Wright State Invitational | W 74-68 | 4–3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 22, 1987 | Central Michigan | L 68-97 | 4–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 2, 1988 | Bethune-Cookman | W 98-76 | 5–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 6, 1988 | at Brooklyn | W 80-56 | 6–4 | Roosevelt Gymnasium Brooklyn, New York |
| Jan 13, 1988 | Chicago State | W 80-75 | 7–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 16, 1988 | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 103-73 | 8–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 18, 1988 | Howard | W 88-69 | 9–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 20, 1988 | at Youngstown State | W 93-63 | 10-4 | Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH |
| Jan 23, 1988 | Brooklyn | W 87-70 | 11-4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 28, 1988 | at Maryland Eastern Shore | L 73-77 | 11-5 | J. Millard Tawes Gymnasium Princess Anne, MD |
| Jan 30, 1988 | at Maryland-Baltimore County | L 79-81 | 11-6 | UMBC Fieldhouse Baltimore, MD |
| Feb 3, 1988 | at Xavier | L 84-101 | 11-7 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH |
| Feb 6, 1988 | U.S. International | W 97-89 | 12-7 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 10, 1988 | Akron | L 81-88 | 12–8 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 13, 1988 | at Chicago State | L 83-90 | 12–9 | Physical Education and Athletic Building Chicago, IL |
| Feb 15, 1988 | Central Connecticut | W 86-82 | 13–9 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 17, 1978 | at Akron | L 82-89 $^{OT}$ | 13-10 | JAR Arena Akron, OH |
| Feb 21, 1988 | vs. Central State | W 82-57 | 14-10 | UD Arena Dayton, OH |
| Feb 24, 1988 | at Central Connecticut | W 90-87 | 15-10 | Kaiser Hall New Britain, CT |
| Feb 27, 1988 | Maryland-Baltimore County | W 90-87 | 16-10 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Mar 5, 1988 | at Dayton Gem City Jam | L 71-89 | 16-11 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. ||||||
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## Awards and honors

| Joe Jackson | MVP |
| Rondey Robinson | Raider Award |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
| 22 | Joe Jackson | 27 | 15.9 | 429 | 90 | 142 |
| 42 | Rondney Robinson | 25 | 15.4 | 384 | 16 | 163 |
| 32 | Dave Dinn | 27 | 12.0 | 328 | 39 | 164 |
| 33 | Matt Horstman | 26 | 10.6 | 275 | 23 | 40 |
| 35 | Corey Brown | 27 | 8.4 | 227 | 163 | 60 |
| 44 | Scott Benton | 22 | 6.4 | 140 | 20 | 62 |
| 40 | James Jones | 24 | 6.0 | 141 | 15 | 114 |
| 23 | Rob Geistwhite | 23 | 5.5 | 120 | 34 | 35 |
| 34 | Chris Wampler | 27 | 4.9 | 133 | 28 | 36 |
| 52 | Scott Wilder | 21 | 1.9 | 39 | 2 | 25 |
| 43 | Mike Thompson | 12 | 1.1 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Pat Drazga | 12 | 1.0 | 12 | 2 | 9 |
| 30 | Jeff Combs | 10 | 0.6 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
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