# 1977–78 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 1977–78 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1977–78 NCAA NCAA Division II men's basketball season led by head coach Marcus Jackson.

## Season summary

Coach Marcus Jackson's final season at Wright State was filled with as much promise as disappointment. There were extended winning streaks and maddening losing spells. The hot young coach seemed to be building a program to last, but internal disagreements came to light following on-court high jinks by Northern Kentucky, leading eventually to Jackson's dismissal at the end of the season.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 25, 1977 | West Virginia Wesleyan Wright State Invitational | W 78-76 | 1–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Nov 26, 1977 | Wittenberg Wright State Invitational | L 80-85 $^{OT}$ | 1–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Nov 29, 1977 | Campbellsville | W 81-69 | 2–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 3, 1977 | at Northern Kentucky | L 52-76 | 2-2 | Regents Hall Highland Heights, Kentucky |
| Dec 10, 1977 | Morehead State | L 79–87 | 2–3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 13, 1977 | at Miami Ohio | L 69-73 | 2–4 | Millett Assembly Hall Oxford, Ohio |
| Dec 16, 1977 | Thomas Moore | W 67-57 | 3–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 19, 1977 | at IUPUI | W 82-79 | 4–4 | Indianapolis |
| Dec 30, 1977 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | W 84-71 | 5–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 5, 1978 | Eastern Illinois | W 74-71 | 6–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 7, 1978 | at Central State | L 57-65 | 6-5 | Wilberforce, Ohio |
| Jan 10, 1978 | Roanoke | W 80-60 | 7-5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 10, 1978 | at Clearwater | W 119-65 | 8-5 | Clearwater, FL |
| Jan 16, 1978 | at Armstrong State | W 85-74 | 9-5 | Savannah Civic Center Savannah, Georgia |
| Jan 21, 1978 | Akron | W 69-61 | 10–5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 26, 1978 | at Robert Morris | W 90-81 | 11-5 | Moon Township, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 28, 1978 | at Youngstown State | W 60-59 | 12-5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 1, 1978 | Indianapolis | W 78-75 | 13–5 | Indianapolis |
| Feb 4, 1978 | VCU (Virginia Commonwealth) | L 59-63 | 13-6 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 8, 1978 | at Eastern Illinois | L 60-64 | 13-7 | Lantz Fieldhouse Charleston, Illinois |
| Feb 11, 1978 | Bellarmine | L 63-65 | 13-8 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 13, 1978 | Milwaukee | W 71-69 | 14-8 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 15, 1978 | at Cleveland State | L 62-77 | 14-9 | Public Hall Cleveland, OH |
| Feb 18, 1978 | Kentucky State | L 75-92 | 14-10 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 20, 1978 | Northern Kentucky | L 73-77 $^{OT}$ | 14-11 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 23, 1978 | at Akron | L 85-88 | 14-12 | Memorial Hall Akron, OH |
| Feb 25, 1978 | Point Park | L 85-95 | 14-13 | 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

| Bob Schaefer | MVP |
| Joe Fitzpatrick | Raider Award |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| 35 | Bob Schaefer | 27 | 17.5 | 473 | 190 | 49 |
| 30 | Bill Wilson | 27 | 11.0 | 297 | 59 | 68 |
| _ | Jimmy Carter | 26 | 8.6 | 224 | 141 | 23 |
| _ | Alan Crowe | 27 | 8.3 | 225 | 57 | 120 |
| 40 | Joe Fitzpatrick | 27 | 6.6 | 179 | 163 | 11 |
| _ | Steve Hartings | 24 | 6.5 | 157 | 128 | 24 |
| 33 | Dan Huguely | 26 | 5.0 | 131 | 79 | 9 |
| 22 | Bob Cook | 22 | 4.5 | 99 | 46 | 24 |
| 23 | Alan McGee | 24 | 4.3 | 102 | 22 | 35 |
| _ | Mike Zimmerman | 23 | 3.0 | 70 | 24 | 49 |
| _ | Dave Bockhorn | 12 | 1.8 | 22 | 9 | 12 |
| _ | Jeff Bragg | 23 | 1.7 | 39 | 22 | 9 |
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