# 1978–79 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 1978–79 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1978–79 NCAA NCAA Division II men's basketball season led by head coach Ralph Underhill.

## Season summary

Coach Ralph Underhill took over a team ready for his fast paced pressing style, earning the first 20 wins of his long tenure.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 28, 1978 | Wilberforce | W 103-73 | 1-0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 2, 1978 | at Miami Ohio | W 64-63 | 2–0 | Millett Assembly Hall Oxford, Ohio |
| Dec 4, 1978 | Northern Kentucky | W 74-69 $^{OT}$ | 3-0 | UD Arena Dayton, OH |
| Dec 6, 1978 | Indianapolis | W 72-70 | 4–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 9, 1978 | at Eastern Illinois | L 72-79 | 4-1 | Lantz Fieldhouse Charleston, Illinois |
| Dec 11, 1978 | at St. Joseph’s (IN) | W 73-65 | 5–1 | Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Dec 16, 1978 | Otterbein | W 112-94 | 6-1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 20, 1978 | at Youngstown State | W 75-55 | 7-1 | Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH |
| Dec 22, 1978 | Capital | W 85-81 | 8-1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 4, 1979 | at Akron | L 71-76 | 8-2 | Memorial Hall Akron, OH |
| Jan 6, 1978 | Northeastern Illinois | W 133-86 | 9–2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 8, 1979 | vs. Central State | W 89-82 | 10-2 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| Jan 10, 1979 | at Indianapolis | L 73-91 | 10-3 | Indianapolis |
| Jan 13, 1979 | Thomas Moore | L 78-82 | 10–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 17, 1979 | at Oakland | L 54-55 $^{OT}$ | 10–5 | Sports and Recreation Building Rochester, Michigan |
| Jan 20, 1979 | Elmhurst | W 96-77 | 11–5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 20, 1979 | at Missouri–St. Louis | L 89-94 | 11–6 | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Jan 27, 1979 | IUPUI | W 117-64 | 12–6 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 31, 1979 | at Northern Kentucky | W 80-63 | 13-6 | Regents Hall Highland Heights, Kentucky |
| Feb 5, 1979 | Eastern Illinois | W 80-63 | 14-6 | UD Arena Dayton, OH |
| Feb 10, 1979 | at Bellarmine | W 89-83 | 15–6 | Knights Hall Louisville, Kentucky |
| Feb 14, 1977 | Cleveland State | W 70-64 | 16-6 | UD Arena Dayton, OH |
| Feb 17, 1979 | Akron | W 91-80 | 17–6 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 21, 1979 | St. Joseph’s (IN) | L 78-79 $^{OT}$ | 17-7 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 21, 1979 | Missouri–St. Louis | W 94-75 | 18–7 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 26, 1979 | Spring Arbor | W 109-75 | 19–7 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Feb 26, 1979 | at Northern Michigan NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional | W 75-66 | 20–7 | Marquette, MI |
| Dec 11, 1978 | vs. St. Joseph’s (IN) NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional | L 68-73 | 20-8 | Marquette, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. ||||||
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## Awards and honors

| Bob Schaefer | MVP |
| Bob Cook | Raider Award |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
| 35 | Bob Schaefer | 26 | 14.1 | 367 | 29 | 121 |
| _ | Jimmy Carter | 28 | 13.0 | 364 | 27 | 150 |
| _ | Alan Crowe | 25 | 12.7 | 317 | 109 | 67 |
| 30 | Bill Wilson | 28 | 10.3 | 288 | 92 | 61 |
| 22 | Bob Cook | 28 | 9.7 | 271 | 115 | 106 |
| _ | Steve Hartings | 26 | 8.7 | 225 | 119 | 28 |
| _ | Jeff Bragg | 23 | 5.7 | 130 | 21 | 58 |
| _ | Tom Holzapfel | 11 | 4.5 | 49 | 7 | 16 |
| _ | Vince Shively | 15 | 4.2 | 63 | 20 | 16 |
| _ | Mike Zimmerman | 28 | 3.8 | 105 | 32 | 37 |
| _ | James Pinkney | 27 | 3.5 | 95 | 10 | 85 |
| 33 | Dan Huguely | 21 | 3.0 | 63 | 12 | 38 |
| 40 | Joe Fitzpatrick | 9 | 2.7 | 24 | 3 | 23 |
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