# 1984–85 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1984–85 NCAA NCAA Division II men's basketball season led by head coach Ralph Underhill.

## Season summary

A dominant Division-II program once again hits the 20 win mark and earns a trip to the NCAA tournament. The young Raiders struggled on the road (1-7), but dominated all comers in the PE Building.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 21, 1984 | Grace | W 102-73 | 1-0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Nov 24, 1984 | Northeastern Illinois | W 91-83 | 2–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 4, 1984 | Malone | W 67-65 | 3–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 8, 1984 | at Kentucky Wesleyan | L 53-76 | 3-1 | Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Dec 12, 1984 | Ashland | L 71-76 | 4-1 | Kates Gym Ashland, OH |
| Dec 15, 1984 | at Indiana-Purdue-Ft. Wayne | W 83-72 | 5-1 | IPFW Gymnasium Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Dec 17, 1984 | Bellarmine | W 93-84 | 6-1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 21, 1984 | vs. District of Columbia Florida Southern Invitational | W 93-81 | 7-1 | Lakeland, FL |
| Dec 22, 1984 | at Florida Southern Florida Southern Invitational | L 62-66 | 7-2 | Lakeland, FL |
| Jan 2, 1985 | Franklin | W 82-75 | 8-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 4, 1985 | Missouri–St. Louis Wright State Invitational | W 83-78 $^{OT}$ | 9–2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 5, 1985 | Central State Wright State Invitational | W 85-70 | 10-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 9, 1985 | at IUPUI | L 74-77 | 10-3 | Harry E. Wood Continuing Education Center Indianapolis |
| Jan 12, 1985 | Marycrest | W 99-86 | 11-3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 16, 1985 | Kentucky Wesleyan | W 88-82 | 12-3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 19, 1985 | Ashland | W 79-76 | 13-3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 21, 1985 | Indiana Central | W 79-71 | 14-3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 26, 1985 | Northern Kentucky | W 55-53 | 15-3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 31, 1985 | Urbana | W 113-78 | 16–3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 2, 1985 | Michigan-Dearborn | W 115-63 | 17-3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 6, 1985 | vs. Central State | W 71-62 | 18-3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 9, 1985 | at SIU Edwardsville | L 58-59 | 18-4 | Vadalabene Center Edwardsville, Illinois |
| Feb 16, 1985 | SIU Edwardsville | W 81-59 | 19-4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 18, 1985 | at Charleston | L 92-149 | 19-5 | Eddie King Gymnasium Charleston, West Virginia |
| Feb 23, 1985 | Spring Arbor | W 91-68 | 20-5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 27, 1985 | Wayne State | W 97-82 | 21-5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Mar 2, 1985 | at Northern Kentucky | L 69-71 | 21-6 | Regents Hall Highland Heights, Kentucky |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 1985 | at Lewis NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional | W 61-53 | 22–6 | Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Mar 6, 1985 | at Kentucky Wesleyan NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional | L 71-76 | 22-7 | Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, Kentucky |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. ||||||
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## Awards and honors

| Mark Vest | MVP |
| Andy Warner | All American |
| Rodney Webb | Raider Award |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
| 23 | Mark Vest | 29 | 18.4 | 535 | 48 | 173 |
| 44 | Andy Warner | 29 | 12.1 | 350 | 24 | 122 |
| 35 | Grant Marion | 28 | 8.1 | 226 | 26 | 151 |
| 34 | Mark McCormick | 29 | 7.9 | 228 | 97 | 76 |
| 20 | Tyrone Joye | 29 | 7.3 | 212 | 124 | 32 |
| 33 | Thernon Barbour | 29 | 6.7 | 194 | 13 | 118 |
| 22 | Joe Jackson | 28 | 6.5 | 181 | 25 | 43 |
| 25 | Lenny Lyons | 29 | 5.4 | 156 | 25 | 43 |
| 24 | Rodney Webb | 17 | 4.3 | 113 | 19 | 86 |
| 40 | James Jones | 13 | 3.5 | 45 | 2 | 28 |
| 43 | Eric Ernst | 9 | 3.2 | 29 | 2 | 11 |
| 32 | Rob Sanders | 16 | 2.8 | 44 | 9 | 30 |
| 45 | Al Taylor | 10 | 2.4 | 24 | 3 | 13 |
| 42 | Jerome Black | 6 | 1.8 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 30 | Bert Seard | 8 | 1.4 | 11 | 2 | 7 |
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