# 1981–82 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 1981–82 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1981–82 NCAA NCAA Division II men's basketball season led by head coach Ralph Underhill.

## Season summary

Wright State began the 1981-82 season having graduated eight seniors the year before, including all five starters. However, they also began the season ranked #3 in the U.S. Basketball Writers Association preseason poll, so no opponent would overlook theses Raiders.
Their dominate 22-7 final record could only be thought of as disappointing because of yet another 3rd place finish in the Great Lakes Regional of the NCAA Div-II tournament.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 28, 1981 | Wilberforce | W 102-60 | 1-0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 2, 1981 | at Bowling Green | W 81-71 | 2–0 | Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH |
| Dec 5, 1981 | Franklin | W 92-73 | 3-0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 7, 1981 | at Miami Ohio | W 65-59 | 4–0 | Millett Assembly Hall Oxford, Ohio |
| Dec 13, 1981 | at Charleston | L 69-83 | 4–1 | Eddie King Gymnasium Charleston, West Virginia |
| Dec 15, 1981 | Thomas Moore | W 100-78 | 5–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 18, 1981 | Otterbein | W 86-83 | 6-1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 21, 1981 | Charleston | W 68-55 | 7–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 2, 1982 | Northeastern Illinois | W 99-63 | 8–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 4, 1982 | Lewis | L 57-69 | 8–2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 6, 1982 | at Indiana Central | W 77-61 | 9-2 | Nicoson Hall Indianapolis |
| Jan 9, 1982 | Gannon | W 73-55 | 10-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 14, 1982 | vs. Central State | W 86-72 | 11-2 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| Jan 20, 1982 | Northern Kentucky | W 57-55 $^{OT}$ | 12-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 23, 1982 | Indiana-Purdue-Ft. Wayne | W 105-80 | 13-2 | WSU PE Building Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Jan 25, 1982 | IUPUI | W 96-87 | 14-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 27, 1982 | at St. Joseph’s (IN) | W 75-56 | 15-2 | Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Feb 1, 1982 | Youngstown State | W 85-74 | 16-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 4, 1982 | at Kentucky State | W 97-89 | 17-2 | Capital Plaza Frankfort, Kentucky |
| Feb 6, 1982 | Transylvania | W 74-60 | 18-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 9, 1982 | vs. Central State | L 73-94 | 18-3 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| Feb 11, 1982 | at Lewis | L 74-76 | 18–4 | Memorial Gym Lockport, Illinois |
| Feb 17, 1982 | Indiana Central | L 83-87 | 18-5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 20, 1982 | Siena Heights | W 83-71 | 19-5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 24, 1982 | at Transylvania | L 52-55 | 19-6 | McAlister Auditorium Lexington, Kentucky |
| Feb 27, 1982 | at Northern Kentucky | W 69-67 | 20-6 | Regents Hall Highland Heights, Kentucky |
| Mar 2, 1982 | Kentucky State | W 97-89 | 21-6 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 6, 1982 | at Kentucky Wesleyan NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional | L 71-76 $^{OT}$ | 21-7 | Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Mar 7, 1981 | vs. Bellarmine NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional | W 87-86 $^{2OT}$ | 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

| Stan Hearns | MVP |
| T.C. Johnson | Raider Award |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
| 25 | Stan Hearns | 27 | 17.8 | 481 | 40 | 119 |
| 24 | Gary Monroe | 26 | 13.0 | 337 | 23 | 145 |
| 40 | Fred Moore | 27 | 9.8 | 265 | 25 | 101 |
| 35 | Steve Purcell | 27 | 8.4 | 253 | 34 | 139 |
| 42 | Anthony Bias | 27 | 7.9 | 214 | 135 | 120 |
| 20 | T.C. Johnson | 27 | 5.9 | 159 | 79 | 49 |
| 44 | Andy Warner | 22 | 5.5 | 120 | 8 | 50 |
| 30 | Mike Grote | 18 | 5.2 | 93 | 72 | 30 |
| 23 | Tom Holzapfel | 24 | 4.7 | 113 | 23 | 50 |
| 33 | Theron Barbour | 21 | 3.3 | 68 | 8 | 49 |
| 34 | Mark McCormick | 14 | 2.3 | 32 | 13 | 16 |
| 32 | Aaron McGlen | 12 | 1.7 | 20 | 4 | 8 |
| 43 | Eric Ernst | 8 | 1.5 | 12 | 1 | 8 |
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