# 2016–17 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Raiders, led by first-year head coach Scott Nagy, played their home games at the Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 20–12, 11–7 in Horizon League play to finish fifth place. In the Horizon League tournament, they lost to Northern Kentucky in the quarterfinals. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

## Previous season

The Raiders finished the 2015–16 season 22–13, 13–5 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated UIC, Detroit, and Oakland to advance to the Championship game of the Horizon League tournament where they lost to Green Bay. Despite having 22 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.
On March 19, 2016 head coach Billy Donlon was fired. He finished at Wright State with a six-year record of 109–94. On April 4, the school hired Scott Nagy as head coach.

## Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Daniel Collie | 2 | G | 6'0" | 170 | Senior | Parkersville, WV | Graduated |
| Biggie Minnis | 10 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Senior | Philadelphia, PA | Graduated |
| J. T. Yoho | 11 | F | 6'6" | 235 | Senior | Solsberry, IN | Graduated |
| Michael Karena | 14 | C | 6'10" | 270 | Senior | Christchurch, New Zealand | Graduated |
| Brandon Neel | 15 | G | 6'3" | 190 | RS Junior | Cincinnati, OH | Graduate transferred to Midwestern State |
| Daniel Mortensen | 20 | F | 6'9" | 230 | Freshman | Islev, Denmark | Transferred to Barry |
| Joe Thomasson | 32 | G | 6'4" | 165 | Senior | Dayton, OH | Graduated |
| Roderick Davis | 35 | F | 6'9" | 230 | Sophomore | Brandon, FL | Transferred to Indianapolis |

### Incoming Transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Mike LaTulip | 5 | G | 6'1" | 170 | RS Senior | Arlington Heights, IL | Transferred from Illinois. Will eligible to play since LaTulip graduated from Illinois. |

## Recruiting class of 2016

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Everett Winchester #90 SG | Baltimore, MD | Gilman School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Sep 12, 2015 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 59 ||||||
| Ryan Custer PF | Cincinnati, OH | Elder High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Aug 4, 2015 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Loudon Love-Vollbrecht PF | Geneva, IL | Geneva High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 285 lb (129 kg) | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 19, 2016. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2016* 7:00 pm | | Cedarville | W 88–62 | | Nutter Center (3,809) Fairborn, OH |
| Non-Conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Southern Illinois | W 85–81 | 1–0 | SIU Arena (4,427) Carbondale, IL |
| 11/15/2016* 7:00 pm | | Miami (OH) | W 89–87 | 2–0 | Nutter Center (3,813) Fairborn, OH |
| 11/19/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Toledo | L 78–82 | 2–1 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH |
| 11/21/2016* 7:00 pm | | Ohio Dominican Men Against Breast Cancer Classic | W 109–54 | 3–1 | Nutter Center (3,105) Fairborn, OH |
| 11/25/2016* 7:00 pm | | Cal State Bakersfield Men Against Breast Cancer Classic | W 68–64 | 4–1 | Nutter Center (3,123) Fairborn, OH |
| 11/26/2016* 7:00 pm | | North Dakota Men Against Breast Cancer Classic | W 83–79 | 5–1 | Nutter Center (3,024) Fairborn, OH |
| 11/27/2016* 4:30 pm | | North Florida Men Against Breast Cancer Classic | W 75–67 | 6–1 | Nutter Center (2,975) Fairborn, OH |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Georgia State | L 74–81 | 6–2 | GSU Sports Arena (1,256) Atlanta, GA |
| 12/03/2016* 5:00 pm | | at Penn State | L 50–72 | 6–3 | Bryce Jordan Center (6,227) University Park, PA |
| 12/07/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Loyola–Chicago | L 64–77 | 6–4 | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,428) Chicago, IL |
| 12/13/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Urbana | W 85–34 | 7–4 | Nutter Center (3,295) Fairborn, OH |
| 12/18/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Kent State | W 68–63 | 8–4 | MAC Center (1,827) Kent, OH |
| 12/22/2016* 8:00 pm | | at Murray State | W 77–62 | 9–4 | CFSB Center (2,413) Murray, KY |
| Horizon League regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Oakland | L 62–81 | 9–5 (0–1) | Athletics Center O'rena (2,724) Rochester, MI |
| 12/31/2016 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Detroit | W 85–72 | 10–5 (1–1) | Calihan Hall (1,360) Detroit, MI |
| 01/05/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Cleveland State | W 55–51 | 11–5 (2–1) | Nutter Center (3,488) Fairborn, OH |
| 01/07/2017 4:00 pm, ASN/ESPN3 | | Youngstown State | L 75–80 | 11–6 (2–2) | Nutter Center (3,977) Fairborn, OH |
| 01/12/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Green Bay | L 61–78 | 11–7 (2–3) | Resch Center (2,416) Green Bay, WI |
| 01/14/2017 3:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Milwaukee | W 70–67 | 12–7 (3–3) | UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,402) Milwaukee, WI |
| 01/20/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Detroit | W 106–88 | 13–7 (4–3) | Nutter Center (3,975) Fairborn, OH |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Oakland | W 88–67 | 14–7 (5–3) | Nutter Center (3,982) Fairborn, OH |
| 01/27/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Valparaiso | L 55–70 | 14–8 (5–4) | Athletics–Recreation Center (3,461) Valparaiso, IN |
| 01/29/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UIC | W 88–86 | 15–8 (6–4) | UIC Pavilion (2,508) Chicago, IL |
| 02/04/2017 7:00 pm | | Northern Kentucky | L 79–83 | 15–9 (6–5) | Nutter Center (5,993) Fairborn, OH |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ASN | | Milwaukee | W 76–65 | 16–9 (7–5) | Nutter Center (4,004) Fairborn, OH |
| 02/11/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Green Bay | W 88–79 | 17–9 (8–5) | Nutter Center (6,678) Fairborn, OH |
| 02/16/2017 7:45 pm, ESPN3 | | at Youngstown State | W 84–81 | 18–9 (9–5) | Beeghly Center (2,351) Youngstown, OH |
| 02/18/2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Cleveland State | W 74–68 $^{2OT}$ | 19–9 (10–5) | Wolstein Center (1,297) Cleveland, OH |
| 02/21/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Northern Kentucky | L 76–83 | 19–10 (10–6) | BB&T Arena (2,908) Highland Heights, KY |
| 02/24/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Valparaiso | L 74–84 | 19–11 (10–7) | Nutter Center (5,028) Fairborn, OH |
| 02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UIC | W 87–49 | 20–11 (11–7) | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH |
| Horizon League tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2017 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (4) Northern Kentucky Quarterfinals | L 77–82 | 20–12 | Joe Louis Arena (5,654) Detroit, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Awards and honors

| Mark Alstork | First Team All Horizon League |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
| 23 | Mark Alstork | 32 | 19.0 | 608 | 112 | 150 |
| 0 | Steven Davis | 32 | 14.9 | 477 | 32 | 139 |
| 13 | Grant Benzinger | 32 | 12.8 | 411 | 51 | 185 |
| 1 | Justin Mitchell | 32 | 11.5 | 367 | 127 | 267 |
| 5 | Mike LaTulip | 32 | 7.0 | 223 | 48 | 94 |
| 22 | Parker Ernsthausen | 31 | 5.2 | 162 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | Mark Hughes | 26 | 3.2 | 83 | 38 | 68 |
| 33 | Ryan Custer | 32 | 2.2 | 70 | 13 | 23 |
| 12 | Tye Wilburn | 18 | 1.3 | 24 | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Alan Vest | 20 | 0.8 | 16 | 10 | 15 |
| 21 | Trey Stacey | 9 | 1.8 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Adam Giles | 7 | 1.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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