IU Indy came out hot, but Wright State, fueled by Jack Doumbia coming near a triple-double, overcame the early deficit to advance to the next round of the #HLMBB Tournament. James Moon has the story.
Overall pretty happy with this #HLWBB recap, got to get some quotes from Youngstown’s Coach Jackson for this article. Take a read!
Wright State - 98
IU Indy - 85
Final
Starting with a major deficit and facing down a seemingly invulnerable shooting attack, Wright State responded with three point shooting of its own and a relentless pursuit! 5 Raiders and Jaguars end the night with double digit points. WSU --> RMU
With a minute to go and curating a 15 PT lead, we enter the foul territory. Raiders just need to continue to book their ticket to Pittsburgh to face the regular season champion
What a shot by Jarvis Walker, my goodness
Wright State - 90
IU Indy - 74
IU INDY TO (2:46 REMAINING)
Raiders are shooting the lights off this building and IU Indy, while doing absolutely phenomenal in keeping the Raiders close, finally tripped up in the last couple minutes and could not convert. Raiders with their largest lead
And Huibregtse completes the 5 PT swing!
Garner commits a Flagrant 1 in the paint upon review against Noel, who makes both free throws. Raiders retain possession
Garner just sneaking right in for some more points!
Wright State - 79
IU Indy - 69
WRIGHT STATE TO
Off on Wright State??
Wright State - 75
IU Indy - 67
U8
We've seen the Raiders officially cross into the double digits in their lead. While both teams are still shooting above 50%, the Raiders are firmly making their presence known as they have doubled their points in the paint from last half.
Case in point
Speaking of Jack Doumbia, he's playing like a man possessed. He's gotten the double-double with 17 PTs, 10 RBs (unless the one didn't count or something) 4 assists and 2 blocks
*smack*
- Jack Doumbia, definitely
In the words of Ted Lasso, what a sweeping symphony of a goal!
Wright State - 65
IU Indy - 60
U12
We're reviewing something in here, whether or not Solomon Callaghan got possession I'm assuming?? Anywho, the back and forth continues in the Nutter Center with different main characters starting to show. Woods and Zilinskas starting to come alive
Reviewing a jump ball?
Noel gets the block from behind Zilinskas, then the Raiders find Woods the other way for the CORNER 3
Wright State - 56
IU Indy - 55
U16
The cannon show continues without rest as the Raiders and Jaguars trade three pointers while making some time to wrestle around in the paint for second chances. Norris, Doumbia, Garner, and now Craig all have double digit scoring so far
"Gimme that"
- Jack Doumbia, probably
Dangggggg look at it bounce around there
As quickly as it came, IU Indy scores some threes to cut away at the brief Wright State run. We're back to a one possession game again
In a similar vein, on the women's side Oakland beat higher seed IU Indy and Detroit Mercy beat lower seed Milwaukee, so Wright State will be taking their ball to Purdue Fort Wayne to try and continue the run.
Second half underway, Keaton Norris makes a three!
Apparently this game is not the only game with the potential to score 100, Oakland and Northern Kentucky are both up by a BUNCH against Green Bay and UDM respectively. That means whoever wins this match inevitably gets Robert Morris for the next round.
WRIGHT STATE - 43
IU INDY - 42
HALFTIME
Doumbia finds Noel under the rim with 3 seconds left to put the Raiders on top going into halftime! Doumbia for WSU and Garner for IUI have been a perfect 5-5 from the floor, with Doumbia collecting a game leading 7 RBs as well
Wright State has 18 seconds to get the lead again, can they do it?
AT THE BUZZER!
Some killer defense by the pair of Imariagbe and Huibregtse grants Doumbia fast, little clumsy break!
