2015–16 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Wright State Raiders Wright State Raiders logo.png 200 Horizon League Horizon 22–13 13–5 Billy Donlon 6th Scott Woods Patrice Days Kevin Devitt Nutter Center The 2015–16 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Raiders, led by sixth year head coach Billy Donlon, played their home games at the Nutter Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the 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, head coach Billy Donlon was fired.http://bigstory.ap.org/article/50c382639d084f32addb966e29af4f42/wright-state-fires-coach-billy-donlon-after-6-seasons Wright State fires coach Billy Donlon after 6 seasons bigstory.ap.org dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160319000700/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/50c382639d084f32addb966e29af4f42/wright-state-fires-coach-billy-donlon-after-6-seasons 2016-03-19 He finished at Wright State with a six-year record of 109–94. Roster 2015 Wright State Raiders y y Steven Davis 0 F 6 7 220 JR y Indianapolis, Indiana Manual Daniel Collie 2 G 6 0 170 SR Parkersburg, West Virginia Parkersburg Catholic Mark Hughes 3 G 6 4 180 FR Youngstown, Ohio Ursuline Alan Vest 4 G 6 3 185 FR Kettering, Ohio Chaminade-Julienne Justin Mitchell 5 G 6 3 185 SO Fort Wayne, Indiana Wayne y Biggie Minnis 10 G 6 3 200 SR Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Rhode Island y JT Yoho 11 F 6 6 235 SR Solsberry, Indiana Eastern Greene Grant Benzinger 13 G 6 3 190 SO Cincinnati, Ohio Moeller Michael Karena 14 C 6 10 270 SR Christchurch, New Zealand South Plains CC Brandon Neel 15 G 6 3 190 JR Cincinnati, Ohio La Salle Daniel Mortensen 20 F 6 9 230 FR Islev, Denmark Horsholm 79ers y Trey Stacey 21 G 6 4 200 SO Cincinnati, Ohio Moeller Parker Ernsthausen 22 F 6 11 225 FR Bowling Green, Ohio Toledo St. John's Mark Alstork 23 G 6 5 190 SO Dayton, Ohio Ball State University Joe Thomasson 32 G 6 4 165 SR Dayton, Ohio State Fair Roderick Davis 35 F 6 9 230 SO Brandon, Florida Brandon Billy Donlon (UNC Wilmington) Scott Woods (Rose–Hulman) Patrice Days (New Orleans) Kevin Devitt (DePaul) http://www.wsuraiders.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=27000&SPID=92415&SPSID=630833 23 December 2015 Schedule https://wsuraiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2015-16 2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule www.WSURaiders.com Wright State University live https://web.archive.org/web/20220425152403/https://wsuraiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2015-16 2022-04-25 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#355e3b; color:gold;"| Non-Conference regular season 11/13/2015 5:30 pm yes yes Belmont Convocation Center DeKalb, IL NIU Showcase 995 77–69 1–0 11/14/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Cal State Northridge Convocation Center DeKalb, IL NIU Showcase 913 67–72 1–1 11/15/2015 4:30 pm yes yes Northern Illinois Convocation Center DeKalb, IL NIU Showcase 888 59–65 1–2 11/20/2015 8:00 pm yes yes Kentucky Rupp Arena Lexington, KY 22,563 SECN 63–78 1–3 11/24/2015 7:00 pm yes Mount St. Joseph Nutter Center Fairborn, OH NIU Showcase 3,393 66–52 2–3 11/28/2015 4:00 pm yes yes George Mason Patriot Center Fairfax, Virginia 3,124 39–66 2–4 12/01/2015 7:00 pm yes Albion Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 3,175 68–50 3–4 12/04/2015 7:30 pm yes Georgia State Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 5,148 ESPN3 46–50 3–5 12/08/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Xavier 12 Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH 10,178 FS1 55–90 3–6 12/13/2015 1:30 pm yes yes Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, OH 1,397 ESPN3 67–72 3–7 12/17/2015 7:00 pm yes Charleston Southern Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 3,225 ESPN3 71–65 4–7 12/20/2015 4:30 pm yes Bowling Green Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 3,772 TWCSC 83–47 5–7 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#355e3b; color:gold;"| Horizon League regular season 12/22/2015 7:00 pm yes Murray State Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 3,708 ESPN3 65–49 6–7 01/02/2016 4:00 pm yes Milwaukee UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI 2,802 TWCSC 84–82 7–7 1–0 01/04/2016 8:00 pm yes Green Bay Resch Center Green Bay, WI 2,357 ESPN3 68–76 7–8 1–1 01/09/2016 1:00 pm yes Northern Kentucky BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY 2,804 ESPN3 60–46 8–8 2–1 01/14/2016 7:00 pm Cleveland State Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 3,937 TWCSC/ESPN3 70–53 9–8 3–1 01/16/2016 7:00 pm Youngstown State Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 4,251 ESPN3 81–45 10–8 4–1 01/18/2016 7:00 pm Detroit Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 3,733 ASN 77–76 11–8 5–1 01/22/2016 7:00 pm Valparaiso Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 5,499 ESPN3 73–62 12–8 6–1 01/24/2016 2:00 pm UIC Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 4,437 80–66 13–8 7–1 01/29/2016 8:00 pm yes Oakland Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI 3,901 ESPN3 63–89 13–9 7–2 01/31/2016 1:00 pm yes Detroit Calihan Hall Detroit, MI 2,011 ESPN3 68–75 13–10 7–3 02/04/2016 7:00 pm Milwaukee Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 4,164 TWCSC 84–83 14–10 8–3 02/06/2016 7:00 pm Green Bay Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 4,218 TWCSC 79–60 15–10 9–3 02/11/2016 8:00 pm yes UIC UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL 2,633 59–64 15–11 9–4 02/13/2016 8:00 pm yes Valparaiso Athletics–Recreation Center Valparaiso, IN 4,987 61–59 16–11 10–4 02/15/2016 5:00 pm Oakland Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 4,846 73–89 16–12 10–5 02/20/2016 7:00 pm Northern Kentucky Nutter Center Fairborn, OH 7,825 TWCSC 67–64 17–12 11–5 02/25/2016 7:45 pm yes Youngstown State Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH 2,063 ESPN3 87–81 18–12 12–5 02/27/2016 1:00 pm yes Cleveland State Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH 2,337 55–51 19–12 13–5 |- ! colspan="9" style="background:#355e3b; color:gold;"|Horizon League tournament 03/05/2016 5:00 pm yes 3 UIC 10 Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI First round ESPN3 74–43 5,247 20–12 03/06/2016 3:30 pm yes 3 Detroit 6 Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI Second round ESPN3 82–72 4,792 21–12 03/07/2016 9:30 pm yes 3 Oakland 2 Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI Semifinals ESPNU 59–55 6,557 22–12 03/08/2016 7:00 pm yes 3 Green Bay 4 Joe Louis Arena Detroit, MI Championship game ESPN 69–78 4,312 22–13 AP Poll Eastern Time Awards and honors Joe Thomasson Horizon League All Defensive Team JT Yoho Horizon League All Tournament Team https://wsuraiders.com/documents/2023/10/16/MBB_History_Through_2022-23.pdf Wright State Record Book October 23, 2023 Statistics NumberNameGamesAveragePointsAssistsRebounds 23 Mark Alstork 35 12.4 434 61 164 11 JT Yoho 34 12.6 427 83 168 14 Michael Karena 34 9.9 338 11 127 32 Joe Thomasson 35 9.6 337 117 185 13 Grant Benzinger 34 7.6 259 18 63 10 Biggie Minnis 29 7.0 204 94 85 3 Mark Hughes 33 3.5 116 41 63 5 Justin Mitchell 23 3.2 73 27 53 20 Daniel Mortensen 22 2.7 60 5 17 4 Alan Vest 22 1.5 32 8 15 36 Roderick Davis 12 1.5 18 2 9 21 Trey Stacey 13 1.3 17 2 5 02 Daniel Collie 17 0.9 15 6 2 15 Brandon Neel 5 3.0 3 1 7 Sourcehttps://wsuraiders.com/documents/2017/7/11//Overall_1_.pdf?id=9459 2015-16 Raider Basketball Wright State Combined Team Statistics August 12, 2024 References Category:Wright State Raiders men's basketball seasons Wright State Wright State Raiders men's b Wright State Raiders men's b