CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - JT Yoho scored 14 points and Kendall Griffin added 11 to lead Wright State to a 56-44 victory against Eastern Illinois on Tuesday night.
Reggie Arceneaux had 10 points, and Yoho and Matt Vest grabbed eight rebounds each for the Raiders (2-0).
Alex Austin scored 11 points and Sherman Blanford 10 for the Panthers (0-2), who could not overcome a cold-shooting first half.
Wright State led 32-17 at halftime after Eastern Illinois shot just 25 percent (6 of 24) from the floor in the first 20 minutes.
A 3-pointer by Yoho - who was 3 for 4 from behind the arc - stretched the Raiders' lead to 47-27 with 8:18 remaining.
Wright State outrebounded the Panthers 37-24.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Wright State (2-0) « | 32 | 24 | 56 |
| Eastern Illinois (0-2) | 17 | 27 | 44 |
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| Wright State Raiders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Pacher, F | 19 | 3-5 | 2-6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| C. Darling, F | 6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Griffin, G | 33 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| R. Arceneaux, G | 29 | 3-11 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| M. Vest, G | 24 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Yoho | 28 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| B. Drummond | 19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bramanti | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Dixon | 13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Young | 11 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Roddy | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Collie | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-43 | 14-21 | 37 | 11 | 15 | 56 | |
| 41.9% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Piper, F | 28 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| S. Blanford, F | 21 | 4-6 | 2-5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| A. Akers, G | 37 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| M. Woods, G | 33 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| A. Austin, G | 31 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Herron | 23 | 2-9 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Jones | 18 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Harvey | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Lubsey | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-43 | 8-16 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 44 | |
| 37.2% | 50% | ||||||
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