Benzinger powers Wright State past Cleveland State 72-63
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Grant Benzinger scored 20 points and powered a late run Monday to help Wright State get past Cleveland State 72-63 on the Raiders' senior night.
Benzinger opened a 14-0 run with a 3-pointer that gave the Raiders (21-8, 13-3 Horizon League) the lead for good at 60-59 with eight minutes to go. Benzinger drove and dished to Everett Winchester on back-to-back baskets and capped the run with another 3-pointer to make it 71-59 with 3:47 left.
Wright State trailed for over 15 straight minutes and took its first lead of the second half on Mark Hughes' 3-pointer at 54-51.
With the victory, the Raiders stayed tied for first place in the league standings and hold the season series tiebreaker over Northern Kentucky which is also 13-3.
Benzinger was 5 of 10 from 3-point range with six rebounds and five assists. Hughes added 16 points and Loudon Love scored 15.
Bobby Word was 5 of 9 from 3-point range and led the Vikings (8-22, 5-12) with 18 points.
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Points | 0 | 0 |
Field Goals | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
3-Pointers | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Free Throws | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Total Rebounds | 0 | 0 |
Offensive | 0 | 0 |
Defensive | 0 | 0 |
Team | 0 | 0 |
Assists | 0 | 0 |
Steals | 0 | 0 |
Blocks | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Fouls | 0 | 0 |
Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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Cleveland State 8-22 | 68.6 PPG | 32.6 RPG | 13.0 APG |
Wright State 21-8 | 71.4 PPG | 38.7 RPG | 13.1 APG |
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