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WSU's offense suffers in loss to Milwaukee

Wright State shoots 25.5 percent to drop a 58-38 defeat at Milwaukee.

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By Kyle Nagel, Staff Writer Updated 11:09 PM Thursday, January 12, 2012

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — With a little more than 10 minutes left, Wright State forward Cole Darling went to the bench with a cut near his left eye that was bleeding down his face.

That’s about what it was like for the Raiders all night.

Going down by 19 points in the first half while standout guard Julius Mays played with an injured Achilles tendon, the Raiders dropped their 14th straight road game against Milwaukee, 58-38, on Thursday night.

WSU (9-10, 5-3 Horizon League) had been 5-1 in its previous six games with only a one-point loss to Butler in that stretch. Then Milwaukee took control early, shook off a slow stretch covering both halves and improved to 12-6 while taking over sole possession of first place in the Horizon League at 5-1.

The loss was Wright State’s fifth this season by at least 20 points and the second time the Raiders scored fewer than 40 points in a game.

“We just could never get any kind of run to put any pressure on them,” said WSU coach Billy Donlon. “We just couldn’t get anything going offensively.”

Mays, who leads the Raiders in scoring and averaged 21.5 points in their strong six-game stretch, has been dealing with the Achilles injury this week, Donlon said. He finished with three points on 1-of-7 shooting, scoring his first point with 18:37 left in the game and his first field goal with 9:33 left.

A.J. Pacher led WSU with 10 points as the Raiders shot 25.5 percent and 2-of-16 from 3-point range.

The Milwaukee big man duo of Tony Meier and James Haarsma, meanwhile, combined for 19 points on 11-of-17 shooting.

The Panthers led 31-17 at the break after shooting 52.2 percent in the half. But Donlon thought the defense was good enough to win. “(Allowing) 58 points in a league game,” he said, “you’ve done your job.”

Next game:

Who: Wright State (9-10, 4-3) at UW-Green Bay (6-10, 2-4)

When: 2 p.m. Saturday

TV: Time Warner Cable Ch. 99 Radio: WBZI-FM (100.3), Info 1660 AM

Online: ESPN3.com

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