Box Score

DAYTON (2/21/14) – Senior co-captain Evan Bruinsma recorded his sixth double-double of the season but it wasn't enough as Wright State used a second half run to sneak past the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team, 65-61, Friday night on ESPNU at the Nutter Center.

Bruinsma finished with a game-high 19 points and 12 rebounds, while his co-captain teammate Juwan Howard, Jr. added 16 points and eight rebounds.

Detroit (13-16, 6-8 HL) led 37-35 with 15:18 left, before Wright State (16-13, 8-6 HL) put together a 12-2 run, led by eight-straight points from Matt Vest to build a 47-39 lead with 10:37 left. The Titans trimmed the lead to four, 59-55, with 2:09 left and had three defensive stops but couldn't capitalize on them as the Raiders made some key free throws down the stretch to secure fourth place in the Horizon League. 

Detroit opened the game with a 10-4 run during the first six minutes of action and held the Raiders without made field goal for the first eight minutes until Reggie Arceneaux made a three-pointer to trim the Titans lead to 12-9 with 11:15 left. Detroit then went on a 13-7 run to build its largest lead of the game 25-16 with 5:37 remaining. But Wright State was able to take advantage of some Titan turnovers and closed the half with a 13-5 run to make the score 30-29 during intermission. Howard led Detroit with eight points in the opening stanza, while Arceneaux had nine - on three trifectas - to lead the Raiders.

AJ Pacher led Wright State with 19 points and seven rebounds, while Vest finished with 16 and Arceneaux had 15.

Both teams finished shooting 39 percent overall, but Wright State made 44 percent (8-18) from downtown, while the Titans only connected on 21 percent (3-14). Detroit dominated the glass 41-26 and recorded eight blocked shots, but turned the ball over 21 times which resulted in 19 Wright State points.

Detroit will conclude its regular season at home when the Titans host Milwaukee on Thursday (Feb. 27) and Green Bay on Saturday (March 1) at historic Calihan Hall. The Milwaukee game is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be televised live on Comcast 900.