You can bet that Nutter Center will be buzzing on Sunday as Milwaukee travels to meet Wright State in a Horizon showdown. It all starts at 3:00 EST and you can catch it on Dayton CW.
Milwaukee is currently in 4th place in the Horizon and Wright State is in 8th. The Panthers check in at 15-11 overall as well as 8-6 in the Horizon. Meanwhile, the Raiders have a record of 11-15 and are 6-8 in the conference. Milwaukee is 5-8 on the road while Wright State has a record of 8-6 at home. According to the RPI rankings, the Panthers are ranked #137 and the Raiders are #231.
Milwaukee has better stats in two areas. The Panthers beat the Raiders in rebounding, where they have the advantage 36 per game to 28 per game. Milwaukee is also better at scoring, 63 pts/game to 57 pts/game.
Milwaukee has already played Wright State this season, back on January 12th, and won 58-38. The Panthers went 1-1 against the Raiders last year. Over the last four seasons, Milwaukee is 5-5 against Wright State, and 0-4 at Nutter Center.
StatSmack! Milwaukee is better than Wright State
- At least you keep showing up. Milwaukee has an average margin of victory of 11 over Wright State in 23 wins since 1988.
- The Milwaukee rebounding leader (James Haarsma) has more rebounds than the Wright State rebounding leader (Armond Battle).
- Even computers respect Milwaukee more. We have a better RPI this season than Wright State (RPI: #131 vs #212).
- Milwaukee is better under pressure, and has defeated Wright State in 6 out of 11 games decided by 5 points or fewer.
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