Wright State is looking for shooters, anybody, really, who can step up and match junior guard Todd Brown.
Brown, who had a horrific start to the season, has not only come around to be WSU's most consistent scorer, he has become virtually the team's only scorer.
Only one other Raider has scored in double figures more than four straight games, and that was John David Gardner, who probably will miss tonight's Feb. 10, game at Loyola with a strained right hip.
Brown has scored in double figures in 14 games, including 12 of the last 13. In those 13 games, he is shooting 45.9 percent. The rest of the team is shooting 39.8 percent over the same span.
"Throughout the season, our team has changed so much," Brown said, a reference to the redshirt status of injured all-Horizon League guard Vaughn Duggins and now the injury to Gardner, who has been able to play only 11 minutes over the last five games. "It's kind of difficult without Vaughn or J.D. out there. They (opponents) can just focus on me."
Help has come from here and there, but without consistency. Scott Grote scored 13 against Butler, only his third double-figure game this season. Troy Tabler, probably the best 3-point shooter on the team, has two 16-point games, but was 0-for-8 for four points (on free throws) against Butler.
"No disrespect to our guys, but we're a bunch of hard-working guys who are trying to become finished players," WSU coach Brad Brownell said. "Butler had so many guys who could score and make shots. They had a guy like Zach Hahn come in and score 17 points. They don't need him to do that every night. We need a couple of guys like that."
Maybe tonight's game against Loyola is just what the Raiders need. While they rank ninth in the league in scoring offense with just 58.6 points a game, Loyola ranks ninth in scoring defense, allowing 67.4 points a game.
Brown, who had a horrific start to the season, has not only come around to be WSU's most consistent scorer, he has become virtually the team's only scorer.
Only one other Raider has scored in double figures more than four straight games, and that was John David Gardner, who probably will miss tonight's Feb. 10, game at Loyola with a strained right hip.
Brown has scored in double figures in 14 games, including 12 of the last 13. In those 13 games, he is shooting 45.9 percent. The rest of the team is shooting 39.8 percent over the same span.
"Throughout the season, our team has changed so much," Brown said, a reference to the redshirt status of injured all-Horizon League guard Vaughn Duggins and now the injury to Gardner, who has been able to play only 11 minutes over the last five games. "It's kind of difficult without Vaughn or J.D. out there. They (opponents) can just focus on me."
Help has come from here and there, but without consistency. Scott Grote scored 13 against Butler, only his third double-figure game this season. Troy Tabler, probably the best 3-point shooter on the team, has two 16-point games, but was 0-for-8 for four points (on free throws) against Butler.
"No disrespect to our guys, but we're a bunch of hard-working guys who are trying to become finished players," WSU coach Brad Brownell said. "Butler had so many guys who could score and make shots. They had a guy like Zach Hahn come in and score 17 points. They don't need him to do that every night. We need a couple of guys like that."
Maybe tonight's game against Loyola is just what the Raiders need. While they rank ninth in the league in scoring offense with just 58.6 points a game, Loyola ranks ninth in scoring defense, allowing 67.4 points a game.
