Wright State Raiders vs Northern Kentucky Norse
LITTLE CAESARS HORIZON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL
26-8, 13-5 Horizon
77
26-8, 13-5 Horizon
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
NKU | 44 | 33 | 77 |
WRST | 34 | 32 | 66 |
21-13, 13-5 Horizon
66
21-13, 13-5 Horizon
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Drew McDonald missed Jumper.
- Loudon Love made Layup. Assisted by Mark Hughes.
- Jalen Tate made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew McDonald.
- Loudon Love missed Layup.
- Dantez Walton missed Layup.
- Tyler Sharpe made Layup.
- Tyler Sharpe missed Free Throw.
- Parker Ernsthausen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Tyler Sharpe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew McDonald.
- Billy Wampler made Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Smith.
- Tyler Sharpe made Free Throw.
- Tyler Sharpe made Free Throw.
- Tyler Sharpe made Free Throw.
- Billy Wampler missed Three Point Jumper.
- Dantez Walton made Free Throw.
- Dantez Walton made Free Throw.
- Tyler Sharpe missed Layup.
- Jalen Tate made Layup. Assisted by Chris Vogt.
- Malachi Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- Loudon Love missed Layup.
- Loudon Love missed Free Throw.
- Loudon Love made Free Throw.
- Zaynah Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Tate.
- Loudon Love missed Layup.
- Drew McDonald missed Three Point Jumper.
- Loudon Love missed Layup.
- Mark Hughes made Jumper.
- Jalen Tate missed Three Point Jumper.
- Malachi Smith missed Jumper.
- Zaynah Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Djoko.
- Mark Hughes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Smith.
- Adrian Nelson missed Layup.
- Mark Hughes missed Three Point Jumper.
- Dantez Walton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew McDonald.
- Parker Ernsthausen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cole Gentry.
- Drew McDonald made Jumper. Assisted by Trevon Faulkner.
- Cole Gentry made Layup. Assisted by Mark Hughes.
- Zaynah Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dantez Walton.
- Billy Wampler missed Three Point Jumper.
- Silas Adheke missed Jumper.
- Loudon Love made Free Throw.
- Loudon Love missed Free Throw.
- Jalen Tate made Three Point Jumper.
- Loudon Love made Layup. Assisted by Billy Wampler.
- Silas Adheke made Jumper.
- Drew McDonald missed Three Point Jumper.
- Malachi Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- Alan Vest missed Three Point Jumper.
- Drew McDonald missed Jumper.
- Parker Ernsthausen missed Free Throw.
- Dantez Walton made Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Tate.
- Billy Wampler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Smith.
- Jalen Tate made Jumper. Assisted by Silas Adheke.
- Parker Ernsthausen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jalen Tate missed Layup.
- Cole Gentry made Jumper. Assisted by Mark Hughes.
- Cole Gentry made Free Throw.
- Dantez Walton missed Layup.
- Silas Adheke made Two Point Tip Shot.
- Loudon Love missed Layup.
- Parker Ernsthausen made Two Point Tip Shot.
- Malachi Smith made Layup.
- Loudon Love made Free Throw.
- Loudon Love made Free Throw.
- Jalen Tate made Layup.
- Malachi Smith missed Free Throw.
- Malachi Smith made Free Throw.
- Billy Wampler missed Three Point Jumper.
- Zaynah Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Tyler Sharpe.
- Cole Gentry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Billy Wampler.
- Loudon Love made Free Throw.
- Loudon Love missed Free Throw.
- Dantez Walton missed Jumper.
- Drew McDonald made Jumper.
- Drew McDonald made Free Throw.
- Loudon Love missed Jumper.
- Dantez Walton missed Three Point Jumper.
- Tyler Sharpe missed Three Point Jumper.
- Loudon Love missed Layup.
- Drew McDonald made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Tate.
- Mark Hughes made Free Throw.
- Mark Hughes made Free Throw.
- Loudon Love missed Jumper.
- Drew McDonald missed Three Point Jumper.
- Malachi Smith missed Jumper.
- Dantez Walton missed Layup.
- Cole Gentry missed Jumper.
- Tyler Sharpe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dantez Walton.
- Malachi Smith missed Jumper.
- Mark Hughes missed Three Point Jumper.
- Drew McDonald missed Three Point Jumper.
- Loudon Love missed Jumper.
- Tyler Sharpe missed Jumper.
- Mark Hughes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Smith.
- Cole Gentry made Layup.
- Dantez Walton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Djoko.
- Billy Wampler made Free Throw.
- Billy Wampler missed Free Throw.
- Dantez Walton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyler Sharpe.
- Mark Hughes missed Jumper.
- Mark Hughes made Free Throw.
- Mark Hughes made Free Throw.
- Drew McDonald missed Layup.
- Drew McDonald made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zaynah Robinson.
- Zaynah Robinson made Jumper. Assisted by Drew McDonald.
- Loudon Love missed Layup.
- Loudon Love missed Layup.
- Tyler Sharpe missed Three Point Jumper.
- Cole Gentry missed Layup.
- Paul Djoko missed Free Throw.
- Paul Djoko missed Free Throw.
- Billy Wampler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Smith.
- Paul Djoko missed Layup.
- Parker Ernsthausen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Skyelar Potter missed Free Throw.
- Skyelar Potter missed Three Point Jumper.
- Dantez Walton missed Three Point Jumper.
- Skyelar Potter missed Layup.
- Drew McDonald missed Jumper.
- Parker Ernsthausen missed Free Throw.
- Jalen Tate made Layup. Assisted by Drew McDonald.
- Mark Hughes missed Three Point Jumper.
- Drew McDonald missed Layup.
- Drew McDonald made Jumper. Assisted by Zaynah Robinson.
- Billy Wampler made Free Throw.
- Billy Wampler made Free Throw.
- Jalen Tate made Jumper. Assisted by Trevon Faulkner.
- Parker Ernsthausen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Drew McDonald missed Jumper.
- Cole Gentry missed Three Point Jumper.
- Zaynah Robinson missed Free Throw.
- Mark Hughes made Three Point Jumper.
- Jalen Tate missed Jumper.
- Dantez Walton made Layup. Assisted by Jalen Tate.
- Billy Wampler made Layup.
- Billy Wampler made Free Throw.
- Trevon Faulkner made Layup. Assisted by Dantez Walton.
- Trevon Faulkner missed Free Throw.
- Cole Gentry made Layup.
- Cole Gentry made Free Throw.
- Tyler Sharpe missed Jumper.
- Mark Hughes missed Three Point Jumper.
- Billy Wampler made Layup. Assisted by Skyelar Potter.
- Jalen Tate made Free Throw.
- Jalen Tate missed Free Throw.
- Billy Wampler missed Three Point Jumper.
- Zaynah Robinson made Jumper.
- Skyelar Potter made Layup.
- Skyelar Potter made Free Throw.
- Zaynah Robinson missed Layup.
- Cole Gentry made Layup.
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | NKU | WRST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 | | Jump Ball won by Northern Kentucky | 0 | 0 |
| 19:45 | | Drew McDonald missed Jumper. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:45 | | Loudon Love Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:29 | | Loudon Love Turnover. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:29 | | Jalen Tate Steal. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:22 | | Dantez Walton Turnover. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:22 | | Parker Ernsthausen Steal. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:10 | | Loudon Love made Layup. Assisted by Mark Hughes. | 0 | 2 |
| 18:54 | | Jalen Tate made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew McDonald. | 3 | 2 |
| 18:21 | | Loudon Love missed Layup. | 3 | 2 |
| 18:21 | | Drew McDonald Defensive Rebound. | 3 | 2 |
| 18:13 | | Drew McDonald Turnover. | 3 | 2 |
| 18:13 | | Parker Ernsthausen Steal. | 3 | 2 |
| 18:02 | | Mark Hughes Turnover. | 3 | 2 |
| 17:49 | | Dantez Walton missed Layup. | 3 | 2 |
| 17:49 | | Alan Vest Defensive Rebound. | 3 | 2 |
| 17:20 | | Loudon Love Turnover. | 3 | 2 |
| 17:20 | | Tyler Sharpe Steal. | 3 | 2 |
| 17:12 | | Tyler Sharpe made Layup. | 5 | 2 |
| 17:12 | | Foul on Cole Gentry. | 5 | 2 |
| 17:12 | | Tyler Sharpe missed Free Throw. | 5 | 2 |
| 17:12 | | Alan Vest Defensive Rebound. | 5 | 2 |
| 16:58 | | Parker Ernsthausen missed Three Point Jumper. | 5 | 2 |
| 16:58 | | Dantez Walton Defensive Rebound. | 5 | 2 |
| 16:45 | | Tyler Sharpe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew McDonald. | 8 | 2 |
| 16:16 | | Billy Wampler made Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Smith. | 8 | 4 |
| 15:57 | | Foul on Alan Vest. | 8 | 4 |
| 15:57 | Official TV Timeout | 8 | 4 | |
| 15:57 | | Tyler Sharpe made Free Throw. | 9 | 4 |
| 15:57 | | Tyler Sharpe made Free Throw. | 10 | 4 |
| 15:57 | | Tyler Sharpe made Free Throw. | 11 | 4 |
| 15:45 | | Billy Wampler missed Three Point Jumper. | 11 | 4 |
| 15:45 | | Dantez Walton Defensive Rebound. | 11 | 4 |
| 15:33 | | Foul on Billy Wampler. | 11 | 4 |
| 15:33 | | Dantez Walton made Free Throw. | 12 | 4 |
| 15:33 | | Dantez Walton made Free Throw. | 13 | 4 |
| 15:20 | | Skyelar Potter Turnover. | 13 | 4 |
| 15:20 | | Tyler Sharpe Steal. | 13 | 4 |
| 15:16 | | Tyler Sharpe missed Layup. | 13 | 4 |
| 15:16 | | Dantez Walton Offensive Rebound. | 13 | 4 |
| 15:07 | | Foul on Skyelar Potter. | 13 | 4 |
| 14:50 | | Jalen Tate made Layup. Assisted by Chris Vogt. | 15 | 4 |
| 14:28 | | Malachi Smith missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 4 |
| 14:28 | | Northern Kentucky Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 4 |
| 14:06 | | Foul on Chris Vogt. | 15 | 4 |
| 14:06 | | Chris Vogt Turnover. | 15 | 4 |
| 13:57 | | Loudon Love missed Layup. | 15 | 4 |
| 13:57 | | Jalen Tate Block. | 15 | 4 |
| 13:57 | | Alan Vest Offensive Rebound. | 15 | 4 |
| 13:39 | | Foul on Chris Vogt. | 15 | 4 |
| 13:39 | | Loudon Love missed Free Throw. | 15 | 4 |
| 13:39 | | Wright State Deadball Team Rebound. | 15 | 4 |
| 13:39 | | Loudon Love made Free Throw. | 15 | 5 |
| 13:20 | | Zaynah Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Tate. | 18 | 5 |
| 13:05 | | Loudon Love missed Layup. | 18 | 5 |
| 13:05 | | Drew McDonald Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 5 |
| 13:03 | | Jump Ball won by Wright State | 18 | 5 |
| 12:57 | | Drew McDonald missed Three Point Jumper. | 18 | 5 |
| 12:57 | | Alan Vest Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 5 |
| 12:37 | | Loudon Love missed Layup. | 18 | 5 |
| 12:37 | | Loudon Love Offensive Rebound. | 18 | 5 |
| 12:30 | | Foul on Drew McDonald. | 18 | 5 |
| 12:26 | | Mark Hughes made Jumper. | 18 | 7 |
| 12:08 | | Jalen Tate missed Three Point Jumper. | 18 | 7 |
| 12:08 | | Loudon Love Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 7 |
| 11:56 | | Malachi Smith missed Jumper. | 18 | 7 |
| 11:56 | | Drew McDonald Block. | 18 | 7 |
| 11:56 | | Paul Djoko Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 7 |
| 11:47 | | Zaynah Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Djoko. | 21 | 7 |
| 11:33 | | Mark Hughes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Smith. | 21 | 10 |
| 11:10 | | Adrian Nelson missed Layup. | 21 | 10 |
| 11:10 | | Loudon Love Block. | 21 | 10 |
| 11:10 | | Wright State Defensive Rebound. | 21 | 10 |
| 11:06 | Official TV Timeout | 21 | 10 | |
| 10:52 | | Foul on Trevon Faulkner. | 21 | 10 |
| 10:45 | | Mark Hughes missed Three Point Jumper. | 21 | 10 |
| 10:45 | | Zaynah Robinson Defensive Rebound. | 21 | 10 |
| 10:17 | | Foul on Parker Ernsthausen. | 21 | 10 |
| 10:14 | | Dantez Walton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew McDonald. | 24 | 10 |
| 9:57 | | Parker Ernsthausen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cole Gentry. | 24 | 13 |
| 9:42 | | Drew McDonald made Jumper. Assisted by Trevon Faulkner. | 26 | 13 |
| 9:21 | | Cole Gentry made Layup. Assisted by Mark Hughes. | 26 | 15 |
| 9:20 | | Wright State Timeout | 26 | 15 |
| 9:03 | | Zaynah Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dantez Walton. | 29 | 15 |
| 8:47 | | Billy Wampler missed Three Point Jumper. | 29 | 15 |
| 8:47 | | Dantez Walton Defensive Rebound. | 29 | 15 |
| 8:36 | | Silas Adheke missed Jumper. | 29 | 15 |
| 8:36 | | Cole Gentry Defensive Rebound. | 29 | 15 |
| 8:07 | | Foul on Trevon Faulkner. | 29 | 15 |
| 8:07 | | Loudon Love made Free Throw. | 29 | 16 |
| 8:07 | | Loudon Love missed Free Throw. | 29 | 16 |
| 8:07 | | Silas Adheke Defensive Rebound. | 29 | 16 |
| 7:54 | | Jalen Tate made Three Point Jumper. | 32 | 16 |
| 7:37 | | Loudon Love made Layup. Assisted by Billy Wampler. | 32 | 18 |
| 7:11 | | Silas Adheke made Jumper. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:58 | | Foul on Cole Gentry. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:58 | | Cole Gentry Turnover. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:58 | Official TV Timeout | 34 | 18 | |
| 6:45 | | Drew McDonald missed Three Point Jumper. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:45 | | Loudon Love Block. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:45 | | Alan Vest Defensive Rebound. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:29 | | Malachi Smith missed Three Point Jumper. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:29 | | Paul Djoko Defensive Rebound. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:10 | | Tyler Sharpe Turnover. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:10 | | Mark Hughes Steal. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:03 | | Alan Vest missed Three Point Jumper. | 34 | 18 |
| 6:03 | | Dantez Walton Defensive Rebound. | 34 | 18 |
| 5:41 | | Drew McDonald missed Jumper. | 34 | 18 |
| 5:41 | | Malachi Smith Defensive Rebound. | 34 | 18 |
| 5:36 | | Foul on Drew McDonald. | 34 | 18 |
| 5:15 | | Foul on Silas Adheke. | 34 | 18 |
| 5:15 | | Parker Ernsthausen missed Free Throw. | 34 | 18 |
| 5:15 | | Dantez Walton Defensive Rebound. | 34 | 18 |
| 5:07 | | Dantez Walton made Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Tate. | 36 | 18 |
| 4:53 | | Billy Wampler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Smith. | 36 | 21 |
| 4:37 | | Jalen Tate made Jumper. Assisted by Silas Adheke. | 38 | 21 |
| 4:02 | | Parker Ernsthausen missed Three Point Jumper. | 38 | 21 |
| 4:02 | | Wright State Offensive Rebound. | 38 | 21 |
| 3:59 | | Wright State Turnover. | 38 | 21 |
| 3:59 | Official TV Timeout | 38 | 21 | |
| 3:47 | | Jalen Tate missed Layup. | 38 | 21 |
| 3:47 | | Mark Hughes Block. | 38 | 21 |
| 3:47 | | Wright State Defensive Rebound. | 38 | 21 |
| 3:25 | | Cole Gentry made Jumper. Assisted by Mark Hughes. | 38 | 23 |
| 3:25 | | Foul on Silas Adheke. | 38 | 23 |
| 3:25 | | Cole Gentry made Free Throw. | 38 | 24 |
| 3:08 | | Dantez Walton missed Layup. | 38 | 24 |
| 3:08 | | Silas Adheke Offensive Rebound. | 38 | 24 |
| 3:08 | | Silas Adheke made Two Point Tip Shot. | 40 | 24 |
| 2:52 | | Loudon Love missed Layup. | 40 | 24 |
| 2:52 | | Parker Ernsthausen Offensive Rebound. | 40 | 24 |
| 2:52 | | Parker Ernsthausen made Two Point Tip Shot. | 40 | 26 |
| 2:34 | | Dantez Walton Turnover. | 40 | 26 |
| 2:34 | | Malachi Smith Steal. | 40 | 26 |
| 2:27 | | Malachi Smith made Layup. | 40 | 28 |
| 2:26 | | Northern Kentucky Timeout | 40 | 28 |
| 2:13 | | Silas Adheke Turnover. | 40 | 28 |
| 2:13 | | Loudon Love Steal. | 40 | 28 |
| 1:57 | | Foul on Paul Djoko. | 40 | 28 |
| 1:57 | | Loudon Love made Free Throw. | 40 | 29 |
| 1:57 | | Loudon Love made Free Throw. | 40 | 30 |
| 1:33 | | Jalen Tate made Layup. | 42 | 30 |
| 1:15 | | Foul on Chris Vogt. | 42 | 30 |
| 1:15 | | Malachi Smith missed Free Throw. | 42 | 30 |
| 1:15 | | Wright State Deadball Team Rebound. | 42 | 30 |
| 1:15 | | Malachi Smith made Free Throw. | 42 | 31 |
| 1:00 | | Tyler Sharpe Turnover. | 42 | 31 |
| 0:46 | | Billy Wampler missed Three Point Jumper. | 42 | 31 |
| 0:46 | | Jalen Tate Defensive Rebound. | 42 | 31 |
| 0:31 | | Zaynah Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Tyler Sharpe. | 44 | 31 |
| 0:07 | | Cole Gentry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Billy Wampler. | 44 | 34 |
| 0:00 | End of 1st half | 44 | 34 | |
NKU vs WRST Videos
McDonald hits fadeaway jumper to beat the shot clock
Gentry knocks down a deep 3 to end the first half
Tate goes up strong for a tough lay-in
Game Information
Detroit, MI
Referee:Paul Szelc
Referee:Bo Boroski
Referee:Steve McJunkins
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
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| Cleveland State | 6-10 | 6 | 10-17 |
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