Wright State clamps down on Youngstown State 83-57

Updated: Feb 4, 2018, 02:29 am

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Cole Gentry scored 21 points and Mark Hughes added 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting from 3-point range to power Wright State to an 83-57 romp over Youngstown State on Saturday.

Gentry connected on 8 of 13 shots from the floor to help the Raiders (18-7, 10-2 Horizon League) finish 29 of 51 (57 percent). Gentry hit 3 of 6 shots from distance as Wright State shot 41 percent (9 of 22) from beyond the arc. The Raiders held the Penguins (6-19, 4-8) to 31-percent shooting from the floor (20 of 65) and 18 percent (3 of 17) from long range.

Braun Hartfield was the lone Penguin in double figures with 20 points. He added six rebounds and three steals. Naz Bohannon had 13 rebounds to go along with nine points.

Hartfield scored seven as the Penguins jumped out to a 9-2 lead, but Hughes hit two 3s in a 14-0 run and Wright State, which led 40-25 by halftime, never trailed again.