1998–99 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

1998–99 Wright State Raiders men's basketball
1998–99 Wright State Raiders men's basketball
Conference	MCC
Record	9–18 (4–10 MCC)
Head coach	Ed Schilling (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Will Rey; Rod Foster; Ken Barer;
Home arena	Nutter Center
	Seasons ← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season led by head coach Ed Schilling.

1998–99 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Detroit †	12	–	2	.857	25	–	6	.806
Butler	11	–	3	.786	22	–	10	.688
Green Bay	9	–	5	.643	20	–	11	.645
Loyola Chicago	7	–	7	.500	9	–	18	.333
Cleveland State	6	–	8	.429	14	–	14	.500
Milwaukee	5	–	9	.357	8	–	19	.296
Wright State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	18	.333
UIC	2	–	12	.143	7	–	21	.250

† 1999 MCC tournament winner

Roster

1998–99 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	21	Keion Brooks	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	Sr	North Side	Ft. Wayne, IN
F	30	Sherman Curry	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	Sr	Wallace CC	McWilliams, AL
F	50	Imus Norville	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	271 lb (123 kg)	Sr	Hargrave Military	Rocky Mount, NC
G	25	Steve Yeagle	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Jr	Minford	Minford, OH
F	3	Onome Scott-Emuakpor	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	So	East Lansing	East Lansing, MI
F	3	Kevin Melson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Schoolcraft CC	Detroit, MI
F	45	Ryan Grose	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Norwalk	Norwalk, OH
C	52	Bruno Petersons	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	Fr	Wheaton Academy	West Chicago, IL
F	10	Israel Sheinfeld	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Fr	Tel Aviv, Israel
F	20	Marcus May	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	North Central	Indianapolis
F	24	Louis Holmes	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Orange Christian	Cleveland, OH

Head coach

Ed Schilling

Assistant coach(es)

Will Rey, Rod Foster, Ken Barer

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Nov 14, 1998*		at Old Dominion	L 60-81	0–1	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA
Nov 17, 1998*		Central Michigan	W 81-80 ^ot	0–2	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Nov 20, 1998*		Pitsburgh	L 65-76	0–3	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Nov 23, 1998*		vs. No. 8 Kentucky	L 75–97	0–4	The Crown Cincinnati, OH
Nov 28, 1998*		Sacred Heart	W 77–50	1–4	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Dec 5, 1998*		Denver	W 79–57	2–4	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Dec 8, 1998*		at Ball State	L 70-84	2–5	University Arena Muncie, IN
Dec 12, 1998*		at Denver	L 76–98	2–6	Fieldhouse Denver, CO
Dec 14, 1998*		at Northern Iowa	L 70-78	2–7	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA
Dec 19, 1998*		Morehead State	W 64–58	3–7	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Dec 21, 1998*		Praire View A&M	W 94–62	4–7	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Dec 28, 1998*		Chicago State	W 75-56	5–7	Nutter Center Fairborn, Ohio
Jan 4, 1999		at UIC	W 100-74	6-7 (1–0)	UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
Jan 5, 1999		at Loyola	L 67-80	6-8 (1–1)	Gentile Event Center Chicago, IL
Jan 9, 1999		Butler	L 53-74	6–9 (1–2)	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Jan 16, 1999		Cleveland State	W 89-74	7-9 (2–2)	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Feb 19, 1999		Detroit Mercy	L 56–68	7-10 (2–3)	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Jan 21, 1999		at Milwaukee	L 65-69	7-11 (2–4)	Klotsche Center Milwaukee, WI
Jan 23, 1999		at Green Bay	L 52-54	7-12 (2–5)	Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena Green Bay, WI
Jan 28, 1999		Loyola	L 68-75	7-13 (2–6)	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Jan 30, 1999		UIC	W 68-61	8-13 (3–6)	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Feb 6, 1999		at Butler	L 78-88 ^2OT	8-14 (3–7)	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis
Feb 11, 1999		at Detroit Mercy	L 46–64	8-15 (3–8)	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
Feb 13, 1999		at Cleveland State	L 64-87	8-16 (3–9)	CSU Convocation Center Cleveland, OH
Feb 18, 1999		Green Bay	L 40-58	8-17 (3–10)	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Feb 20, 1999		Milwaukee	W 71-69	9-17 (4–10)	Nutter Center Fairborn, OH
Midwestern Collegiate Tournament
Feb 28, 1999	(7)	vs. (2) Butler Quarterfinals	L 56-64	9-18	UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Awards and honors

Bruno Petersons	Raider Award
Keion Brooks	First Team All League
Kevin Melson	Second Team All League
Kevin Melson	Newcomer of the Year
Kevin Melson	All-Newcomer Team
Marcus May	All-Newcomer Team

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Statistics

Number	Name	Games	Average	Points	Assists	Rebounds
21	Keion Brooks	27	20.7	559	107	151
22	Kevin Melson	27	14.6	395	40	182
20	Marcus May	27	9.4	255	110	105
50	Inus Norville	25	9.0	224	11	126
30	Sherman Curry	25	5.3	133	26	90
10	Israel Sheinfeld	27	4.0	109	10	94
3	Onome Scott-Emuakpor	23	2.7	61	6	62
24	Louis Holmes	17	2.5	43	0	8
25	Steve Yeagle	24	1.7	41	0	17
52	Bruno Petersons	27	1.2	33	15	72
21	Ryan Grose	10	0.6	6	0	14

Source^[4]

References

^ "Wright State University Basketball Media Guide 1998-1999". Athletics Publications. Wright State University Athletics. 3 November 1998. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
^ "Wright State Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2023.
^ "Wright State Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2023.
^ "1998-99 Final Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved August 8, 2024.

[1] "Wright State University Basketball Media Guide 1998-1999". Athletics Publications. Wright State University Athletics. 3 November 1998. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

[2] "Wright State Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2023.

[3] "Wright State Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2023.

[4] "1998-99 Final Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved August 8, 2024.

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