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1998–99 Wright State Raiders men's basketball
Conference MCC
Record9–18 (4–10 MCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Will Rey
  • Rod Foster
  • Ken Barer
Home arenaNutter Center
Seasons
1998–99 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men's basketball standings
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

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.

Season Summary

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Seniors Keion Brooks and Sherman Curry returned two of the top three scorers from the previous season to anchor the squad and newcomers Kevin Melson, Marcus May and Israel Sheinfeld provided some excitement to thrill the home fans.[1]

However, by the time the season ended with what had begun to feel like the annual elimination loss to Butler,[2] playing away from the friendly Nutter Center had become synonymous with losing.

The honeymoon was over for Coach Schilling, as supporters and media had begun to voice skepticism.[3] After the season, he again took an aggressive stance towards his own roster promising “merciless” conditioning saying “... if they don’t want to do it, I don’t want them,”[4] which further fanned speculation as to what the internal culture must be like between coach and team.

Roster Changes

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Joining

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  • Kevin Melson (F) transferred in from Schoolcraft Junior College[5]
  • Israel Sheinfeld (F) signed following his military commitment in Israel [6]
  • Marcus May (G) recruited from Inianapolis North Central High, where he played along side two All-Americans.[7]
  • Louis Holmes (G) from Orange Christian Academy where he shot 60% from the field[8]

Leaving

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  • Brandon Pardon (PG) transferred to Bowling Green State University. While "spiritual differences" made the headlines, there was also apparently some disagreement about the strict team rules.[9]


Roster

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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 Inus Norville 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 271 lb (123 kg) RS 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) RS 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

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Schedule and results

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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*
 Pittsburgh 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*
 Prairie 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.

Source[11]

Awards and honors

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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

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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[13]

References

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  1. ^ McClelland, Sean (October 19, 1998). "Men, women look hopeful". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 122, no. 28. Cox Media. p. 4C.
  2. ^ McClelland, Sean (February 28, 1999). "Butler ends WSU's year". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 122, no. 160. Cox Media. p. D1.
  3. ^ Archdeacon, Tom (February 19, 1999). "The jury is still out on Schilling". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 122, no. 151. Cox Media. p. D1.
  4. ^ McClelland, Sean (March 1, 1999). "Brooks, Schilling look ahead". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 122, no. 161. Cox Media. p. C1.
  5. ^ Vinella, Susan (March 25, 1998). "Raiders land 6-6 forward". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 121185. Cox Media. p. 3D.
  6. ^ Vinella, Susan (July 2, 1998). "WSU may get new big man". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 121284. Cox Media. p. 7C.
  7. ^ Vinella, Susan (September 7, 1997). "WSU lands Indiana guard". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 120350. Cox Media. p. 6C.
  8. ^ Vinella, Susan (April 10, 1998). "Raiders land standout guard". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 121201. Cox Media. p. 2D.
  9. ^ McClelland, Sean (October 6, 1998). "Point guard quits Raiders". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 122, no. 15. Cox Media. p. A1.
  10. ^ "Wright State University Basketball Media Guide 1998-1999". Athletics Publications. Wright State University Athletics. November 3, 1998. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  11. ^ "Wright State Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  12. ^ "Wright State Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  13. ^ "1998-99 Final Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved August 8, 2024.
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