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Wright State Rallies Past Detroit Mercy to Win Horizon League Title, 66-63

The win secures the league’s automatic NCAA berth for Wright State ahead of Sunday’s bracket reveal.

Overview

  • TJ Burch scored 19 points with 16 after halftime as the top seed erased a 12-point deficit.
  • An extended 25-7 surge, capped by consecutive Logan Woods threes, flipped the game late for a 62-56 lead.
  • The final minute featured TJ Nadeau’s three, two missed Michael Cooper free throws, a Kellen Pickett block of Orlando Lovejoy, and a clinching Michael Imariagbe free throw.
  • Kellen Pickett added 17 points and seven rebounds and Imariagbe had 12 as Wright State completed a regular-season and tournament sweep, the league’s third straight such champion.
  • Detroit Mercy’s run ended after a semifinal upset of Robert Morris, despite 26 from Lovejoy, 21 from Nadeau, and 11 points with nine boards from Legend Geeter in the title game.