MOBILE, Ala. – Wright State overcame an early deficit and used a 10-0 run midway through the second half to come away with a 75-59 victory over HBU at the CBE Hall of Fame Classic Friday afternoon at the Mitchell Center.
 
Sophomore forward Cody Joyce led HBU (1-3) with 11 points to go along with four rebounds, while sophomore guard Caleb Crayton added 10 points and four rebounds in his return to the starting lineup. Junior center Ricmonds Vilde and junior guard Tyler Russell each had nine points, with Vilde leading the Huskies with five rebounds.
 
Steven Davis came off the bench for 17 points and four rebounds to lead the Raiders (3-2), while Miles Dixon scored 16. Reggie Arceneaux added 15 points off the bench, and Kendall Griffin had 10 points. AJ Pacher led Wright State with seven rebounds.
 
HBU shot 44 percent from the field and made 5-of-14 from long range. Wright State shot 52 percent from the field, and made 6-of-11 3-pointers. The Raiders made 23-of-28 from the free-throw line, while the Huskies made 14-of-20. HBU outrebounded Wright State, 30-24, but the Raiders won the turnover battle, forcing 22, while committing only 14.
 
The Huskies scored the first four points of the game as Vilde threw an over-the-top pass to Joyce, then found a cutting Crayton for easy layups. The Raiders answered with a pair of free throws by Dixon, but Russell buried a long jumper. Crayton nailed a pair of threes and Joyce added another layup to put HBU up 14-6, but Wright State went on a 10-0 run, which included a three-point play by Davis and was capped by a JT Yoho 3-pointer to give the Raiders a two-point lead with just under 13 minutes left.
 
Russell stopped the run with a three to regain the lead for the Huskies, but Davis scored on a layup for the Raiders. Sophomore forward Dauson Womack scored five-straight points for HBU as the score was tied, 22-22, with 9:33 left. Wright State took the lead on a layup by Griffin, but freshman guard Jimmy Barton's trey from the corner put HBU up by one. The Raiders scored five-straight, which included a three-point play by Griffin, to take a 32-28 lead, but Russell drove inside for a layup. Davis went to the basket for two, Russell knocked down a baseline 15-footer, but Davis got free for a baseline dunk to put Wright State ahead, 36-32, with 3:12 remaining. Barton's putback off a Russell miss with 18 seconds left was the only score during the last three minutes and trimmed the Raiders' lead to 36-34 heading into halftime.
 
Russell led the Huskies with nine points at the half, and Crayton had eight, but none over the last 15:41 as he sat down with two fouls. Davis led the Raiders with 11 points. HBU shot 62 percent in the first half, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range, while Wright State shot 46 percent, but only 1-of-5 from behind the arc. The Raiders went 11-for-15 from the free-throw line, while the Huskies were 4-for-6.
 
HBU opened the second half with a quick score by Joyce to tie it, but Matt Vest kept Wright State in the lead with a pair of free throws. Crayton made a steal, was fouled on a breakaway and knocked down both free throws for the tie, then Vilde's putback gave the Huskies a 40-38 lead. The advantage was short-lived as the Raiders scored the next eight on a Griffin layup, and back-to-back threes by Arceneaux and Dixon for a 46-40 lead with 15:43 remaining.
 
Junior guard Marcel Smith buried a three from the corner for HBU, but Jerran Young answered with a layup, then Vilde grabbed another offensive board and laid it in to make the score 48-45 with 14:34 left. The Raiders pulled away with a 10-0 run over the next six minutes when Griffin made a three, Dixon hit a jumper and a three, then Arceneaux capped it with a 17-footer.
 
The Huskies fought back by scoring the next seven, five of which came from the free throw line, to get within seven at the 5:00 mark. Arceneaux pulled up and nailed a jumper, but Vilde sank a pair of free throws on the other end.  Arceneaux hit a deep three with the shot clock running down to put Wright State ahead by 10 with just under two minutes remaining.
 
The Huskies continue play in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic against Southern Miss Saturday at 3 p.m., then wrap up the tournament against South Alabama Sunday at 2 p.m.