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Concussions end Wright State senior guard’s college career

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Wednesday night Wright State lost for the fourth time in their last five games, falling 84-76 in overtime at Oakland. Billy Donlon’s team also took a hit to its depth in that defeat, with senior guard Kendall Griffin suffering a concussion during the second half. It was announced by Donlon on Friday that Griffin’s college career has come to an end as a result of multiple concussions.

Griffin, who started five of the eight games he played in this season, suffered two concussions this season and a total of five in the last 18 months. The 6-foot-4 Griffin averaged 8.5 points and 2.5 rebounds in 21.4 minutes per game for the Raiders, who are 11-11 overall and 3-5 in Horizon League play.

“Under the circumstances, (his spirits) are as good as they can be,” Donlon said. “He is a mature young man. When he came back, he knew one more and it was over. He came back and came to grips with, there is a good possibility (of sustaining another concussion) because of the way he plays.”

Griffin suffered the first concussion in Wright State’s 73-70 season-opening win over Belmont and did not return to action until the team’s game at Green Bay January 5.

Freshman forward Roderick Davis, who played 22 minutes in the team’s loss at Milwaukee January 20 (a game Griffin left after just two minutes over fears that he’d suffered a concussion then), is one player who could see an increase in minutes moving forward. Davis played 37 minutes against Oakland, accounting for 17 points and seven rebounds.