KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Western Michigan men's basketball head coach Clayton Bates earned his first career victory as the Broncos defeated Adrian College, 62-42 in their home opener on Monday night.

With the win Bates also became the 10^th coach in Western Michigan men's basketball history to earn his first victory at home.

Every Bronco that was eligible to play scored on Monday night as the Broncos were led by sophomore center Titus Wright. Wright led the way with a career-high 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field to go along with seven rebounds. In the last two games against Adrian and No. 8 Michigan State, Wright has registered 33 points and 17 rebounds.

Behind Wright was junior Adrian Martin with nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field. Martin's nine points was one shy of his career-high. Martin also knocked down one three-pointer and was 2-of-3 from the free-throw line. In his second start of the season senior Rafael Cruz Jr., ranked third on WMU with nine points and led the Brown & Gold with eight rebounds.

Coming off a 19-point performance against No. 8 Michigan State, sophomore B. Artis White had seven points, three rebounds and three assists in 22 minutes of action. Rounding out the scoring action was senior Greg Lee with six, freshman Josiah Freeman with four and freshman Daylan Hamilton, junior Luke Toliver and sophomore Chase Barrs each having two points.

WMU got a big contribution off the bench from redshirt sophomore Jaylon Holmes who scored five points while having four rebounds, three assists, four steals and three blocks. Holmes' four steals was three shy of the school record.

Of the Broncos 62 points, 46 of them were scored in the paint going 17-of-28 on lay-up attempts. Western Michigan also forced Adrian to commit 19 turnovers, scoring 19 points off those turnovers.

As a team WMU shot a staggering 49 percent from the field and outrebounded the Bulldogs, 41-33. In the second half alone Western Michigan shot 60.9 percent from the field and 50 percent from behind the three-point line.

Western Michigan continues its five-game homestand with a pair of games next weekend inside University Arena. The Broncos square off with Detroit Mercy on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 2:00 p.m. before challenging Milwaukee on Sunday, Dec. 13. WMU then begins Mid-American Conference play on Dec. 18 against in-state rival Central Michigan.

It was a slow start for the Broncos who were playing their second game in as many days. WMU jumped out to an early 9-4 lead but was went scoreless for nearly three minutes and had four turnovers during the first two minutes of the game. Neither team was able to get much going offensively as the Broncos went 1-of-6 from the field during a five-minute stretch and held a 12-6 lead at the 12-minute mark.

Midway through the first half the Bronco defense locked in and forced Adrian to go scoreless for nearly three minutes en route to a double digit lead. WMU then embarked on a 12-2 run highlighted by an and-one from Adrian Martin to propel WMU to a 28-12 lead with three minutes left in the first half.

During the last four minutes of the first half, Western Michigan committed four turnovers and made just one field goal as the Broncos took a 30-16 lead into halftime.

To begin the second half both teams traded baskets at a furious pace as Western Michigan ended up with a 34-18 with 15 minutes remaining. Adrian College fought back and cut the Bronco lead down to 10 at the halfway point of the second half as the Bulldogs made six of their next eight field goals.

However, that's the closest Adrian got in the second half as WMU flexed its muscles and made three straight field goals in under a minute to propel the lead back to 46-32. From that point on it was all Broncos as WMU used a late 13-2 run to extend its lead and secure the 62-42 victory over Andria. Down the stretch WMU made is final three field goals while Adrian made just one of its final nine field goals.