Coach Tovarich 2.0 CH2K8 Career Legacy

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 24, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Louisiana-Lafayette (9-8)	26	32	58
#13 Western Kentucky (17-4)	43	46	89

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shields	19	2-6	1-3	2-2	0	2	3	0	1	7
Cox	21	3-5	2-3	0-0	0	6	0	1	3	8
Hoskin	18	4-8	1-2	0-0	6	3	1	0	4	9
Kole	21	4-8	2-2	0-0	5	2	0	1	1	10
Barber	14	3-7	0-1	0-0	5	0	0	0	1	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Robinson	14	2-3	0-1	0-0	2	3	0	0	2	4
Sherrod	14	3-8	1-5	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	7
Perry	12	2-8	1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	5
Cleaves	7	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2
McDade	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Blackwell	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Emmett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-55	8-22	2-3	22	17	4	2	15	58
TEAM TOTALS		24-55	8-22	2-3	22	17	4	2	15	58

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	14	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	6	2	0	1	3
Stivers	15	3-4	1-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	7
Tamayo	14	5-13	3-8	2-2	1	3	1	0	1	15
Riley	15	1-2	0-0	0-0	6	0	3	0	0	2
Suotamo	12	7-9	0-0	3-4	5	2	0	0	1	17
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	11	4-5	0-0	3-4	4	0	2	0	0	11
Pawlak	9	5-7	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	0	10
Jack	8	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	6
Lewis	12	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	0
Li	11	2-6	1-4	4-4	2	0	1	0	0	9
Capel	13	1-3	1-2	2-2	1	5	3	0	0	5
Blankenship	6	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	0	2	0	1	4
TEAM TOTALS		33-59	7-18	16-18	33	21	15	0	5	89

Tovarich: The Cajuns ran into a buzzsaw tonight. We didn't do a lot wrong. They couldn't do a lot right. It's surprising to cruise against one of the better teams in the conference, experienced too. They'll be starting 4 seniors and a junior next season. They'll be tough.

Reporter: +11 rebounds is probably one of the best rebounding performances you've ever had against a team that was of a similar caliber.

Tovarich: It was pretty 50-50 throughout the game. They definitely fit the bill for devolving into jacking 3's there in the second half, so it's skewed a bit. But it's nice to have more whatever the reason. I'm probably -1000 in rebounds in my career so I'll take it.

Reporter: Only 8 3's in the second half. Were you feeling ok coach?

Tovarich: Haha, yes. There's no reason to rub it in on the Cajuns. They haven't pulled anything like Denver did my first season here that I will NEVER forget as long as that coach coaches there, or Middle Tennessee this year. Lots of backup minutes, and no unnecessary 3's. I'd have given Lewis one or two if I realized he wasn't in the scoring column like everyone else. I'd have played some of the walkons if I was allowed but they don't let you have more than 12, which is silly. I have 15 on the roster...

Reporter: Cajun coach was not thrilled with the refs and the foul and free throw disparity. What did you think?

Tovarich: I know how he feels. We were in the bonus before they even called one on us in the first half. We're the home team though, and we were more aggressive getting the ball down low and driving it in. Some nights the refs let a lot go down there and we get stuffed 8 times, and sometimes they're a little less forgiving. It happens.

Reporter: Speaking of Denver, do you still plan to run up the score on them Saturday if you get the chance?

Tovarich: Absolutely. I remember teams who could dribble out 5 seconds, and I remember those who throw a half court pass and go all out to beat the buzzer when they're up 16. No matter where I coach, I will torment O'Bannon. I don't usually pay attention to who goes where, but I will find him, even though he'll be lucky to get hired as an assistant, and I will punish whatever coach hires him.

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Magness Arena
Denver, CO

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Denver Pioneers
Jan 26, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#13 Western Kentucky (18-4)	46	49	95
Denver (4-14)	17	21	38

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	19	5-6	2-3	1-2	2	3	3	0	2	13
Stivers	19	4-8	2-3	2-2	2	4	2	0	1	12
Tamayo	16	5-11	1-4	1-1	3	4	2	0	0	12
Riley	16	6-8	1-1	0-0	4	2	4	0	0	13
Suotamo	12	4-6	0-0	5-6	7	0	0	1	0	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	12	3-3	0-0	2-2	4	1	0	1	0	8
Pawlak	9	1-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	2
Jack	6	3-5	1-1	0-0	3	3	1	1	0	7
Lewis	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Li	5	3-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	7
Capel	9	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	2
Blankenship	6	2-5	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		38-65	8-17	11-13	32	20	18	3	3	95

Denver Pioneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Geiger	22	1-10	1-7	0-0	1	3	1	1	4	3
Bedeau	26	2-12	0-6	0-2	2	3	1	0	4	4
Deberry	25	3-9	2-5	2-2	6	1	0	1	6	10
Bolton	23	1-4	0-1	1-2	8	1	1	0	4	3
Lambert	21	4-8	0-1	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hancock	12	2-3	0-0	0-2	5	0	0	0	3	4
Blake	8	2-3	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Radford	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lenzly	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wysocki	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Warren	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Graves	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		15-51	5-23	3-8	29	8	3	2	21	38

Tovarich: Unfortunately we didn't have the ball as time expired so I could draw something up for us. It was nice to have such an easy opponent that we could get everyone in the scoring column and get all 5 starters in double digits and get some good minutes for the backups to practice against.

Reporter: Do you feel bad about full court pressing them the entire game and embarrassing them like that?

Tovarich: I'll sleep just fine tonight. And I didn't press the entire game. We didn't press after the first basket. I gave the instruction after that though. We also didn't the first basket of the second half. Then I put it back on. Don't exaggerate.

Reporter: What about their players?

Tovarich: They shouldn't have signed on with a clown coach.

Reporter: Tracy Wolfson said you didn't feel it would be classy to run up the score.

Tovarich: She's lying. She makes up more quotes than Charissa Thompson.

Reporter: So what about Purdue coming up next? Were you worried anyone might look ahead to them or were you pounding your hatred of Denver into their heads so much that they forgot Purdue was next?

Tovarich: I just looked at their record and they're going to kill our SOS. I wish we could cancel that one. I just hope we're not looking ahead to Arkansas State, Troy and Little Rock while we're playing that one. They're 45-16 and we play all three in six days.

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 28, 2013
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Louisville	17-1
2	5	North Carolina	18-3
3	2	Kentucky	17-2
4	4	Georgia Tech	17-3
5	6	UNLV	17-3
6	14	North Carolina State	15-3
7	9	Penn State	18-2
8	3	Memphis	15-4
9	16	Illinois	17-3
10	18	Kansas	14-4
11	7	Florida State	14-4
12	8	Marquette	13-5
13	12	Providence	15-4
14	15	Pittsburgh	17-4
15	13	Western Kentucky	18-4
16	11	Virginia	14-4
17	22	Idaho	16-3
18	10	Washington	15-4
19	23	Duke	13-5
20	19	St. Joseph's	14-4
21	NR	St. John's	14-4
22	21	Michigan State	14-4
23	25	Connecticut	15-4
24	NR	Texas Tech	12-5
25	17	Colorado	14-4

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 28, 2013
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	18-4	.818	9-1	-
Florida International	14-6	.700	7-2	1.5
Arkansas State	14-4	.777	6-3	2.5
Troy	16-5	.761	6-3	2.5
Florida Atlantic	9-14	.391	6-3	2.5
Louisiana Lafayette	9-9	.500	5-4	3.5
North Texas	8-8	.500	4-4	4
Middle Tennessee	7-11	.388	4-5	4.5
Arkansas-Little Rock	15-7	.681	4-6	5
Louisiana Monroe	7-13	.350	3-5	5
South Alabama	12-7	.631	3-6	5.5
New Orleans	7-12	.368	1-7	7
Denver	4-14	.222	0-9	8.5

[Tovarich]

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Purdue Boilermakers at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 30, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Purdue (4-17)	34	26	60
#15 Western Kentucky (19-4)	49	39	88

Purdue Boilermakers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crenshaw	10	4-6	1-1	0-0	0	3	1	0	3	9
Jelenic	22	2-9	0-4	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	4
McCoy	21	6-12	3-7	0-0	4	3	0	0	5	15
Rodgers	21	8-13	0-2	2-2	7	0	1	1	2	18
Whitaker	17	0-0	0-0	3-4	7	0	0	0	0	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Janusauskas	13	3-3	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	2	6
Kinloch	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Butt	10	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	5
McGrain	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wood	10	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Holloway	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Miggins	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-48	5-17	5-6	20	14	4	2	14	60
TEAM TOTALS		25-48	5-17	5-6	20	14	4	2	14	60

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	15	1-3	1-1	2-2	2	7	3	0	3	5
Stivers	15	2-5	2-5	2-2	0	2	1	1	0	8
Tamayo	14	5-13	3-9	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	15
Riley	15	4-5	0-0	2-5	3	1	2	0	0	10
Suotamo	15	5-6	0-0	0-0	4	1	3	0	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	12	2-3	0-0	4-4	6	1	2	1	1	8
Pawlak	9	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	1	0	0	1	6
Jack	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lewis	9	3-5	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Li	13	3-4	0-1	2-4	0	1	2	0	1	8
Capel	13	3-3	1-1	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	7
Blankenship	5	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	3
TEAM TOTALS		32-53	10-22	14-19	24	20	14	2	6	88

Tovarich: I see why they're having a rough season. We got a few of them in foul trouble early and they had to go to the bench. You'd think the one SR they start at PG would know better.

Reporter: Fran McCaffrey didn't like the FT disparity. What did you think?

Tovarich: Fouls were 12-6, theirs almost all just happened to be shooting fouls, which we can almost never finish, so they got their money's worth on their fouls. We were hit with some ticky tack reach ins and such. They weren't as aggressive, so that's on him. He's just an angry person, so not surprised he's upset about something.

Reporter: Why do you think you feel from 13 to 15 in the polls after last week

Tovarich: Denver hurt our strength of schedule. In a way, we're unlucky to only get them once this season, because they're such an easy win, but they would kill our RPI too.

Reporter: You were worried about the team looking ahead to the big conference games. Is that really possible against a power school, regardless of their record?

Tovarich: You never know in basketball. On paper, they'd only be about the 4th best team in the Sun Belt, but we've had some incredible performances by some not so incredible teams. You have to take everyone seriously, except Denver. That's just for fun.

Reporter: The initial RPI has you 14th. Do you think that's accurate?

Tovarich: We tried to put a tough schedule together to make up for the conference only being rated 10th overall. Except for Purdue, all the power schools we played are over .500. Looks like only Illinois up at 9 is ranked, but the rankings don't come out until after the schedule is made, so there's a bit of guesswork involved, and you get in some tournament where you think you might play someone good.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Arkansas State Red Wolves at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Feb 4, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Arkansas State (14-6)	33	31	64
#13 Western Kentucky (20-4)	33	32	65

Arkansas State Red Wolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ray	23	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	8	1	0	3	0
Diawara	24	5-16	2-5	3-5	1	3	0	0	5	15
N'diaye	22	6-8	0-1	2-2	3	0	0	1	2	14
Tukker	23	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	3	2	4
Emerson	22	8-10	0-0	2-2	13	0	0	1	2	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Darby	10	3-5	0-1	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	7
Michaud	11	2-3	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	3	0	4
Guasco	6	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	2
DaSilva	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Gosley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Bing	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Videnov	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-49	2-10	8-11	28	14	2	8	15	64
TEAM TOTALS		27-49	2-10	8-11	28	14	2	8	15	64

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	19	2-6	0-2	0-0	0	5	3	0	0	4
Stivers	19	3-5	1-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	7
Tamayo	19	7-14	3-10	5-5	1	0	3	1	0	22
Riley	19	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	4
Suotamo	17	5-13	0-0	0-0	7	1	1	0	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	11	1-2	0-0	1-2	4	1	0	1	0	3
Pawlak	9	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lewis	9	3-5	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	7
Li	9	2-6	0-4	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	4
Capel	9	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	4
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-59	5-22	6-7	17	13	12	3	2	65

Tovarich: Incredible 3 by Tamayo to win it with .9 to go. Another one that's hard to explain how we won. We couldn't shoot, we couldn't rebound. They were getting most of the calls it felt like. They were up 7 a couple times, and I was thinking it wasn't our night.

Reporter: Tamayo was 2-9 on 3's prior to the last, what gave you the confidence to let him shoot it still with the game on the line?

Tovarich: They went up with 4.9 to go, so there was no plan, just get the ball up the court. He was pretty well defended, just an incredible shot.

Reporter: Both teams struggled from 3, did you consider giving up on trying them?

Tovarich: We were 1/11 at halftime, so I figured it can't get worse in the second half than that, so we kept going with our normal amount. They couldn't hit any either. Normally it would be more, but they were in their man press most of the first half, so that sped the game up and we tried to get some transition buckets, but we shot terribly in the paint. A good 7 or so point blank misses that would have made that a lot more comfortable game.

Reporter: You gave the backups a lot of minutes in the second half even though it was such a tight game. What went into that?

Tovarich: The starters just weren't playing well, and I had a feeling the backups were going to get it done. They were more effective with the press for whatever reason there the last few minutes and got a few critical steals.

Reporter: @ Troy next, is that a revenge game like Denver?

Tovarich: That's the toughest game on the conference schedule for sure. They give us trouble a lot. They blew us out in the championship game last year, but it's nothing like Denver. That one's personal. They just played better than us last year, and it'll be a tough one to win the only regular season game at their place.

[studbucket]

How does that rank about coach Tovarich's most dramatic wins?

[Tovarich]

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Trojan Arena
Troy, AL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Troy Trojans
Feb 7, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#13 Western Kentucky (21-4)	42	38	80
Troy (17-7)	43	27	70

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	23	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	2	0	0	0
Stivers	23	2-6	0-4	1-2	1	4	3	0	0	5
Tamayo	22	7-15	2-6	0-0	2	2	3	0	0	16
Riley	22	8-14	0-0	6-8	5	2	0	0	1	22
Suotamo	22	8-11	0-0	4-7	11	4	1	1	0	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	6	3-3	0-0	1-1	1	1	0	0	0	7
Pawlak	6	1-4	1-1	2-2	0	3	0	0	0	5
Lewis	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Li	6	1-1	1-1	0-2	0	0	1	0	1	3
Capel	5	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jack	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		30-54	4-12	16-24	21	18	10	1	2	80

Troy Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McCleod	23	5-7	3-4	1-2	1	3	0	1	3	14
Conklin	23	3-8	0-3	3-4	2	3	0	1	4	9
Wells	21	5-11	3-7	0-0	4	7	0	1	0	13
Nelson	10	1-1	0-0	2-2	2	1	1	1	0	4
Thomasson	10	1-1	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	2	0	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ferris	14	6-7	5-5	0-0	1	4	0	0	2	17
Coles	9	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Towe	10	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
McIntosh	10	3-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	6
Israel	10	1-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	1	2
Farley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Diaz	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-48	11-23	7-10	21	20	1	6	12	70

Tovarich: Well, that's not how we typically go about things, but Troy dictated most of the game with the full court press. We'll take it. That's never an easy game for us.

Reporter: How important was it to get their big guys in foul trouble early?

Tovarich: Even with them sitting out most of the game, we tied in rebounds, so who knows how bad that would've been if we didn't.

Reporter: Do you feel like them going small even helped?

Tovarich: Not really. They shot so well in the 1st half that they were up anyway.

Reporter: You don't like to sit people in foul trouble, what do you think of everyone else?

Tovarich: They all must use the same analytics company, gosh. 2 fouls and EVERYONE sits them until halftime, no exceptions. Then it seems like they won't go back in with a 3rd until there's under 5 minutes left. I must be the only coach in America who doesn't subscribe to that philosophy.

Reporter: Why is Riley so good at breaking the press?

Tovarich: Having his kind of speed at the PF position makes it easy. Whoever is guarding him simply can't keep up and so he can drive it on a center who's trying to decide if he's going to stick to ours or come over and often be late to try and defend, which lead to some clumsy fouls today. They were relentless with the press, and that puts their big guys on an island to guard ours and they start 4 seniors, so you'd think they are experienced enough to be smart in that situation, and obviously whoever coaches Troy trusts them to do that, but we were determined to get it down there and force them to try no to foul us. We'll miss his speed next year, because Pawlak can't break it like Riley can, because he doesn't have the speed to get by his defender and life against the press will likely take a different strategy next season.

Reporter: Only 12 3's. Will you try and take 20 extra next game to make up for it?

Tovarich: I felt like we never got into our half court offense in the first half because of the press and the fact that they shot almost 60% so yeah, just 4 attempts at halftime is probably a record low. But even when we were in a half court set, they were missing their two big guys and threw a SF out there down low, so it was most sensible to take advantage of that, as much as it pained me inside.

Reporter: They were 50% on 3's and almost 60% overall in the first half, what was the plan in the second half?

Tovarich: Dare them to do it again. And it was baffling they didn't give the one guy more attempts. He was 5/5 on 3's at halftime and they should have let him keep shooting. Eventually they stopped pressing us, and so I felt like that was the time to turn it back on them but they weren't as aggressive driving it in, and would prefer to set up their half court offense, so there was nothing stopping them strategically from doing it all over again. Must have been bad coaching on their part.

Studbucket: Where did Arkansas State rank in your most dramatic wins?

Tovarich: Probably top 5. I think my two most dramatic ones were at Eastern Shore, getting a block in the conference championship game is definitely the best, because it was some rare defense on our part. We had a dramatic double OT game there. I remember one of our big guys driving the baseline on someone back in my first or second season here and laying one in at the buzzer to win a frustrating game, so maybe 4th or so.

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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans
Feb 9, 2013	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#13 Western Kentucky (22-4)	52	31	83
Arkansas-Little Rock (17-9)	39	33	72

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	16	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	6	2	0	1	3
Stivers	16	3-6	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	7
Tamayo	16	5-11	3-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	13
RIley	16	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	1	1	4
Suotamo	15	3-6	0-0	3-4	6	1	0	0	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Petrauskas	12	3-4	0-0	3-3	1	2	1	2	0	9
Pawlak	9	4-6	1-1	1-1	4	1	1	0	0	10
Jack	4	1-3	0-1	5-6	2	1	0	0	0	7
Lewis	11	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	4	1	0	0	8
Li	9	3-5	3-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	9
Capel	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	6	2	0	3	2
Blankenship	5	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		30-53	11-22	12-14	18	24	8	3	6	83

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ireland	23	4-8	2-4	0-0	1	6	1	0	3	10
Thomas	22	7-14	2-6	0-0	2	4	0	0	1	16
Grant	22	5-10	2-6	0-0	3	2	0	0	2	12
Bazin	23	6-10	0-1	5-5	9	3	1	2	1	17
Christopher	20	4-7	0-1	0-0	6	1	3	1	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McKee	9	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	5
Havens	8	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	4
Bates	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	3	0
Janusauskas	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hipsher	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Brickens	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ziri	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		29-55	7-20	7-7	23	21	5	3	10	72

Tovarich: Big to go 3-0 this week. Those three all have good records, they're all very experienced teams. The next one against Middle Tennessee is important too, but other than a trip to FIU, it's not a tough road down the stretch, those were the big ones.

Reporter: Both teams shot so well in the first half, why do you think that didn't carry over after halftime?

Tovarich: I don't know why it didn't, but I was pretty sure it wouldn't. 68% for us and 62% for them I think in the first half. My gut said that wouldn't last, so I figured we better slow it down and if we're both going to shoot under 50%, I better limit possessions a little, so we bled the clock a little until they sped it up with the press late. Capel was sloppy with the ball late, 3 turnovers doesn't make me happy, but luckily we had a good lead.

Reporter: You often single out one or two players on the opposite team to try and close down on in the second half, how hard is that when 4 guys are in double digits?

Tovarich: Exactly, everyone was shooting well. The center probably would've made it 5/5 on double digits if he could play more minutes but he had the foul trouble and apparently the chart told them to sit him for a bit, not that it made any difference. Even the guys we tried to get tight on, they kept beating us in too. Their scoring was too balanced. They have 3 SR's too, so they've got a lot of talent and experience.

Reporter: Did Jack make a case for getting more minutes tonight? He beat the press well and got to the line and did the kind of things Riley does against the press.

Tovarich: He definitely has a little more speed than Pawlak, so maybe in that scenario, I'd give the edge to him. They're very even in skills and that'll be a battle next year for starting. For now though, we need a comfortable lead for him to get in. Obviously we're set at PG and C, but the other 3 positions to start next year are wide open with the existing players and some FR.

Reporter: Can you keep up the quality of a play for a fourth straight game. You just played three quality teams in a week, and you've circled Middle Tennessee as a revenge game since they beat you last month.

Tovarich: We will be relentless. It may not rise to the level of vitriol I have for Denver, but maybe Middle Tennessee just needs a reminder of who is better despite the first result. They're also right in line for the 8/9 game which means they get us a 3rd time in Mobile and it would be nice if they're not so confident.