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Lafayette, LA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Jan 4, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Western Kentucky (14-4)	51	52	103
Louisiana-Lafayette (6-6)	26	31	57

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	14	2-2	0-0	2-2	2	7	3	0	1	6
Lewis	14	3-4	1-2	2-2	2	3	1	0	1	9
Li	14	7-12	4-9	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	18
Jack	12	6-9	0-0	0-0	5	0	3	0	0	12
Shehan	14	5-11	0-0	3-3	5	2	3	0	2	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Suotamo	8	3-4	0-0	1-2	5	1	0	0	0	7
Pawlak	10	3-5	0-0	1-1	7	2	2	0	0	7
Camper	14	3-10	1-6	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	7
Jordan	14	3-4	2-3	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	8
Capel	14	2-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	6	0	0	4
Blankenship	6	2-3	0-0	0-1	3	2	0	0	1	4
Zoellner	6	4-6	0-0	0-1	2	1	0	0	0	8
TEAM TOTALS		43-74	8-21	9-12	36	22	22	0	6	103

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cox	22	4-9	2-5	0-0	2	3	1	0	2	10
Cleaves	21	4-10	1-4	0-0	1	2	1	0	5	9
Robinson	23	5-11	0-2	0-0	11	5	0	1	9	10
Barber	23	2-11	0-2	2-2	7	3	1	0	3	6
Kole	20	2-6	0-0	3-3	7	1	1	0	1	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hoskin	14	2-4	0-1	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	4
Shields	14	4-8	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	9
Sherrod	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	2
McDade	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Perry	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Blackwell	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Emmert	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		24-61	4-17	5-5	33	18	5	2	23	57

Tovarich: That's supposed to be the second best team in the conference on paper, so that's a shockingly easy win. They're only 6-6 though, so they must not be living up to it. They were shockingly poor handling the ball. We pressed a little in the first half, but stopped that pretty quick when we were way ahead, but they continued to turn it over. They were spread out a lot and making very long passes constantly. Not wise. And apparently they lack depth because you'd think you may as well get the bench in and try something new down 40+

Reporter: You still seemed unhappy with the PF's.

Tovarich: Yes, I benched Jack after he stopped 3 feet from the hoop and tried some stupid hook shot instead of continuing to drive it in and slam it. I think he must have had some traumatic experience as a child touching a basketball rim. I'll have to try and figure out what it is. So I even let Blankenship have some practice against the press and it didn't seem to matter who it was, they disappointed in that aspect. Hard to nitpick, but of course all coaches can.

Reporter: All 12 players scored and got a rebound and 11 had an assist. How beneficial is all that depth?

Tovarich: It's only going to get better. We have no seniors, so next season, we should have the greatest team unity in the history of ever and hopefully we'll play like it.

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Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 8, 2014
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	14-4	.777	4-0	-
Arkansas State	8-4	.666	3-0	.5
Florida Atlantic	9-6	.600	3-0	.5
Middle Tennessee	7-6	.538	3-1	1
Louisiana Lafayette	6-6	.500	2-1	1.5
Troy	5-13	.277	2-2	2
Louisiana Monroe	9-6	.600	1-2	2.5
Florida International	6-6	.500	1-2	2.5
New Orleans	3-10	.230	1-2	2.5
South Alabama	5-10	.333	1-3	3
Denver	4-12	.250	1-3	3
Arkansas-Little Rock	4-7	.363	0-3	3.5
North Texas	5-9	.357	0-3	3.5

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Pharmed Arena
Miami, FL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Florida International Golden Panthers
Jan 8, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#24 Western Kentucky (14-5)	40	24	64
Florida International (7-6)	40	43	83

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	20	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	3	1	0	0	0
Lewis	19	4-14	3-10	0-0	1	2	2	0	1	11
Li	20	5-17	3-9	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	13
Jack	20	3-4	1-2	0-0	3	2	4	0	0	7
Suotamo	17	7-9	0-0	0-2	5	3	1	0	1	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	11	4-4	0-0	1-2	2	2	0	0	0	9
Pawlak	8	1-4	0-1	0-2	3	0	1	0	0	2
Camper	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Jordan	8	1-4	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	2
Capel	8	2-2	1-1	1-1	0	1	1	0	1	6
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		27-63	8-27	2-7	20	18	12	0	4	64

Florida International Golden Panthers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Rose	25	9-10	2-4	2-2	4	5	1	0	8	16
Pearson	23	5-12	0-1	0-0	1	3	2	1	0	10
Tucker	23	10-15	4-8	0-0	4	6	0	0	2	24
McCollum	23	7-9	0-0	0-0	11	2	0	1	1	14
Schultz	19	4-4	0-0	2-4	13	1	0	2	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Santiago	12	0-2	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	0
Gerlach	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Chadwick	8	2-3	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	6
Olsen	5	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Lindeman	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Attaway	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Valencia	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		35-57	7-16	6-8	38	21	3	4	12	83

Tovarich: Don't know how we managed to be tied at halftime. I don't feel like we ever had a chance in that one. Rebounding was a joke as usual. We tower over those two centers, but it made no difference. 2/7 from the line was hilarious. At one point we were 4/18 in the second half, I didn't bother with the final numbers. They barely missed.

Reporter: You grabbed 7 offensive rebounds and missed all 7 putbacks from point blank range. Why do you think that is?

Tovarich: Must have been fate that we were not going to score on that possession.

Reporter: Do you think Suotamo starting caused it?

Tovarich: Both big guys scored well, just couldn't get a rebound somehow, magically. But no, it shouldn't have.

Reporter: But your team unity was lower.

Tovarich: Still higher than theirs.

Reporter: Do you think it was because you were ranked for the first time in a while?

Tovarich: Good chance.

Reporter: Why do you think they tried to hard to score at the end?

Tovarich: They got themselves in Denver territory now. Just to rub it in, they got two offensive rebounds in the last 10 seconds and scored the putback as time expired. There was no stopping it on that drive until they scored. They come to us in March though. We'll remember.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

New Orleans Privateers at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 11, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
New Orleans (4-11)	27	33	60
#24 Western Kentucky (15-5)	49	40	89

New Orleans Privateers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kruger	18	1-6	1-6	3-4	0	7	0	0	6	6
Lucas	24	7-19	5-14	0-0	3	4	1	0	4	19
Dillon	24	7-13	4-10	0-0	2	3	2	0	2	18
Rios	21	1-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2
Benzel	25	2-7	0-0	0-0	15	2	0	1	2	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Maye	10	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	1	2	4
Boone	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morales	12	3-4	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	7
Frazier	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ogunride	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Eisentrout	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Emmett	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		23-55	11-33	3-4	28	18	3	2	17	60
TEAM TOTALS		23-55	11-33	3-4	28	18	3	2	17	60

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	17	1-2	0-0	4-4	0	7	5	0	1	6
Lewis	17	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	4	3	0	1	0
Li	17	9-13	6-10	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	24
Jack	12	5-10	1-2	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	12
Suotamo	15	7-9	0-0	1-1	7	4	0	0	0	15
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	9	1-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	1	0	2
Pawlak	12	6-7	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	12
Camper	11	3-13	1-8	1-2	2	0	2	0	1	8
Jordan	11	0-3	0-2	2-2	3	0	2	0	0	2
Capel	11	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	2	4
Blankenship	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Zoellner	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		36-67	8-24	9-11	33	20	15	1	5	89

Tovarich: That was better.

Reporter: Why did Camper get so many shots?

Tovarich: When you start 0-10, I just wanted to know if it was physically possible for him to make one, so I told him to keep shooting.

Reporter: How did another short center get 15 rebounds?

Tovarich: I would pay someone a lot of money to tell me the answer.

Reporter: You looked annoyed with the bench in the second half.

Tovarich: I'm trying to give them a chance to work things out. Camper's offensively challenged, so is Jordan. Shehan didn't shoot well from 1 foot away. Being up 20 is the best way to do that, and none of them were doing anything really besides Pawlak who got some steals and easy layins.

Reporter: Do you hope to fall out of the top 25?

Tovarich: May as well. It seems to make a difference.

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 13, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Syracuse	12-0
2	2	Southern California	15-1
3	3	Texas	14-1
4	4	Connecticut	15-1
5	5	Pittsburgh	14-2
6	7	California	13-3
7	6	UCLA	13-2
8	9	Louisville	13-3
9	10	Virginia	13-1
10	16	Georgia Tech	11-3
11	15	Texas A&M	12-1
12	11	Stanford	14-2
13	13	Michigan State	13-3
14	18	Kentucky	13-4
15	14	Alabama	13-2
16	22	Nebraska	14-2
17	12	Vanderbilt	12-1
18	8	St. John's	12-3
19	19	Illinois	12-3
20	21	North Carolina State	12-5
21	20	Villanova	11-3
22	NR	Providence	12-3
23	NR	Ohio State	13-3
24	NR	Oregon	12-3
25	NR	Auburn	13-3

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Jonesboro, AR

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Arkansas State Red Wolves
Jan 14, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Western Kentucky (16-5)	33	46	79
Arkansas State (8-7)	30	42	72

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	19	3-4	1-1	8-10	2	2	3	0	3	15
Lewis	19	5-8	2-5	5-5	1	2	6	0	0	17
Li	16	1-11	0-5	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2
Jack	17	3-10	1-3	0-0	5	2	3	1	0	7
Suotamo	19	5-8	0-0	4-9	9	0	3	1	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	9	4-6	0-0	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	10
Pawlak	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Camper	12	2-6	0-0	0-0	2	6	2	0	0	4
Jordan	9	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Capel	9	4-7	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	8
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-63	4-15	19-26	24	14	19	2	4	79

Arkansas State Red Wolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jackette	25	4-9	1-4	0-0	1	12	1	1	6	9
Diawara	25	7-15	4-8	0-0	2	2	1	0	8	18
N'diaye	25	8-15	5-11	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	21
Tukker	25	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	5	0	0	3	4
Emerson	22	8-10	0-0	0-2	16	0	0	5	1	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Darby	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
O'Donnell	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Michaud	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	1	1	2
Stivers	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Gosley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Videnov	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ward	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-56	10-23	0-2	28	22	3	9	19	72

Tovarich: Gutsy win. It seemed like everything was going against us until after 4 minutes to go, we finally changed something, not sure what, but something. I don't know what the record for free throws is in the final 38 seconds of a game but I think we may have set it. That center of theirs may be 7 feet but he averages 5 rebounds a game, 16 against us though lol. If only he got to play us 35 times a year, he'd be the greatest rebounder in history. We were lucky we finally got him in some foul trouble in the second half or he probably would've grabbed another 8 rebounds in those 3 minutes he sat. I was happy to see Shehan get his first rebound of the game late in the 2nd half. I'm surprised the numbers weren't worse.

Reporter: Li left the game injured, but returned, though his shooting was clearly ineffective. How long will he be hurt?

Tovarich: He'll be feeling the effects against Little Rock this weekend, but then should be good. We'll pull the plug on him playing quickly if he's going to struggle to shoot again.

Reporter: Galbreath had been perfect on FT's for the season until tonight, are you surprised he finally missed?

Tovarich: No, I'm never surprised when we miss FT's in the final minute. It's quite common.

Reporter: The schedule really eases up until 3 of the last 3 are against Arkansas State, FIU and Louisiana Lafayette. Do you expect to gain some momentum against some of the weaker opponents?

Tovarich: If South Alabama is still running that halfcourt trap, I expect that to be a pain again. We don't seem to play well on the road, so I don't expect any conference road games to be easy, not with this team. We're not that young, but we're wildly inconsistent like a young team.

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Bowling Green, KY

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 18, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Arkansas-Little Rock (6-9)	26	39	65
Western Kentucky (17-5)	42	44	85

Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Havens	21	8-9	4-5	2-2	1	5	2	2	3	22
Ireland	21	2-11	1-8	0-0	1	5	0	0	1	5
Grant	23	7-19	2-9	0-0	6	4	1	0	3	16
Okotie	24	5-7	0-0	0-2	7	1	0	1	4	10
Januskauskas	21	2-6	0-0	0-0	11	1	0	1	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hipsher	11	0-3	0-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	0
Wilkins	6	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Walls	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	2
Sidibe	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ziri	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Rothseiden	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Wiley	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-61	7-25	2-4	32	21	3	4	14	65
TEAM TOTALS		28-61	7-25	2-4	32	21	3	4	14	65

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	15	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	9	0	0	1	0
Lewis	15	4-4	4-4	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	12
Li	13	3-15	3-14	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	10
Jack	15	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	0
Suotamo	13	7-9	0-0	4-6	7	0	2	0	0	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	9	5-6	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	1	0	10
Pawlak	13	5-7	0-0	1-2	8	1	2	0	0	11
Camper	10	2-6	1-4	2-2	1	0	0	0	1	7
Jordan	11	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Capel	13	1-4	0-0	3-3	0	1	3	0	2	5
Blankenship	7	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	3
Zoellner	6	3-3	0-0	1-1	0	1	1	0	0	7
TEAM TOTALS		32-65	10-29	12-16	32	17	14	1	4	85

Tovarich: Nice to have a game pretty much exactly how it should. That doesn't happen as often as I'd like.

Reporter: Li started out well, but faded quickly.

Tovarich: Yeah, not quite healthy, started 3/5 then never made another shot. He'll be back fully healthy next week. Maybe he'd be slumping right now anyway, who knows?

Reporter: They moved the PG out of the prime ball handling spot and he really took off scoring, but you didn't tighten up defense on him like normal, why not?

Tovarich: If the game were at all close, I guess I'd have cared, but we tightened up on the Grant guy who killed us in the first half. That PG didn't do anything until the second half, so the game was under control by then.

Reporter: Is it concerning that 2 starters didn't score?

Tovarich: Galbreath, no. The PG doesn't take a lot of shots around here. We were focused on getting Li going if we could, so Jack didn't get many shots. Not a big deal. Pawlak got all the time against the press in the second half, so he got the scoring. Jack probably would've refused to dunk on a breakaway but hopefully he'd have made some layups if given the chance.

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Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Jan 20, 2014
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	17-5	.772	7-1	-
Florida Atlantic	11-8	.578	5-2	1.5
Middle Tennessee	9-7	.562	5-2	1.5
Arkansas State	9-7	.562	4-3	2.5
Louisiana Lafayette	8-8	.500	4-3	2.5
Florida International	8-7	.533	3-3	3
South Alabama	7-10	.411	3-3	3
Denver	7-13	.400	4-4	3
Troy	6-15	.285	3-4	3.5
Louisiana Monroe	10-8	.555	2-4	4
Arkansas-Little Rock	6-9	.400	2-5	4.5
New Orleans	4-13	.235	2-5	4.5
North Texas	6-12	.333	1-6	5.5

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

South Alabama Jaguars at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 22, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
South Alabama (7-11)	40	27	67
#24 Western Kentucky (18-5)	49	51	100

South Alabama Jaguars
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Largent	19	2-7	0-3	0-0	1	7	2	0	1	4
Outlaw	22	4-12	1-6	0-0	3	6	2	0	2	9
Queen	23	4-6	0-1	0-0	9	4	2	1	2	8
Nunez	19	6-8	1-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	2	13
Ramsey	11	6-6	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ellerbee	12	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Okotie	14	5-9	2-5	0-0	0	2	0	0	6	12
Lindsey	10	1-3	0-0	0-0	4	3	0	0	1	2
Doss	10	2-6	1-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Flores	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Markusovic	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Nutter	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		31-59	5-21	0-0	20	25	6	2	15	67
TEAM TOTALS		31-59	5-21	0-0	20	25	6	2	15	67

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	18	2-3	0-0	2-2	0	6	3	0	0	6
Lewis	18	3-6	1-3	0-0	3	3	2	0	0	7
Li	14	7-7	4-4	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	18
Jack	19	5-7	0-2	0-0	3	4	0	0	2	10
Suotamo	11	7-9	0-0	2-4	3	2	2	0	0	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	10	7-7	0-0	2-3	4	0	1	0	1	16
Pawlak	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	1	2
Camper	8	1-4	0-3	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	2
Jordan	9	3-4	0-1	1-1	0	2	2	0	0	7
Capel	10	2-3	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	1	6
Blankenship	7	3-4	0-1	0-1	2	0	0	0	1	6
Zoellner	7	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		43-60	5-14	9-13	23	24	13	0	6	100

Tovarich: Usually that halfcourt trap gives us more problems. We did have a handful of turnovers, but we tried something different and it went pretty well.

Reporter: Are you going to tell us what you did differently?

Tovarich: Sure, we just threw longer passes down court instead of just trying to get it across and get them into their regular halfcourt defense. They wanted to speed the game, so we sped it up too. That's why we didn't shoot many 3's, it felt like all our baskets were in transition because of that or they were in transition after turnovers, which they committed a good number of because they were so insistent on playing as fast as possible at all times.

Reporter: Were you worried about being ranked coming into the game?

Tovarich: Yeah, that's been a problem for some reason. Hopefully we're getting over it.

Reporter: South Alabama coach is upset they never got a free throw. What did you think of the officiating?

Tovarich: They mostly settled for jump shots, which isn't conducive to getting fouls. We were out in transition a lot, and the few times they were they were so far ahead of us we couldn't have fouled them if we wanted to.

Reporter: Did you feel good about winning rebounds or was it because of all their missed 3's at the end?

Tovarich: Most of those missed 3's came with the walkons and backups in, so I still don't expect many. It would be nice if your big men could get more, but they also pull our big guys away from the basket by having all their people away from the basket, so not a big deal today.

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Super Pit
Denton, TX

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at North Texas Mean Green
Jan 25, 2014	1ST	2ND	OT	SCORE
#24 Western Kentucky (18-6)	35	48	10	93
North Texas (8-12)	47	36	11	94

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	25	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	8	1	0	1	2
Lewis	25	6-9	4-7	0-0	2	2	2	1	0	16
Li	25	4-18	2-15	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	10
Jack	23	7-12	2-2	3-4	6	1	3	0	1	19
Suotamo	22	6-10	0-0	1-1	11	2	2	1	0	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	11	3-8	0-0	0-2	2	1	2	2	2	6
Pawlak	10	5-11	0-2	2-2	3	1	2	0	0	12
Camper	8	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Jordan	8	3-3	2-2	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	10
Capel	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	4	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		37-80	11-31	8-11	26	20	14	4	5	93

North Texas Mean Green
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Hardy	25	4-8	1-3	0-0	1	10	1	0	3	9
Daniel	26	10-13	3-4	1-2	8	4	0	0	4	24
Cripe, C	26	7-10	3-5	4-4	2	2	1	0	2	21
Cripe, L	24	8-10	0-0	0-0	5	3	1	3	0	16
Galloway	27	1-6	0-0	0-0	11	2	0	0	1	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Crandle	11	5-8	2-3	2-2	0	1	0	0	3	14
Midgley	9	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	1	2	0
Hehn	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doellman	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Powers	13	4-6	0-0	0-0	6	2	1	0	1	8
Zimmerman	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hoskin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		39-65	9-18	7-8	36	26	4	4	16	94

Tovarich: That was the most incredible performance by a last place Sun Belt team I've ever seen. It was pretty obvious when they were shooting 72% at halftime that the story of this one was written. I was stunned to come back and have a 2-point lead, but of course they tied it with 3 seconds to go, then won it on 2 FT's in OT with 5 seconds to go and we never even got a shot off. Bold of them to full court press up 1 with 5 seconds to go. Seems like they knew that's the exact call that would work to get a steal.

Reporter: Is it because you were ranked?

Tovarich: That seems to be a huge deal to our opponents.

Reporter: Why not play the bench more?

Tovarich: Probably should have. Li struggled, as did most of the team. We needed green jerseys to shoot well. 60% by the last place team is incredible. 15 extra shots and we couldn't beat 1-7 team in the conference. You can only laugh sometimes. All the missed layups were incredible. The -10 in rebounding was incredible. That's us against everyone pretty much, but I think we missed every putback once again anyway. Those were just not allowed, like against Florida International. Whatever, we'll be unranked next week, but unfortunately for us we only have 1 game, so Middle Tennessee has no chance.

Reporter: Why is the team so inconsistent?

Tovarich: Low team unity.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Jan 29, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Middle Tennessee (10-9)	29	36	65
Western Kentucky (19-6)	42	37	79

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Augustin	24	6-9	4-5	0-0	0	4	2	0	2	16
King	21	2-6	1-3	5-6	0	3	0	0	2	10
Valiulis	19	4-8	2-6	0-0	3	2	0	0	3	10
Davis	18	9-12	0-1	3-3	6	3	0	2	2	21
Chambliss	14	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	2	0	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Clifford	15	2-3	0-0	0-2	5	1	1	1	3	4
Surov	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2
Coggins	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Vianney	15	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	6	0	0	1	0
Park	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Lynch	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Beauford	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25-43	7-16	8-11	22	19	3	5	14	65
TEAM TOTALS		25-43	7-16	8-11	22	19	3	5	14	65

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	19	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	8	6	0	1	2
Lewis	19	7-13	2-8	0-0	1	2	4	0	0	16
Li	19	5-10	5-10	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	15
Jack	19	2-4	0-0	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	6
Suotamo	17	5-8	0-0	4-4	6	3	1	0	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	8	7-7	0-0	2-2	7	1	0	2	0	16
Pawlak	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	0
Camper	6	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan	6	1-6	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Capel	9	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	3
Blankenship	3	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zoellner	3	2-3	0-0	0-1	0	0	0	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		30-59	9-25	10-11	21	16	14	2	3	79

Tovarich: Another opponent shooting 60% as usual. I told them to stay tight on the one guard who made 80% of his 3's, yet, he was was constantly wide open. Frustrating defense. We got just enough steals to be comfortable in the second half. Li shot it well unlike the last game. Other than Shehan, can't say much for the bench.

Reporter: Does it pain you inside to rely on big guys scoring so much instead of 3's?

Tovarich: A little. They're still soft sometimes but have been good lately. We're not shooting well from the outside at all consistently. I'd love to keep pounding it in down low to get the other team's big guys in foul trouble. I feel like it should help us rebound, even though we make below average rebounders looks amazing all the time.

Reporter: Can you beat Florida Atlantic if you go back into the top 25?

Tovarich: Probably not.

Reporter: You said one of your experiments would be Shehan and Suotamo playing simultaneously but we've never seen it?

Tovarich: They can get tired so easily, I need one of them fresh.

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NCAA Hoops Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Feb 3, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	1	Texas	19-1
2	2	Syracuse	17-1
3	3	UCLA	18-2
4	4	California	17-4
5	5	Georgia Tech	15-4
6	7	Louisville	17-4
7	6	Southern California	16-5
8	14	Stanford	18-4
9	8	Connecticut	17-5
10	9	Pittsburgh	19-3
11	12	Arizona	16-5
12	15	Miami Florida	16-3
13	25	Vanderbilt	15-3
14	18	Michigan State	18-4
15	11	Villanova	15-6
16	16	Arkansas	18-4
17	19	Nebraska	18-3
18	21	West Virginia	14-6
19	17	Maryland	19-4
20	10	Arizona State	15-6
21	NR	Ohio State	17-5
22	NR	North Carolina State	16-6
23	NR	Mississippi State	15-5
24	24	Illinois	16-4
25	23	Texas A&M	14-4

Sun Belt Conference Standings - Updated: Feb 5, 2014
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	GB
Western Kentucky	19-6	.760	9-2	-
Louisiana Lafayette	12-9	.571	8-4	1.5
Arkansas State	12-8	.600	7-4	2
Middle Tennessee	11-9	.550	7-4	2
Florida Atlantic	12-10	.545	6-4	2.5
Louisiana Monroe	14-9	.608	6-5	3
South Alabama	9-12	.428	5-5	3.5
Florida International	10-10	.500	5-6	4
Denver	9-15	.375	5-6	4
Troy	7-18	.280	4-7	5
Arkansas-Little Rock	7-11	.388	3-7	5.5
North Texas	8-13	.380	3-7	5.5
New Orleans	4-17	.190	2-9	7

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The Burrow
Boca Raton, FL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Florida Atlantic Owls
Feb 5, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Western Kentucky (20-6)	58	54	112
Florida Atlantic (12-11)	33	50	83

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	13	2-4	2-3	2-2	0	4	1	0	0	8
Lewis	13	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	5	1	0	0	3
Li	13	4-9	2-7	0-0	1	4	2	0	0	10
Jack	14	8-8	4-4	1-3	4	1	4	1	0	21
Suotamo	12	7-7	0-0	2-4	6	1	1	0	1	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	7	1-1	0-0	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	4
Pawlak	10	6-7	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	1	0	14
Camper	13	3-7	1-2	1-1	0	1	1	0	1	8
Jordan	10	1-3	1-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	3
Capel	13	4-6	0-0	8-8	1	3	0	0	3	16
Blankenship	10	1-4	0-2	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	4
Zoellner	11	2-3	0-0	1-4	1	2	2	0	0	5
TEAM TOTALS		40-61	11-22	21-28	26	23	12	2	5	112

Florida Atlantic Owls
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Toppert	21	4-7	2-3	0-0	0	12	0	0	2	10
Ross	23	5-8	2-3	0-0	3	2	1	0	2	12
Cleland	21	9-22	7-14	2-2	5	1	0	0	6	27
Oliver	20	3-3	1-1	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	7
McCoy	14	5-7	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	1	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McClurkin	10	3-6	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Taybron	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	2
Greene	7	0-5	0-4	0-0	0	4	0	1	1	0
Slattery	8	1-1	0-0	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	3
Cannon	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	2
Souchu	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mason	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-63	14-29	3-4	24	25	3	3	12	83

Tovarich: Couldn't do much wrong there. Oh, except for the pitiful defense against all the 3's in the second half. I know I instructed everyone to stay tight on Cleland and apparently no one listened. He was wide open on every possession it seemed like. Luckily we shot so well or I'd have been angrier about that.

Reporter: Florida Atlantic coach thinks the refs were very bias.

Tovarich: I would have too, but most of those fouls were on breakaways and from behind. Everyone's going to call that. The man to man press was silly. We literally just ran by them most of the time.

Reporter: You often play against teams shooting 67%. How does it feel to do it yourself?

Tovarich: We might have been over 70 until those last few minutes. We didn't shoot well at the end there. Incredible, most of them were in the paint, but we still hit a decent amount of 3's too. Can't find much wrong on offense. Defense luckily can be forgiven because we won easily. Thank goodness we were unranked or it likely would never have happened.

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E.A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY

Denver Pioneers at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Feb 8, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Denver (9-17)	32	34	66
Western Kentucky (21-6)	48	52	100

Denver Pioneers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Vianney	23	2-5	1-4	0-0	1	10	0	0	6	5
Bedeau	23	6-17	0-6	0-0	7	2	1	0	1	12
Deberry	21	8-12	4-7	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	20
Boltom	20	2-6	1-1	2-2	6	1	0	1	3	7
Pilgrim	17	4-8	0-0	0-0	11	1	0	0	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
McLaughlin	14	2-5	1-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	5
Blake	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	2	0
Hancock	10	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2
Graves	7	3-4	1-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	7
Lenzly	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Radford	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Wysocki	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		28-58	8-23	2-3	36	19	2	1	19	66
TEAM TOTALS		28-58	8-23	2-3	36	19	2	1	19	66

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	16	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	6	2	0	1	0
Lewis	17	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	3
Li	14	7-14	7-12	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	21
Jack	16	5-8	3-5	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	13
Suotamo	12	9-12	0-0	2-5	8	3	0	0	0	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	11	5-6	0-0	0-1	6	0	1	1	0	10
Pawlak	11	3-8	0-0	0-1	7	5	1	0	0	6
Camper	11	3-6	3-5	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	9
Jordan	10	1-10	1-7	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	3
Capel	12	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	3	0	0	2
Blankenship	5	1-2	0-1	2-2	1	2	0	0	0	4
Zoellner	5	4-5	0-0	1-1	3	0	0	0	0	9
TEAM TOTALS		40-78	15-34	5-10	33	22	16	1	2	100

Tovarich: Nice win. Very rewarding to get to 100 there at the end.

Reporter: Your team didn't seem to have the same intensity to that one that you did.

Tovarich: No, none of them were here 5 years ago when Denver fired off the 3 up 16 at the buzzer. It's all just stories to them. We had 4 guys last year who were here and 3 who started the whole time, so they knew what needed to be done. Pawlak blew that layup that would've gotten us to 100 and I was dejected, but he didn't think it was a big deal. Luckily we got one more shot at it. They remember what Florida International did last month though. That's the new Denver for them that will motivate them for years to come.

Reporter: Are you concerned their FR C got 11 boards?

Tovarich: I'm stunned when they don't. Suotamo did a fine job rebounding. We just didn't need him to stay in, so other people got some minutes. Shehan did good too. Any rebounds for Zoellner are a plus. We fired off a lot of 3's quickly before anyone was down there to rebound though, so they got a lot of uncontested boards.

Reporter: Are you worried your starters are not getting enough minutes the last few games?

Tovarich: No, that's always great. These are the results I expect to have against conference teams. We're rated 14th in the RPI, so it's a down conference and we should be dominating and it's disappointing we can't win a game once we get ranked and have 2 losses in the league.

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Fant-Ewing Coliseum
Monroe, LA

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
Feb 15, 2014	1ST	2ND	SCORE
Western Kentucky (22-6)	41	37	78
Louisiana-Monroe (16-11)	45	31	76

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Galbreath	21	2-5	0-3	2-2	0	7	2	0	0	6
Lewis	21	2-7	1-6	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Li	21	10-19	6-12	0-0	2	0	6	0	0	26
Jack	21	4-7	0-0	0-0	1	1	5	1	1	8
Suotamo	21	7-12	0-0	5-5	11	3	1	0	1	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Shehan	7	2-4	0-0	3-4	4	1	0	0	1	7
Pawlak	7	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Camper	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jordan	7	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Capel	7	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Blankenship	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Zoellner	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		30-62	8-24	10-11	20	13	16	1	3	78

Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gatson	21	3-8	1-3	2-2	0	7	0	0	4	9
Slattery	18	7-8	4-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	3	18
Dieng	17	4-6	0-1	2-2	6	6	0	0	3	10
Franklin	18	3-4	0-0	0-1	8	1	1	1	1	6
Sonn	22	6-10	0-0	0-1	10	2	0	1	3	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Lewis	6	5-6	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	10
Goral	16	4-7	0-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	2	8
McCully	12	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	3
Lamb	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Copeland	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Dennis	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Kelly	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-53	6-14	4-7	31	23	2	2	17	76

Tovarich: Wow, hard fought win. I don't know how we did it. Another team shooting over 60% as per usual. Not surprising as we're the worst field goal defense in America. They were up at 67% at halftime, so we did a good job getting it down to only 60 for the game. Had to be hyper aggressive on defense and went for a ton of steals and we got a good number. Nice of them to go cold finally at the end a bit. I think we had 10 chances or so to tie or take the lead and we missed the first 10. Then as soon as we took the lead, I think they went on an 8-0 run immediately. Surprised we fought our way back. Couldn't rebound as usual, couldn't shoot 3's well other than Li. Bench did almost nothing. That Slattery guy should have been their plan on every possession. I don't know where he missed one during the game or I'd have fainted probably. Some other nobody off the bench got 10 points in 6 minutes. Big free throws by Galbreath with 8 seconds left to make it a 2-score game. Did I cover everything?

Reporter: Would you have won if you were ranked?

Tovarich: Knew I forgot part of my rant. No, never. No chance. Almost didn't anyway. I thought we'd be back in, maybe next week. That would be bad timing though with the Cajuns and our revenge game against Florida International.