Western Kentucky held off UTSA in overtime with a 96-88 victory in Bowling Green. Lamonte Bearden and Charles Bassey each led the Hilltoppers with 22 points as WKU improved to 12-10 and 5-4 in Conference USA.
UTSA’s Jihvvan Jackson had 46 points, the most ever by an opposing player in EA Diddle Arena. WKU hosts UTEP tomorrow night with pregame at 5:30 on News Radio 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP and whopam.com.
Western Kentucky’s Lady Toppers cruised to a 81-62 win over UTSA on Thursday. It was the Lady Toppers first win at UTSA, giving the Lady Toppers one road win against all Conference USA members since joining the league. The Lady Toppers are back in action Saturday afternoon at UTEP.