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Category: WKU Sports

BRAX TO THE MAX/WKU’s Braxton Bayless beats Louisiana Tech, 64-63, on last-gasp dash to the basket

February 24, 2025
Potpourri, WKU Sports

HILLTOPPERS SNAP FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK; BAYLESS FINISHES WITH A CAREER-HIGH 27 POINTS Maybe it was Western Kentucky’s resolve. Perhaps, it […]

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SOUL SEARCHING TIME AT DIDDLE/Fourth consecutive defeat sends Hilltoppers into the crossroads of 2024-25 season

February 21, 2025
National Sports, Potpourri, WKU Sports

SAM HOUSTON STATE USES BALANCED ATTACK TO THROTTLE WKU, 76-62 The second half went by quickly, with the home team […]

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PAINT THE TOWN BLUE/MTSU’s late surge empties Diddle Arena, sending Hilltoppers to third straight defeat

February 17, 2025
Potpourri, WKU Sports

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE CLAIMS 87-77 VICTORY OVER STRUGGLING TOPS They were hanging with perhaps the most complete team in Conference […]

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DESTINATION DATE/Eight BGHS student-athletes sign national letters of intent; Purples QB Deuce Bailey casts lot with Missouri State

January 30, 2025
High School Baseball, High School Football, Other High School Sports, Potpourri, WKU Sports

BGHS FOOTBALL FOURSOME HEADED FOR GEORGETOWN COLLEGE; YATES, McKAY JOIN THE CELEBRATION Mekhi Axson and his twin brother, Jayden, have […]

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TOPS FIND THEIR MOJO/Tyrone Marshall, Enoch Kalambay carry WKU to 85-69 thumping of Kennesaw State

January 12, 2025
Potpourri, WKU Sports

HILLTOPPERS WILL TRAVEL TO MTSU ON SATURDAY, WON’T PLAY AT HOME AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY 30 AGAINST UTEP It was pretty […]

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TOPS IN A TAILSPIN/Gamecocks’ inside game subdues Hilltoppers, 73-67; WKU faces C-USA newcomer Kennesaw State on Saturday

January 10, 2025
Potpourri, WKU Sports

JAX STATE’s MASON NICHOLSON OVERPOWERS WESTERN WITH 20 POINTS, 12 REBOUNDS, THREE BLOCKED SHOTS Hank Plona, Western Kentucky University’s first-year […]

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OFF TO PARADISE/WKU’s Caden Veltkamp says opportunity to play for new Owls coach Zach Kittley prompted his decision to transfer to FAU

December 24, 2024
High School Football, National Sports, Potpourri, WKU Sports

FORMER SOUTH WARREN STAR MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN HIS ONE SEASON AS THE HILLTOPPERS’ STARTING QUARTERBACK Western Kentucky University’s […]

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DON’s DOMAIN/Senior guard Don McHenry wills Hilltoppers past tough-minded Murray State squad, 81-76, in OT

December 15, 2024
Potpourri, WKU Sports

WKU AWAITS WORD ON INJURED STAR FORWARD BABACAR FAYE; HILLTOPPERS PLAY HOST TO SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ON TUESDAY NIGHT Western Kentucky […]

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TOPPIN’ THE TIGERS/WKU opens four-game homestand with 84-60 victory over Tennessee State

December 11, 2024
Potpourri, WKU Sports

DON McHENRY, KHRISTIAN LANDER CARRY HILLTOPPERS TO VICTORY Western Kentucky University’s student body has left after final exams, but the […]

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END OF THE ROAD/Opportunistic Minnesota needs four sets to eliminate WKU from NCAA Tournament

December 6, 2024
National Sports, The SEC, WKU Sports

HILLTOPPERS FINISH ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON AT 28-7; GOPHERS WILL FACE 11th-RANKED KENTUCKY ON FRIDAY NIGHT LEXINGTON — There were twists […]

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