Nov. 22, 2013
WKU wraps up its three-game Roundball Showcase homestand Saturday night at 7:00 (CT) against Samford.
The Hilltoppers have been locked in defensively to start the season, allowing an average of just 58.0 points per game, and a win on Saturday would make WKU 3-1 to start a season for the first time since 2010-11.
WKU has won all seven all-time meetings against the Bulldogs with the last coming on December 13, 1986, which was a 94-57 Hilltopper win when WKU was ranked eighth in the nation. After the game against Samford, WKU heads to Marshall to finish up the Roundball Showcase with a matchup featuring founding members of the Ohio Valley Conference from 1948 and future Conference USA foes beginning in 2014-15.
Season tickets for the 2013-14 season start as low as $99 for all 18 games at E.A. Diddle Arena, and single-game tickets are on sale as well. Fans interested in purchasing season or single-game tickets can call the WKU Ticket Office at 1-800-5-BIG RED or 745-5222 locally, or order online at WKUSports.com.
GAME 4
WKU (2-1) vs. Samford (1-4)
November 23, 2013 // 7:00 PM (CT)
Bowling Green, Ky. // E.A. Diddle Arena (7,326)
Radio: WKLX-FM (100.7) Bowling Green • Jeff Younglove (pxp), Hal Schmitt (analysis)
Television: WKUSports.tv • Radio Simulcast
QUICK SHOTS
• WKU has won seven-straight non-conference home games.
• WKU has held eight-straight opponents under 70 points, which is the longest streak since the Hilltoppers held 10-straight under 70 from January 2-February 2, 2008.
• Through two weeks of basketball in the 2013-14 season, WKU has allowed the 22nd-fewest points per game in the nation (58.0 ppg) and the fewest in the Sun Belt Conference.
• WKU is 18-5 under Ray Harper at home.
• WKU has outrebounded each of its three opponents this season.
• T.J. Price has scored in double figures in 14 of his last 15 games.
• T.J. Price has made at least one three-pointer in 17-straight games and multiple threes in 14 of the 17 contests.
• WKU has started true freshman point guards in each of its three games this season.
• Should T.J. Price and George Fant both reach the 1,000 career point threshold in 2013-14, it would mark the first time since 2009-10 that multiple players have reached the milestone in the same season (Jeremy Evans, Steffphon Pettigrew, A.J. Slaughter; 2009-10).
• WKU's 17 regular-season home games in 2013-14 are the most in program history.
PROMOTION INFORMATION
• WKU faculty and staff can receive one complimentary reserved seat ticket prior to gameday on Faculty/Staff Night.
• The Party One Zone for Kids featuring inflatables will be open on the concourse throughout the game.
