| WKU Hilltopper Basketball vs. Austin Peay | |
| Date | Time | Saturday, Nov. 15 | 4 p.m. CT |
| Location | Bowling Green, Ky. | E.A. Diddle Arena |
| Promotions | 2014-15 Promotions Calendar Military Appreciation Day Party 1 Kid Zone |
| Tickets | WKU Ticket Office |
| Live Video | WKUSports.tv | C-USA Digital Network |
| Live Stats | |
| Game Notes | WKU Game Notes | Austin Peay Game Notes |
The Hilltoppers are coming off a 20-12 season in 2013-14 and enter a new era with affiliation in Conference USA, joining 13 other schools in the conference spanning El Paso, Texas to Norfolk, Va.
WKU returns nine letterwinners and four starters from a season ago, and the Hilltoppers will see five newcomers suit up Saturday for the first time in a regular-season contest.
Austin Peay and WKU first met on December 8, 1941, a 42-34 Hilltopper victory, and the two were Ohio Valley Conference rivals from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The Governors return six letterwinners and three starters from a team that went 12-18 a season ago.
Following the game against Austin Peay, WKU heads to Minneapolis, Minn., to face off against Minnesota Tuesday night at 7:00 (CT) to start the campus site portion of the 2014 NIT Season Tip-Off.
GAME 1
WKU (0-0) vs. Austin Peay (0-0)
November 15, 2014 | 4:00 PM (CT)
Bowling Green, Ky. | E.A. Diddle Arena (7,326)
QUICK SHOTS
- WKU is opening the season at home for just the second time in the last seven seasons, and the Hilltoppers are 2-4 in their previous six season openers with three-straight defeats.
- WKU has won nine of its last 10 home openers and is 77-18 all-time in the season's first home game.
- WKU leads the all-time series against Austin Peay 38-14 and has won the last six meetings.
- WKU has won six of its last seven regular-season home games.
- WKU is one win away from 1,700 wins as a program, which is a figure only 16 other programs in NCAA history have reached.
- WKU returns its four leading scorers from a season ago in T.J. Price (15.5 ppg), George Fant (13.3 ppg), Trency Jackson (10.2 ppg) and Chris Harrison-Docks (9.9 ppg), and the quartet accounted for 61.9 percent of the Hilltoppers' scoring output in 2013-14.
- The 2014-15 Hilltopper roster has combined for 17 varsity letters at WKU, which is the most since the 2008-09 Hilltoppers also had 17 combined letters of experience entering the season.
- Seniors George Fant and T.J. Price accounted for two of the 10 spots on the Preseason All-Conference USA Team, as voted by the league head coaches.
- Nine of the Hilltoppers' 13 Conference USA foes have previously been in a conference with WKU at one time or another, with only Rice, Southern Miss, UTEP and UTSA being new league rivals.
- The Hilltoppers have improved on their E.A. Diddle Arena win total each season since 2010-11, winning 13 at home last season following seasons of 11, eight and seven dating back to 2010-11.
BROADCAST
- Listen: Hilltopper IMG Sports Network, TuneIn Radio (free) (Randy Lee, pxp | Hal Schmitt, analysis)
- Watch: WKUSports.tv ($), C-USA Digital Network ($) (radio simulcast)
- Live Stats: WKUSports.com (free)
