WKU Game Notes 
| Conference USA Notes
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- WKU closes non-conference play with a matchup against Brescia (Ky.) Monday night at 7:00 at E.A. Diddle Arena.
The Hilltoppers enter the game with a 7-5 record, with two of the losses to nationally-ranked foes on the road, and a win would make WKU 8-5 entering conference play for the first time since 2013-14.
This is the fourth-straight season WKU and Brescia have played, with WKU winning the three previous by an average of 37.7 points. The Bearcats are 9-5 on the season and 3-0 in the NAIA Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and hold a 5-2 record away from home.
WKU defeated Detroit in its last game, 79-74 Tuesday night, and the Hilltoppers saw five players in double figures and were two Nigel Snipes points away from having six players in double figures for the first time since Jan. 29, 2005.
After Monday's non-conference finale, WKU turns its attention to its second season in Conference USA beginning Sunday at noon (CT) at Marshall.
GAME 13
WKU (7-5) vs. Brescia (Ky.) (9-5)
December 28, 2015 | 7:00 PM (CT)
Bowling Green, Ky. | E.A. Diddle Arena (7,326)
QUICK SHOTS
- WKU has won eight-straight home games and 25 of its last 29 home contests overall, and the Hilltoppers are 48-12 at E.A. Diddle Arena under head coach Ray Harper (.800) and 32-7 over the last three seasons.
- WKU has rebounded with a win from its last nine defeats dating back to a four-game losing streak from Feb. 7-22 last season.
- WKU's seven most recent opponents are a combined 57-24 on the year (.704).
- WKU has already faced four teams ranked in the top-26 in the nation in field goal percentage (Louisville, 6th, .519; Eastern Kentucky, 14th, .502; Belmont, 25th, .488; Duquesne, 26th, .488).
- WKU is averaging 77.3 points per game, its highest-scoring output through 12 games since 2007-08 (78.1).
- WKU ranks 62nd in blocked shots per game (4.9), after being tied for 189th in the NCAA in blocks per game in 2014-15 (3.3).
- Justin Johnson ranks 16th in the nation in field goal percentage (.637) and 53rd in offensive rebounds per game (3.3).
- Justin Johnson's five double-doubles are the most in Conference USA and 31st-most in the nation.
- Ben Lawson ranks 17th in the nation in blocked shots per game (2.8) and 13th in total blocks (33), and he has blocked at least one shot in 17-straight outings and exactly three shots in 10 of the last 14 games.
- Ben Lawson has blocked 33 shots on the season, of WKU's 59 as a team, and the Hilltoppers have seen their shots swatted by the opponent a total of 29 times this year.
- Chris McNeal is 52nd in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.8) and third among freshmen.
- Sophomore Justin Johnson has five double-doubles for his career, all this season, and George Fant, who finished his Hilltopper career with 22 double-doubles, had six through his sophomore season.
- Nigel Snipes' scoring average of 11.8 this season is 4.2 times higher than his career scoring average of 2.8 entering the season, and his 141 total points tops his point total from the last two years combined (74) and is approaching his three-year career total entering this season of 193.
- WKU's leading returning scorer from last season, redshirt-junior Chris Harrison-Docks, is 295 points away from becoming the 49th player in Hilltopper Basketball history to score 1,000 career points.
- Aaron Cosby is 67 points away from 1,000 for his collegiate career.
BROADCAST
Listen: Hilltopper IMG Sports Network (WKLX 100.7 FM flagship), TuneIn Radio (free) (Randy Lee, pxp | Hal Schmitt, analysis)
Watch: WKUSports.tv (radio simulcast)
Live Stats: WKUSports.com (free)
PROMOTIONS
Fan Appreciation Night: fans can purchase reserved bleacher tickets for $7 (normally $15)
TICKETS
WKU Ticket Office: online at WKUSports.com, in person at E.A. Diddle Arena, via phone at 1-800-5-BIG Red or 745-5222 locally
