WKU Notes | Conference USA Notes
LAS VEGAS -- WKU Hilltopper Basketball continues a stretch of seven straight games away from home with a matchup against host UNLV at 7 p.m. CT Saturday in the Global Sports Classic at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
The Hilltoppers (3-2) are coming off an 86-47 loss to Washington in their first game in Las Vegas. WKU trailed by seven with four minutes gone in the second half but ultimately shot 25.4 percent from the field, including 17.1 percent in the second half.
UNLV (3-2) lost to TCU, 63-59, in its first game of the Global Sports Classic on Friday. WKU has previously played the Runnin' Rebels just once before, a 96-95 double-overtime loss in the Coca-Cola NIT on Nov. 29, 1986. WKU head coach Rick Stansbury has never faced UNLV.
GAME 6
WKU (3-2) vs. UNLV (3-2)
November 26, 2016 | 7 p.m. (CT)
Las Vegas, Nev. | Thomas & Mack Center (19,522)
BROADCAST
Listen: Hilltopper IMG Sports Network (WKLX 100.7 FM flagship), TuneIn Radio (free) (Jeff Younglove, pxp | Hal Schmitt, analysis)
Watch: Campus Insiders (free online stream)
Live Stats: Gametracker
QUICK SHOTS
• Starting this week, WKU will not play at home for almost a full calendar month. The Hilltoppers play seven straight games on the road or at neutral sites before returning to host Ohio on Dec. 21.
• WKU will travel more than 10,000 miles and play in six different states and three time zones on the road swing.
• This is the most consecutive games away from home for the Hilltoppers since 2007-08, when they played eight in a row away from the end of the regular season to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
• This is the most consecutive regular season games away from home since playing seven straight away from Diddle Arena in the 2002-03 season.
• WKU will go 29 days between home games, the most since going 42 days between home contests from Dec. 11, 1999, to Jan. 22, 2000.
• The Hilltoppers have started guards Junior Lomomba, Pancake Thomas and Que Johnson alongside forwards Justin Johnson and Ben Lawson in each of their first five games.
• WKU has made at least one 3-pointer in 911 consecutive games, dating back to March 15, 1987. The 3-point shot was instituted prior to the 1986-87 season.
• Junior Justin Johnson has made 5 of 11 shots from 3-point range this year after netting just one 3-pointer over his first two seasons.
• Graduate senior Pancake Thomas and graduate senior Junior Lomomba are a combined 32 of 35 from the free-throw line. WKU's guards are a combined 51 of 60 (.850) from the charity stripe.
• WKU has made more free throws (85) than its opponents have attempted (61). The Hilltoppers' 31 makes vs. North Carolina A&T were their most since netting 33 vs. Ball State on Feb. 22, 2003.
• Pancake Thomas played in his 100th career game at Belmont. Junior Lomomba (96) and graduate senior Que Johnson (98) are also nearing the 100-game milestone.
• Justin Johnson needs 284 points this season to become the 49th player in Hilltopper Basketball history to score 1,000 career points.
• Graduate senior Que Johnson needs 91 points to reach 1,000 for his career across his time at Washington State and WKU. Pancake Thomas needs 203 points to reach 1,000 for his career across his time at New Mexico, Hartford and WKU.
• Senior Ben Lawson ranks fifth in WKU history with 141 career blocked shots. His 66 blocks in 2015-16 were the seventh-most in a season in Hilltopper history.
• Head coach Rick Stansbury needs four more wins to reach 300 victories for his career.
MED CENTER HEALTH
The 2016-17 WKU Basketball season is presented by Med Center Health. With The Medical Center at its core, Med Center Health has served Southcentral Kentucky for 90 years, and its system of care includes six acute care hospitals, a complete network of immediate to emergency services and services in dozens of specialties. Whether it is emergency treatment for heart attack victims or preventative programs to improve the health of the communities it serves, Med Center Health is committed to providing the highest level of care and service.
