BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball has added a nationally televised non-conference road game at No. 6/5 Houston on Thursday night.
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Now multiple games below the NCAA maximum of 27 because of postponed Conference USA series, the Hilltoppers will fill one of those vacancies against the nationally ranked Cougars (18-3, No. 7 NET), who most recently beat Cincinnati 90-52 on Sunday.
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WKU's game at Houston is set for a 6 p.m. CT tip Thursday on ESPN2.
This is not the first game the Hilltoppers have added in-season this year. In addition to joining the Crossover Classic in South Dakota on three days notice (wins over Northern Iowa, Memphis, six-point loss to West Virginia), WKU also added a road game at Alabama (#8 in NET) on less than a week's notice, winning 73-71 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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The Hilltoppers are 1-3 all-time against Houston, including 0-1 on the road. The teams last met in WKU's 74-72 home loss on Feb. 9, 2010.
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Because of the addition of Thursday's game, WKU's home series against FIU has been pushed back to 2 p.m. CT Sunday and noon Monday in E.A. Diddle Arena.
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The Hilltoppers' final league series at home against Old Dominion the following week remains unchanged.
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