WKU Basketball: Tops Outlast ODU, 57–49, To Set Up Title Date With Marshall

WKU is back on the doorstep of the glory days, and are one win away from punching their ticket to the NCAA Tournament after defeating Old…

WKU is back on the doorstep of the glory days, and are one win away from punching their ticket to the NCAA Tournament after defeating Old Dominion in the C-USA semifinals, 57–49.

Unfortunately for us, a game being played at the tail end of the work day (or right dab in the middle of my work day) doesn’t bode well for blog upkeeping. Fortunately for you, you don’t have to read our usually blundering thoughts and musings, as friend of the blog Adam Martinez of Mean Green Nation and CUSA Report was on hand to see the game live, and took care of recapping things for us.

After the brief time that ODU led 16–11, WKU woke up, and went on a run sparked by Justin Johnson (who else?) getting two straight buckets with contact. The steady stream of WKU attacks at the rim were helped by Trey Porter sitting with 2 early fouls. What was more difficult for ODU was the league’s second most efficient offense struggled to get buckets. There were questionable referee decisions, but this is CUSA and that is the normal state of things.

To read Adam’s full review (which I highly recommend,) click here.

The Tops will be at it tomorrow against Marshall in the third meeting of the two teams this season. Tip off in the C-USA title game is set for 7:30 tomorrow night.

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