Western Kentucky will take on Laurentian University on Tuesday afternoon at BN Arena in San Jose, California.

6:32 local time

Western Kentucky came back after trailing for most of the first three quarters to beat Laurentian 104-98 in the first game of its Costa Rica tour.

The Hilltoppers outscored the Voyageurs 31-22 over the game’s final 10 minutes.

Lamonte Bearden scored 23 points for WKU. Justin Johnson posted 19 points and 10 rebounds. Darius Thompson tallied 18 points, six rebounds, five steals and five assists.

6:29 local time

A Justin Johnson free throw has stretched Western Kentucky’s lead to 104-98 with 40 seconds left to play.

Johnson, who just joined the basketball team Sunday, has 19 points and 10 rebounds.

6:22 local time

A Darius Thompson basket off a Lamonte Bearden assist has put Western Kentucky up 95-91 on Laurentian with 2:50 to play in the game.

The Voyageurs got to within 90-89 before a Jordan Brangers 3-pointer stretched the lead to four.

6:14 local time

Western Kentucky has used a 7-0 run to take an 86-81 lead with 6:18 left in the fourth quarter.

The Hilltoppers tied the game on a Darius Thompson drive, took the lead on a Lamonte Bearden layup off a Jordan Brangers assist, then pushed the lead to five with a deep Brangers 3.

6:05 local time

Western Kentucky is down 76-73 against Laurentian heading into the fourth quarter. Justin Johnson’s game-tying 3-point attempt at the end of the third quarter rimmed out.

Lamonte Bearden leads the Hilltoppers with 17 points. Darius Thompson has 12 points, six rebounds and three assists. Justin Johnson has tallied 10 points and six rebounds.

Freshman Taveion Hollingsworth has added 10 points and five rebounds.

WKU hasn’t led the game since the score was 11-10 in the first quarter.

5:44 local time

Western Kentucky trails Laurentian 49-44 after the first half. The Hilltoppers were outscored 21-17 in the first quarter, 28-27 in the second.

Redshirt junior guard Lamonte Bearden leads WKU in scoring with 11 points. Next up on the scoring list for the Toppers are Justin Johnson (eight points), Darius Thompson (eight) and Dwight Coleby (seven).

Coleby, Thompson and Johnson have seven, five and four rebounds, respectively. WKU has just four assists against 11 turnovers at the break.

The Toppers shot 18-of-40 (45 percent) from the field, 3-of-12 (25 percent) from 3-point range and 5-of-10 (50 percent) from the free throw line in the first half.

5:36 local time

Western Kentucky trails Laurentian 45-41 with 1:05 left in the second quarter.

Lamonte Bearden leads the Hilltoppers with 11 points. Justin Johnson has scored eight points, with Dwight Coleby adding seven points and seven rebounds.

5:20 p.m. local time

Western Kentucky trails Laurentian 21-17 after the first quarter. Lamonte Bearden and Dwight Coleby each have five points for the Hilltoppers, while Coleby has five rebounds.

WKU got out to a 6-2 lead before a 16-7 Voyageur run put Laurentian up 18-13.

All 10 eligible WKU players appeared in the first quarter.

4:33 p.m. local time

Western Kentucky will play the first of three games on its Costa Rican foreign tour Tuesday afternoon against Laurentian University. The Hilltoppers and Voyageurs are meeting at BN Arena in the nation’s capital city of San Jose.

This will mark the first time WKU’s 2017-18 team takes the court against another opponent. The Toppers practiced 10 times in Bowling Green before arriving in Costa Rica on Monday afternoon.

WKU coach Rick Stansbury took a squad of 11 players with him on the preseason trip: Lamonte Bearden, Jordan Brangers, Dwight Coleby, Moustapha Diagne, Taveion Hollingsworth, Justin Johnson, Tyler Miller, Marek Nelson, Jake Ohmer, Jared Savage and Darius Thompson.

Diagne, however, will be unable to play in any of WKU’s three exhibition games this week. The redshirt sophomore forward has not yet been cleared by the NCAA to participate in games, though he was able to practice with the Hilltoppers over the last two weeks and make the trip to Costa Rica.

Stansbury is going with a starting lineup of the guards Bearden, Brangers and Thompson and forwards Coleby and Johnson.

Johnson rejoined the basketball program Sunday after spending the offseason working out and practicing with WKU’s football team.