Jared Savage got his wish. Three days after stating he and the Hilltoppers would rather not have to rally from double-digit deficits to win games, Western Kentucky led most of the night to sweep Marshall.
The Western Kentucky women’s basketball team closed out its second straight road win in dominant fashion Saturday, outscoring Marshall 20-7 in the final six minutes to defeat the Thundering Herd 74-65 in Huntington, W.Va.
Western Kentucky senior Lisa Friess stayed undefeated in singles play this season, but the Lady Toppers suffered their first women's tennis loss of 2020 by a score of 6-1 to Northern Kentucky on Saturday.
The scouting report will be much shorter, and the matchup memory will be very fresh.
The Western Kentucky women’s basketball team has had two chances to move above .500 in Conference USA play this season – when they opened the conference slate at North Texas on Jan. 2 and Jan. 16 when they traveled to Old Dominion.
Western Kentucky’s softball team was picked to finish second in the Conference USA Preseason Coaches Poll, the league office released Thursday.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Another deficit, another comeback.
Western Kentucky announced the hiring of Brooks LeCompte as the school’s head cross country and assistant track and field coach on Wednesday.
Western Kentucky redshirt sophomore Cora-Lynn von Dungern was named Conference USA Athlete of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday. von Dungern becomes the second Lady Topper to earn C-USA in-season honors since WKU joined the league starting in 2014.
A wrinkle in Western Kentucky’s schedule is calling for consecutive games against the school’s newest rival.
Western Kentucky had six players score in double figures to beat Marshall 91-84 on Saturday in the second meeting with the Thundering Herd this week.
A wrinkle in Western Kentucky’s schedule is calling for consecutive games against the school’s newest rival.
Taveion Hollingsworth put his team on his back last week, and as a result, the Western Kentucky guard was named Conference USA Co-Player of the Week on Monday.
Western Kentucky’s women’s tennis team swept Western Illinois 7-0 on Sunday as the team did not surrender a set during the match in Indianapolis.
Dartez Hamlin and Marlowe Mosley collected the first event titles of the season for Western Kentucky on Saturday at the two-day Samford Indoor Open in Birmingham, Ala.
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The Western Kentucky women’s basketball team got back in the win column Saturday at Charlotte with a 60-56 win against the 49ers in Charlotte, N.C.
Taveion Hollingsworth carried the Hilltoppers to another win, but didn’t need a furious comeback this time.
The first shift in Tyson Helton’s coaching staff came Friday afternoon.
Western Kentucky’s win over Old Dominion on Thursday still holds the value of one win in the record column, even if the manner of which the Hilltoppers rallied carries more significance.
Western Kentucky battled back from an 0-2 hole after a trip to Texas to start the Conference USA portion of its schedule to reach .500 after the second week at home.
Lee Robertson has seen nearly every Western Kentucky basketball game for 74 years.
The Western Kentucky women’s basketball team rallied to get within five points after being down 18 in the third quarter at Old Dominion on Thursday, but were unable to complete the comeback and lost 76-65 in Norfolk, Va.
The most cohesive staff Tyson Helton says he’s ever been associated with is still intact for now.
Rick Stansbury is lenient with his freshmen. There’s just enough of a veteran presence on Western Kentucky’s roster that the coach can let freshmen play through mistakes in an effort to grow as a player, so long as those mistakes don’t affect the outcome of a game.
The road hasn’t been kind to the Western Kentucky women’s basketball team this season.
Western Kentucky’s Dartez Hamlin and Alexis Williams were named Conference USA’s Male and Female Track Athlete of the Week, respectively, the league office announced Tuesday.
Western Kentucky football finished the 2019 season with one of the best defenses in college football.
The importance of the last two games wasn’t lost on Greg Collins and his Western Kentucky women’s basketball team.
Dee Givens tipped a pass from Middle Tennessee’s Alexis Whittington over the head over Anastasia Hayes, the intended target, chased down the ball and drove to the basket on the opposite end of the floor at E.A. Diddle Arena.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Western Kentucky’s first weekend on the road in Conference USA was a tale of two trips. Thursday’s loss at UAB came without a rhythm as scoring was delegated to the starting five in a mistake-riddled game.
Western Kentucky’s track and field team returned to action following the holiday break with the two-day Kentucky-hosted Jim Green Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Lexington.
After an 0-2 start in Conference USA play, the Western Kentucky women’s basketball team felt the pressure.
Western Kentucky had no choice but to fight back after an 0-2 start in C-USA play, as second-year head coach Greg Collins noted after Thursday’s 69-65 win against UAB snapped a three-game skid in the team’s first game at E.A. Diddle Arena in over a month.
Western Kentucky announced its 2020 season softball schedule Friday.
One of the biggest moves Tyson Helton made in his first offseason as Western Kentucky’s coach was the addition of Ty Storey at quarterback.
Western Kentucky men’s golf coach Chan Metts announced the addition of Davis Money to the program Friday.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Options were minimal for Western Kentucky, and still the Hilltoppers had a chance to close in on UAB.
Former Western Kentucky women’s basketball coach Paul Sanderford was announced as one of 12 finalists for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 on Thursday.
Western Kentucky started Conference USA play in a hole with two losses in Texas. Now the Lady Toppers are trying to battle out of it.
Any time Rick Stansbury talks about “this” Western Kentucky team, he’s not referring to the group that’s played 14 games since early November. “This” WKU team has only been together four games since the season-ending injury to center Charles Bassey.
With finalization of the Conference USA portion of the schedule, Western Kentucky announced its complete 2020 football schedule Wednesday.
A trip to Texas didn’t come with the results the Western Kentucky women’s basketball team was hoping for.
It’s easy to point to the highlight reel dunks that will make it on SportsCenter for why Josh Anderson is central to how Western Kentucky reshapes its identity in a guard-heavy lineup.
