Sunday, March 4, 2012

Stand Up and Cheer

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, left for dead in January, won their third game in a row -- and their fourth of their last five -- in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament last night. The Tops beat Florida International 67-63 to advance to the Sun Belt Quarter-Finals in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Later today, the Hilltoppers take on Arkansas-Little Rock, who went 12-4 in SEC play and 15-15 overall this year. We hope that new coach Ray Harper and the Hilltoppers can keep the ball rolling.
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  1. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 10:41:00 PM EST

    Semifinals ... after trailing as much as 14-3, WKU has closed to within 29-27 of Arkansas-Little Rock at halftime. Hilltoppers missed eight of 11 free-throw attempts in first 20 minutes.

    Michael Schroeder ‏ @HilltopperSID
    #WKU has come from behind to win 4 of the last 5 times it has trailed at half. Compare that to losing 12-straight in that situation prior.
    9:38 PM - 4 Mar 12

    Winner plays Arkansas State for Sun Belt championship and berth to NCAA tournament.

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    1. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:17:00 PM EST

      Getting ahead of myself. This is a quarterfinal. Winner plays either Denver or South Alabama.

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  2. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:18:00 PM EST

    WKU trailing by 11 with 9:04 to play ...

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  3. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:28:00 PM EST

    COME ON, WKU! Back to within six, 56-50, with 4:58 to go ...

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  4. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:29:00 PM EST

    56-52! AND UALR TURNOVER!!!

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  5. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:32:00 PM EST

    TIED!!! 56-56!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:33:00 PM EST

    Check that ... 56-55 ... Derrick Gordon's long field goal ruled a two-pointer ... UALR turnover ... TV timeout at 3:24, and WKU will have ball, down one, when action resumes!

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  7. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:36:00 PM EST

    TOPS LEAD, 57-56!

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  8. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:37:00 PM EST

    Michael Schroeder ‏ @HilltopperSID
    #WKU trailed by 13 just 5:41 ago and has now taken its first lead at 57-56 on a pair of Derrick Gordon free throws.
    10:35 PM - 4 Mar 12

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  9. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:38:00 PM EST

    59-56, WKU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2:13 to play!

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  10. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:40:00 PM EST

    60-56, WKU!!!!! Warren Central's George Fant blocks UALR! WKU ball ... 1:29 to go ...

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  11. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:41:00 PM EST

    61-56, TOPS!

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  12. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:42:00 PM EST

    UALR missed 3 ... WKU rebound! ... 1 minute to go!

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  13. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:43:00 PM EST

    62-56 ... 56 seconds to go!

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  14. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:48:00 PM EST

    45 seconds left ... agonizing last minute ... 62-58, WKU headed to line ...

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  15. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:48:00 PM EST

    Good and miss ... UALR layup ... 63-60 ... 37 seconds ...

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  16. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:52:00 PM EST

    Finally, WKU makes both of its free throws ... 65-60 ... 31.7 to play ...

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    1. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:53:00 PM EST

      10 minutes on real clock to play 28.3 seconds on game clock.

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  17. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:56:00 PM EST

    66-63, WKU, 0.2 seconds to play ... Hilltoppers at free-throw line ...

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  18. EricMarch 4, 2012 at 11:59:00 PM EST

    THAT'S IT!

    WKU 68, UALR 63!!!

    Hilltoppers' 6-foot-3 freshman guard Derrick Gordon finishes with 23 points and 15 rebounds ...

    That's FOUR in a row since Ray Harper was promoted from interim to permanent head coach.

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  19. MatthewMarch 5, 2012 at 12:02:00 AM EST

    Fantastic!!!

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  20. EricMarch 5, 2012 at 7:46:00 AM EST

    Yeah! I love Ray Harper.

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