WKU Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs Postgame Notes Feb ...
WKU Hilltoppers at Old Dominion Monarchs Postgame Notes Feb. 25, 2017 Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, Va. FINAL SCORE: Old Dominion 67, WKU 53 RECORDS AND NOTABLES • • • • • •
WKU is 13-16 overall and 7-9 in Conference USA play. This game was WKU’s 16th true road game of the season, the program’s most since 1945-46. Old Dominion improves to 18-10 overall and 11-5 in league play. Old Dominion leads the all-time series 18-16, including 10-2 in Norfolk. WKU head coach Rick Stansbury is 1-2 all-time against ODU. Attendance was 7,355. UP NEXT: WKU returns home for its final two home games, starting against North Texas at 7 p.m. CT Thursday at E.A. Diddle Arena. The game will be televised nationally on Fox College Sports, regionally on WKU PBS and in Louisville on WBNA via the Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network.
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WKU used the starting lineup of Junior Lomomba, Pancake Thomas, Que Johnson, Justin Johnson and Anton Waters for the 11th straight game. KEY FIRST HALF RUN: Up 16-13, Old Dominion went on a 12-0 run to pull in front 28-13 with 8:11 left in the half. o WKU went 7:02 without scoring until Justin Johnson broke the drought with a 3-pointer. KEY SECOND HALF RUN: WKU cut its deficit to 10 multiple times in the second half, but never got within single digits. After Justin Johnson’s 3-pointer made it 56-46 with 7:16 to play, Old Dominion scored eight of the next 10 points to keep the Tops at bay. WKU shot 15 of 49 (30.6 percent) from the field, 8 of 24 (33.3 percent) from 3-point range and 15 of 18 (83.3 percent) from the free-throw line. WKU has made a 3-pointer in 935 straight games dating back to March 15, 1987.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES PANCAKE THOMAS • The redshirt senior scored a game-high 17 points, grabbed six rebounds and made four 3-pointers, as well as all five of his free throws. o The game was Thomas’ ninth this season with at least four made 3s, including his seventh in the last 12 games. QUE JOHNSON • The redshirt senior scored 12 points and knocked down all four of his free throws. JABARI MCGHEE • The redshirt sophomore returned after missing the last three games with a shoulder injury and tallied four points and two rebounds in seven minutes off the bench. JUSTIN JOHNSON • The junior contributed 11 points, seven rebounds and two assists in 34 minutes. o Johnson moved up to 40th on WKU’s all-time scoring list with 1,069 career points, passing Bobby Jackson, Jeremy Evans and Orlando Mendez-Valdez. BEN LAWSON • The senior blocked one shot, joining Jeremy Evans as the only Hilltoppers with three seasons of at least 50 blocks each.
WKU is 13-16 overall and 7-9 in Conference USA play. This game was WKU’s 16th true road game of the season, the program’s most since 1945-46. Old Dominion improves to 18-10 overall and 11-5 in league play. Old Dominion leads the all-time series 18-16, including 10-2 in Norfolk. WKU head coach Rick Stansbury is 1-2 all-time against ODU. Attendance was 7,355. UP NEXT: WKU returns home for its final two home games, starting against North Texas at 7 p.m. CT Thursday at E.A. Diddle Arena. The game will be televised nationally on Fox College Sports, regionally on WKU PBS and in Louisville on WBNA via the Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network.
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WKU used the starting lineup of Junior Lomomba, Pancake Thomas, Que Johnson, Justin Johnson and Anton Waters for the 11th straight game. KEY FIRST HALF RUN: Up 16-13, Old Dominion went on a 12-0 run to pull in front 28-13 with 8:11 left in the half. o WKU went 7:02 without scoring until Justin Johnson broke the drought with a 3-pointer. KEY SECOND HALF RUN: WKU cut its deficit to 10 multiple times in the second half, but never got within single digits. After Justin Johnson’s 3-pointer made it 56-46 with 7:16 to play, Old Dominion scored eight of the next 10 points to keep the Tops at bay. WKU shot 15 of 49 (30.6 percent) from the field, 8 of 24 (33.3 percent) from 3-point range and 15 of 18 (83.3 percent) from the free-throw line. WKU has made a 3-pointer in 935 straight games dating back to March 15, 1987.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES PANCAKE THOMAS • The redshirt senior scored a game-high 17 points, grabbed six rebounds and made four 3-pointers, as well as all five of his free throws. o The game was Thomas’ ninth this season with at least four made 3s, including his seventh in the last 12 games. QUE JOHNSON • The redshirt senior scored 12 points and knocked down all four of his free throws. JABARI MCGHEE • The redshirt sophomore returned after missing the last three games with a shoulder injury and tallied four points and two rebounds in seven minutes off the bench. JUSTIN JOHNSON • The junior contributed 11 points, seven rebounds and two assists in 34 minutes. o Johnson moved up to 40th on WKU’s all-time scoring list with 1,069 career points, passing Bobby Jackson, Jeremy Evans and Orlando Mendez-Valdez. BEN LAWSON • The senior blocked one shot, joining Jeremy Evans as the only Hilltoppers with three seasons of at least 50 blocks each.
