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...If there is a team in the Sun Belt that needs a win right now, it's
Western Kentucky who are clinging to a winning record overall but are
only 5-5 in the conference and need momentum after dropping five of six.
In this stretch, the scoring has been down and while the defense has
been good, it hasn't been able to win on it's own. A 65-57 loss at South
Alabama on Thursday was a prime example of that trend with 36.8%
shooting trailing the Jaguars 40.4% mark but just nine makes at the line
compared to 22 for South Alabama being the decisive number. Brandon
Harris led the WKU attack with 14 points and seven rebounds, with TJ
Price right on his heels with 13 points, followed by a ten point, six
pull effort by George Fant.
The worse thing I can say about Middle Tennessee State is they aren't covering many spreads, but than
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I'm sure that's not a worry because they are still winning a lot of
games. Nine of ten to be exact with plenty of scoring and defense to
lean on which has the Blue Raiders sitting atop the Sun Belt. MTSU
opened up a DD lead in the second half of a 72-64 victory over North
Texas and were never seriously threatened behind 53.7% shooting with ten
steals and 19 forced turnovers negating the Mean Green's 45% from the
floor with the better team getting more shots. Marcos Knight led a
balanced offense with 15 points and five helpers, followed by James
Gallmman with 13 points off the bench while JT Sulton and Neiko Hunter
combined for 21 points and eight pulls....
