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Hilltoppers start C-USA play with rematch of last year's title game

Western Kentucky didn’t have long to sulk over its first loss of the season. The Hilltoppers instead turned their attention this week to a rematch of last year’s Conference USA Championship Game.

WKU will host Louisiana Tech at 6 p.m. Saturday at Houchens-Smith Stadium. The C-USA opener for both teams will be broadcast by Stadium – streamed on watchstadium.com and twitter.stadium.com.

Saturday will mark the third meeting of the Toppers and Bulldogs in less than 365 days. La Tech won a shootout 55-52 over WKU in Ruston, La., last Oct. 6 before the Hilltoppers got revenge with a 58-44 home victory Dec.