Western Kentucky scored a single point in the last five minutes and Bowling Green’s Justin Turner drove the length of the court to score with four seconds remaining to defeat the Hilltoppers 77-75 on Friday.
Turner scored 27 points to hand WKU (4-1) its first loss of the season to open the Paradise Jam tournament in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Although the Hilltoppers shot 53 percent in the second half and had four players score in double figures, they went cold in the last five minutes with a Taveion Hollingsworth free throw as the only score.
With eight seconds remaining, Josh Anderson missed a free throw on the front end of a 1-and-1 and Turner grabbed the rebound and went coast-to-coast and scored on the runner to go up 76-75.