WKU (9-3), (2-1, C-USA) escaped its home floor with a 66-64 win over Louisiana Tech (8-4), (1-2, C-USA) in game one of its opening home series in conference play.
For the first time this season, freshman guard Dayvion McKnight entered the starting lineup, replacing Kenny Cooper. Cooper ultimately didn’t play at all due to a coach’s decision.
Despite starting out 5-of-17 from the field to start the game, WKU found itself up early with a 9-0 run over a four minute span. Both teams were cold shooting the ball in the first half with a combined 25 points in the first 11 minutes of play with both teams shooting under 30%.