Michelle Clark-Heard said as Western Kentucky’s Conference USA slate started earlier this year that the goal is to work toward playing the best basketball by February.
It’s now the middle of the month and the Lady Topper basketball team finds itself fighting for the top spot the conference standings with rival Middle Tennessee.
To beat Middle Tennessee on its home floor, that best basketball has to come now.
The Lady Toppers sit a half-game back from Middle Tennessee and have an opportunity to seize first place in the league when the teams tip off Thursday night at 6:30 p.