ATLANTA -- Western Kentucky wanted to give Bowling Green a glimmer of light on one of its darkest days.
Less than 24 hours after a tornado system plowed across western Kentucky, resulting in at least 11 fatalities in Warren County, the Hilltoppers capped off a Saturday full of college basketball in the Holiday Hoopsgiving event at State Farm Arena in Atlanta with a 71-48 victory over Ole Miss.
"It was definitely an emphasis for us to just come out and play hard and just give the folks back in Bowling Green something good to look forward to," WKU fifth-year senior guard Josh Anderson said.