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WKU defense carries Hilltoppers to another ugly victory

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Coming into a conference tilt with the winless University of Texas-El Paso, many thought we would finally see the WKU offense we’d come to be familiar with over the past few years.

The opposite was true once more, as it was again the WKU defense carrying the load as the Hilltoppers moved to 3-2 (1-1 in Conference USA play) in a 15-14 win in El Paso yesterday.

UTEP (0-6, 0-2) limited the WKU offense to only 282 yards of total offense. Hilltopper quarterback Mike White finished the game 24-of-37 passing for 208 yards, averaging a mere 5.