WKU head coach Michelle Clark-Heard has made it clear many times this season that her WKU team puts a majority of its focus on defense and lets the offense come as a result of their play defensively.
The way WKU has performed on that side of the ball this year has helped the team win games when the offense isn't clicking.
In the Lady Toppers' Conference USA opener back on Jan. 4 against rival Middle Tennessee, they struggled shooting the ball but used their defense to earn a 57-43 win. WKU forced 18 turnovers that evening and scored 18 points off those takeaways, while holding MTSU to 33 percent shooting from the field (13-of-40) on the night.