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WKU Visits Rival Middle Tennessee on Saturday

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball continues a challenging three-game road stretch at rival Middle Tennessee at 5 p.m. CT Saturday in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

The Hilltoppers (9-9, 3-2 Conference USA) are coming off a 72-54 road loss at UAB – their first conference road loss of the season – in which the Blazers won their 19th straight conference home game.

Middle Tennessee (14-3, 4-0) sits atop the league standings after a 69-57 win over Marshall on Thursday. WKU leads 93-39 in the series that dates back to 1914, although the Blue Raiders have won nine of the last 11.