Western Kentucky played a flawless 40 minutes of basketball Jan. 6 at Marshall. Darius Thompson posted the school’s second-ever triple-double and the Hilltoppers led by as many as 34 points on their way to a 112-87 win.
WKU and the Thundering Herd meet again at 6 p.m. Saturday. Three weeks after that blowout in Huntington, W.Va., the Toppers (14-6 overall, 6-1 Conference USA) expect a motivated Marshall squad to take the floor in E.A. Diddle Arena.
“You don’t want to lose twice to the same team,” forward Moustapha Diagne said Friday of the Herd (14-6, 5-2). “They’re going to come out ready to play and so will we.