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Hilltoppers hold off EKU, start 3-0 for the first time since 2007-08 season

The WKU men’s basketball team (3-0) traveled to in-state rival Eastern Kentucky (2-2) on Friday night, and the Hilltoppers knocked off the Colonels 79-71 on the road and notched their third straight victory to start the 2019-20 season in Alumni Coliseum in Richmond.

WKU has now started the year 3-0 for the first time since the 2007-08 season, which was the same year the Hilltoppers made a run to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament.

"In today's basketball, it's never easy to go anywhere and win on the road," head coach Rick Stansbury said in a release.