Redshirt junior Lamonte Bearden lays up the ball after a break-away steal during WKU's game vs. Florida Atlantic in E.A. Diddle Arena on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Bearden scored 5 points and played 25 minutes of the game.
Silas Walker/HERALDThe WKU men’s basketball team defeated Florida International University 83-76 Saturday night in Diddle Arena, despite graduate transfer Dwight Coleby leaving the game with an apparent knee injury.
Senior forward Justin Johnson led the Hilltoppers with 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while graduate transfer guard Darius Thompson (18 points), junior guard Lamonte Bearden (15 points) and freshman forward Josh Anderson (13 points) also broke double figures.