Rick Stansbury would like reinforcements before playing five games in the next two weeks.
Neither Josh Anderson nor Moustapha Diagne were on the flight Friday to Ohio, where the Hilltoppers will clash with the Ohio University Bobcats at 1 p.m. CST Sunday. ESPN3 will carry the broadcast from the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio.
The freshman guard Anderson and redshirt sophomore forward Diagne are both still awaiting NCAA clearance. Social media scuttlebutt arose in recent days that the players were going to be cleared before the Ohio game, but Stansbury shot that down Friday.
The eligibility saga surrounding Anderson and Diagne has been a distraction from what’s otherwise been a splendid start to the 2017-18 season.