The back injury that forced Rick Stansbury to miss the Hilltoppers’ last two games will also force him to miss the next two, WKU announced Wednesday night.
Stansbury won’t be with the Toppers (15-10 overall, 8-4 Conference USA) when they host Middle Tennessee (8-17, 5-7) on Thursday night at E.A. Diddle Arena. CBS Sports Network will broadcast the 7 p.m. tipoff on its Facebook page.
Talvis Franklin, the Tops’ director of basketball operations, has slid into a full assistant role with Stansbury out. He’ll handle interviews and post-game media availability.
First-place Old Dominion (20-6, 10-3), second-place Texas-San Antonio (15-10, 9-3) and fifth-place Southern Mississippi (15-9, 7-5) are the other three squads that currently hold spots in the top five-team pod.