MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Western Kentucky wasn't at full strength Saturday in Murfreesboro, and the Hilltoppers saw their seven-game winning streak come to a close.
The Hilltoppers were without starters Jairus Hamilton and Luke Frampton and fell to the Conference USA East Division-leading Blue Raiders 69-52 at the Murphy Center.
"There's no moral victories and I think we're all disappointed and upset because we played so hard," WKU head coach Rick Stansbury said. "About the eight- or nine-minute mark it's a four-point game, whatever it was there. As a coach and as a player and teammate, all you ask of each other is make sure you give everything you've got.