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Thin roster helps Hilltoppers reach basketball shape

Fatigue is to be expected with just 10 active players running the court for 32 minutes, as long as it’s the result of strong effort the second-year coach wants to see.

“We got up and down that floor a lot and we’ve been working on changing some defenses and when you do that, it causes everything to be a little bit sluggish,” Stansbury said. “I see some things that we’ve got to do and we’ve just got to get better in some areas. … I know there’s fatigue problems and there’s no subs, but you can’t save yourself between these lines.