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Tops need to avoid 'self-inflicted wounds' against Spartans

Western Kentucky has scored more often than not when it has had the ball so far this season, but when the Hilltoppers haven’t ended a drive with points on the board, many times it has been because of “self-inflicted wounds.”

The Hilltoppers are trying to clean up mistakes and play a cleaner game to give them their best shot at beating Michigan State on its homecoming in East Lansing, Mich., on Saturday.

“If you go back and look at us vs. Army, us vs. Indiana, the drives where we didn’t get points, there was a self-inflicted wound, whether it was a turnover, whether it was dropped ball, whether it was a penalty, those type of things,” WKU offensive coordinator Zach Kittley said.