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WKU grabs 4th road win of 2019-20 season at UTEP

WKU guard Jared Savage (2) celebrates a change of possession during the basketball game between La. Tech and WKU on February 6, 2020 in Diddle Arena. WKU won 65-54.

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The WKU men’s basketball team (17-8, 10-3 C-USA) hit the road in search of a Conference USA win on Thursday night, and the Hilltoppers managed to hand Texas-El Paso (13-13, 4-9 C-USA) its fourth straight loss in a 67-62 triumph in the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.

WKU picked up just its fourth road victory of the season, and its first road win since a 64-60 comeback win against Marshall in Huntington, West Virginia, on Jan.