WKU managed to hold on and defeat Nicholls State 100-86 for their second win of the season in a game that became a tale of two halves.
WKU scored 62 points in the first half and held a 30-point lead at the break with a shooting percentage of 68.6 percent. But in the second half they were outscored 54-38, missed 15 free throws and turned the ball over 10 times.
“We didn’t put two halves together,” WKU head coach Rick Stansbury said. “You’ve got to be able to find ways to come out and play with that same energy, that same effort, and that same toughness and that same focus as if it’s zero-to-zero.