HILLTOPPER FOCUS: Gameday — WKU at Florida Atlantic

Published 8:00 am Thursday, January 15, 2015

Florida Atlantic’s Solomon Poole works against the pressure of UAB’s Tyler Madison during the first half of a NCAA college basketball game at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/ AL.com, Mark Almond)

WKU AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC

6 p.m. CST today, FAU Arena in Boca Raton, Fla.

Probable starters

WESTERN KENTUCKY (10-5, 3-0)

Chris Harrison-Docks, G, 6-0 r-so. (11.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg); T.J. Price, G, 6-4 sr. (17.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg); Trency Jackson, G, 6-2 r-sr. (9.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg); George Fant, F, 6-6 sr. (12.6 ppg, 8.1 rpg); Alejsej Rostov, F, 6-10 jr. (2.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg).

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FLORIDA ATLANTIC (7-7, 0-3)

Solomon Poole, G, 6-0 jr. (14.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg); Jackson Trapp, G, 6-4 jr. (11.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg); Marquan Botley, G, 5-10 so. (11.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg); Kelvin Penn, F, 6-6 sr. (6.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg); C.J. Thurman, F, 6-9 fr. (5.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg).

Television

C-USA Digital Network (online, $)

Radio

WKLX 100.7-FM

Coaches

Ray Harper (61-31, fourth year; 403-104 overall), Western Kentucky; Michael Curry (7-7 first year; 7-7 overall), FAU.

Series record

WKU leads series 10-5 (FAU won last meeting 84-78 on Feb. 14, 2013, in Boca Raton, Fla.).

Last time out

WKU beat Old Dominion 72-65 at home Saturday; FAU lost 82-58 at Middle Tennessee on Saturday.

— Zach Greenwell