JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Ed Townsel scored 25 points, including five 3-pointers, on Saturday night to help Arkansas State cruise to their fourth straight victory, 75-61 over Western Kentucky.
Townsel was 10 of 19 overall, including 5 of 10 from behind the arc. Brandon Peterson added 14 points and Trey Finn had 13 for the Red Wolves (10-5, 4-2 Sun Belt), who improved to 7-1 at home.
Aleksejs Rostov led the Hilltoppers (10-7, 4-2) with 17 points, including five 3-pointers of his own, off the bench. One of Rostov's 3s came with 9 seconds left in the first half and gave Western Kentucky a 27-23 halftime lead. But Arkansas State went on a 13-3 run early in the second half to take the lead for good and was never seriously threatened again.
The Hilltoppers still hold a 29-13 lead in the all-time series between the teams, dating to the 1947-48 season.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Kentucky (10-7) | 27 | 34 | 61 |
| Arkansas State (10-5) « | 23 | 52 | 75 |
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| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Price, F | 37 | 4-13 | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| G. Fant, F | 31 | 4-7 | 1-6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| T. Akol, C | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Harris, G | 39 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| K. Kaspar, G | 25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Rostov | 20 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| P. Blade | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Anyigbo | 11 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| O. Akamune | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| S. Drane | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Vasquez | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Alcantara | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-51 | 6-13 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 61 | |
| 43.1% | 46.2% | ||||||
| Arkansas State Red Wolves | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Peterson, F | 34 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| K. Washington, F | 19 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| E. Townsel, G | 36 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| T. Finn, G | 31 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| R. Dickerson, G | 29 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Downs | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| M. Hooten | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Golden | 10 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| R. Worsham | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-57 | 12-18 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 75 | |
| 47.4% | 66.7% | ||||||
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