BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - T.J. Price scored 17 points as Western Kentucky ended a three-game losing streak with a 65-61 Sun Belt Conference victory over Troy on Thursday night.
Western Kentucky big men Aleksejs Rostov, George Fant and Teeng Akol combined for 36 points on 13-of-17 shooting. Rostov made 5 of 5 shots and had 14 points, Fant made 4 of 7 and had 13 points and Akol made 4 of 5 for nine points.
Price's 3-pointer put the Hilltoppers (12-11, 6-6) ahead to stay, 52-50, with 11:37 remaining, and he capped an 11-0 run with another 3-pointer to make it 59-50.
The Trojans (9-13, 4-7) scored seven straight points to draw to within 63-61, but two free throws by Brandon Harris gave Western Kentucky its final lead with 20 seconds left.
Hunter Williams scored a career-high 23 points and Ray Chambers 18 for Troy, which lost 75-71 to Western Kentucky on Dec. 1.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Troy (9-13) | 31 | 30 | 61 |
| Western Kentucky (12-11) « | 32 | 33 | 65 |
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| Troy Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Chambers, F | 29 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| W. Hinton, F | 28 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| H. Williams, G | 38 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| E. Jones, G | 36 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| A. Myers, G | 24 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Mullahey | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Warren | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Calhoun | 10 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Jethroe | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-55 | 3-6 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 61 | |
| 47.3% | 50% | ||||||
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Fant, F | 35 | 4-7 | 5-6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| A. Rostov, C | 24 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| B. Harris, G | 36 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| T. Price, G | 35 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| J. Crook, G | 27 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Kaspar | 23 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Akol | 9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| O. Akamune | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Drane | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Dickerson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-46 | 12-16 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 65 | |
| 47.8% | 75% | ||||||
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