WKU Hilltopper Basketball led wire-to-wire Saturday against in-state rival Louisville, earning the program's first-ever win over the Cardinals in E.A. Diddle Arena
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"WKU is now 11-8 against the Power Five in the last five seasons, including four straight victories over Power Five teams at home.
The emotional win in front of 7,053 fans also came one week after the devastating tornadoes that rocked Bowling Green and the region.
'At the end of the day, there is a lot of excitement out here, a lot of excitement,' WKU head coach
Rick Stansbury said. 'But it is still a game, it's a game. When you drive out here, some of you folks that haven't seen some things, drive by some of those communities. See how our communities got destroyed. So, hopefully for a few hours, the excitement before the game, the excitement during the game, a lot of them are still excited. We got our mind off of it for a little bit. Winning and losing, let's be real about it, way too much put on it. It's a game.
'Fans across America, sports writers, man you think when a team loses or a coach loses, it is the end of the world. It is a game. Hell, it is important, we all want to win, but that is the real world out there now. You want to know what the real world is, just go out there and drive around a little bit.'"