After the Topper’s 67-63 win against Georgia Tuesday night to cap off a historic three-game stretch, junior guard A.J. Slaughter said he was well aware of the national impact it would have.

For junior wide receiver Jake Gaebler and the rest of the Topper football team, the first 11 games of the season have been disappointing. However, even though there will be no more games for nine months afterward, Saturday’s match-up against Florida International is a chance to gain momentum.

After Murray State spoiled his return to the active roster on Saturday with a 89-61 loss, senior guard A.J. Slaughter said he knew exactly what the problem was. “It was mostly on defense,” Slaughter said after the game.

Fresh off a big win against third-ranked Louisville on Sunday, the Toppers beat Georgia 67-63 in a packed E.A Diddle Arena. In just his sixth game at the helm, coach Ken McDonald defeated his former mentor and current Georgia head coach Dennis Felton.

NASHVILLE- After Western’s 68-54 upset win against Louisville, coach Ken McDonald didn’t want to leave the interview room when a call was put out for one more question. “You do that at Murray State when we lost by 40,” McDonald told the sports information director.

While coach Ken McDonald realizes that a spot on the starting lineup may be useful in picking up chicks at parties, he’s not going to guarantee any Topper a place in the starting five yet.

MURRAY– Western didn’t score into the double-digits until seven minutes into the game, and by that time Murray Sate had gained a 20 point advantage en route to a 89-61 blowout victory Saturday night.

Coach David Elson made a pretty simple statement following Western’s 21-10 loss to Middle Tennessee State on Saturday. “It’s beginning to be a broken record,” Elson said. If things truly have become a broken record, the record player is probably tripped up on the song about defensive struggles on third down and troubles rushing the ball on offense.

After losing to Houston 73-64 on Saturday, Toppers coach Ken McDonald said that the focus is squarely on one team. “It’s about us right now,” McDonald said Monday. “It’s about us improving. It really doesn’t matter at this point whether we’re playing Louisville or Cambellsville.

A 12-0 run to start the game help gave the Toppers their first win of the season in tonight’s 62-48 victory against Cambellsville. Despite being outscored 32-28 in the second half and seeing the lead get as low as nine points twice, Western rode that strong start to a win.