WMU vs. Troy Post-Game Notes

PRE-GAME

• Western Michigan is facing Troy for the first time in program history to open the World Vision Invitational in Logan, Utah
• The Broncos are riding a four-game win streak, their longest since a five-game streak from Dec. 23, 2009 through Jan. 9, 2010
• WMU enters game having had at least three players score in double figures in every game this season
• Mike Douglas, Demetrius Ward and Flenard Whitfield have each scored in double figures in each of the last three games
• This is the second time WMU has played in a World Vision Invitational sponsored tournament (Nov. 10-12 in Eugene, Ore.)

FIRST HALF

• WMU's bench outscoring Troy's 7-0 at the first media time out (14:03)
• Troy was 11-for-14 from three-point range
• Demetrius Ward scored a team high 10 points
• Troy had three players in double figures (Huddleston - 15; Taylor - 10; Toombs - 10)
• Ward led Broncos with five rebounds
• WMU had lone lead at 14-13 on a Ward jumper at 14:43 mark
• WMU shot 42.9 percent from three-point range, which 12.3 percent above season average

SECOND HALF

• WMU with a 11-0 run from 14:41 to 11:27 to cut deficit to 14 points
• WMU has at three scorers in double figures for the 10th straight game to start the season
• The Broncos have four players in double figures for the fourth time this season
• Whitfield scored eight-straight points from 8:31 to 5:57
• Career high 22 points for Juwan Howard, scoring 10-straight on consecutive possessions
• Howard is WMU's first player to score 20 or more points this season
• WMU plays in first overtime game of the season and first since an 84-82 win over Ball State on March 4, 2009

OVERTIME

• Demetrius Ward's three-point FG at 4:46 of OT gave WMU its first lead since 14:43 of first half (14-13)
• First 100-point game against WMU since Oakland defeated the Broncos, 100-94, in overtime on Dec. 29, 2001
• This is the sixth game decided by one possession this season (3-3)
• Ward finished with a career high 21 points to give WMU to players with over 20 points in a game for the first time this season