WMU vs. TTU Post-Game Notes

PRE-GAME

• WMU playing in postseason game for the first time since the 2005 NIT
• WMU is hosting a postseason game for the third time in program history
• WMU is 4-6 all-time in postseason games and 1-1 in home postseason games
• Alex Wolf is starting first career game
• Mike Douglas' streak of 66-straight starts is snapped
• Muhammed Conteh is his making second start of the season
• WMU is 1-1 all-time against Tennessee Tech and has not faced the Golden Eagles since Dec. 9, 1972

FIRST HALF

• This is the first time this season WMU has used the starting rotation of Ward, Wolf, Hutcheson, Conteh and Whitfield
• Tennessee Tech's Kevin Murphy scored all of TTU's first nine points
• All WMU starters scored at least one field goal by the first media time out
• Trailing, 17-15, WMU used an 8-0 run over 2:26 to take a 21-17 lead
• WMU ended the half on a 9-3 run to take a 10-point lead into halftime
• Murphy scored 17 of TTU's 27 points
• Demetrius is over 10 points in a game for the 25th time this season (team best)

SECOND HALF

• Both teams called for a combined 18 fouls in the first 10 minutes
• Nate Hutcheson scores in double figures 14th time this season
• Juwan Howard Jr. scores in double figures for the 16th time this season
• Stainbrook over 10 points, scoring in double figures for the 17th time this season

POST-GAME

• WMU had five players score in double figures for the fifth time in 2010-11
• WMU improved to 5-6 in postseason games and 2-1 in home postseason games
• WMU won its first postseason game at University Arena since defeating Illinois-Chicago in the first round of the 2003 NIT, 63-62
• Stainbrook records his fifth double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds