The team that WKU defeated to start its win streak was the same one to end it.

 

After winning its last six games in a row, the Toppers traveled to Arkansas State, the team it beat in double-overtime on Jan. 18 to launch its current winning streak, and was shell shocked 72-58 in Jonesboro, Ark. 

 

Juniors George Fant and T.J. Price, the team’s two leading scorers, combined for just two points on 1-of-8 shooting. Fant failed to score for the first time in his career and Price’s first and only bucket didn’t come until there was just 4:25 left to play

 

The Toppers hung around in the first half and at the beginning of the second half but eventually trailed by 16 points with 7:30 remaining. That deficit increased to 18 near the end of the game.

 

Freshman guard Chris Harrison-Docks led WKU with 14 points, but the team, as a whole, shot just 17-of-46 (37 percent) from the floor and turned the ball over 17 times.

 

The Toppers (16-8, 8-3 Sun Belt Conference) will return to Diddle and host Troy at 7 p.m. CT Thursday.