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Behind a record-setting performance from C-USA Freshman of the Year candidate Raneem Elgedawy, WKU closed its four-game homestand with a C-USA-record 54-point win, 101-47, against FIU inside Diddle Arena Thursday evening. Elgedawy hauled in 23 rebounds, tied for the most by an individual in a C-USA game in conference history, and added 13 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Elgedawy’s 23 rebounds were also the third-most in a single game in school history and were the most in a single game by an underclassman in the nation this season.
The Lady Toppers (12-4, 3-0 C-USA) also had double-double performances from both Ivy Brown (22 points, 14 rebounds) and Dee Givens (16 points, 10 rebounds). Tashia Brown scored a game-high 23 points, and Sherry Porter rounded out the WKU quintet in double figures with 13 points, her most in a C-USA game thus far during her freshman campaign. WKU’s 54-point margin of victory stands as the most ever in a single C-USA game dating back to the creation of the conference in the 1995-96 season.
WKU held FIU to just 25.0 percent shooting (16-of-64) from the floor and capitalized on 21 Panther turnovers, converting them into 24 points on the night.
For FIU (4-12, 1-2 C-USA), only Kristian Hudson reached double figures with 10 points.
(Courtesy WKU Athletics)
