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Western Kentucky Mounting Comeback Against a Foul Troubled UCLA

Since I last talked to you, Western Kentucky has made a run on UCLA. After trailing by 21 at the half, the Hilltoppers have outscored the Bruins 29-15 in the second half to trail (as I write this) by nine. There is under 9:00 left in the game.

How did they do this? Get UCLA in foul trouble.

Russell Westbrook, Darren Collison and Josh Shipp have all got four fouls apiece. Because those guys have to sit, Western Kentucky has decided to press UCLA full court. That has forced 17 UCLA turnovers and some easy baskets for WKU.

Tyrone Brazelton is leading the charge with 18 points (including three makes from behind the arc).

Oh, since I've written this ... UCLA's lead is down to four points.

UPDATE: With less than six minutes left, Collison fouled Courtney Lee on a three point shot. Collison has fouled out and the lead is still four.

They Do Not Come From Nowhere: Western Kentucky University

Every year Cinderella captures our hearts in the NCAA Tournament. They begin fittings for their glass slippers in November (and December), though. They Do Not Come From Nowhere introduces you to the teams that will be busting brackets nationwide come March.

Western Kentucky is blessed with one of the country's best scorers in senior guard Courtney Lee. He's got a career 17 point per game average for the Hilltoppers, led them to 60 wins in his first three seasons and is a good bet to be the Sun Belt's player of the year this season. What he hasn't done, however, is take the team to the NCAA Tournament. He hurt his wrist before last season's conference tourney and the Hilltoppers lost in the semis.

While Lee is going to be a key to any tournament run for WKU, coach Darrin Horn had to be impressed by his team's win against Nebraska yesterday. They won 69-62 in overtime despite a hellish 4-of-16 from the floor by Lee, thanks in large part to their other senior guards Tyrone Brazelton and Ty Rogers. Brazelton hit a three with 34 seconds to play and Rogers scored 11 points, including three threes, to help ease the pain of Lee's rough night.