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Know Your Opponent: Western Kentucky

Oct. 29, 2015

Stony Brook, N.Y. -

In the latest installment of Know Your Opponent, StonyBrookAthletics.com looks at Western Kentucky, which plays Stony Brook on November 21.

Western Kentucky
2014-15 Record: 20-12, 12-6 C-USA
Series History: Stony Brook leads 1-0
Last Time Out: Stony Brook 71, Western Kentucky 61
C-USA Preseason Pick: 6th
Head Coach: Ray Harper, 5th season
Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/7
Newcomers: 10

Players to Watch: 
Chris Harrison-Docks • R-Jr. • G • 6-0 • 175 • Okemos, Mich.
Harrison-Docks, a transfer from Butler, is the top returning scorer for Western Kentucky.  He averaged 11.1 points per game and led the team in minutes per game (33.6).  Harrison-Docks had 10 points in last year's game against Stony Brook, including eight of the first 13. 

Aleksej Rostov • Sr. • 6-10 • 240 • Riga, Latvia
Rostov made 20 starts last season, averaging 2.6 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.  He scored nine points and grabbed nine rebounds in 14 minutes against Stony Brook last season.

Schedule
11/14 vs. Campbellsville
11/18 at Belmont
11/21 vs. Stony Brook
11/23 vs. Drake 
11/24 at Gulf Coast Showcase
11/25 at Gulf Coast Showcase
12/1 vs. Eastern Kentucky
12/5 at Xavier
12/13 vs. Indiana State
12/16 vs. Alabama A&M
12/19 at Louisville
12/22 vs. Detroit
12/28 vs. Brescia
1/3 vs. at Marshall *
1/7 vs. FIU *
1/9 vs. Florida Atlantic *
1/14 at Rice *
1/16 at North Texas *
1/21 at Old Dominion *
1/23 at Charlotte *
1/28 vs. UAB *
1/30 vs. Middle Tennessee *
2/4 at UTSA *
2/6 at UTEP *
2/13 vs. Marshall *
2/18 vs. Old Dominion *
2/20 vs. Charlotte *
2/25 at Middle Tennessee *
2/27 at UAB *
3/3 vs. Southern Miss *
3/5 vs. LA Tech *
3/8 Conference USA Tournament

* C-USA game

Did You Know? Similar to Stony Brook, Western Kentucky University has gone through a number of name changes, beginning with Western Kentucky State Normal School in 1906 to Western Kentucky University in 1966.

Notable: Stony Brook freshman Akwasi Yeboah and Western Kentucky freshman Nathan Smith were teammates at Barking Abbey in London, England.  
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