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Western Kentucky’s Cinderella story comes to an end

After advancing the the Sweet 16 with wins over #5 Drake and #13 San Diego, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers finally met their match against #1 seed UCLA. The Bruins built a 21-point halftime lead at 41-20 and appeared poised to cruise to a 3rd staright Elite 8. But Darrin Horn’s WKU Hilltoppers cut into the lead in the second half as WKU’s Tyrone Brazelton scored 25 of his 31 points in the second half to cut the lead to as few as four points. But the Hilltoppers would get no closer as UCLA pulled away behind a career-high 29 from media-darling Kevin Love and UCLA topped WKU 88-78.

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  1. Pac 10 Sports Blog » Blog Archive » UCLA advances to Elite 8 with win over WKU Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    [...] ULCA Bruins are headed to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite 8 for the 3rd consecutive season. #1 UCLA topped #12 Western Kentucky 88-78 on Thursday night, Friday morning in the East, in the Sweet 16 round and will face #3 Xavier [...]

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