Brian Clarke was in attendance at the game. He was the "tosser" for the Buffalo Wild Wings Chicken Toss competition during one of the timeouts.
Western fans will remember Brian as being the host for the contests during timeouts of the basketball games for a few years while he was the graduate assistant of marketing and promotions.
After getting his Master's degree in Recreation, Parks & Tourism Administration from Western, Brian was the promotions manager for the Athletic Department at Saint Louis University. He is now the assistant athletic director of marketing at SIUC. He oversees the marketing and promotions of the Saluki's 16 athletic programs.
The crowd for the game was larger than I had been expecting--especially when you consider the short-notice for the game, that it was Spring Break and also St Patrick's Day, and also the competition from the NCAA Tournament.
Northern Kentucky had a crowd of 363 for their home tournament game with South Carolina-Upstate.
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Yea, I think our attendance was actually pretty respectable considering everything. I saw some photos of that USC-U game at NKU. 363 people in a 9,400 seat arena....that thing looked deserted.wiu712 wrote:The crowd for the game was larger than I had been expecting--especially when you consider the short-notice for the game, that it was Spring Break and also St Patrick's Day, and also the competition from the NCAA Tournament.
Northern Kentucky had a crowd of 363 for their home tournament game with South Carolina-Upstate.
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Emily Clemens fed Mallory Boyle who beat the overtime buzzer for a 99-97 WIU triumph over SIUC in the opening round of the WBI. To force overtime, Western's Taylor Higginbotham (25 points) lobbed a perfect pass to Michelle Maher (26 Points) for the game-tying bucket in the final seconds of regulation.
Emily Clemens fed Mallory Boyle who beat the overtime buzzer for a 99-97 WIU triumph over SIUC in the opening round of the WBI. To force overtime, Western's Taylor Higginbotham (25 points) lobbed a perfect pass to Michelle Maher (26 Points) for the game-tying bucket in the final seconds of regulation.