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Saint Marys and Western Kentucky are both feeling pretty good about themselves heading into their matchup on the Gaels home court Wednesday night.The 20th-ranked Gaels (7-1) bounced back from their first defeat of the season -- a 65-51 home loss to Texas-Arlington last Thursday -- with a strong performance in an 84-53 victory over UC-Irvine on Sunday.We played better tonight, Gaels coach Randy Bennett said after the game. That was the best weve played in a while.Saint Marys hit 56 percent of its field-goal attempts, improving its season shooting percentage to 50.9 percent, ninth best in the country. The Gaels also made 10 of 17 3-point attempts, putting them at 40.2 percent for the season.Immediately after that strong performance, Bennett had a quick assessment of Western Kentucky.They beat Indiana State today, he said, obviously impressed.Indeed, the Hilltoppers (4-5) recorded an admirable 77-59 road win on Sunday over an Indiana State team that had defeated 15th-ranked Butler four days earlier on the same court.Tonight was our best game, by far -- a complete game, as a team, first-year Western Kentucky coach Rick Stansbury said.The Hilltoppers hit 53.2 percent of their shots, a marked improvement for a team that was hitting just 40.1 percent coming into the game.This was the most efficient weve been offensively, Stansbury said. Tonight was our best effort of offensive toughness. Thats why we shot 53 percent.Just as significant was Western Kentuckys defensive effort, limiting the Sycamores to 37.9 percent shooting.We took their best two players and basically took them out of the game, Stansbury said.Brenton Scott, Indiana States top scorer, managed 17 points but was just 6 of 19 from the field, including 0 of 7 from long range. Matt Van Scyoc, the Sycamores No. 2 scorer, had just one point and missed all three of his field-goal attempts after scoring 23 points against Butler.It was Western Kentuckys first road win since Feb. 26 against Middle Tennessee.Im proud of our guys, said Stanbury, a former coach at Mississippi State. Weve been fighting. Several games we would get down in the second half and hit a wall.Western Kentucky had an 11-point lead late in the first half that Indiana State whittled down to one point early in the second half. But, instead of hitting a wall, the Hilltoppers dominated the final eight minutes to win going away.Pancake Thomas scored 22 points for the Hilltoppers while the teams leading scorer, Que Johnson, added 15 points, and Justin Johnson collected 14 points and 10 rebounds.That ended the Hilltoppers four-game losing streak, which included a 39-point loss to Washington and a 19-point loss to Eastern Kentucky. The question is whether the win over Indiana State was a fluke or an indication that Western Kentucky has improved significantly.The competition only gets stiffer as Saint Marys is the first Top 25 team the Hilltoppers will face this season.The Gaels got back on track against Irvine after their misstep against Texas-Arlington.I wasnt that concerned, Bennett said of the loss. I knew we had a stinker.The Gaels dropped eight spots in the rankings as a result of the loss, but did not drop completely out of the Top 25.Center Jock Landale still leads the Gaels at 18.4 points per game, although he has not exceeded 15 points in any of his last three games. Wholesale Pirates Jerseys . And when it opened, every player was at his stall. Thats a sure sign that a team is in a slump and is searching for answers. "Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges. Fake Pirates Jerseys . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate. https://www.cheappiratesjerseys.us/ . How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif. Pittsburgh Pirates Gear .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Pirates Jerseys 2020 . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game.Mercedes have trialled a new nose feature and S-duct on the final day of the first pre-season test in Barcelona. The new nose also features incredibly small front-wing mountings, described by Sky Sports F1s Ted Kravitz as the tiniest front-wing mountings Ive ever seen in Formula 1.The team have added further teeth elements to the turning vanes on the underside of the nose as Mercedes seek further aerodynamic gains. The S-duct is not a new concept in Formula 1 - in fact, Mercedes are so late to the party on this one the lights have gone up and everybody has gone home. Red Bull, McLaren, Force India, Toro Rosso... pretty much everyone has had an S-duct in the last few years, said Kravitz.What it does is take air flow from the underside of the nose via an S-shaped duct to bring it out on the top of the chassis. In simple terms, it speeds and cleans up airflow and gives more downforce.But the elegant part of Mercedes solution is that theyve twinned it with the tiniest front-wing mountings Ive ever seen in Formula 1. But can such a tiny connection stand up to the demands of F1?Kravitz added: You might wonder whether the stress-analysis people have got their sums right and whether that tiny mounting can take the 200-or-so kilos of load of downforce that a front wing generates, but amazingly it can.dddddddddddd. In fact, David Croft and I could stand either side of that nose and it would be able to take our weight!What it might be susceptible to, of course, is a knock in the wrong direction. With more sturdily-mounted front wings, you can send your driver into a contact battle with another driver on track and be pretty confident that the car will stand up to a bit of a fight. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here. 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