@WKUBasketball /WKUBasketball @wkubasketball WKUSports 2017-18 GAME NOTES WKUSports.com MEDIA CONTACT: Zach Greenwell, Associate Director of Media Relations • [email protected] • (270) 668-4716 CAMPBELLSVILLE (0-0) SECONDARY CONTACT: Dana Brown, Media Relations Assistant • [email protected] • (317) 752-6161 AT WKU (0-0) (EXH.) THE TIP-OFF Wed., Nov. 1 | 7 p.m. (CT) | Bowling Green, Ky. WKU Hilltopper Basketball plays its second of three exhibition games at 7 p.m. CT Wednesday, as the Hilltop- E.A. Diddle Arena (7,326) pers welcome Campbellsville for their first home tune-up. WKU finished 15-17 last season in head coach Rick Stansbury’s first season at the helm, but opened that campaign with an 87-79 exhibition victory over LISTEN Hilltopper IMG Sports Network, TuneIn Campellsville. WKU opened this season with a 78-64 win at Samford in a charity exhibition for hurricane relief. • Randy Lee (pxp), Hal Schmitt (analysis) WATCH CUSA.tv ($) Stansbury was a four-year letterman at guard for Campbellsville from 1977-81 and got his coaching start • Radio Simulcast with the program as a student assistant. As a senior, Stansbury helped lead Campbellsville to the school’s first District 32 hoops title and an appearance in the 1981 NAIA Tournament. He received Campbellsville’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1999 and was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. OCTOBER 29 at Samford (Exh.) W, 78-64 The Tigers’ roster includes junior Simpson Anderson, who is the brother of WKU freshman Josh Anderson. NOVEMBER (0-0) 1 Campbellsville (Exh.) 7 p.m. 7 Cumberland U. (Exh.) 7 p.m. QUICK SHOTS 10 Missouri State 7 p.m. • WKU is 56-4 all-time in preseason exhibition games, and the Hilltoppers have won 24 straight preseason 15 Kentucky Wesleyan 7 p.m. tune-ups dating back to a 2002-03 loss to the Harlem Globetrotters. 19 Nicholls State 5 p.m. • WKU has made at least one 3-pointer in 938 consecutive games, dating back to March 15, 1987. The 22 (1) Villanova 1:30 p.m. 3-point shot was instituted prior to the 1986-87 season. 23 (1) Purdue/Tennessee TBD • With eight newcomers on the roster, WKU returns just two players who competed for the program last 24 (1) TBD TBD season in seniors Justin Johnson and Tyler Miller. They represent 21.1 percent of the program’s scoring 29 Eastern Kentucky 7 p.m. from the 2016-17 campaign, 27.3 percent of the rebounding and 17.4 percent of the assists. DECEMBER (0-0) • WKU’s 2017-18 roster represents five states – Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin – as 2 Wright State 4 p.m. well as two other countries – Senegal and the Bahamas. The Hilltoppers’ six players from Kentucky are 10 at Ohio 1 p.m. their most from the Bluegrass State since 2007-08. 13 at Wisconsin 7 p.m. • Justin Johnson is tied for 36th on WKU’s all-time scoring list with 1,120 career points. He needs 23 points 16 Indiana State 2 p.m. to move past Mike Prince, Jack Turner, Jim Rose and Dwight Smith into 33rd place. | More info pg. 7. 19 Belmont 7 p.m. • Justin Johnson currently ranks seventh on WKU’s all-time list for career field goal percentage at 55.3 22 at Austin Peay 7 p.m. percent. He’s less than a percentage point from fifth place. | More info pg. 7. 28 LA Tech* 7 p.m. • Justin Johnson needs 302 rebounds – the exact amount he grabbed as a junior – to reach 1,000 for his 30 Southern Miss* 2 p.m. career. That would make him just the fifth player in WKU history with 1,000 career points and 1,000 re- JANUARY (0-0) 6 at Marshall* 6 p.m. bounds, joining Tom Marshall, Art Spoelstra, Ralph Crosthwaite and Jim McDaniels, the last to accomplish 11 at Old Dominion* 7 p.m. the feat in 1971. 13 at Charlotte* 6 p.m. • Lamonte Bearden has 269 total assists across his first two college seasons at Buffalo. His 144 assists as a 18 UAB 8 p.m. freshman at UB would rank ninth in WKU’s record book for most assists in a single season. 20 Middle Tennessee* 6 p.m. • The Hilltoppers were picked to finish sixth in the Conference USA Preseason Coaches Poll, while Justin 27 Marshall* 6 p.m. Johnson was voted to the 10-member Preseason All-C-USA Team for the second straight season. FEBRUARY (0-0) • WKU is 60-18 (.769) at E.A. Diddle Arena over the last five seasons after going 27-17 (.614) in the three 1 at UTEP* 9 p.m. seasons prior. The Hilltoppers are 584-166 all-time at Diddle Arena for a .779 winning percentage. 3 at UTSA* 3 p.m. 8 Florida Atlantic* 7:30 p.m. LAST GAME AGAINST CAMPBELLSVILLE: NOVEMBER 1, 2016 10 FIU* 6 p.m. Justin Johnson led WKU with 22 points and 12 rebounds in an 87-79 exhibition victory over Campbellsville at 15 at North Texas* 8 p.m. E.A. Diddle Arena. Graduate senior guard Pancake Thomas added 17 points, while senior forward Ben Lawson 17 at Rice* 7 p.m. had 12 points, six rebounds and two blocks. Guard Roderick Lawrence led Campbellsville with 29 points. 22 Charlotte* 7 p.m. 24 Old Dominion* 6 p.m. MARCH (0-0) WKU HILLTOPPERS CAMPBELLSVILLE TIGERS 1 at Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m. 3 at UAB* TBD 2016-17 Record 15-17 (9-9 C-USA) 2016-17 Record 15-15 (4-10 Mid-South) 7 (2) vs. Conference USA Tournament TBD Ranking NR Ranking NR 8 (2) vs. Conference USA Tournament TBD NCAA RPI 225 NCAA RPI N/A 9 (2) vs. Conference USA Tournament TBD Last Game W, 78-64 at Samford (exhib.) Last Game L, 75-70 vs. Georgetown (Ky.) 10 (2) vs. Conference USA Tournament TBD Head Coach Rick Stansbury Head Coach Brent Vernon Career Record 308-183 (16th season) Career Record 15-15 (Second season) All times (CT) and subject to change Record at School 15-17 (Second season) Record at School Same (*) Conference USA Game 2016-17 Leading Scorer J. Johnson (14.5 ppg) 2016-17 Leading Scorer H. Tyler (13.7 ppg) (1) Battle 4 Atlantis 2016-17 Leading Rebounder J. Johnson (9.4 rpg) 2016-17 Leading Rebounder E. Kinney (10.6 rpg) (2) Conference USA Tournament (BJCC, Birmingham, Ala.) 2016-17 Leading Assists J. Lomomba (3.4 apg) 2016-17 Leading Assists J. Coates (3.5 apg) 1 43 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 22 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,748 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS WORKING CREDENTIALS: To request credentials, please contact Zach arrangements for the Hilltopper IMG Sports Network. ISDN lines will not be available Greenwell or Dana Brown, WKU Media Relations Assistant. All requests should in Diddle Arena this season. Inquiries about any other accommodations should be be made as early as possible and should be limited to working press only. made well in advance with Greenwell and WKU Telecommunications. Space on the E.A. Diddle Arena press row is limited, and a media/photo work room is available on the ground level just off the arena floor for credentialed BASELINE AREAS: Access to the baselines is reserved for photographers/ media members. videographers. Seating on the baselines is extremely limited, and several spots will be marked and reserved for season credential holders. Media must remain within Credentials will be screened and issued on a priority basis, with national the six spots on each baseline, away from the areas around the goals and stairs, and publications, daily newspapers, wire services, originating radio and television outside the team bench areas. Those who do not adhere to these policies will be networks, television tape crews and student newspapers from WKU and the asked to move or leave the building. visiting school receiving top priority. Requests from weekly newspapers, internet publications and radio stations that cover WKU and the visiting team RECRUITS: Per NCAA rule, media are not permitted to have contact with a prospect will be honored on a space-available basis. or family members of a prospect during their visit (official or unofficial) to campus, including prospects in attendance at practice or games. Contact includes in-person Spouses, dates, equipment carriers and non-working members of the media conversations, phone calls, text messages, emails, social media, etc. Media are also are restricted from press row, sidelines and interview areas. Any abuse of a asked to make every effort to keep distance from prospects on campus, including credential to a WKU athletic event will result in the immediate removal of at practice, during pregame activities and in the stands. the media member from the event as well as the agency losing credential privileges for the remainder of the season. GAMEDAY SERVICES: Members of the media covering the game will be provided with pregame notes for both teams, a media guide and a flipcard. Statistics will MEDIA WILL CALL: Credentials may be picked up on gameday at the Media be handed out at each media timeout, and a running play-by-play will also be Will Call table located at Gate 2 of E.A. Diddle Arena. Please be mindful that provided following the game. WKU offers live stats for media members through parking is done by a list and parking passes will not be issued, so please StatBroadcast. Approximately 15 minutes following the completion of the game, a request parking at the same time.