@WKUBasketball WKUBasketball @wkubasketball WKUSports 2020-21 GAME NOTES WKUSports.com MEDIA CONTACT: Zach Greenwell, Associate AD of Communications/MBB • [email protected] • (270) 668-4716 (RV) WKU (8-2, 1-0 C-USA) SECONDARY CONTACT: Dana Brown, Media Relations Coordinator • [email protected] • (317) 752-6161 AT CHARLOTTE (4-4, 0-1 C-USA) KEY PAGES Saturday, Jan. 2 | 3 p.m. (CT) | Charlotte, N.C. Halton Arena Page 2 | Streaks/Standings Page 10-11 | Chasing Record Book Pgs. 16-30 | Player Bios Page 3 | Roster/Coaching Staff Page 13 | Last Time It Happened Page 42 | 2020-21 Stats LISTEN Hilltopper Sports Network, TuneIn Page 4 | Last Series Meeting Page 14-15 | Rick Stansbury Page 43 | Radio/TV Roster • Randy Lee (pxp) THE TIP-OFF WATCH Stadium; WKU PBS WKU Hilltopper Basketball will play its second straight PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP • Chris Hassel (pxp), John Giannini (analysis) game at Charlotte at 3 p.m. CT Saturday. The game will air on Stadium and WKU PBS, and stream online on Watch- NOVEMBER (2-1) Stadium.com. 25 vs. Northern Iowa (1) W, 93-87 The Hilltoppers rallied from an 11-point deficit Friday to 26 vs. Memphis (1) W, 75-69 G | Cooper G | Hollingsworth G | Anderson 27 vs. #15 West Virginia (1) L, 70-64 defeat Charlotte 67-63 in the first game of the Conference DECEMBER (5-1) USA-opening series. Lineup 1 at Louisville (2) L, 75-54 projection 6 Mississippi Valley State W, 96-69 WKU is 22-11 all-time against Charlotte. Hilltopper head based on 10 Gardner-Webb W, 86-84 coach Rick Stansbury is 8-3 in his career against the 49ers. previous 13 Rhode Island W, 68-65 WKU has won 12 of its last 14 conference openers, includ- F | Williams C | Bassey games 19 at Alabama W, 73-71 ing all five under Stansbury. 22 Tennessee Tech W, 88-68 JANUARY (1-0) TOP STORYLINES 1 at Charlotte* W, 67-63 • The Hilltoppers are looking for their best start through 11 games since beginning 10-1 in 2004-05. 2 at Charlotte* 3 p.m. CT 8 Louisiana Tech* 7 p.m. CT • WKU has three top-100 KenPom wins so far this season over Memphis (61), Rhode Island (75) and Ala- 9 Louisiana Tech* 6 p.m. CT bama (45). Its losses came vs. West Virginia (13) on a neutral court and at Louisville (29). 14 Marshall* 1 p.m. CT 17 at Marshall* 1 p.m. CT • After making 8 of 29 3-pointers (27.6%) in WKU’s first five games, Luke Frampton has made 15 of 24 23 at Middle Tennessee* 4 p.m. CT long-range shots (62.5%) in the Hilltoppers’ last five games - all wins. Frampton was named Conference 24 at Middle Tennessee* 1 p.m. CT USA Player of the Week on Monday after scoring 22 points and making 6 of 9 3-pointers against Tennes- 29 Old Dominion* 7 p.m. CT see Tech on Dec. 22. 30 Old Dominion* 4 p.m. CT FEBRUARY • In WKU’s six-game winning streak, Jordan Rawls has averaged 10.7 points and 25 minutes per game. In 5 at Florida Atlantic* 6 p.m. CT the first four games, Rawls averaged 3.8 points and 12.8 minutes per contest. 6 at Florida Atlantic* 3 p.m. CT 12 Rice* 7 p.m. CT • In WKU’s six-game winning streak, Kenny Cooper and Dayvion McKnight have combined for 46 assists 13 Rice* TBA and 18 turnovers. Cooper has 19 assists against just five turnovers in that stretch. 19 at North Texas* 7 p.m. CT 20 at North Texas* 4 p.m. CT • As of Tuesday, Charles Bassey led the nation in dunks (25) and ranks second nationally in blocked shots 26 FIU* 7 p.m. CT per game (3.6), fourth in total blocks (29), fifth in total rebounds (91), fifth in double-doubles (5), eighth 27 FIU* 4 p.m. CT in total rebounds per game (11.4) and 10th in defensive rebounds per game (8.1). Only 84 programs in the nation had more blocks as a team than Bassey by himself. (*) Conference USA Game (1) Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) (2) Wade Houston Tipoff Classic (Louisville, Ky.) WKU HILLTOPPERS CHARLOTTE 49ERS 2020-21 Record 8-2, 1-0 C-USA 2020-21 Record 4-4, 0-1 C-USA 2020-21 DIGITAL MEDIA GUIDE Ranking RV Ranking NR 2020-21 NCAA NET N/A 2020-21 NCAA NET N/A Last Game W, 67-63 at Charlotte Last Game L, 67-63 vs. WKU Scan the QR Code Head Coach Rick Stansbury Head Coach Ron Sanchez or visit link below Career Record 383-220 (19th season) Career Record 28-48 (Third season) to access guide Record at School 90-54 (Fifth season) Record at School Same at WKUSports.com Leading Scorer Charles Bassey (16.9 ppg) Leading Scorer Jahmir Young (19.4 ppg) Leading Rebounds Charles Bassey (11.4 rpg) Leading Rebounder Milos Supica (6.4 rpg) http://goto.ps/MBBMediaGuide Leading Assists Dayvion McKnight (3.6 apg) Leading Assists Young/Shepherd (2.9 apg)
1 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS WORKING CREDENTIALS: To request credentials, please contact this change, but it’s necessary because of a lack of space due to physical distancing, Zach Greenwell or Dana Brown, WKU Media Relations Coordinator and our requirement to comply with the guidelines set by Conference USA and ([email protected]). All requests should be made as early as the Governor’s office. Pool photography and video will be made available for your possible and should be limited to working press only. outlet’s use from WKU Athletics for each home game.
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CURRENT WKU STREAKS 2020-21 C-USA STANDINGS WKU IN 2020-21 C-USA STATISTICS (as of 12/29) (as of 12/29) All Games W6 |---C-USA---| |--Overall--| CATEGORY TEAM PLAYERS Last Loss: 12/01/20 at Louisville W-L PCT W-L PCT Scoring Offense 8th (77.4) Bassey (6th, 17.8) At E.A. Diddle Arena W5 East Division Scoring Defense 12th (73.1) -- Last Loss: 02/22/20 vs. Charlotte 1. WKU 1-0 1.000 8-2 .800 Scoring Margin t-10th (4.3) -- On the Road W2 FIU 1-0 1.000 7-2 .778 Free Throw % t-1st (.772) Hollingsworth (9th, .750) Last Loss: 12/01/20 at Louisville 3. Florida Atlantic 0-0 .000 5-3 .625 Field Goal % 9th (.449) Bassey (3rd, .608) Neutral Sites L1 Middle Tenn. 0-0 .000 2-4 .333 FG% Defense t-13th (.443) -- Last Win: 11/26/20 vs. Memphis 5. Marshall 0-1 .000 6-2 .750 3-Point FG% 10th (.311) N/A vs. Ranked Opponents L2 Old Dominion 0-1 .000 4-3 .571 3-Point FG Made 12th (5.8) Frampton (11th, 2.2) Last Win: 12/29/19 vs. #15/16 Wisconsin Charlotte 0-1 .000 4-4 .500 3-Pt. FG% Def. 14th (.415) -- Nonconference (Home) W4 West Division Reb. Offense 6th (39.0) Bassey (1st, 11.4) Last Loss: 12/28/19 vs. Belmont 1. Louisiana Tech 1-0 1.000 8-2 .800 Reb. Defense 2nd (31.7) -- Nonconference (Road/Neutral) W1 Rice 1-0 1.000 7-2 .778 Reb. Margin 2nd (7.3) -- Last Loss: 12/01/20 at Louisville Southern Miss 1-0 .000 5-3 .625 Offensive Rebs. 5th (12.2) Bassey (2nd, 3.3) Conference USA W2 4. UAB 0-0 .000 7-1 .875 Defensive Rebs. 9th (26.8) Bassey (1st, 8.1) Last Loss: 03/01/20 at North Texas North Texas 0-0 .000 4-3 .571 Blocked Shots 4th (4.3) Bassey (1st, 3.6) Conference USA (Home) W1 6. UTSA 0-1 .000 4-4 .500 Assists 9th (14.0) McKnight (t-12th, 3.3) Last Loss: 02/22/20 vs. Charlotte UTEP 0-1 .000 4-3 .571 Steals 7th (7.2) Anderson (9th, 1.9) Conference USA (Road) W2 TO Margin 7th (1.6) -- Last Loss: 03/01/20 at North Texas WKU’S 2020-21 C-USA PRESEASON A/TO Ratio t-7th (1.1) McKnight (t-6th, 1.9) Games Allowing 75 or Fewer Points 4 Minutes Played -- N/A Last Miss: 12/10/20 vs. Gardner-Webb PRESEASON TEAM COACHES POLL Games with a 15-Point Scorer 0 Jordan Shepherd, Charlotte 1. WKU (11) Jahmir Young, Charlotte 2. North Texas (3) Last Time: 12/22/20 vs. Tennessee Tech 2020-21 C-USA WEEKLY AWARDS Taevion Kinsey, Marshall 3. Marshall Nov. 30 – Charles Bassey, Player of the Week Games with an Even/Pos. Assist-to-TO Ratio 0 Jarrod West, Marshall 4. UAB Nov. 30 – Dayvion McKnight, Freshman of the Week Last Time: 12/22/20 vs. Tennessee Tech Javion Hamlet, North Texas 5. Old Dominion Dec. 14 – Charles Bassey, Player of the Week Games with a 3-Point FG 1,050 Bryson Williams, UTEP 6. Charlotte Dec. 28 – Luke Frampton, Player of the Week Last Miss: 03/13/87 vs. West Virginia Jhivvan Jackson, UTSA 7. Louisiana Tech When Scoring 80+ Points W9 Keaton Wallace, UTSA 8. UTEP Last Loss: 12/21/19 at Rhode Island (82) T. Hollingsworth, WKU 9. UTSA When Scoring 90+ Points W18 Charles Bassey, WKU 10. Florida Atlantic Last Loss: 02/13/16 vs. Marshall (93, OT) 11. FIU When Scoring 100+ Points W8 12. Middle Tennessee Last Loss: 01/29/04 vs. La.-Lafayette (110-102) 13. Southern Miss 14. Rice 2 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS TEAM ROSTER NO NAME POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 1 Kylen Milton G 6-4 190 Fr. HS Monticello, Ark. (CORE4 Academy) 2 Kevin Osawe F 6-6 205 Jr. TR Brampton, Ontario, Canada (Vincennes Univ.) 3 Jordan Rawls G 6-1 180 So. 1L Chattanooga, Tenn. (Hamilton Heights Acad.) 4 Josh Anderson G 6-6 190 Sr. 3L Baton Rouge, La. (Madison Prep Academy) 5 Noah Stansbury G 6-0 160 Fr. HS Bowling Green, Ky. (Greenwood HS) 11 Taveion Hollingsworth G 6-2 165 Sr. 3L Lexington, Ky. (Paul Laurence Dunbar HS) 12 Jackson Harlan G 6-3 190 So. 1L Albany, Ky. (Clinton County HS) 14 Luke Frampton G 6-5 200 R-Jr. TR Poca, W.Va. (Davidson) 15 Patrick Murphy G 6-5 180 R-Sr. 1L Franklin, Tenn. (Martin Methodist College) 20 Dayvion McKnight G 6-1 190 Fr. HS Shelbyville, Ky. (Collins HS) 21 Kenny Cooper G 6-0 190 R-Sr. RS Nashville, Tenn. (Lipscomb) 22 Carson Williams F 6-5 240 R-Sr. 1L Owenton, Ky. (Northern Kentucky) 23 Charles Bassey C 6-11 235 Jr. 2L Lagos, Nigeria (Aspire Academy) 32 Bailey Conrad F 6-7 220 Fr. HS New Albany, Ind. (Christian Academy of Indiana) 50 Isaiah Cozart F 6-7 235 So. 1L Richmond, Ky. (Madison Central HS) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYER NAME PRONUNCIATION Charles Bassey “Bass” like the fish Isaiah Cozart CO-zart Taveion Hollingsworth TAY-vee-on Dayvion McKnight DAY-vee-on Kylen Milton KIE-linn (first syllable like “tie”) Kevin Osawe oh-SAW-way Jordan Rawls Rhymes with “walls” Hennssy Auriantal HEN-see | or-ree-AN-tuhl
COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF POSITION NAME ALMA MATER (YEAR) YEAR IN ROLE Head Coach Rick Stansbury Campbellsville (1981) Fifth Season Associate Head Coach Phil Cunningham Campbellsville (1990) Second Season Assistant Coach Hennssy Auriantal Wisconsin (1999) Third Season Assistant Coach Marcus Grant Mississippi State (1995) Second Season Director of Basketball Operations Talvis Franklin Mississippi State (2007) Fifth Season Associate Director of Basketball Ops Martin Cross WKU (2015) Fifth Season Strength and Conditioning Coach Duane Hall WKU (1996) Seventh Season Athletic Trainer John Erwin UT-Arlington (2007) Fourth Season Graduate Assistant Jacob Haylsip WKU (2020) First Season Graduate Assistant Evan Stack WKU (2020) First Season Academic Coordinator Allyson Taylor WKU (2020) First Season
COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF
Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Ops Assoc. Dir. of Ops Rick Stansbury Phil Cunningham Hennssy Auriantal Marcus Grant Talvis Franklin Martin Cross
Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant Academic Coordinator Strength Coach Athletic Trainer Jacob Hayslip Evan Stack Allyson Taylor Duane Hall John Erwin
3 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS THE LAST TIME OUT NOTES ON THE PROGRAM CONSISTENT WINNERS WKU is one of 44 programs in the nation to have won at least 20 games in each of January 1, 2021 the last three seasons. The Hilltoppers’ 67 total wins across the last three seasons WKU at Charlotte are the most of any school in Conference USA. Halton Arena Charlotte, N.C. 20-WIN SEASONS WKU claimed the 46th 20-win season in program history with a win at FIU in the 2019-20 regular-season finale. Only Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Louisville, UCLA and Kansas have more 20-win seasons in NCAA history. It was also the 13th 67 63 20-win season in Rick Stansbury’s 18 seasons as a head coach. WKU rallied from an 11-point deficit at Charlotte on Friday, picking up a 67-63 win in the first of back-to-back games against the 49ers. Most 20-Win Seasons in NCAA History Team 20-Win Seasons Last Time The Hilltoppers (8-2 overall, 1-0 Conference USA) trailed by eight at halftime, but 1. Kentucky 64 2019-20 shot 60% in the second half to claim the win in their league opener. 2. North Carolina 61 2018-19 3. Duke 55 2019-20 WKU has won 12 of its last 14 conference openers, including all five under head 4. UCLA 51 2017-18 coach Rick Stansbury. 5. Kansas 49 2019-20 6. Louisville 48 2019-20 WKU was plagued by 10 turnovers and poor transition defense in the first half, but 7. WKU 46 2019-20 got some momentum late in the frame with redshirt junior guard Luke Frampton’s 3 at the buzzer to make it 36-28 Charlotte. OVERPOWERING THE POWER FIVE Since the start of the 2017-18 season, WKU is 9-6 against Power Five teams and The Hilltoppers scored the first six points of the second half and finally took back 3-3 vs. ranked Power Five teams. The Hilltoppers had seven total wins against the lead with three straight 3s from Frampton, junior forward Kevin Osawe and teams from the Power Five conferences from 2007-08 to 2016-17. Among that Frampton again. His last long-range shot put WKU ahead 54-52 with 8:25 to go. 9-6 mark vs. the Power Five, 12 of 15 games have been away from Diddle Arena: three home games, seven true road games and five neutral-site games. The 49ers (4-4, 0-1) answered with six straight points until senior guard Taveion Hol- lingsworth tied it with a layup on a look from freshman guard Dayvion McKnight. WKU’s Power Five Wins in Last Four Seasons Sophomore guard Jordan Rawls put WKU up 60-59 with 1:35 left on a baseline floater, and junior center Charles Bassey extended the lead with a putback with 37 WKU 73, Alabama 71 - Dec. 19, 2020 (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) seconds remaining. WKU 86, Arkansas 79 (OT) - Dec. 7, 2019 (Bowling Green, Ky.) McKnight made four free throws in the final seven seconds of the game to ice the win. WKU 83, #15/16 Wisconsin 76 - Dec. 29, 2018 (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Hollingsworth led WKU with 14 points and three steals, while McKnight added 12 WKU 78, Arkansas 77 - Dec. 8, 2018 (Fayetteville, Ark.) points, six assists and four rebounds. WKU 63, RV/#13 West Virginia 57 - Nov. 16, 2018 (Myrtle Beach Invitational)
Bassey had his sixth double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds. WKU 92, Oklahoma State 84 - March 21, 2018 (NIT, Stillwater, Okla.)
Jahmir Young paced Charlotte with 23 points, and Brice Williams had a career- WKU 79, USC 75 - March 19, 2018 (NIT, Los Angeles) high 21. WKU 79, Boston College 62 - March 13, 2018 (NIT, Bowling Green, Ky.) WKU 77, #18/16 Purdue 73 - Nov. 23, 2017 (Battle 4 Atlantis, Bahamas)
SEC SUCCESS Rick Stansbury, a longtime SEC head coach, has continued his success against the league at WKU. The Hilltoppers are 3-1 with three straight wins against SEC competition under Stansbury, with wins over Alabama (on Dec. 19) and twice over Arkansas (at home in 2019 and on road in 2018). Stansbury’s only loss to a SEC foe while at WKU was a 59-56 road loss at Missouri in his first season. WKU is 4-1 overall in its last five games against the SEC, including a road win at Ole Miss in 2014.
UPSET-MINDED Since the start of the 2017-18 season, WKU has gone 3-5 against top-25 teams. From 2010-11 to 2016-17, the Hilltoppers went 1-12 against ranked opponents.
WKU vs. Ranked Opponents Since the Start of the 2017-18 Season Date Opponent and Result 11/22/17 L, 66-58 vs. #5/3 Villanova (eventual national champion) 11/23/17 W, 77-73 vs. #18/16 Purdue 03/01/18 L, 82-64 at #24/23 Middle Tennessee 11/06/18 L, 73-55 at #25/24 Washington 11/16/18 W, 63-57 vs. RV/#13 West Virginia 12/29/18 W, 83-75 vs. #15/16 Wisconsin 11/29/19 L, 71-54 vs. #2 Louisville 11/27/20 L, 70-64 vs. #15 West Virginia 4 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS DOMINATING THE FREE-THROW LINE PIPELINE TO THE PROS In Rick Stansbury’s four-plus seasons at the helm, WKU has shot 1,034 more total The Hilltoppers have had 35 NBA Draft picks in program history, most recently for- free throws than its opponents. The Hilltoppers made 136 more free throws in ward Jeremy Evans to the Utah Jazz in 2010. WKU is currently represented in the 2019-20 than their opponents even attempted, which led the country. Gonzaga NBA by Dallas Mavericks guard Courtney Lee, in his 13th season in the league. The and Hofstra were tied for second with 101 more made than opponent attempts. Hilltoppers also have upwards of 20 former players currently competing in pro ball overseas. 2020 senior Jared Savage was the 10th outgoing WKU Basketball STANSBURY’S CALLING CARD senior to sign a pro contract under Stansbury. In Stansbury’s first three seasons, Winning the free-throw war has been a staple of Rick Stansbury’s coaching phi- all nine outgoing seniors went on to play professionally. losophy for his entire career. During his 18-plus seasons as a head coach, his teams have shot 2,844 more total free throws than their opponents and attempted more TOPS SIGN HARMON, HUGHEY, SHARP IN EARLY PERIOD than their opponents in every single season. WKU announced this month the signing of in-state prospect Zion Harmon (5-11, Guard), Texas recruit Elijah Hughey (6-5, Guard) and junior college center Jamari- THEY KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE on Sharp (7-3, Center) in the 2021 class. Harmon is ranked as the 20th-best recruit The players on WKU’s seasoned roster have played 16,598 minutes and 631 in the country by ESPN, and the All-American candidate is a top contender for games at the Division I level. Ken Pomeroy ranks the Hilltoppers 49th in the coun- 2021 Kentucky Mr. Basketball. He averaged 25.4 points, 5.2 assists, 3.3 rebounds try in experience. and 1.4 steals as a junior at Marshall County High School. Hughey averaged 17 points and five rebounds last year and has transferred to one of the top high ON THE REBOUND schools in Texas, Lancaster, for his senior season. The Hopkinsville, Ky., native WKU currently ranks second in Conference USA in rebounding margin at +7.3. Sharp is ranked the top JUCO player in the country by 247Sports out of John A. The Hilltoppers’ 21 offensive rebounds against Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 6 Logan College. were their most against a Division I opponent since grabbing 21 against MVSU in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Their 52 total rebounds were their most in a Division BASSEY, HARMON MAKE RARE NAISMITH TROPHY DUO I game since pulling down 53 at Marshall on Jan. 6, 2018. WKU is one of 12 schools in the nation with a player/signee on the preseason watch lists for both the Naismith Trophy College National Player of the Year COMING OFF THE BENCH (Charles Bassey) and the High School National Player of the Year (Zion Harmon). WKU is averaging 26.8 bench points per game. Last season, WKU averaged 11.8 bench points per game. Its 50 bench points in the win over Mississippi Valley Schools with Representatives on Both State on Dec. 6 were the program’s most since getting 53 points from the re- College/High School Naismith Trophy Watch Lists serves against North Texas on Jan. 16, 2016. WKU Baylor SHARING THE MINUTES Duke Florida St. In Rick Stansbury’s first four seasons, WKU had three players average 30 or more Kansas Kentucky minutes every season. This year, no Hilltopper is averaging more than 28.5 min- Michigan Michigan St. utes per game, while eight players are averaging at least 17.8 minutes. Stanford Tennessee UCLA Villanova FRIENDLY CONFINES WKU recorded the 600th all-time victory in Diddle Arena against Tennessee State TOURNAMENT TESTED on Dec. 1, 2018. WKU is 51-12 (.810) at Diddle Arena under head coach Rick Stans- WKU has advanced to at least the semifinals of its league tournament in 13 of the bury. The Tops are 624-175 all-time at Diddle Arena for a .781 winning percentage. last 15 tournaments played. The team is 25-8 with four championships in the last 12 conference tournaments overall. The Hilltoppers’ 23 NCAA Tournament ap- CBS SPORTS RANKS WKU NO. 21 ALL-TIME COLLEGE HOOPS TEAM pearances are six more than the next closest Conference USA school (UTEP, 17), CBS Sports recently released its list of the Greatest College Basketball Programs and as many as the eight league schools with the fewest appearances combined. Ever, ranking the Hilltoppers 21st. CBS Sports relied on a formula that helped quantify wins and losses, NCAA Tournament success, conference dominance, NIT TOP E.A. DIDDLE ARENA ATTENDANCES SINCE 2002-03 titles (because of early significance), and the cultivation of NBA talent. Since the 2002-03 season, after E.A. Diddle Arena underwent its renovation to its current capacity of 7,523, the Hilltoppers have played in front of 21 home crowds TOPS NAMED LEAGUE FAVORITE AGAIN of at least 7,000 people, including four such crowds since 2017-18. For the third straight year, WKU has been picked by the C-USA coaches to win the league. The Hilltoppers were selected as the C-USA favorite in the annual Games of At Least 7,000 at E.A. Diddle Arena since 2002 Renovation preseason poll, while WKU senior guard Taveion Hollingsworth and junior center 1. 8,118 - 03/11/03 - W, 64-52 vs. Middle Tennessee - SBC Tournament Charles Bassey were named to the Preseason All-Conference Team. WKU received 2. 7,759 - 01/20/18 - L, 66-62 vs. Middle Tennessee 11 of 14 possible first-place votes, while North Texas earned the other top votes. 3. 7,718 - 02/21/08 - L, 69-64 vs. South Alabama 4. 7,614 - 12/29/18 - W, 83-76 vs. #15/16 Wisconsin GUESS WHO’S BACK 5. 7,598 - 12/20/14 - L, 76-67 vs. #4 Louisville WKU returns 70.8 percent of its scoring, 59.2 percent of its rebounding, 75.7 per- 6. 7,523 - 12/30/13 - L, 79-74 vs. Ole Miss cent of its assists, 66.4 percent of its blocks and 70.1 percent of its steals from 7. 7,412 - 03/01/03 - W, 89-75 vs. Middle Tennessee 2019-20. The Hilltoppers return four players – Taveion Hollingsworth, Charles 8. 7,387 - 02/24/18 - W, 88-66 vs. Old Dominion Bassey, Carson Williams and Josh Anderson – who averaged double figures in 9. 7,362 - 01/27/18 - W, 85-74 vs. Marshall scoring last season. 10. 7,336 - 11/26/05 - L, 69-65 vs. Georgia 11. 7,328 - 11/29/03 - L, 81-75 vs. Mississippi State PROGRAM PRESTIGE 12. 7,326 - 01/26/06 - W, 94-81 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Entering the 2020-21 season, WKU ranks third in NCAA history in regular-season 7,326 - 02/18/06 - W, 79-58 vs. Northern Arizona league titles (42), seventh in 20-win seasons (46), eighth in all-time winning per- 7,326 - 02/25/06 - W, 80-65 vs. FIU centage (.660) and 15th in all-time victories (1,815). WKU joins Kentucky, North 7,326 - 12/22/10 - L, 114-82 vs. #25 Louisville Carolina, Kansas and UCLA as the only programs in the top 10 for both winning 7,326 - 02/25/12 - W, 73-67 vs. Middle Tennessee 7,326 - 03/02/13 - L, 70-62 vs. Middle Tennessee percentage and conference championships. 18. 7,119 - 02/28/15 - W, 77-61 vs. FIU 19. 7,117 - 02/21/09 - W, 79-66 vs. FIU DRAWING NBA EYES 20. 7,089 - 12/09/06 - L, 75-70 vs. Southern Illinois The Hilltoppers hosted their second straight Pro Day on Oct. 9, 2019, at E.A. Did- 21. 7,086 - 12/02/08 - W, 67-63 vs. Georgia dle Arena, bringing more than a dozen scouts to Bowling Green. WKU’s first Pro Day in 2018 drew 20-plus NBA scouts from nearly as many teams. The Hilltoppers had 350-plus scout visits home and away in 2018-19, including as many as 40 at once.
5 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS MR. RELIABLE NOTES ON THE HILLTOPPERS Taveion Hollingsworth has started 112 consecutive games – the most of any active player in the nation. Hollingsworth has started every game of his WKU WHERE ARE THEY FROM? career and has never missed a game for the Hilltoppers. WKU’s 2020-21 roster represents six states – Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia – as well as Nigeria and Canada. The HOLLINGSWORTH AMONG NATION’S ELITE SCORERS Hilltoppers have six players on the 2020-21 roster from the state of Kentucky, With 1,637 career points, WKU senior guard Taveion Hollingsworth ranks 14th which is the second-most among Division I teams in the state this season. WKU’s among active career scoring leaders in the nation. 2019-20 roster featured seven Kentuckians, the program’s most since 1980-81. Top Career Scorers in College Basketball in 2020-21 as of Dec. 29 THE HOME OF MR. BASKETBALL Name School Points The Hilltoppers have three former Kentucky Mr. Basketball winners on their roster 1. Jhivvan Jackson UTSA 2,155 2. Terry Taylor Austin Peay 2,091 for the second straight year – Carson Williams (2016), Taveion Hollingsworth 3. Colbey Ross Pepperdine 1,934 (2017) and Dayvion McKnight (2020). Four of the last six winners have played 4. Luka Garza Iowa 1,818 for WKU, including 2015 honoree Camron Justice. Before WKU the last two years, 4. Kellan Grady Davidson 1,769 the only time in history that a team featured three Kentucky Mr. Basketball 6. Justin Turner Bowling Green 1,749 winners was the 1993-94 Louisville squad (Dwayne Morton, Tick Rogers, Jason 7. Keaton Wallace UTSA 1,727 Osborne). WKU previously didn’t have a Mr. Basketball since 2007. 8. Mike Smith Michigan 1,710 9. Ryan Daly Saint Joseph’s 1,705 THE 1,000-POINT CLUB 10. Matt Lewis James Madison 1,701 WKU could reach five active 1,000-point scorers during the 2020-21 season. The 11. Terrell Gomez San Diego State 1,691 Hilltoppers had eight returning players who had scored a combined 5,756 career 12. Carlik Jones Louisville 1,652 Division I points entering the season. 13. Antoine Davis Detroit Mercy 1,647 14. Taveion Hollingsworth WKU 1,623 Top Career Point Totals Among Active Hilltoppers Name Points ALWAYS ON THE COURT Taveion Hollingsworth 1,637 Taveion Hollingsworth is now ranked second on WKU’s all-time list for most Carson Williams 1,241 minutes in a career with 3,901. He needs just 57 minutes played for the most in Josh Anderson 982 Hilltopper history. Through his junior year, Hollingsworth had played 3,614 total Kenny Cooper 918 minutes, the most ever by a Hilltopper over his first three years. Charles Bassey 800 PHENOMENAL FRESHMEN BASSEY IS BACK In each of the last three years, WKU has placed a player on the Conference USA Junior center Charles Bassey is returning from a season-ending leg injury suf- All-Freshman Team - Taveion Hollingsworth (2018), Charles Bassey (2019) fered Dec. 7 of last season against Arkansas. The 2019-20 Preseason First Team and Jordan Rawls (2020). They combined for 1,238 points and 13 C-USA Fresh- All-American suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his left leg that required season- man of the Week awards in their first seasons, and Bassey also won C-USA Fresh- ending surgery on Dec. 10 in Houston, Texas, with the team physicians for the man of the Year. NFL’s Houston Texans and NBA’s Houston Rockets – the same physicians who performed surgery on Texans star JJ Watt when he suffered a similar injury in DUNKIN’ TOPS 2017. Bassey’s rehab began immediately after surgery, and he was cleared to WKU leads the nation with 48 total dunks this season. Charles Bassey leads the resume full contact activities in September. country with 28 dunks this year – seven more than the next closest player, Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn. Bassey and Josh Anderson are the top dunking duo in the nation CLEANING THE GLASS with 43 dunks between them. Charles Bassey is the active national leader in career rebounding average at 10.1 boards per game. He’s also ranked fifth in career blocks average at 2.4 per game THE HUMAN HIGHLIGHT REEL and tied for 12th in career field goal percentage (60.3 percent). Senior Josh Anderson is no stranger to SportsCenter. His highlight-reel dunks have been featured on the SC Top 10 at least six times in his first three seasons. Top Active Career Rebounders in College Basketball in 2020-21 The Tops as a whole have been featured at least nine times in the last three years. Name School Reb. Average 1. Charles Bassey WKU 10.1 FRAMPTON HAS RANGE 2. Ruot Monyyong Little Rock 9.6 Davidson transfer Luke Frampton led the Atlantic 10 in 3-pointers made (100) Terry Taylor Austin Peay 9.6 and 3-pointers per game (2.9) in 2018-19. He was just the second player in Da- 4. James Butler Drexel 9.5 vidson history to hit 100 3-pointers in a season, joining NBA star Stephen Curry. 5. Three players 9.4
BASSEY RACKS UP PRESEASON HONORS DAYVION FILLS THE STAT SHEET As of Tuesday, WKU guard Dayvion McKnight was one of just seven freshmen in Charles Bassey was named a Preseason Second Team All-American by Lindy’s the country with at least 50 points, 30 assists, 30 rebounds and 10 steals. Sports Magzine. Last year, Bassey was named a Preseason First Team All-American by Lindy’s and Street & Smith’s. He was also named this preseason to the watch list for the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Award, John Wooden Player of the Year HITTING THE 30 MARK Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. Bassey was a top-five Taveion Hollingsworth’s 43-point effort against Louisiana Tech on Feb. 27, 2020, was the fourth game of at least 30 points in his career, following a 30-point finalist for the Kareem Award in 2019, and the only freshman finalist. effort against Charlotte on Jan. 18, 2020, and two 30-point games in his fresh- man season. Since 1986, he’s tied with Anthony Winchester, Brett McNeal and BASSEY’S BLOCK PARTY Courtney Lee for the most games with at least 30 points in a Hilltopper career. Charles Bassey’s seven blocks against Memphis on Nov. 26 were the most by a Hilltopper since Teeng Akol blocked seven shots against VCU on Nov. 20, 2011. Games by a Hilltopper with 30+ Points since the 1986-87 season Bassey became the 19th Division I player since 2010 to have a game with at least Player Games 21 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks. Anthony Winchester 4 Brett McNeal 4 CHASING 2,000 Courtney Lee 4 Taveion Hollingsworth ranks 14th in WKU history with 1,637 career points. If Taveion Hollingsworth 4 he reached 2,000 points, he would join Jim McDaniels, Courtney Lee and Ralph Darnell Mee 3 Crosthwaite as the only Hilltoppers to accomplish the feat. Chris Robinson 3
6 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON NOTES ON THE COACHING STAFF Stansbury’s son, Noah Stansbury, will be a freshman guard on this year’s team. The Stansburys are one of 18 father-son/coach-player combos in Division I this season.
HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE Father-Son Coach-Player Combos in Division I This Season Rick Stansbury’s teams have been outstanding on their own turf, boasting a School Head Coach Son winning percentage at home of nearly 79 percent overall – and nearly 87 percent Boise State Leon Rice Max Rice in nonconference play – during his 19 seasons at the helm at Mississippi State UConn Dan Hurley Andrew Hurley and WKU. Stansbury has won at least 10 home games in each of his first 18 sea- Detroit Mercy Mike Davis Antoine Davis sons as a head coach, and the Hilltoppers are 23-4 at home against nonconfer- Illinois Brad Underwood Tyler Underwood ence opponents under Stansbury. Stansbury is 6-3 at home in postseason play. Illinois-Chicago Luke Yaklich Griffin Yaklich Iowa Fran McCaffery Connor/Patrick McCaffery STANSBURY’S HOME RECORD AS HEAD COACH Liberty Ritchie McCay Luke McCay Season Nonconference League Postseason Overall Memphis Penny Hardaway Jayden Hardaway Michigan State Tom Izzo Stephen Izzo WKU (Five seasons) Miss. Valley State Lindsey Hunter Caleb Hunter 2020-21 4-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 USC Upstate Dave Dickerson Dave Dickerson III 2019-20 4-1 8-1 0-0 12-2 Southern Sean Woods DeSean Woods 2018-19 4-1 6-3 0-0 10-4 Syracuse Jim Boeheim Buddy Boeheim 2017-18 5-2 8-1 1-0 14-3 Texas Southern Johnny Jones John Jones 2016-17 5-0 6-3 0-0 11-3 Utah Larry Krystkowiak Luc Krystkowiak Mississippi State (14 seasons) Western Illinois Rob Jeter III Rob Jeter IV 2011-12 9-1 6-2 0-1 15-4 WKU Rick Stansbury Noah Stansbury 2010-11 7-2 5-3 0-0 12-5 Wright State Scott Nagy TJ Nagy 2009-10 6-1 6-2 1-1 13-4 2008-09 8-2 5-3 0-0 13-5 2007-08 5-2 7-1 0-0 12-3 TOP-LEVEL TALENT 2006-07 7-1 6-2 3-0 16-3 Stansbury has signed seven top-20 recruiting classes during his time as a head 2005-06 6-2 5-3 0-0 11-5 coach, including his first two classes at WKU and five at Mississippi State. 2004-05 5-0 6-2 0-0 11-2 2003-04 6-0 6-2 0-0 12-2 TOURNAMENT TIME 2002-03 5-1 7-1 0-0 12-2 In Stansbury’s 34 previous seasons as a head coach or assistant coach, his teams 2001-02 6-0 7-1 0-0 13-1 have gone to the postseason 19 times, with top-five seeds in the NCAA Tourna- 2000-01 6-1 6-2 1-1 13-4 ment six times. The Bulldogs reached the postseason 11 times in Stansbury’s 14 1999-00 6-0 4-4 0-0 10-4 seasons as a head coach at Mississippi State. 1998-99 6-0 6-2 0-0 12-2 Overall 110-17 (.866) 110-38 (.743) 6-3 (.667) 226-62 (.785) CHAMPIONSHIP MINDSET During Stansbury’s final 10 years leading Mississippi State, only Kentucky won CLOSING OUT WINS more SEC championships than his eight, and over his entire 14-year run at the In Rick Stansbury’s four-plus seasons as the Hilltoppers’ head coach, WKU is helm, only Kentucky and Florida won more games. His 293 career victories in the 75-5 when leading with five minutes to play. The first such loss was against Utah league were the 10th-most in SEC history at the time of his hire at WKU. in the 2018 NIT Semifinals, and the most recent win was at Charlotte on Jan. 1. THE BAND IS BACK TOGETHER BEATING THE BEST WKU associate head coach Phil Cunningham was an assistant for Rick Stans- WKU’s victory over No. 15 Wisconsin on Dec. 29, 2018, was the 24th win over an bury for 12 years at Mississippi State from 2000-12. He was previously an assis- AP ranked opponent in head coach Rick Stansbury’s career. Fifteen of those wins tant coach for WKU from 2012-13. WKU assistant coach Marcus Grant was on came over a ranked foe on the road or at a neutral site. Stansbury’s staff at MSU for eight years. After that, he was associate head coach on Cunningham’s staff at Troy from 2013-19. WKU director of operationsTalvis Franklin spent 10 years under Stansbury at Mississippi State in several roles, as STANSBURY’S WINS OVER AP RANKED OPPONENTS well as a support staffer at Troy under Cunningham. WKU 2005-06 2019-20 None FAMILY TRADITION 2004-05 None Stansbury’s connection to The Hill goes back well before his hiring as head coach None 2018-19 to his great uncle, Edgar B. Stansbury, a 1994 WKU Athletics Hall of Famer as a 2003-04 No. 15 Wisconsin - 12/29-18 - H three-sport athlete (baseball, basketball, football), football assistant coach under No. 17 – Florida – 1/21/04 – A 2017-18 W.L. “Gander” Terry, and Director of Athletics in 1946 after serving his country in No. 25 – South Carolina – 2/11/04 – A No. 18 Purdue – 11/23/17 – N World War II. The concourse inside E.A. Diddle Arena is named in E.B. Stansbury’s 2002-03 2016-17 honor. No. 13 – Xavier – 12/14/02 – N None MISSISSIPPI STATE No. 5 – Oklahoma – 12/28/02 – N 2011-12 2001-02 No. 19 Texas A&M – 11/17/11 - N No. 6 Kentucky – 1/5/02 – H No. 15 Arizona – 11/18/11 - N No. 5 Alabama – 2/9/02 – H 2010-11 No. 11 Florida – 3/8/02 – N No. 24 Florida – 1/29/11 - H No. 8 Alabama – 3/10/02 – N 2009-10 2000-01 No. 14 Ole Miss – 1/9/10 - A No. 12 Arizona – 12/30/00 – A No. 20 Vanderbilt – 3/13/10 – N No. 19 Ole Miss – 1/27/01 – H 2008-09 No. 18 Alabama – 2/7/01 – H No. 19 Kentucky – 2/3/09 – A 1999-00 No. 20 – LSU – 3/14/09 – N None 2007-08 1998-99 No. 17 – Ole Miss – 1/26/08 – H No. 25 Florida – 1/30/99 – H 2006-07 No. 18 Tennessee – 3/5/99 – N No. 17 – Vanderbilt – 2/21/07 – H
7 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS REMEMBERING HILLTOPPER LEGEND JOHN OLDHAM WKU Basketball legend John Oldham – a fixture on The Hill as a player, coach and administrator – passed away in November. He was 97.
Oldham’s impact on WKU was so far-reaching that the court at E.A. Did- dle Arena was named in his honor on Dec. 27, 2012.
Oldham left his mark on Hilltopper Basketball in each of his roles, earn- ing All-America accolades as a player in 1949 and later coaching some of the greatest teams in WKU history.
Oldham, a native of Hartford, Ky., came to WKU in 1942 to play bas- ketball for Coach E.A. Diddle after earning All-State honors at Hartford High School. After his freshman season at WKU, Oldham served in the U.S. Navy for three years during World War II.
In four years as a student-athlete (1942-43 before World War II and In seven seasons at his alma mater (1964-71), Oldham compiled an out- 1946-47, 1947-48 and 1948-49 after the war) he earned a place in WKU’s standing 142-40 record and led WKU to five postseason trips, four confer- 1,000-point club, racking up 1,006 career points, and helped the Hill- ence championships, a Sweet 16 berth and a trip to the 1971 Final Four. toppers to three appearances in the NIT, four conference champion- ships and 102 wins. He was named an All-American by both the United Oldham’s .780 winning percentage as a head coach remains the best Press International and the Associated Press as a senior in 1949, and he in WKU’s illustrious men’s basketball history by a wide margin, and his was also named to a spot on the first All-Ohio Valley Conference Team number 42 from his playing days hangs in the rafters of E.A. Diddle Are- that season. na in tribute. He coached two of WKU’s three consensus All-Americans (Clem Haskins and Jim McDaniels). Oldham was selected to the WKU Basketball All-Century Team in 2018 as a player. Oldham was also a pioneer for social change in the sport, putting the Hilltoppers on the forefront of integration in the south in the 1960s. After two seasons for the NBA’s Fort Wayne (now Detroit) Pistons, Old- ham returned to The Hill to coach at old College High School before Oldham also served as athletics director from 1971-86 and, in 1971, moving on to Tennessee Tech as the head coach. He returned to WKU conceptualized the Red Towel logo, which has evolved into one of the in 1964 to take over the Hilltopper Basketball program from the retiring most easily recognized and historic athletic logos in the country. WKU’s E.A. Diddle. Big Red mascot was also created during his tenure. 8 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS THE STREAK WKU SURPASSES 1,000 STRAIGHT GAMES WITH A MADE 3-POINTER
ELITE COMPANY HOW IT ALL STARTED WKU became just the fifth team in NCAA history to reach 1,000 straight games WKU’s streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer began on March 15, 1987, in with a made 3-pointer at Rice on Feb. 7, 2019. Kentucky was the first program a second-round NCAA Tournament game against Syracuse. After failing to make to hit the benchmark on Feb. 11, 2017. The Wildcats’ streak eventually ended at a 3-pointer in an opening-round victory over West Virginia, the Hilltoppers’ Kurk 1,047 games and has since been passed by UNLV. Lee sank three 3s against the Orange to start a streak that has lasted nearly 32 years. CURRENT ACTIVE STREAKS WKU is fourth in the nation among active streaks of consecutive games with a HOW IT REACHED 1,000 3-pointer at 1,050 straight contests. UNLV has the longest streak in history, fol- Jared Savage hit WKU’s first 3-pointer at the 16:38 mark at Rice on Feb. 7, 2019, lowed by Duke. Vanderbilt fell out of second place on the list after failing to make the first of 10 3s for the Hilltoppers in the double-overtime victory. a 3-pointer against Tennessee on Jan. 18, 2020. Arkansas reached the milestone one game behind the Hilltoppers. CLOSE CALLS Getting at least one 3-pointer in every game since 1987 hasn’t always come Longest Active Streaks of Consecutive Games with a Made 3-pointer (thru 1/1) easy for the Hilltoppers. In fact, they’ve had 20 games during the streak in which Team Current Streak they’ve only hit one 3-pointer, including the Louisville game last season. Two of 1. UNLV 1,108 games those games came in 2017-18, with both going to the second half before WKU 2. Duke 1,095 games hit its first 3-pointer. The most close calls came in 1987-88 and 1992-93, in which 3. Arkansas 1,052 games the Hilltoppers netted just one long-range shot in four games both years. 4. WKU 1,050 games DOWN TO THE FINAL MINUTE TOP MARKSMEN WKU had to wait until the final minute to make its first 3-pointer against Denver Most Career 3-Pointers in WKU History on Jan. 6, 2011. The Hilltoppers played 39 minutes and 9 seconds before Kahlil 1. T.J. Price, 2012-15 286 McDonald sank the team’s only 3 of the game. 2. Anthony Winchester, 2003-06 247 3. Courtney Lee, 2005-08 245 THE BIGGEST 3-POINTER IN SCHOOL HISTORY 4. A.J. Slaughter, 2007-10 211 There’s no doubt about the most significant 3-pointer in WKU history. In the first 5. Michael Fraliex, 1993-96 205 round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, the 12th-seeded Hilltoppers went to over- 6. Orlando Mendez-Valdez, 2006-09 197 time with fifth-seeded Drake. With WKU trailing by one, Rogers knocked down a 7. Ty Rogers, 2005-08 193 26-footer for the win in what has become one of the most iconic shots in NCAA 8. Mike Wells, 2001-04 179 Tournament history. The Hilltoppers went on to advance to the Sweet 16 after 9. Chris Harrison-Docks, 2013-16 158 defeating San Diego in the second round. Rogers’ shot won the ESPY Award that 10. Patrick Sparks, 2002-03 (two seasons) 155 year for Best Finish.
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CAREER MINUTES PLAYED INDIVIDUAL 1. Courtney Lee, 2005-08 3,957 2. Taveion Hollingsworth, 2018-present 3,901 CAREER 1,000-POINT SCORERS 3. T.J. Price, 2012-15 3,881 1. Jim McDaniels, 1969-71 2,238 4. Kannard Johnson, 1984-87 3,801 Courtney Lee, 2005-08 2,238 5. Justin Johnson, 2014-18 3,785 3. Ralph Crosthwaite, 1955, ’57-59 2,076 6. Brett McNeal, 1986-89 3,714 4. Tom Marshall, 1951-54 1,909 7. George Fant, 2012-15 3,671 5. Brett McNeal, 1986-89 1,856 8. Steffphon Pettigrew, 2008-11 3,621 6. T.J. Price, 2012-15 1,782 9. Anthony Winchester, 2003-06 3,581 7. Johnny Britt, 1973-76 1,765 10. A.J. Slaughter, 2007-10 3,550 8. Kannard Johnson, 1984-87 1,738 11. Chris Robinson, 1993-96 3,339 9. Anthony Winchester, 2003-06 1,732 10. Justin Johnson, 2014-present 1,715 CAREER FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 11. Bobby Rascoe, 1960-62 1,687 1. Orlando Mendez-Valdez, 2006-09 .8173 (170-208) 12. Clem Haskins, 1965-67 1,680 2. Courtney Lee, 2005-08 .8172 (389-476) 13. Chris Robinson, 1993-96 1,656 3. Anthony Winchester, 2003-06 .8103 (299-369) 14. Taveion Hollingsworth, 2018-present 1,637 4. Eric Back, 1956-58 .8098 (166-205) 15. George Fant, 2012-15 1,621 5. Darrin Horn, 1992-95 .808 (235-291) 16. A.J. Slaughter, 2007-10 1,581 6. Taveion Hollingsworth, 2018-present .801 (403-503) 16. Steffphon Pettigrew, 2008-11 1,544 Charlie Osborne, 1959-61 .801 (511-638) 18. Art Spoelstra, 1952-54 1,510 8. Michael Fraliex, 1993-96 .800 (216-270) 19. Charlie Osborne, 1959-61 1,359 9. Mike Wells, 2001-04 .797 (224-281) 20. Craig McCormick, 1979-82 1,354 10. A.J .Slaughter, 2007-10 .784 (315-402) 21. Tellis Frank, 1984-87 1,323 11. James McNary, 1985-87 .782 (161-206) 22. Darel Carrier, 1962-64 1,318 23. Chuck Rawlings, 1973-76 1,314 CAREER BLOCKED SHOTS 24. Tony Wilson, 1980-83 1,305 1. Jeremy Evans, 2007-10 224 25. Wayne Chapman, 1966-68 1,292 2. Chris Marcus, 2000-03 214 26. Roland Shelton, 1987-90 1,269 3. Clarence Martin, 1983-87 198 27. Darnell Mee, 1991-93 1,253 4. Ben Lawson, 2013-17 185 28. Mike Wells, 2001-04 1,245 5. Elgrace Wilborn, 2005-06 161 29. Forest “Frosty” Able, 1953-55 1,221 6. Charles Bassey, 2019-present 127 30. Bobby Jones, 1981-84 1,211 7. Darius Hall, 1992-95 125 31. Owen Lawson, 1956-58 1,206 8. George Fant, 2012-15 124 32. Michael Fraliex, 1993-96 1,205 9. Darnell Mee, 1991-93 110 33. David Boyden, 2000-03 1,167 10. Teeng Akol, 2011-13 95 34. Sergio Kerusch, 2009-11 1,164 11. Mike Wells, 2001-04 92 35. Dwight Smith, 1965-67 1,142 36. Jim Rose, 1969-71 1,133 CAREER STEALS 37. Jack Turner, 1949-51, ’54 1,123 1. Darnell Mee, 1991-93 259 38. Mike Prince, 1977-80 1,120 2. Courtney Lee, 2005-08 242 39. Darrin Horn, 1992-95 1,115 3. Chris Robinson, 1993-96 203 40. Chris Marcus, 2000-03 1,113 4. A.J. Slaughter, 2007-10 169 41. Bob Lavoy, 1948-50 1,071 5. Brett McNeal, 1986-89 148 42. Orlando Mendez-Valdez, 2006-09 1,067 6. Darius Hall, 1992-95 146 43. Jeremy Evans, 2007-10 1,065 7. Darrin Horn, 1992-95 139 44. Bobby Jackson, 1961-63 1,060 Josh Anderson, 2018-present 139 45. Derek Robinson, 1999-02 1,038 9. Taveion Hollingsworth, 2018-present 136 46. Gene Rhodes, 1949-52 1,029 10. Mark Bell, 1992-93 135 47. Carlisle Towery, 1938-40* 1,010 Bob Daniels, 1954-57 1,010 CAREER MADE FREE THROWS 49. Don “Duck” Ray, 1942-43, ’47-48 1,006 1. Ralph Crosthwaite, 1955, ‘57-59 608 John Oldham, 1943, ’47-49 1,006 2. Tom Marshall, 1951-54 545 3. Charlie Osborne, 1959-61 511 CAREER GAMES STARTED 4. Art Spoelstra, 1951-54 497 1. Jeremy Evans, 2007-08 130 5. Bobby Rascoe, 1960-62 471 2. Courtney Lee, 2005-08 127 6. George Fant, 2012-15 437 3. David Boyden, 2000-03 123 7. Clem Haskins, 1965-67 410 4. George Fant, 2012-15 122 8. Taveion Hollingsworth, 2018-present 403 5. Kannard Johnson, 1984-87 118 9. Courtney Lee, 2005-08 389 6. Clarence Martin, 1983-87 113 10. Jim McDaniels, 1969-71 368 7. Taveion Hollingsworth, 2018-present 112 8. T.J. Price, 2012-15 109 9. Bobby Jones, 1981-84 101 10. Steffphon Pettigrew, 2008-11 97 11. Brett McNeal, 1986-89 96 Justin Johnson, 2015-18 96
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CAREER FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 1. Jeremy Evans, 2007-10 .639 (427-668) 2. Darius Hall, 1992-95 .621 (336-589) 3. Charles Bassey, 2019-present .606 (309-510) 4. Ralph Crosthwaite, 1955, ‘57-59 .582 (734-1261) 5. Craig McCormick, 1979-82 .570 (524-920) 6. Wilson James, 1975-76 .5583 (373-668) 7. Chris Marcus, 2000-03 .5580 (418-749) 8. Greg Jackson, 1978-79 .550 (341-620) 9. Clarence Martin, 1983-87 .543 (306-564) 10. Justin Johnson, 2014-18 .539 (669-1241) 11. Kannard Johnson, 1984-87 .536 (693-1294)
CAREER FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 1. Ralph Crosthwaite, 1955, ‘57-59 930 2. Tom Marshall, 1951-54 759 3. George Fant, 2012-15 723 4. Art Spoelstra, 1951-54 698 5. Charlie Osborne, 1959-61 638 6. Bobby Rascoe, 1960-62 616 7. Clem Haskins, 1965-67 546 8. Justin Johnson, 2014-18 522 9. Jim McDaniels, 1969-71 514 10. Taveion Hollingsworth, 2018-present 503 11. Bob Daniels, 1955-57 480
CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES (since 1960) 1. Jim McDaniels, 1968-71 74 2. Clem Haskins, 1964-67 42 3. Dwight Smith, 1964-67 40 Justin Johnson, 2014-18 40 5. Chris Marcus, 1999-02 38 6. Greg Smith, 1965-68 34 7. Jerry Dunn, 1970-72 27 Charles Bassey, 2019-present 27 9. Harry Todd, 1960-62 26 10. James Johnson, 1975-78 25 11. Sergio Kerusch, 2008-11 24
11 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS MISCELLANEOUS STATS CAREER UNDER 2020-21 WKU BY SITUATION IN RECENT YEARS 10+ POINT GAMES (WKU) CATEGORY 2017-18 2018-19 2019-2020 2020-21 STANSBURY Charles Bassey 9 46 All games 27-11 20-14 20-10 8-2 90-54 Taveion Hollingsworth 8 82 Conference games 14-4 11-7 13-5 1-0 48-25 Josh Anderson 4 54 Non-con/postseason games 13-7 9-6 7-5 7-2 42-28 Jordan Rawls 4 16 Home 14-3 10-4 12-2 4-0 51-12 Luke Frampton 3 3 Away 9-5 6-8 6-6 2-1 27-32 Carson Williams 2 26 Neutral site 4-3 4-2 2-2 2-1 12-10 Dayvion McKnight 2 2 Televised games 27-11 20-14 20-10 8-2 89-50 Kevin Osawe 1 1 vs. Ranked opponents 1-2 2-1 0-1 0-1 3-6 vs. Unranked opponents 26-8 18-13 20-9 8-1 87-47 20+ POINT GAMES Winning the tip 20-8 13-7 8-3 5-1 59-29 Charles Bassey 3 9 Losing the tip 7-3 7-7 12-7 3-1 31-25 Taveion Hollingsworth 1 26 Scoring first 18-7 15-6 8-5 6-1 57-27 Dayvion McKnight 1 1 Opponent scores first 9-4 5-8 12-5 2-1 33-27 Jordan Rawls 1 1 Leading at halftime 22-1 11-7 13-3 5-1 64-15 Luke Frampton 1 1 Trailing at halftime 5-9 9-6 6-7 3-1 24-37 Carson Williams 0 4 Tied at halftime 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-0 2-2 Josh Anderson 0 3 Leading with 5:00 to play 23-1 17-2 15-2 8-0 76-5 Trailing with 5:00 to play 3-10 3-12 4-7 0-2 12-48 30+ POINT GAMES Tied with 5:00 to play 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 Taveion Hollingsworth 0 4 In overtime 1-0 2-1 3-2 0-0 6-3 Games decided by ≤3 pts. 2-3 4-3 2-3 3-0 15-10 40+ POINT GAMES Games decided by 4-10 pts. 9-5 9-8 11-5 3-1 35-25 Taveion Hollingsworth 0 1 Games decided by 11+ pts. 16-3 7-3 7-2 2-1 40-19 10+ REBOUND GAMES Shooting 50% or higher 18-1 7-2 9-0 1-0 41-5 Charles Bassey 6 27 Shooting 40-49% 6-6 11-7 10-7 7-2 41-30 Carson Williams 0 3 Shooting less than 40% 3-4 2-5 1-3 0-0 8-19 Josh Anderson 0 1 Opp. shooting 50% or higher 0-4 1-3 1-3 1-0 5-16 Taveion Hollingsworth 0 1 Opp. shooting 40-49% 15-5 9-9 16-6 5-2 52-29 Opp. shooting less than 40% 12-2 10-2 3-1 2-0 33-9 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Make more 3FG than opp. 8-2 4-1 10-3 1-0 30-10 Charles Bassey 6 27 Make fewer 3FG than opp. 17-8 11-12 8-6 7-2 50-40 Carson Williams 0 3 3FG made are even 2-1 5-1 2-1 0-0 10-4 Josh Anderson 0 1 Attempt more FT than opp. 24-6 17-7 19-6 6-0 80-30 Taveion Hollingsworth 0 1 Attempt fewer FT than opp. 3-5 3-7 1-4 2-2 10-24 FT attempts are even 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 GAMES LED WKU IN SCORING More rebounds than opp. 18-3 14-5 12-1 8-0 65-14 Taveion Hollingsworth 4 36 Fewer rebounds than opp. 8-7 4-9 8-9 0-2 22-38 Charles Bassey 4 23 Rebounds are even 1-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 3-2 Josh Anderson 1 11 More assists than opp. 13-1 9-4 8-1 5-1 44-11 Luke Frampton 1 1 Fewer assists than opp. 11-8 10-10 10-9 2-1 37-41 Carson Williams 0 7 Jordan Rawls 0 1 Assists are even 3-2 1-0 2-0 1-0 9-2 Commit more TOs than opp. 11-4 9-10 6-1 3-1 39-30 GAMES LED WKU IN REBOUNDING Commit fewer TOs than opp. 15-6 10-3 14-7 5-0 48-18 Charles Bassey 9 40 Turnovers are even 1-1 1-1 0-2 0-1 2-6 Taveion Hollingsworth 1 7 Scoring 100+ points 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 4-0 Carson Williams 0 11 Scoring 90-99 points 3-0 2-0 5-0 2-0 13-0 Josh Anderson 0 3 Scoring 80-89 points 8-3 4-1 3-2 2-0 19-7 Scoring 70-79 points 10-2 8-4 5-4 2-0 32-15 GAMES LED WKU IN ASSISTS Scoring 60-69 points 2-5 6-5 6-3 2-1 21-17 Dayvion McKnight 7 7 Scoring fewer than 60 points 1-1 0-4 0-1 0-1 1-15 Kenny Cooper 3 3 Allowing 100+ points 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 Taveion Hollingsworth 2 25 Allowing 90-99 points 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 3-3 Josh Anderson 1 10 Allowing 80-89 points 3-4 2-4 3-1 2-0 11-13 Jordan Rawls 0 10 Allowing 70-79 points 5-2 6-4 5-8 1-2 18-21 Carson Williams 0 8 Charles Bassey 0 3 Allowing 60-69 points 13-4 5-6 9-1 5-0 40-13 Allowing fewer than 60 pts. 5-0 7-0 2-0 0-0 18-2 GAMES LED WKU IN BLOCKED SHOTS Following a win 19-8 12-8 12-7 7-1 58-32 Charles Bassey 9 44 Following a loss 8-3 8-6 8-3 1-1 32-22 Josh Anderson 1 20 More bench points than opp. 14-2 6-2 6-0 6-1 41-10 Carson Williams 1 12 Fewer bench pts. than opp. 12-9 14-12 12-10 2-1 46-44 Isaiah Cozart 1 3 Bench points are even 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 Taveion Hollingsworth 0 3 in November 5-2 3-3 6-2 2-1 19-12 Jordan Rawls 0 1 in December 5-3 4-3 1-3 5-1 19-13 in January 5-1 5-4 7-2 1-0 22-11 GAMES LED WKU IN STEALS in February 7-1 5-2 5-2 0-0 19-10 Josh Anderson 7 37 in March 5-4 3-2 1-1 0-0 11-8 Taveion Hollingsworth 5 33 on Monday 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 5-0 Kenny Cooper 2 2 Carson Williams 1 8 on Tuesday 1-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 4-5 Jordan Rawls 1 4 on Wednesday 3-2 0-3 1-0 1-0 9-8 Isaiah Cozart 1 2 on Thursday 9-1 8-1 5-2 2-0 27-8 Dayvion McKnight 1 1 on Friday 3-1 2-0 1-2 1-1 7-5 Kevin Osawe 1 1 on Saturday 9-4 8-7 10-4 1-0 33-24 Charles Bassey 0 9 on Sunday 1-1 1-2 0-1 2-0 5-4 12 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED A WKU TEAM: Was ranked 2007-08 Had two 20-point scorers 12/19/20 Final Associated Press Poll (No. 22) Charles Bassey (27) and Jordan Rawls (20) at Alabama Received votes in a national poll 12/28/20 Had three 20-point scorers 11/13/07 Associated Press Poll (RV) (W) 88-67 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan Played a ranked team 11/27/20 Had two 25-point scorers 02/15/18 (L) 70-64 vs. No. 15 West Virginia Taveion Hollingsworth (30) and Darius Thompson (28) at North Texas Beat a ranked team 12/29/18 Had 10+ 3FGs 02/27/20 (W) 83-76 vs. No. 15/16 Wisconsin 11-of-31 vs. Louisiana Tech Won 5+ straight 12/06/20 - 01/01/21 (6) Held opponent under 35.0% shooting 11/18/19 Won 10+ straight 01/10/08 - 02/16/08 (11) 34.7% (25-of-72) vs. Campbellsville Won 15+ straight 01/03/02 - 03/05/02 (15) Committed fewer than 10 TOs 12/22/20 Won 20+ straight 12/03/66 - 02/20/67 (21) 9 vs. Tennessee Tech Lost 5+ straight 12/31/11 - 01/15/12 (5) Committed fewer than 5 TOs 12/10/20 Scored 100 pts 11/18/19 4 vs. Gardner-Webb (W) 109-66 vs. Campbellsville Committed 25+ TOs 11/18/14 Scored 100 pts on the road 02/15/18 25 at Minnesota (W) 102-94 at North Texas (OT) Forced 25+ TOs 11/10/12 Scored 100 pts and lost 01/29/04 26 at Southern Miss (L) 110-102 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Shot 60% from the field 11/18/19 Allowed 100 pts 03/03/18 61.5% vs. Campbellsville (L) 101-73 at UAB Shot 70% from the field 02/24/84 Allowed 100 pts at home 12/22/10 71.1% vs. UAB (L) 114-82 vs. #25 Louisville Shot 90% from FT line (min. 10) 12/19/17 Allowed 100 pts and won 12/03/73 100% (11-of-11) vs. Belmont (W) 102-100 at Arkansas Scored fewer than 50 pts 11/25/16 A WKU INDIVIDUAL: (L) 86-47 vs. Washington Scored 25 pts 12/19/20 Allowed fewer than 50 pts 03/09/18 Charles Bassey (27) at Alabama (W) 57-49 vs. Old Dominion Scored 30 pts 02/27/20 Back-to-back 20-point wins 2018 Taveion Hollingsworth (43) vs. Louisiana Tech 02/22/18 • (W) 93-55 vs. Charlotte Scored 40 pts 02/27/20 02/24/18 • (W) 88-66 vs. Old Dominion Taveion Hollingsworth (43) vs. Louisiana Tech 30-point win 11/18/19 Scored 50 pts 01/30/65 (W) 109-66 vs. Campbellsville Clem Haskins (55) vs. Middle Tennessee Back-to-back 30-point wins 2014 Scored 15+ pts in a half 12/10/20 12/27/14 • (W) 89-42 vs. Brescia (Ky.) Charles Bassey (17, second half) vs. Gardner-Webb 12/29/14 • (W) 104-62 vs. Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College Had 15 rebounds 12/01/20 40-point win 11/18/19 Charles Bassey (15) at Louisville (W) 109-66 vs. Campbellsville Had 20 rebounds 11/25/00 Back-to-back 40-point wins 2014 Chris Marcus (21) vs. Tennessee State 12/27/14 • (W) 89-42 vs. Brescia (Ky.) Had 25 rebounds 03/07/72 12/29/14 • (W) 104-62 vs. Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College Granville Bunton (27) at Morehead State 50-point win 01/03/04 Had 20 pts and 10 rebs 12/19/20 (W) 107-52 vs. Kentucky State Charles Bassey (27 pts, 12 rebs) at Alabama 60-point win 12/15/01 Had 10 assists 02/07/19 (W) 103-40 vs. West Alabama Lamonte Bearden (11) at Rice 30-point loss 11/25/16 Had 5 blocks 12/13/20 (L) 86-47 vs. Washington Charles Bassey (5) vs. Rhode Island Played in OT game 03/01/20 Had 5 steals 11/15/19 (W) 78-72 (OT) at North Texas Josh Anderson (5) at Eastern Kentucky Played in a 2OT game 02/07/19 Had a double-double 01/01/21 (W) 92-85 (2OT) at Rice Charles Bassey (10 pts, 12 rebs) at Charlotte Played in a 3OT game 01/19/84 Two players had a double-double 02/07/19 (L) 76-74 (3OT) vs. Jacksonville Lamonte Bearden (16 pts, 11 asts) and Charles Bassey (10 pts, 14 rebs) at Rice Played in back-to-back OT games 2020 Had a triple-double 01/06/18 02/27/20 • (W) 95-91 (OT) vs. Louisiana Tech Darius Thompson (33 pts, 10 rebs, 10 asts) at Marshall 03/01/20 • (L) 78-72 (OT) at North Texas Won on “last second” shot 02/08/14 (W) 79-78 at UALR AN OPPOSING INDIVIDUAL: Trency Jackson hit a 28-footer with 0:00.0 left in regulation Scored 30 pts 11/15/19 Lost on “last second” shot 03/21/09 Jomaru Brown, Eastern Kentucky (41) (L) 83-81 in NCAA Tournament vs. #10 Gonzaga Scored 40 pts 11/15/19 Demetri Goodson hit 6-footer at 0:00.9 Jomaru Brown, Eastern Kentucky (41) Had 5 players in double figures 03/07/20 Had 15 rebounds 01/24/19 (W) 91-85 at FIU Leonard Harper-Baker, Southern Miss (15) Had 6 players in double figures 03/07/20 Had 20 rebounds 12/07/03 (W) 91-85 at FIU Cuthbert Victor, Murray State (20) Had 7 players in double figures 11/18/19 Had 20 pts and 10 rebs 02/08/20 (W) 109-66 vs. Campbellsville LaDavius Draine, Southern Miss (21 pts and 10 rebs) Had 8 players in double figures 12/08/93 Had 10 assists 02/22/20 (W) 129-91 vs. North Florida Jordan Shepherd, Charlotte (10) Had 2 double-figure rebounders 12/21/19 Had a double-double 02/22/20 Carson Williams (14) and Jared Savage (11) at Rhode Island Jordan Shepherd, Charlotte (13 pts and 10 assists) 13 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS CAREER RECORD BY OPPONENT HEAD COACH 2020-21 OPPONENTS IN BOLD RICK STANSBURY TEAM W-L PCT AKRON 0-2 .000 ALABAMA 17-14 .549 CAREER RECORD: 383-220 (19TH SEASON) ALABAMA A&M 4-0 1.000 UAB 6-4 .600 RECORD AT WKU: 90-54 (FIFTH SEASON) ALABAMA STATE 4-0 1.000 APPALACHIAN STATE 1-0 1.000 With 383 career wins and 12 postseason trips as a head ARIZONA 2-1 .667 coach to his credit, Rick Stansbury is the 15th head THE STANSBURY FILE ARKANSAS 18-14 .563 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 2-0 1.000 men’s basketball coach at Western Kentucky University. ARKANSAS STATE 2-0 1.000 Stansbury was hired to lead the WKU program on March PERSONAL AUBURN 16-12 .571 28, 2016. Born: Dec. 23, 1959 Hometown: Battletown, Ky. AUSTIN PEAY 3-0 1.000 BAYLOR 0-1 .000 Wife: Meo Children: Isaac, Noah, Luke Stansbury has led the Hilltoppers to three straight 20- BELMONT 1-4 .200 win seasons and appearances in the last two Conference BETHUNE-COOKMAN 1-0 1.000 USA Tournament title games played. Over the last three COACHING CAREER BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN 1-0 1.000 seasons, WKU has 10 wins against opponents from the top 1981-82: Campbellsville (student assistant) BOSTON COLLEGE 1-0 1.000 seven leagues, an 8-4 record against Power Five programs 1983-84: Cumberland (graduate assistant) BOWLING GREEN 0-1 .000 and three wins against top-25 foes. 1985-90: Austin Peay (assistant coach) BRADLEY 1-0 1.000 1990-94: Mississippi State (assistant coach) BUTLER 0-1 .000 The Hilltoppers went 20-10 under Stansbury’s guidance in 1994-98: Mississippi State (assoc. head coach) CALIFORNIA 0-1 .000 2019-20, becoming one of 44 teams in the nation to win at 1998-2012: Mississippi State (head coach) CAMPBELLSVILLE 1-0 1.000 least 20 games in each of the last three seasons. WKU’s 67 2014-15: Texas A&M (assistant coach) CENTENARY 4-0 1.000 wins over the last three seasons are the most of any team CHARLOTTE 8-3 .727 2015-16: Texas A&M (associate head coach) CHATTANOOGA 1-0 1.000 in Conference USA. 2016-Present: WKU (head coach) CINCINNATI 0-2 .000 CLEMSON 0-2 .000 WKU was set to be the No. 2 seed in the 2020 Conference COLORADO STATE 0-1 .000 USA Tournament before it was canceled due to the (1999-2012), where he compiled a career record of 293- DEPAUL 1-0 1.000 COVID-19 pandemic. 166 (.638), led the Bulldogs to the postseason 11 times DETROIT MERCY 2-1 .667 – with six NCAA appearances – and became Mississippi DUKE 0-1 .000 In the 2018-19 season, the Hilltoppers finished 20-14 and State’s all-time wins leader in the process. EAST TENNESSEE STATE 0-1 .000 earned the No. 2 seed in C-USA, the program’s highest EASTERN KENTUCKY 4-1 .800 league finish at the time since 2014. WKU sold out of In his two seasons in College Station, working for head FAIRFIELD 1-0 1.000 general season tickets for the first time since E.A. Diddle coach Billy Kennedy, Stansbury helped the Aggie coaching FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1-0 1.000 Arena opened in 1963 and averaged 5,809 fans per staff sign a consensus top-10 recruiting class, a class FLORIDA 8-9 .471 FLORIDA A&M 2-0 1.000 game, the highest average attendance since the venue’s regarded as one of the best in school history, in 2015. In FLORIDA ATLANTIC 4-2 .667 the 2015-16 campaign, with Stansbury serving as associate renovation in 2002. FIU 3-2 .600 head coach, the Aggies set a school record for wins with FLORIDA STATE 1-1 .500 In Stansbury’s second season in 2017-18, the Hilltoppers 28 after a 21-12 campaign and third-place SEC finish in FORDHAM 1-0 1.000 finished 27-11 – their most wins since the 2007-08 season his first season. Texas A&M’s run to the Sweet 16 was the GARDNER-WEBB 1-0 1.000 and the most wins in the state of Kentucky that year – and deepest the Aggies have advanced in the tournament in GEORGE MASON 1-1 .500 advanced to the semifinals of the NIT for the first time program history. GEORGIA 9-9 .500 since 1954. WKU finished the season 4-2 against Power 5 GEORGIA STATE 2-0 1.000 conference teams and was one of four teams in the nation During Stansbury’s final 10 years leading Mississippi State, HAWAII 0-1 .000 – including the only non-Power 5 – to register wins over only Kentucky won more SEC championships than his HOLY CROSS 1-0 1.000 opponents from each of the ACC, SEC, Pac-12 and Big Ten eight, and over his entire 14-year run at the helm, only HOUSTON 2-0 1.000 IDAHO 1-0 1.000 conferences. Kentucky and Florida won more games. His 293 career ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 1-0 1.000 victories were the 10th-most in SEC history. The Bulldogs ILLINOIS STATE 1-0 1.000 The season was the 10th in WKU history with at least 27 won the SEC tournament in 2002 and 2009, the overall INDIANA STATE 2-1 .667 wins, and the 27 victories tied for the most in a season SEC championship in 2004 and dominated the league’s JACKSON STATE 2-0 1.000 for Stansbury, who also won 27 games in 2001-02 at Western Division during Stansbury’s tenure, winning the JACKSONVILLE 1-0 1.000 Mississippi State. side in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010. JACKSONVILLE STATE 5-0 1.000 KENTUCKY 4-13 .235 In Stansbury’s four seasons at the helm, the Hilltoppers His teams were also postseason regulars, appearing in the KENTUCKY WESLEYAN 1-0 1.000 are a combined 47-12 inside E.A. Diddle Arena. Stansbury NCAA Tournament or NIT in 11 of his 14 seasons as MSU’s LAFAYETTE 1-0 1.000 has never registered less than 10 home wins in a season as head coach, including trips to the NCAA Tournament in LIBERTY 1-0 1.000 a head coach. He has a 78.2 percent winning percentage four consecutive seasons (2002-2005) and consecutive LITTLE ROCK 3-0 1.000 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 3-2 .600 overall in home games at the helm, including an 86.2 appearances in 2008 and 2009 with NIT trips in 1999, 2001, LOUISIANA-MONROE 4-0 1.000 2007, 2010 and 2012. Including his time as an assistant, percent clip in nonconference contests. LSU 18-13 .581 Mississippi State went to the postseason 15 times in 22 LOUISIANA TECH 6-2 .750 Stansbury, a Battletown, Ky., native and Campbellsville seasons. LOUISVILLE 0-2 .000 University Class of 2003 Hall of Famer, came to The Hill LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 2-0 1.000 following two years at 2015-16 Southeastern Conference Seven Bulldogs earned All-America honors, 23 were MARSHALL 5-4 .556 regular season champion Texas A&M, which included a run named All-SEC (11 first teamers), and he posted 20 or more MASSACHUSETTS 0-1 .000 to the 2016 NCAA Sweet 16. wins in 10 seasons during his 14-year run as head coach. MCNEESE STATE 5-0 1.000 Prior to Stansbury taking over as head coach, MSU had just MEMPHIS 1-1 .500 In his 34 seasons as a head coach or an assistant coach, seven postseason tournament appearances and won at MIAMI (FLA.) 1-1 .500 Stansbury’s teams have gone to the postseason 19 times, least 20 games just seven times in the school’s previous 86 MIAMI-OHIO 0-1 .000 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 2-4 .333 with Top 5 seeds in the NCAA Tournament in 2016 (3), 2004 years of basketball competition. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 4-0 1.000 (2), 2003 (5), 2002 (3), 1996 (5) and 1995 (5) and in the NIT MISSOURI 1-2 .333 in 2018 (4), 2012 (4), 2010 (1), and 2007 (1). Stansbury has been a winner in every capacity. MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1-0 1.000 MISSOURI STATE 0-2 .000 The veteran head coach made his name over a 22-year run Off the court, Stansbury’s program graduated players at a MONMOUTH 1-0 1.000 at Mississippi State, including the final 14 as head coach rate never before seen at Mississippi State. Over his time
14 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS as head coach, only Vanderbilt had a higher graduation CAREER RECORD BY OPPONENT rate in the SEC, and the Bulldogs were third in the SEC 2020-21 OPPONENTS IN BOLD with 41 academic honorees in 14 years. Fans also came HEAD COACHING RECORD out in droves in Starkville to watch Stansbury’s Bulldogs TEAM W-L PCT play. Of the Top 30 most attended games in MSU history, 1998-99: Mississippi State...... 20-13^ MONTANA STATE 1-1 .500 26 came during Stansbury’s run as head coach including 1999-00: Mississippi State...... 14-16 MURRAY STATE 1-0 1.000 all of the Top 10. He was the only coach in MSU history 2000-01: Mississippi State...... 18-13^ NEW ORLEANS 4-0 1.000 to average more than 10,000 fans per game in SEC play 2001-02: Mississippi State...... 27-8*# NICHOLLS 6-0 1.000 (2003-04/10,209), and his Bulldogs played in front of an 2002-03: Mississippi State...... 21-10*% NORTH ALABAMA 1-0 1.000 average of over 7,000 fans per night in six of his 14 seasons 2003-04: Mississippi State...... 26-4*% NORTH CAROLINA 0-1 .000 as head coach. NORTH CAROLINA A&T 2-0 1.000 2004-05: Mississippi State...... 23-11* 2005-06: Mississippi State...... 15-15 NORTHERN IOWA 1-0 1.000 Stansbury also brings to The Hill a national reputation of NORTH TEXAS 6-1 .857 success as evidenced by his 2004 SEC Associated Press 2006-07: Mississippi State...... 21-14^% NORTHWESTERN 1-0 1.000 Coach of the Year, finalist for National Coach of the Year, 2007-08: Mississippi State...... 23-11*% NORTHWESTERN STATE 2-1 .667 and District 17 NABC Coach of the Year awards. During the 2008-09: Mississippi State...... 23-13*# OHIO 1-1 .500 2003-04 season, Stansbury’s Bulldogs ranked as high as 2009-10: Mississippi State...... 24-12^% OKLAHOMA 1-0 1.000 2010-11: Mississippi State...... 17-14 OKLAHOMA STATE 1-0 1.000 No. 4 in the AP poll and finished No. 8 that year, their third OLD DOMINION 5-5 .500 consecutive Top 25 finish in the final AP poll. 2011-12: Mississippi State...... 21-12^ OLE MISS 21-8 .724 2016-17: WKU...... 15-17 OREGON 1-0 1.000 As a recruiter, Stansbury is no stranger to sending players 2017-18: WKU...... 27-11^ PITTSBURGH 1-0 1.000 to the NBA ranks. Since 1996, Stansbury has helped guide 2018-19: WKU...... 20-14 PURDUE 1-0 1.000 nine players to the NBA, including Erick Dampier, the 2019-20: WKU...... 20-10 RHODE ISLAND 1-1 .500 10th overall pick in the 1996 Draft. Other pros under his 2020-21: WKU...... 8-2 RICE 4-0 1.000 tutelage include Mario Austin, Derrick Zimmerman, Jarvis 383-220 (.635) RICHMOND 2-2 .500 Varnado and Rodney Hood. (*) NCAA Tournament appearance RIDER 0-1 .000 (^) NIT appearance RUTGERS 0-1 .000 Through his first three seasons at WKU, all nine outgoing (#) SEC Tournament champions SAINT MARY’S (CALIF.) 2-2 .500 seniors signed contracts to play professional basketball. SAM HOUSTON STATE 1-0 1.000 SAN DIEGO 2-1 .667 Stansbury’s WKU recruiting class for 2018-19 was ranked Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship and SANTA CLARA 2-0 1.000 No. 19 in the country by Rivals and No. 27 by 247Sports. His NCAA Tournament second-round berth in 1986-87. SMU 1-0 1.000 2017-18 class was ranked in the top 10 nationally by every SOUTH ALABAMA 7-1 .875 major recruiting outlet and was the program’s first top-25 His 16-year career as an assistant prior to the MSU head SOUTH CAROLINA 12-5 .706 class in the modern recruiting era. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 1-0 1.000 coaching post began at his alma mater, Campbellsville, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 5-1 .833 WKU was one of nine programs with back-to-back top-20 during the 1981-82 season as he worked toward earning SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 0-1 .000 recruiting classes as ranked by Rivals in 2017 and 2018, a double major in business and physical education. He SOUTHERN MISS 7-0 1.000 along with Duke, Kentucky, UCLA, Oregon, Kansas, North then moved on to work for Randy Vernon at Cumberland STANFORD 1-1 .500 in Williamsburg, where he earned his master’s in Business ST. BONAVENTURE 2-0 1.000 Carolina, Texas and Michigan State. Education. In 1983-84, the team went 31-5 and earned SYRACUSE 0-1 .000 TENNESSEE 7-9 .438 NBA scouts have always had their eyes on his programs. WKU a second-round appearance in the NAIA Tournament. TENNESSEE-MARTIN 5-0 1.000 hosted the first two preseason Pro Days in program history In October 1999, Stansbury was honored by the TENNESSEE STATE 2-0 1.000 over the last two seasons, with more than 20 NBA scouts in Campbellsville Alumni Association as a proud recipient of TENNESSEE TECH 2-0 1.000 attendance and double-digit scouts at most games. the school’s Distinguished Alumni Award. TEXAS 0-2 .000 TEXAS A&M 1-0 1.000 Over a nine-year period in Starkville (2003-11), Stansbury Stansbury’s connection to The Hill goes back well before his TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 2-0 1.000 signed five different top-20 recruiting classes. His 2005 hiring as head coach to his great uncle, Edgar B. Stansbury, TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN 1-0 1.000 class was rated the sixth-best nationally by Rivals.com a 1994 WKU Athletics Hall of Famer as a three-sport athlete TEXAS TECH 0-1 .000 while his final class in the spring of 2011 was No. 12 (baseball, basketball, football), football assistant coach TROY 3-1 .750 nationally by the outlet. The Class of 2015 at Texas A&M TULANE 3-0 1.000 was rated No. 8 nationally by Rivals.com. under W.L. “Gander” Terry, and Director of Athletics in 1946 TULSA 0-1 .000 after serving his country in World War II. The concourse UCF 0-1 .000 Before going to Starkville, Stansbury spent six seasons as inside E.A. Diddle Arena is named in E.B. Stansbury’s honor. UC IRVINE 1-0 1.000 an assistant at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, UCLA 1-0 1.000 Tenn. Working alongside the late Lake Kelly, APSU Stansbury is married to the former Meo Mellen of Roanoke, UNLV 0-1 .000 recorded three consecutive winning seasons including an Va. The couple has three sons, Isaac, Noah and Luke. USC 1-0 1.000 UTAH 0-1 .000 UTAH STATE 1-0 1.000 UTEP 4-0 1.000 STANSBURY’S COACHING ACCOLADES UTSA 3-3 .500 VALPARAISO 1-1 .500 CHAMPIONSHIPS VANDERBILT 11-8 .579 • SEC WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010) VILLANOVA 0-1 .000 VIRGINIA TECH 1-1 .500 • SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS (2002, 2009) • OVERALL SEC CHAMPION (2004) WASHINGTON 0-3 .000 WASHINGTON STATE 0-2 .000 POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE WEST VIRGINIA 2-2 .500 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3-1 .750 AS HEAD COACH WISCONSIN 1-1 .500 • NCAA (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009) • NIT (1999, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2018) WINTHROP 0-1 .000 WRIGHT STATE 2-1 .667 AS ASSISTANT XAVIER 3-1 .750 TOTALS 383-220 .635 • NCAA (1987, 1991, 1995 - SWEET 16, 1996 - FINAL FOUR, 2016 - SWEET 16) • NIT (1990, 1994)
AWARDS • SEC COACH OF THE YEAR (2004) • DISTRICT 17 NABC COACH OF THE YEAR (2004)
15 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 4, vs. Tennesssee Tech, 12/22/20 #1 KYLEN MILTON Career Same FRESHMAN | G | 6-4 | 190 | HS REBOUNDS MONTICELLO, ARK. (CORE4 ACADEMY) Season 1, vs. Tennesssee Tech, 12/22/20 Career Same FIELD GOALS Season 2, vs. Tennesssee Tech, 12/22/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa DNP Season 5, vs. Tennesssee Tech, 12/22/20 vs. Memphis DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia DNP Season 1, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 at Louisville DNP Career Same MISS. VALLEY STATE 4 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Season 2, vs. Tennesssee Tech, 12/22/20 GARDNER-WEBB DNP Career Same RHODE ISLAND DNP FREE THROWS Season 0 at Alabama 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Same TENNESSEE TECH 9 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Season 0 at Charlotte* DNP Career Same at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 0 LOUISIANA TECH* Career Same LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS at Middle Tennessee* Season 0 Career Same at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED OLD DOMINION Season 9, vs. Tennesssee Tech, 12/22/20 Career Same OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Scored career-high four points with a dunk in RICE* nine minutes vs. Tennessee Tech on Dec. 22 • Made WKU debut vs. Mississippi Valley State on RICE* Dec. 6 and netted one 3-pointer in four minutes at North Texas* • Averaged 23 points per game during 2019-20 post-grad season at CORE4 Academy in Atlanta at North Texas* • Season included game with 38 points, six re- FIU* bounds and five assists • Previously a standout at Conway High School FIU* in Arkansas, where he averaged 13 points, six re- bounds and two steals as a junior in 2018-19 • Shot 54 percent from the field and 75 percent from the free-throw line • Named a Class 7A All-Conference selection and an All-State Tournament team pick • Was a dual-sport athlete at Conway while also competing in football • Majoring in Sport Management
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg WKU 2020-21 3 0 15 5.0 3 7 .429 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.3 TOTAL 3 0 15 5.0 3 7 .429 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.3
16 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 15, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 #2 KEVIN OSAWE Career Same JUNIOR | FORWARD | 6-6 | 205 | TR REBOUNDS TORONTO, CANADA. (VINCENNES UNIVERSITY) Season 7, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 Career Same FIELD GOALS Season 5, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa 14 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Season 8, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 vs. Memphis 6 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia 12 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Season 2, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 at Louisville 9 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE 14 5 8 .625 2 3 .667 3 3 1.000 5 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 Season 3, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 GARDNER-WEBB 5 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 Career Same FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND 9 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Season 3, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 at Alabama 9 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH 13 2 6 .333 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 Season 4, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 at Charlotte* 9 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 Career Same at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 1, 2x, last vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10/20 LOUISIANA TECH* Career Same LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS Season 1, 5x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 at Middle Tennessee* Career Same at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 14, 2x, last vs. Miss. Valley State, 12/06/20 OLD DOMINION Career Same OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Scored career-high 15 points with seven re- bounds in 14 minutes against Mississippi Valley RICE* State on Dec. 6 RICE* • Scored two points with five rebounds in WKU debut vs. Northern Iowa on Nov. 25, 2020 at North Texas* • Named NJCAA Division I Third-Team All-Ameri- at North Texas* can following his sophomore season • Averaged 17.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.6 as- FIU* sists as Vincennes compiled 28-5 record, No. 9 FIU* final national ranking and No. 10 overall seed in NJCAA National Tournament • Made 66 3-pointers as sophomore, ranked sixth nationally in defensive rebounds and 25th in to- tal rebounds • Averaged 11.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.3 as- sists as a freshman on team that won the NJCAA national championship with 34-2 record • Named MVP of the National Tournament with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the title game • Rated No. 10 overall junior-college prospect in the nation by JUCORecruiting.com • Was a standout prep player at Central Technical School in Canada • Majoring in Sport Management
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg VINCENNES UNIVERSITY 2018-19 25 17 N/A N/A 102 223 .457 52 131 .397 32 46 .696 25 137 162 6.5 35 0 33 28 10 5 288 11.5 2019-20 33 32 N/A N/A 210 484 .434 66 197 .335 83 112 .680 68 255 323 9.8 48 0 53 61 13 21 569 17.2 WKU 2020-21 10 0 101 10.1 14 30 .467 5 12 .417 6 7 .857 11 17 28 2.8 5 0 2 4 0 5 39 3.9 WKU TOTAL 10 0 101 10.1 14 30 .467 5 12 .417 6 7 .857 11 17 28 2.8 5 0 2 4 0 5 39 3.9
17 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 20, at Alabama, 12/19/20 #3 JORDAN RAWLS Career Same SOPHOMORE | GUARD | 6-1 | 180 | 1L REBOUNDS CHATTANOOGA, TENN. (HAMILTON HEIGHTS ACAD.) Season 5, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 Career Same FIELD GOALS Season 6, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career 8, vs. Louisiana Tech, 02/06/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa 10 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 3 3 1.000 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 Season 14, 3x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 vs. Memphis 9 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia 14 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 Season 2, at Alabama, 12/19/20 at Louisville 10 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Career 4, vs. Illinois State, 11/23/19 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE 25 5 14 .357 1 6 .167 1 2 .500 2 3 5 1 0 3 3 0 0 12 Season 6, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 GARDNER-WEBB 19 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 7 Career 8, at FIU, 03/07/20 FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND 23 3 8 .375 0 2 .000 5 5 1.000 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 11 Season 6, at Alabama, 12/19/20 at Alabama 30 6 14 .429 2 5 .400 6 6 1.000 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 20 Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH 26 6 14 .429 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 Season 6, at Alabama, 12/19/20 at Charlotte* 27 1 8 .125 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 Career 8, vs. North Texas, 01/02/20 at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 3, 2x, last vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10/20 LOUISIANA TECH* Career 7, at FIU, 02/01/20 LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career 1, at UTSA, 02/15/20 at Marshall* STEALS Season 3, at Alabama, 12/19/20 at Middle Tennessee* Career 3, 3x, last at Alabama, 12/19/20 at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 30, at Alabama, 12/19/20 OLD DOMINION Career 40, at UAB, 01/09/20 OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Scored career-high 20 points with three steals in 30 minutes at Alabama on Dec. 19 RICE* • Scored 12 points with career-high five rebounds RICE* against Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 6 • Started 16 games and played in all 30 for the at North Texas* Hilltoppers as a freshman in 2019-20 at North Texas* • Averaged 7.9 points and 27.7 minutes per game, adding 1.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game FIU* • Shot 38.5 percent from the field including FIU* shooting 34 of 105 (32.4 percent) from 3-point range and 99 of 129 at the free-throw line • Named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team • Made first career start and played 40 minutes at UAB on 1/9/20, scoring 10 points with five assists • Named C-USA Freshman of the Week on 11/25/20 • Averaged 23 points and seven assists per game in 2018-19 for Hamilton Heights Christian Acad- emy in Chattanooga, Tenn • Rated four-star prospect by 247Sports and Ri- vals in the 2020 class before reclassifying, and ranked as No. 80 player in the country • Father, Keith, was a standout for Austin Peay in the late 80s when WKU head coach Rick Stans- bury was an assistant for the Governors • Majoring in sport management
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg WKU 2019-20 30 16 831 27.7 87 226 .385 34 105 .324 30 41 .732 7 36 43 1.4 41 0 67 48 1 21 238 7.9 2020-21 10 0 193 19.3 28 76 .368 6 30 .200 17 18 .944 4 11 15 1.5 9 0 12 12 0 6 79 7.9 TOTAL 40 16 1,024 25.6 115 302 .381 40 135 .296 47 59 .797 11 47 58 1.5 50 0 79 60 1 27 317 7.9
18 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 16, vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10/20 #4 JOSH ANDERSON Career 25, vs. Marshall, 01/21/19 SENIOR | GUARD | 6-6 | 190 | 3L REBOUNDS BATON ROUGE, LA. (MADISON PREP ACADEMY) Season 6, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 Career 10, at FIU, 02/01/20 FIELD GOALS Season 5, 3x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career 10, 2x, last at Rice, 02/07/19 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa * 23 3 6 .500 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 Season 10, at Alabama, 12/19/20 vs. Memphis * 27 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 Career 21, at Rice, 02/07/19 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia * 26 5 7 .714 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 2 0 2 1 0 2 10 Season 2, 2x, last vs. Rhode Island, 12/13/20 at Louisville * 21 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 3 5 Career 3, vs. UTSA, 01/31/19 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE * 21 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 5 6 .833 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 4 9 Season 2, 4x, last at Alabama, 12/19/20 GARDNER-WEBB * 20 5 8 .625 2 2 1.000 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 16 Career 5, 2x, last vs. UAB, 02/16/19 FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND * 31 4 5 .800 2 2 1.000 5 6 .833 0 5 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 15 Season 5, 2x, last vs. Rhode Island, 12/13/20 at Alabama * 31 3 10 .300 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 6 Career 9, at Eastern Kentucky, 11/15/19 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH * 26 5 6 .833 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 2 4 6 1 0 4 4 0 1 14 Season 6, 2x, last vs. Rhode Island, 12/13/20 at Charlotte* * 23 4 4 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 3 9 Career 12, 2x, last at Eastern Kentucky, 11/15/19 at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 4, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 LOUISIANA TECH* Career 5, vs, UCF, 11/18/18 LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 1, 5x, last at Alabama, 12/19/20 MARSHALL* Career 3, vs. Louisiana Tech, 02/27/20 at Marshall* STEALS Season 4, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 at Middle Tennessee* Career 5, 2x, last at Eastern Kentucky, 11/15/19 at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 31, 2x, last at Alabama, 12/19/20 OLD DOMINION Career 43, at Rice, 02/07/19 OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Appeared in all 30 games with 16 starts for WKU in 2019-20 while averaging 28.2 minutes per game RICE* • Averaged 10.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per RICE* game; shot 44.8 percent from the field and made 99 of 129 (76.7 percent) free throws at North Texas* • Sits just outside WKU’s top-10 list for career at North Texas* steals with 119 total • Ranked ninth in C-USA in free-throw percentage FIU* and sixth in blocks FIU* • Finished the season with 886 career points, just 114 away from 1,000 • Notched first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds at FIU on Feb. 1 • Has appeared on SportsCenter Top 10 plays at least six times in three seasons for his dunks • Led Madison Prep to its third straight state title and its fourth championship game appearance • Ranked a consensus four-star prospect across all outlets and ranked in the top 60 nationally • Majoring in interdisciplinary studies, with em- phasis in health and a minor in athletic coaching
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 23 3 390 17.0 63 114 .553 1 7 .143 43 73 .589 19 39 58 2.5 50 1 17 19 8 23 170 7.4 2018-19 34 28 1,015 29.9 152 322 .472 15 52 .288 93 131 .710 39 102 141 4.1 93 5 59 74 23 59 412 12.1 2019-20 30 16 847 28.2 96 207 .464 12 46 .261 99 129 .767 27 100 127 4.2 83 0 39 52 32 37 303 10.1 2020-21 10 10 252 25.2 35 62 .565 5 13 .385 22 26 .846 5 28 33 3.3 19 0 11 16 5 20 97 9.7 TOTAL 97 57 2,504 25.8 346 705 .491 33 118 .280 257 359 .716 90 269 359 3.7 245 6 126 161 68 139 982 10.1
19 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 0 #5 NOAH STANSBURY Career Same FRESHMAN | GUARD | 6-0 | 160 | HS REBOUNDS BOWLING GREEN, KY. (GREENWOOD HS) Season 0 Career Same FIELD GOALS Season 0 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa DNP Season 0 vs. Memphis DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia DNP Season 0 at Louisville DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE DNP Season 0 GARDNER-WEBB DNP Career Same FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND DNP Season 0 at Alabama DNP Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH DNP Season 0 at Charlotte* DNP Career Same at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 0 LOUISIANA TECH* Career Same LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS Season 0 at Middle Tennessee* Career Same at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 0 OLD DOMINION Career Same OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Previously in 2021 class but reclassified into 2020 RICE* • Averaged 12.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per RICE* game as a junior in 2019-20 at Greenwood High School in Bowling Green, Ky. at North Texas* • Made 78 of 207 3-point attempts (37.7 percent) at North Texas* and 58 of 68 free throws (85.3 percent) • Had season high of 28 points in district game FIU* against South Warren with seven made 3s FIU* • Previously named All-District 14 performer • Son of WKU head coach Rick Stansbury • Major is currently undeclared
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg WKU 2020-21 TOTAL
20 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 26, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 #11 TAVEION HOLLINGSWORTH Career 43, vs. Louisiana Tech, 02/27/20 SENIOR | GUARD | 6-2 | 165 | 3L REBOUNDS LEXINGTON, KY. (PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HS) Season 7, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 Career 12, vs. Troy, 12/16/18 FIELD GOALS Season 9, at Louisville, 12/01/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career 11, vs. Louisiana Tech, 02/27/20 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa * 32 8 18 .444 0 4 .000 10 13 .769 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 26 Season 18, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 vs. Memphis * 35 6 11 .545 2 4 .500 4 4 1.000 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 18 Career 21, at UTSA, 02/15/20 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia * 31 5 13 .385 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 13 Season 2, 2x, last vs. West Virginia, 11/27/20 at Louisville * 30 9 14 .643 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 19 Career 5, at UTEP, 02/01/18 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE * 23 5 7 .714 1 2 .500 5 8 .625 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 16 Season 4, 4x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 GARDNER-WEBB * 31 3 13 .231 0 2 .000 3 5 .600 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 0 2 9 Career 9, at UTEP, 02/01/18 FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND * 31 5 11 .455 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 3 4 7 3 0 3 3 0 4 14 Season 10, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 at Alabama * 16 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 4 0 1 5 0 2 4 Career 17, vs. Louisiana Tech, 02/27/20 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH * 27 3 9 .333 1 4 .250 3 4 .750 1 6 7 1 0 3 0 0 1 10 Season 13, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 at Charlotte* * 31 3 8 .375 0 0 .000 8 10 .800 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 3 14 Career 19, vs. Louisiana Tech, 02/27/20 at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 3, 5x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 LOUISIANA TECH* Career 6, 5x, last vs. Marshall, 01/25/20 LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career 2, at Marshall, 01/06/18 at Marshall* STEALS Season 4, vs. Rhode Island, 12/13/20 at Middle Tennessee* Career 4, 4x, last vs. Rhode Island, 12/13/20 at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 35, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 OLD DOMINION Career 47, at Rice, 02/07/19 OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Scored 26 points with 10 of 13 made free throws vs. Northern Iowa in season opener on Nov. 25 RICE* • Started in all 30 games for WKU, averaging 35.0 RICE* minutes per game; led WKU in scoring at 16.6 points per game at North Texas* • Shot 47.1 percent from the field, going 20 of 65 at North Texas* (30.8 percent) from long range and 150 of 178 (84.3 percent) from the charity stripe FIU* • Ranked on multiple WKU all-time lists included FIU* 18th in career points (1,494), eighth in career minutes played (3,614), sixth in career free throw percentage (80.6 percent) and 10th in career made free throws (362) • Named to 2020 Preseason All-C-USA Team and First Team All-C-USA last year • Was 1 of 33 players in the country with at least 498 points, 126 rebounds, 81 assists and 40 steals • Scored career-high 43 points and forced over- time with a game-tying 3 against Louisiana Tech on 2/27/20, recording the most points scored by a Hilltopper in a game since 1/4/71 • Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Health
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2017-18 38 38 1,312 34.5 170 354 .480 45 119 .378 121 153 .791 31 98 129 3.4 75 0 71 67 5 39 506 13.3 2018-19 34 34 1,251 36.8 175 419 .418 49 154 .318 91 118 .771 35 115 159 4.4 49 0 76 72 8 41 490 14.4 2019-20 30 30 1,051 35.0 164 348 .471 20 65 .308 150 178 .843 28 98 126 4.2 53 0 81 82 2 40 498 16.6 2020-21 10 10 287 28.7 48 107 .449 6 22 .273 41 54 .759 7 23 30 3.0 18 0 21 17 0 16 143 14.3 TOTAL 112 112 3,901 34.8 557 1,228 .454 120 360 .333 403 503 .801 101 334 435 3.9 195 0 249 238 15 136 1,637 14.6
21 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 5, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 #12 JACKSON HARLAN Career Same SOPHOMORE | GUARD | 6-3 | 190 | 1L REBOUNDS ALBANY, KY. (CLINTON COUNTY HS) Season 0 Career Same FIELD GOALS Season 1, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa DNP Season 1, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 vs. Memphis DNP Career 1, 3x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia DNP Season 1, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/10 at Louisville DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE 3 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Season 0 GARDNER-WEBB DNP Career 1, 2x, last vs. Miss. Valley State, 12/06/20 FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND DNP Season 2, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/10 at Alabama DNP Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 2, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/10 at Charlotte* DNP Career Same at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 0 LOUISIANA TECH* Career 1, vs. Campbellsville, 11/18/19 LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS Season 0 at Middle Tennessee* Career Same at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 3, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 OLD DOMINION Career 4, vs. Campbellsville, 11/18/19 OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Scored his first career points with five against Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 6, including a RICE* 3-pointer and two free throws RICE* • Appeared in four games for the Hilltoppers last season, averaging 1.3 minutes per game at North Texas* • Took his first shot and handed out his first assist at North Texas* against Campbellsville on 11/18/19 • Averaged 23.9 points and 4.5 rebounds per FIU* game as a senior at Clinton County High School FIU* in Albany, Ky., leading the Bulldogs to a 24-8 re- cord and the Fourth Region semifinals • Shot 43.1 percent from the field, 32.3 percent from 3-point range and netted 169 of 225 free throws • Finished his career with 2,128 points (second all-time at Clinton County) and scored 30-plus points in 18 games, including a career high of 45 • Named Fourth Region Player of the Year and a finalist for Kentucky Mr. Basketball, as well as First Team All-State • Majoring in Exercise Science, pre-Physical Ther- apy
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg WKU 2019-20 4 0 5 1.3 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2020-21 2 0 6 3.0 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.5 TOTAL 6 0 11 1.8 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.8
22 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 22, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 #14 LUKE FRAMPTON Career Same RS JUNIOR | GUARD | 6-5 | 200 | TR REBOUNDS POCA, W.VA. (DAVIDSON) Season 5, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 Career Same FIELD GOALS Season 6, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa 28 3 5 .600 3 4 .750 5 5 1.000 0 4 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 14 Season 12, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 vs. Memphis 25 1 6 .167 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia 24 2 6 .333 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 6 Season 6, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 at Louisville 25 1 6 .167 1 6 .167 0 0 .O00 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE 20 2 12 .167 1 8 .125 0 0 .000 2 2 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 5 Season 9, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 GARDNER-WEBB 24 5 5 1.000 5 5 1.000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 2 0 4 1 0 0 15 Career Same FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND 17 1 5 .200 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 Season 5, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 at Alabama 20 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH 23 6 9 .667 6 9 .667 4 4 1.000 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 22 Season 5, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 at Charlotte* 16 3 5 .600 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 Career Same at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 4, vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10/20 LOUISIANA TECH* Career Same LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS Season 1, 2x, last vs. Rhode Island, 12/13/20 at Middle Tennessee* Career Same at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 28, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 OLD DOMINION Career Same OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Hit 6 of 9 3-pointers for a season-high 22 points and five rebounds vs. Tennessee Tech on Dec. 22; RICE* named C-USA Player of the Week on Dec. 28 RICE* • Made 5 of 5 3-point attempts for a season-high 15 points against Gardner-Webb on Dec. 10 at North Texas* • Scored 14 points and made 3 of 4 3-pointers in at North Texas* WKU debut vs. Northern Iowa on Nov. 25, 2020 • Transferred to WKU in the summer of 2020 and FIU* was granted immediate eligibility by the NCAA FIU* • Started all 39 games played for Davidson, in- cluding all 34 as a redshirt freshman • Played in just five games in 2019-20 before taking personal leave of absence, averaging 9.8 points and shooting 48 percent from 3 • Averaged 10.3 points as redshirt freshman in 2018-19 while netting 100 of 266 3s • Led Atlantic 10 in both 3-pointers made and 3-pointers per game (2.9) • Just the second player in Davidson history to hit 100 3-pointers in a season, joining NBA star Stephen Curry • Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Social and Behavioral Science
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg DAVIDSON 2017-18 Sat out due to injury 2018-19 34 34 1,049 30.9 113 298 .379 100 266 .376 25 38 .658 14 94 108 3.2 87 1 69 34 11 29 351 10.3 2019-20 5 5 134 26.8 16 37 .432 14 29 .483 3 3 1.000 0 15 15 3.0 7 0 7 4 1 4 49 9.8 WKU 2020-21 10 1 219 22.7 25 60 .417 23 53 .434 11 11 1.000 3 21 24 2.4 21 0 16 12 0 2 84 8.4 TOTAL 49 40 1,402 28.6 154 395 .390 137 348 .394 39 52 .750 17 130 147 3.0 115 1 92 50 12 35 484 9.9
23 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 0 #15 PATRICK MURPHY Career Same RS SENIOR | GUARD | 6-5 | 180 | 1L REBOUNDS FRANKLIN, TENN. (MARTIN METHODIST) Season 0 Career 1, at Eastern Kentucky, 11/15/19 FIELD GOALS Season 0 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa DNP Season 0 vs. Memphis DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia DNP Season 0 at Louisville DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 0 GARDNER-WEBB DNP Career Same FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND DNP Season 0 at Alabama DNP Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH DNP Season 0 at Charlotte* DNP Career Same at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 0 LOUISIANA TECH* Career Same LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS Season 0 at Middle Tennessee* Career Same at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 1, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 OLD DOMINION Career 1, 8x, last vs. Miss. Valley State, 12/06/20 OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Appeared in eight games for WKU, averaging 0.5 minutes per contest in 2019-20 RICE* • Grabbed his first rebound at Eastern Kentucky RICE* on Nov. 15, 2019 • Made his first appearance at WKU in one minute at North Texas* of action against Austin Peay on Nov. 9, 2019 at North Texas* • Transferred to WKU in fall 2018 and sat out the 2018-19 season per NCAA transfer rules FIU* • Averaged 4.3 points and 3.2 rebounds as a soph- FIU* omore in 2017-18 at Martin Methodist, starting 8 of 28 contests • Helped lead Independence (Tenn.) High School to a program-best 27 wins and a Class AAA sec- tional appearance as a senior • Father, Scott, played basketball at Austin Peay while WKU head coach Rick Stansbury was an as- sistant for the Governors • Brother, Grayson, plays guard for Belmont • Completed his degree in Sport Management and is now working towards his master’s in Rec- reation and Sport Administration
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg MARTIN METHODIST 2016-17 10 0 N/A N/A 3 7 .429 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 2 5 7 0.7 2 0 1 1 1 1 6 0.6 2017-18 28 8 N/A N/A 55 96 .573 1 2 .500 10 19 .526 27 63 90 3.2 39 0 13 29 8 10 121 4.3 WKU 2018-19 Sat out per NCAA transfer rules 2019-20 8 0 4 0.5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 2020-21 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 WKU TOTAL 9 0 4 0.6 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0
24 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 21, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 #20 DAYVION MCKNIGHT Career Same FRESHMAN | GUARD | 6-1 | 190 | HS REBOUNDS SHELBYVILLE, KY. (COLLINS HS) Season 9, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 Career Same FIELD GOALS Season 7, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa 28 7 10 .700 1 1 1.000 6 6 1.000 1 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 3 21 Season 10, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 vs. Memphis 16 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia 14 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 2 Season 1, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 at Louisville 17 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 4 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE 22 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 4 5 9 2 0 7 2 1 2 6 Season 2, 2x, last at Charlotte, 01/01/21 GARDNER-WEBB 19 2 7 .286 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 Career Same FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND 24 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 0 2 2 1 0 2 4 0 0 7 Season 6, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 at Alabama 28 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 4 0 6 3 0 2 4 Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH 24 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 2 0 4 2 0 0 4 Season 6, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 at Charlotte* 27 4 9 .444 0 2 .000 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 4 0 6 2 0 2 12 Career Same at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 7, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 LOUISIANA TECH* Career Same LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 1, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS Season 3, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 at Middle Tennessee* Career Same at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 28, 2x, last at Alabama, 12/19/20 OLD DOMINION Career Same OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Tallied six points, nine rebounds and seven as- sists against Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 6 RICE* • Named Conference USA Freshman of the Week RICE* on Nov. 30 • Scored 21 points with four rebounds, three at North Texas* steals and three assists in college debut against at North Texas* Northern Iowa on Nov. 25. 2020; named ESPNU’s Player of the Game FIU* • His 21 points vs. UNI were the second-most ever FIU* by a Hilltopper freshman in his college debut • Named 2020 Kentucky Mr. Basketball after standout senior season at Collins High School • Averaged 20 points and 8.1 rebounds per game while leading the Titans to 27-7 record and 8th Region championship • Shot 57.6 percent from the field and made 172 free throws • Named 8th Region Player of the Year and First Team All-State by Louisville Courier Journal • Finished high school career as Collins’ all-time leader in points (1,897), rebounds (1,040), assists (600) and steals (329) • Averaged 17 points and 10.4 rebounds as a ju- nior and chosen as second team all-state pick • Majoring in Sport Management
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg WKU 2020-21 10 0 215 21.5 23 54 .426 1 7 .143 19 20 .950 7 27 34 3.4 22 0 36 18 1 12 66 6.6 TOTAL 10 0 215 21.5 23 54 .426 1 7 .143 19 20 .950 7 27 34 3.4 22 0 36 18 1 12 66 6.6
25 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 8, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 #21 KENNY COOPER Career Same RS SENIOR | GUARD | 6-1 | 190 | TR REBOUNDS NASHVILLE, TENN. (LIPSCOMB) Season 5, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 Career Same FIELD GOALS Season 2, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa * 16 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 Season 8, vs. West Virginia, 11/27/20 vs. Memphis * 26 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 5 7 .714 0 5 5 2 0 4 3 0 1 8 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia * 26 1 8 .125 0 2 .000 2 3 .667 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 Season 1, 3x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 at Louisville * 23 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE * 16 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 Season 3, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 GARDNER-WEBB * 21 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 3 0 7 0 0 1 4 Career Same FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND * 13 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 Season 5, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 at Alabama * 8 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH * 16 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 3 Season 7, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 at Charlotte* * 13 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 0 Career Same at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 7, vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10/20 LOUISIANA TECH* Career Same LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS Season 1, 7x, last at Charlotte, 01/01/21 at Middle Tennessee* Career Same at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 26, 2x, last vs. West Virginia, 11/27/20 OLD DOMINION Career Same OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Started and scored two points in 16 minutes in his WKU debut vs. Northern Iowa on Nov. 25 RICE* • Transferred to WKU from Lipscomb in summer RICE* 2019 and sat out the 2019-20 season per NCAA transfer rules at North Texas* • Appeared in 100 games for the Bisons with 67 at North Texas* starts over three seasons, including all but one game over the last two seasons FIU* • Helped Lipscomb win 72 total games during FIU* his tenure, claim the 2019 Atlantic Sun regular- season championship and advance to the 2019 NIT championship game • Averaged 8.9 points during his time at Lipscomb with 381 career assists against just 238 turnovers • Averaged 17.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.5 as- sists per game as a senior at Franklin Road Acad- emy in Nashville • Earned his degree in interdisciplinary studies and is now working towards his master’s in Rec- reation and Sport Administration
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg LIPSCOMB 2016-17 33 1 710 21.5 75 176 .426 19 70 .271 58 88 .659 11 63 74 2.2 90 3 99 62 17 49 227 6.9 2017-18 31 31 845 27.3 110 264 .417 14 59 .237 78 117 .667 16 62 78 2.5 85 2 121 94 9 64 312 10.1 2018-19 36 34 956 26.6 132 297 .444 31 86 .360 58 94 .617 21 105 126 3.5 86 1 161 82 7 71 353 9.8 WKU 2019-20 Sat out per NCAA transfer rules 2020-21 10 10 179 18.4 6 35 .171 3 14 .214 11 16 .688 2 14 16 1.6 22 0 27 12 0 7 26 2.6 TOTAL 110 76 2,690 24.5 323 772 .418 67 229 .293 205 315 .651 50 244 294 2.7 283 6 408 250 33 191 918 8.3
26 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 14, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 #22 CARSON WILLIAMS Career 27, vs. Campbellsville, 11/18/19 RS SENIOR | FORWARD | 6-5 | 240 | 1L REBOUNDS OWENTON, KY. (NORTHERN KENTUCKY) Season 9, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 Career 14, at Rhode Island, 12/21/19 FIELD GOALS Season 5, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career 11, vs. Campbellsville, 11/18/19 FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa * 26 2 5 .400 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 Season 9, vs. West Virginia, 11/27/20 vs. Memphis * 26 5 8 .625 2 3 .667 2 3 .667 4 5 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 Career 14, 3x, last vs. Marshall, 01/25/20 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia * 31 4 9 .444 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 10 Season 2, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 at Louisville * 36 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 1 .000 3 4 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 Career 4, at Rhode Island, 12/21/19 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE * 26 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 5 7 3 0 3 2 0 0 3 Season 3, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 GARDNER-WEBB * 27 0 8 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 4 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Career 5, 2x, last at North Texas, 03/01/20 FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND * 15 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 3 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 Season 2, 2x, last vs. West Virginia, 11/27/20 at Alabama * 23 2 8 .250 0 2 .000 1 3 .333 4 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 Career 6, 4x, last vs. Louisiana Tech, 02/27/20 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH * 20 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 0 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 7 Season 3, 2x, last at Alabama, 12/19/20 at Charlotte* * 30 3 6 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 Career 9, vs. Charlotte, 02/22/20 at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 3, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 LOUISIANA TECH* Career 6, at North Texas, 03/01/20 LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 1, 2x, last at Alabama, 12/19/20 MARSHALL* Career 3, at Rhode Island, 12/21/19 at Marshall* STEALS Season 1, 3x, last at Charlotte, 01/01/21 at Middle Tennessee* Career 4, at Marshall, 01/22/20 at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 36, at Louisville, 12/01/20 OLD DOMINION Career 43, at North Texas, 03/01/20 OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Appeared in all 30 games for the Hilltoppers last year, starting in 29 contests and averaging RICE* 34.0 minutes per game RICE* • Averaged 14.0 points and 6.6 rebounds per game; led WKU in field-goal percentage at 55.5 at North Texas* percent, making 23 of 59 (39.0 percent) shots at North Texas* from long range and 96 of 128 (75.0 percent) at the free-throw line FIU* • Ranked 11th in scoring in C-USA along with FIU* eighth in rebounding, third in field-goal percent- age and 10th in free-throw percentage • Named to C-USA All-Conference Third Team • Named to C-USA All-Academic Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District Team • Scored 26 points with 14 rebounds at Rhode Island on 12/21/19, making 4-of-4 3-pointers • Scored career-high 27 points on 11-of-13 shooting against Campbellsville on Nov. 18 • Graduated in fall 2019 with a degree in criminology and now pursuing a master’s in organizational leadership
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg NORTHERN KENTUCKY 2016-17 35 34 867 24.8 139 231 .602 0 2 .000 101 144 .701 88 118 206 5.9 49 0 42 51 15 18 379 10.8 2017-18 32 27 861 26.9 152 250 .608 7 19 .368 74 114 .649 61 119 180 5.6 51 0 38 44 14 29 385 12.0 WKU 2018-19 Sat out per NCAA transfer rules 2019-20 30 29 1,021 34.0 151 272 .555 23 59 .390 96 128 .750 70 128 198 6.6 53 0 52 45 23 33 421 14.0 2020-21 10 10 259 25.9 21 56 .375 4 13 .308 10 20 .500 24 31 55 5.5 20 0 8 10 2 3 56 5.6 TOTAL 107 100 3,021 28.2 463 809 .572 34 93 .366 281 406 .692 243 396 639 6.0 173 0 140 150 54 83 1,241 11.6
27 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 29, vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10/20 #23 CHARLES BASSEY Career Same JUNIOR | CENTER | 6-11 | 235 | 1L REBOUNDS LAGOS, NIGERIA (ASPIRE ACADEMY) Season 15, at Louisville, 12/01/20 Career 18, vs. UTSA, 01/31/19 FIELD GOALS Season 13, vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10/20 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa * 26 5 13 .385 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 3 5 8 3 0 2 2 2 2 11 Season 19, vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10/20 vs. Memphis * 32 8 13 .615 1 2 .500 4 6 .667 4 10 14 4 0 1 5 7 0 21 Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia * 18 7 11 .636 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 2 6 8 3 0 0 2 2 0 15 Season 1, 2x, last vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 at Louisville * 29 5 11 .455 0 3 .000 3 3 1.000 4 11 15 1 0 0 6 5 0 13 Career 2, at Old Dominion, 01/05/19 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE * 20 6 6 1.000 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 2 9 11 2 0 0 2 4 0 13 Season 5, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 GARDNER-WEBB * 34 13 19 .684 0 1 .000 3 5 .600 3 11 14 1 0 0 0 3 0 29 Career 4, vs. Bowling Green, 11/22/19 FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND * 27 4 10 .400 0 1 .000 5 6 .833 3 6 9 5 1 2 0 5 0 13 Season 5, 2x, last at Alabama, 12/19/20 at Alabama * 34 11 14 .786 0 0 .000 5 8 .625 5 7 12 3 0 1 2 1 1 27 Career 10, vs. Fordham, 11/25/19 FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH DNP Season 8, at Alabama, 12/19/20 at Charlotte* * 25 5 6 .833 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 9 12 1 0 1 3 1 0 10 Career 12, vs. Bowling Green, 11/22/19 at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 2, 2x, last vs. Rhode Island, 12/13/20 LOUISIANA TECH* Career 4, vs. Bowling Green, 11/22/19 LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 7, vs. Memphis, 11/26/20 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS Season 2, vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25/20 at Middle Tennessee* Career 3, 2x, last vs. Bowling Green, 11/22/19 at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 34, 2x, last at Alabama, 12/19/20 OLD DOMINION Career 39, at Rice, 02/07/19 OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Scored career-high 29 points with 14 rebounds (13 of 19 FG) against Gardner-Webb on Dec. 10 RICE* • Named Conference USA Player of the Week on RICE* Nov. 30 and Dec. 14 • Named to Crossover Classic All-Tournament at North Texas* Team after averaging 15.7 points and 10 rebounds at North Texas* • Had 21 points, 14 rebounds and career-high seven blocks vs. Memphis on Nov. 26, 2020 FIU* • Started and appeared in the first 10 games of the FIU* season prior to suffering a tibial plateau fracture in his left leg against Arkansas on Dec. 7, 2019 • Had season-ending surgery in Houston on Dec. 10 and was cleared to resume full contact activi- ties in September • Named 2020 Lindy’s Preseason Second-Team All-American, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year watch list member and Preseason All-C-USA Team honoree • Won C-USA Freshman and Defensive Player of the Year in 2019, becoming second C-USA player to ever win both awards in the same year • Was a top-five finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jab- bar Award in 2019, and the only freshman • Ranked as the No. 6 player in the nation in the 2018 class coming out of high school
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg WKU 2018-19 34 34 1,067 31.4 188 300 .627 9 20 .450 110 143 .769 99 241 340 10.0 88 1 24 97 81 27 495 14.6 2019-20 10 10 281 28.1 57 107 .533 2 12 .167 37 47 .787 28 64 92 9.2 27 0 13 23 16 8 153 15.3 2020-21 9 9 243 27.0 64 103 .621 2 13 .154 22 33 .667 29 74 103 11.4 23 1 7 22 30 3 152 16.9 TOTAL 53 53 1,591 30.0 309 510 .606 13 45 .289 169 223 .758 156 379 535 10.1 138 2 44 142 127 38 800 15.1
28 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 0 #32 BAILEY CONRAD Career Same FRESHMAN | FORWARD | 6-7 | 220 | FR REBOUNDS CORYDON, IND. (CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA) Season 0 Career Same FIELD GOALS Season 0 Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts Career Same FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa DNP Season 0 vs. Memphis DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia DNP Season 0 at Louisville DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Season 0 GARDNER-WEBB DNP Career Same FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND DNP Season 0 at Alabama DNP Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 0 at Charlotte* DNP Career Same at Charlotte* ASSISTS Season 0 LOUISIANA TECH* Career Same LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 0 MARSHALL* Career Same at Marshall* STEALS Season 1, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06/20 at Middle Tennessee* Career Same at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 1, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 OLD DOMINION Career Same OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Made his college debut against Mississippi Val- ley State on Dec. 6 and grabbed one steal RICE* • Averaged 18.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists RICE* and 2.2 blocks as a senior at Christian Academy of Indiana at North Texas* • Shot 50.4 percent from the field, 47 percent at North Texas* from 3 and 70 percent from the free-throw line • Competed in two regionals and was a two-time FIU* All-Sectional Team member FIU* • Named Courier Journal Player of the Year final- ist, IBCA Small School All-State and IBCA Aca- demic All-State Honorable Mention • Scored more than 1,000 points in his career • Named to the IBCA Top 100 as a junior and re- ceived invite to the NCAA Basketball Academy • Major is currently undeclared
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg WKU 2020-21 2 0 2 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 TOTAL 2 0 2 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
29 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS SEASON/CAREER HIGHS AT WKU POINTS Season 4, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 #50 ISAIAH COZART Career Same SOPHOMORE | FORWARD | 6-7 | 235 | 1L REBOUNDS RICHMOND, KY. (MADISON CENTRAL HS) Season 4, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 Career 5, vs. Campbellsville, 11/18/19 FIELD GOALS Season 2, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 Career Same Opp. GS Min FG A Pct 3FG A Pct FT A Pct O D T PF FO A TO B S Pts FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED vs. Northern Iowa DNP Season 5, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 vs. Memphis DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS vs. West Virginia 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 0 at Louisville DNP Career Same THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MISS. VALLEY STATE 4 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Season 0 GARDNER-WEBB DNP Career Same FREE THROWS RHODE ISLAND 9 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Season 0 at Alabama DNP Career Same FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED TENNESSEE TECH 11 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 4 Season 0 at Charlotte* DNP Career Same ASSISTS at Charlotte* Season 0 LOUISIANA TECH* Career Same LOUISIANA TECH* BLOCKED SHOTS Season 1, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 MARSHALL* Career 1, 7x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 at Marshall* STEALS Season 1, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 at Middle Tennessee* Career 1, 2x, last vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 at Middle Tennessee* MINUTES PLAYED Season 11, vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22/20 OLD DOMINION Career 13, at FIU, 03/07/20 OLD DOMINION at Florida Atlantic* QUICK-HITTERS at Florida Atlantic* • Tallied four points, four rebounds, a block and a steal in 11 minutes vs. Tennessee Tech on Dec. 22 RICE* • Scored on an alley-oop and grabbed four RICE* rebounds in nine minutes against Rhode Island on Dec. 13 at North Texas* • Scored career-high four points in four minutes at North Texas* against Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 6 • Made appearances in 19 games for WKU in FIU* 2019-20 and averaged 4.7 minutes per contest FIU* • Averaged 0.7 points and 0.9 rebounds per game; had five blocks and two steals • Set a career high with 13 minutes played at FIU on March 7, 2020 • Scored his first college basket on a jump hook against Tennessee Tech on Nov. 5, 2019 • Averaged 20 points, 12.2 rebounds, 5.8 blocks and one assist per game as senior for Madison Central High School in Richmond, Ky. • Named Gatorade Kentucky Boys Basketball Player of the Year and a finalist for Kentucky Mr. Basketball • Finished his prep career with 1,575 points, 1,268 rebounds and a state-record 716 blocked shots • Majoring in Computer Science
CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg WKU 2019-20 19 0 89 4.7 7 13 .538 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 5 12 17 0.9 16 0 0 3 5 2 14 0.7 2020-21 4 0 28 7.0 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 7 10 2.5 5 0 0 1 2 1 10 2.5 TOTAL 23 0 117 5.1 12 23 .522 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 8 19 27 1.2 21 0 0 4 7 3 24 1.0
30 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS HILLTOPPER IMG SPORTS NETWORK The Hilltoppers can be heard on the radio on 13 different stations throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which reaches over 1.5 million potential listeners.
• WKLX-FM (100.7) Bowling Green* • WHOP-AM (1230) Hopkinsville • WIEL-FM (106.1) Elizabethtown • WXVW-FM (96.1) Louisville • WIEL-AM (1400) Elizabethtown • WXVW-AM (1450) Louisville • WFKN-AM (1220) Franklin • WTTL-FM (1310) Madisonville • WCDS-AM (1230) Glasgow • WPKY-AM (1580) Princeton • WXAM-AM (1430) Hodgenville • WTLO-AM (1480) Somerset • WHOP-FM (95.3) Hopkinsville * denotes flagship station
GAME-BY-GAME HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 25, 2020 | WKU 93, NORTHERN IOWA 87 | SIOUX FALLS, S.D. • WKU got 26 points from Taveion Hollingsworth and 21 points from Dayvion McKnight in his college debut • Northern Iowa made 20 of 39 3-pointers and got 28 points apiece from Noah Carter and AJ Green • WKU outscored UNI 44-12 in points in the paint and 42-8 on bench points • Charles Bassey had 11 points and eight rebounds in his return from last year’s season-ending leg injury
NOVEMBER 26, 2020 | WKU 75, MEMPHIS 69 | SIOUX FALLS, S.D. • Charles Bassey had 21 points, 14 rebounds and a career-high seven blocks • Taveion Hollingsworth and Carson Williams scored 18 and 14 points, respectively, while Williams added nine rebounds • The Hilltoppers outrebounded Memphis 44-32 with 11 offensive rebounds • WKU made 19 of 24 free throws, including 15 of 20 in the second half
NOVEMBER 27, 2020 | #15 WEST VIRGINIA 70, WKU 64 | SIOUX FALLS, S.D. • The Hilltoppers led by 10 in the second half, but West Virginia went on a 26-7 run to pull away • Charles Bassey led WKU with 15 points and eight rebounds despite being limited to 18 minutes by foul trouble • West Virginia made 15 of 19 free throws, while WKU made just 6 of 8 • Taveion Hollingsworth added 13 points and three assists for the Tops
DECEMBER 1, 2020 | LOUISVILLE 75, WKU 54 | LOUISVILLE, KY. • WKU committed 21 turnovers which turned into 21 Louisville points • The Hilltoppers led by eight in the first half, but Louisville went on a 10-0 run and never trailed again • Taveion Hollingsworth led WKU with 19 points, while Charles Bassey had 13 points and 15 rebounds • Dre Davis paced Louisville with 21 points
DECEMBER 6, 2020 | WKU 96, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 69 | BOWLING GREEN, KY. • Twelve of 14 Hilltoppers who played scored, led by Taveion Hollingsworth’s 16 points • Charles Bassey had a double-double with 13 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks • WKU outrebounded MVSU 52-21 with 21 offensive rebounds and 19 second-chance points • The Hilltoppers had 21 assists on 33 made baskets and got 50 bench points
DECEMBER 10, 2020 | WKU 86, GARDNER-WEBB 84 | BOWLING GREEN, KY. • Charles Bassey had a career-high 29 points to go along with 14 rebounds and three blocks • Luke Frampton made all five of his 3-point attempts for 15 points • Josh Anderson scored 16 points, including 12 in the second half during a crucial Hilltopper run • Gardner-Webb made 12 of 19 3-pointers in the game, including 8 of 12 in the first half
DECEMBER 13, 2020 | WKU 68, RHODE ISLAND 65 | BOWLING GREEN, KY. • WKU made 21 of 26 free throws and outrebounded Rhode Island 38-28 • Josh Anderson led four Hilltoppers in double figures scoring with 15 points • Charles Bassey had nine rebounds, five blocks and 13 points, including the game-winning tip-in with 20 seconds left • WKU held Rhode Island to 42.1% shooting for the game, including 36.7% in the first half
DECEMBER 19, 2020 | WKU 73, ALABAMA 71 | TUSCALOOSA, ALA. • Charles Bassey had 27 points and 12 rebounds, including the game-winning basket on a goaltend with 26 seconds left • Jordan Rawls scored a career-high 20 points off the bench in 30 minutes • The Hilltoppers held Alabama to 39.3% shooting overall and 26.9% shooting from 3-point range • WKU outrebounded the Crimson Tide by three and outscored its opponent 42-28 in the paint
DECEMBER 22, 2020 | WKU 88, TENNESSEE TECH 68 | BOWLING GREEN, KY. • Playing without Charles Bassey, WKU outrebounded Tennessee Tech 41-32 • Luke Frampton made 6 of 9 3-pointers and scored a season-high 22 points • The Hilltoppers made 19 of 22 free throws and had 18 assists with just nine turnovers • WKU scored 24 points off 15 turnovers by Tennessee Tech
31 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS GAME-BY-GAME HIGHLIGHTS (continued) JANUARY 1, 2021 | WKU 67, CHARLOTTE 63 | CHARLOTTE, N.C. • WKU rallied from an 11-point deficit by shooting 60% from the field in the second half • Dayvion McKnight scored four of his 12 points on two sets of made free throws in the final seven seconds to ice it • The Hilltoppers outscored Charlotte 28-5 off the bench • Charles Bassey recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds
32 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS 2020-21 RESULTS DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATTENDANCE WKU HIGH POINTS WKU HIGH REBOUNDS OPP HIGH POINTS 11/25 vs. Northern Iowa W, 93-87 N/A T. Hollingsworth (26) C. Bassey (8) N. Carter/A. Green (28) 11/26 vs. Memphis W, 75-69 N/A C. Bassey (21) C. Bassey (14) Landers Nolley II (25) 11/27 vs. #15 West Virginia L, 70-64 N/A C. Bassey (15) C. Bassey (8) Derek Culver (15) 12/1 at Louisville L, 75-54 3,013 T. Hollingsworth (19) C. Bassey (15) Dre Davis (21) 12/6 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 96-69 1,024 T. Hollingsworth (16) C. Bassey (11) Kam’Ron Cunningham (23) 12/10 GARDNER-WEBB W, 86-84 1,009 C. Bassey (29) C. Bassey (14) Jacob Falko (19) 12/13 RHODE ISLAND W, 68-65 1,070 J. Anderson (15) C. Bassey (9) D.J. Johnson (16) 12/19 at Alabama W, 73-71 2,055 C. Bassey (27) C. Bassey (12) Herbert Jones (16) 12/22 TENNESSEE TECH W, 88-68 1,061 L. Frampton (22) T. Hollingsworth (7) Jr. Clay (15) 1/1 at Charlotte* W, 67-66 61 T. Hollingsworth (14) C. Bassey (12) Jahmir Young (23) 1/2 at Charlotte* 1/8 LOUISIANA TECH* 1/9 LOUISIANA TECH* 1/14 MARSHALL* 1/17 at Marshall* 1/23 at Middle Tennessee* 1/24 at Middle Tennessee* 1/29 OLD DOMINION* 1/30 OLD DOMINION* 2/5 at Florida Atlantic* 2/6 at Florida Atlantic* 2/12 RICE* 2/13 RICE* 2/19 at North Texas* 2/20 at North Texas* 2/26 FIU* 2/27 FIU*
33 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUPS DATE OPPONENT G G G G/F F/C RECORD* 11/25 Northern Iowa Cooper Hollingsworth Anderson Williams Bassey 1-0 11/26 Memphis Cooper Hollingsworth Anderson Williams Bassey 2-0 11/27 #15 West Virginia Cooper Hollingsworth Anderson Williams Bassey 2-1 12/1 at Louisville Cooper Hollingsworth Anderson Williams Bassey 2-2 12/6 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE Cooper Hollingsworth Anderson Williams Bassey 3-2 12/10 GARDNER-WEBB Cooper Hollingsworth Anderson Williams Bassey 4-2 12/13 RHODE ISLAND Cooper Hollingsworth Anderson Williams Bassey 5-2 12/19 at Alabama Cooper Hollingsworth Anderson Williams Bassey 6-2 12/22 TENNESSEE TECH Cooper Hollingsworth Frampton Anderson Williams 1-0 1/1 at Charlotte* Cooper Hollingsworth Anderson Williams Bassey 7-2 1/2 at Charlotte* 1/8 LOUISIANA TECH* 1/9 LOUISIANA TECH* 1/14 MARSHALL* 1/17 at Marshall* 1/23 at Middle Tennessee* 1/24 at Middle Tennessee* 1/29 OLD DOMINION* 1/30 OLD DOMINION* 2/5 at Florida Atlantic* 2/6 at Florida Atlantic* 2/12 RICE* 2/13 RICE* 2/19 at North Texas* 2/20 at North Texas* 2/26 FIU* 2/27 FIU* (*) running count of WKU’s record with listed lineup
34 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON DATE OPPONENT FGM-A/% 3FG-A/% FTM-A/% OR-DR-TOT PF AST TO BK STL PTS 11/25 WKU 30-65/.462 6-20/.300 27-31/.871 10-29-39 16 14 9 3 10 93 vs. Northern Iowa 29-63/.460 20-39/.513 9-11/.818 6-24-30 21 16 17 1 4 87 11/26 WKU 24-54/.444 8-21/.381 19-24/.792 11-33-44 15 12 15 7 3 75 vs. Memphis 27-66/.409 9-20/.450 6-11/.545 9-23-32 23 15 10 5 5 69 11/27 WKU 27-62/.435 4-17/.235 6-8/.750 10-20-30 16 13 10 3 4 64 vs. #15 West Virginia 25-57/.439 5-12/.417 15-19/.789 11-25-36 11 12 10 3 3 70 12/1 WKU 23-53/.434 3-18/.167 5-11/.455 8-23-31 17 7 21 6 5 54 at Louisville 26-55/.473 8-18/.444 15-20/.750 9-25-34 18 16 13 1 9 75 12/6 WKU 33-68/.485 8-26/.308 22-31/.710 21-31-52 15 21 14 6 9 96 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 23-56/.411 12-35/.343 11-12/.917 2-19-21 22 13 17 1 7 69 12/10 WKU 32-73/.438 8-18/.444 14-19/.737 12-26-38 12 20 4 4 7 86 GARDNER-WEBB 31-58/.534 12-19/.632 10-15/.667 4-33-37 19 17 14 10 1 84 12/13 WKU 22-52/.423 3-12/.250 21-26/.808 13-25-38 15 11 17 6 10 68 RHODE ISLAND 24-57/.421 6-18/.333 11-15/.733 9-19-28 20 11 15 4 11 65 12/19 WKU 27-60/.450 3-11/.273 16-21/.762 13-25-38 23 10 17 3 11 73 at Alabama 22-56/.393 7-26/.269 20-26/.769 13-22-35 16 7 19 3 8 71 12/22 WKU 30-65/.462 9-24/.375 19-22/.864 12-29-41 16 18 9 1 6 88 TENNESSEE TECH 26-58/.448 6-18/.333 10-14/.714 6-26-32 20 13 15 2 4 68 1/1 WKU 25-50/.500 5-14/.357 12-14/.857 4-26-30 20 14 15 1 11 67 at Charlotte 20-47/.426 6-20/.300 17-23/.739 5-23-28 19 9 14 1 7 63 1/2 WKU at Charlotte 1/8 WKU LOUISIANA TECH 1/9 WKU LOUISIANA TECH 1/14 WKU MARSHALL 1/17 WKU at Marshall 1/23 WKU at Middle Tennessee 1/24 WKU at Middle Tennessee 1/29 WKU OLD DOMINION 1/30 WKU OLD DOMINION 2/5 WKU at Florida Atlantic 2/6 WKU at Florida Atlantic 2/12 WKU RICE 2/13 WKU RICE 2/19 WKU at North Texas 2/20 WKU at North Texas 2/26 WKU FIU 2/27 WKU FIU
35 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS 2020-21 SPECIALTY STATS (LISTED: WKU-OPPONENT) SECOND FAST LARGEST LARGEST LEAD DATE OPPONENT IN PAINT OFF TO CHANCE BREAK BENCH LEAD DEFICIT CHANGES TIES 11/25 vs. Northern Iowa 44-12 19-7 6-11 19-8 42-8 11 5 6 6 11/26 vs. Memphis 26-28 13-15 12-10 13-10 8-22 9 10 10 3 11/27 vs. #15 West Virginia 44-24 11-7 14-13 9-5 12-20 10 9 13 7 12/1 at Louisville 38-30 11-21 5-6 11-4 14-11 8 23 2 3 12/6 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 48-20 20-11 19-2 22-6 50-8 27 1 2 0 12/10 GARDNER-WEBB 42-38 11-3 12-4 10-7 28-22 10 6 13 8 12/13 RHODE ISLAND 36-30 17-18 10-9 6-14 23-34 11 2 6 3 12/19 at Alabama 42-28 21-28 20-12 12-6 31-20 6 3 18 14 12/22 TENNESSEE TECH 36-38 24-6 15-5 17-9 32-18 24 0 0 0 1/1 at Charlotte* 38-18 20-15 8-6 24-14 28-5 4 11 5 2 1/2 at Charlotte* 1/8 LOUISIANA TECH* 1/9 LOUISIANA TECH* 1/14 MARSHALL* 1/17 at Marshall* 1/23 at Middle Tennessee* 1/24 at Middle Tennessee* 1/29 OLD DOMINION* 1/30 OLD DOMINION* 2/5 at Florida Atlantic* 2/6 at Florida Atlantic* 2/12 RICE* 2/13 RICE* 2/19 at North Texas* 2/20 at North Texas* 2/26 FIU* 2/27 FIU*
36 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS 2020-21 TEAM SUPERLATIVES WKU HIGHS LOWS Points 96 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) 54 (at Louisville, 12/01) First-half points 45 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) 28 (at Charlotte, 01/01) Second-half points 54 (vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25) 25 (at Louisville, 12/01) Overtime points Winning margin 27 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) 2 (2 times) Field goals 33 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) 22 (vs. Rhode Island, 12/13) Field goals attempted 73 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 50 (at Charlotte, 01/01) Field goal percentage .500 (at Charlotte, 01/01) .423 (vs. Rhode Island, 12/13) 3-point field goals 9 (vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22) 3 (3 times) 3-point field goals attempted 26 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) 11 (at Alabama, 12/19) 3-point field goal percentage .444 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) .167 (at Louisville, 12/01) Free throws 27 (vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25) 5 (at Louisville, 12/01) Free throws attempted 31 (2 times) 8 (vs. West Virginia, 11/27) Free throw percentage .871 (vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25) .455 (at Louisville, 12/01) Rebounds 52 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) 30 (2 times) Offensive rebounds 21(vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) 4 (at Charlotte, 01/01) Defensive rebounds 33 (vs. Memphis, 11/26) 20 (vs. West Virginia, 11/27) Personal fouls 23 (at Alabama, 12/19) 12 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) Assists 21 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) 7 (at Louisville, 12/01) Turnovers 21 (at Louisville, 12/01) 4 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) Blocked shots 7 (vs. Memphis, 11/26) 1 (2 times) Steals 11 (2 times) 3 (vs. Memphis, 11/26)
OPPONENTS HIGHS LOWS Points 87 (vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25) 63 (at Charlotte, 01/01) First-half points 43 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 25 (vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22) Second-half points 56 (vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25) 27 (at Charlotte, 01/01) Overtime points Winning margin 21 (at Louisville, 12/01) 6 (vs. West Virginia, 11/27) Field goals 31 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 20 (at Charlotte, 01/01) Field goals attempted 66 (vs. Memphis, 11/26) 47 (at Charlotte, 01/01) Field goal percentage .534 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) .393 (at Alabama, 12/19) 3-point field goals 20 (vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25) 5 (vs. West Virginia, 11/27) 3-point field goals attempted 39 (vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25) 12 (vs. West Virginia, 11/27) 3-point field goal percentage .632 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) .269 (at Alabama, 12/19) Free throws 20 (at Alabama, 12/19) 6 (vs. Memphis, 11/26) Free throws attempted 26 (at Alabama, 12/19) 11 (2 times) Free throw percentage .917 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) .545 (vs. Memphis, 11/26) Rebounds 37 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 21 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) Offensive rebounds 13 (at Alabama, 12/19) 2 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) Defensive rebounds 33 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 19 (vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) Personal fouls 23 (vs. Memphis, 11/26) 11 (vs. West Virginia, 11/27) Assists 17 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 7 (at Alabama, 12/19) Turnovers 19 (at Alabama, 12/19) 10 (2 times) Blocked shots 10 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 1 (4 times) Steals 11 (vs. Rhode Island, 12/13) 1 (vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10)
37 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS 2020-21 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES WKU’S TOP INDIVIDUAL GAMES WKU HIGHS Points 29 (Bassey vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) Points 1. Charles Bassey vs. Gardner-Webb...... 29 Field goals 13 (Bassey vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 2. Charles Bassey at Alabama...... 27 Field goals attempted 19 (Bassey vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 3. Taveion Hollingsworth vs. Northern Iowa..... 26 Field goal percentage (min. 6 att.) 1.000 [6-6] (Bassey vs. Mississippi Valley State, 12/06) 4. Luke Frampton vs. Tennessee Tech...... 22 3-point field goals 6 (Frampton vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22) 5. Dayvion McKnight vs. Northern Iowa...... 21 Charles Bassey vs. Memphis...... 21 3-point field goals attempted 9 (Frampton vs. Tennessee Tech, 12/22) 7. Jordan Rawls at Alabama...... 20 3-point field goal percentage (min. 4 att.) 1.000 [5-5] (Frampton vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/10) 8. Taveion Hollingsworth at Louisville...... 19 Free throws 10 (Hollingsworth vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25) 9. Taveion Hollingsworth vs. Memphis...... 18 Free throws attempted 13 (Hollingsworth vs. Northern Iowa, 11/25) 10. Taveion Hollingsworth vs. MVSU...... 16 Josh Anderson vs. Gardner-Webb...... 16 Free throw percentage (min. 6 att.) 1.000 [6-6] (2 times) Rebounds 15 (Bassey at Louisville, 12/01) Rebounds Assists 7 (2 times) 1. Charles Bassey at Louisville...... 15 Turnovers 6 (Bassey at Louisville, 12/01) 2. Charles Bassey vs. Memphis...... 14 Charles Bassey vs. Gardner-Webb...... 14 Blocked shots 7 (Bassey vs. Memphis, 11/26) 4. Charles Bassey at Alabama...... 12 Steals 4 (2 times) Charles Bassey at Charlotte (01/01)...... 12 Minutes 36 (Williams at Louisville, 12/01) 6. Charles Bassey vs. MVSU...... 11 7. Carson Williams vs. Memphis...... 9 Dayvion McKnight vs. MVSU...... 9 Charles Bassey vs. Rhode Island...... 9 OPPONENT HIGHS 10. Charles Bassey vs. West Virginia...... 8 Points 28 (2 times) Charles Bassey vs. Northern Iowa...... 8 Field goals 10 (AJ Green, [Northern Iowa], 11/25) Assists Field goals attempted 20 (AJ Green, [Northern Iowa], 11/25) 1. Dayvion McKnight vs. MVSU...... 7 Field goal percentage (min. 6 att.) .889 [8-9] (Brice Williams, [Charlotte], 01/01) Kenny Cooper vs. Gardner-Webb...... 7 3-point field goals 9 (Noah Carter, [Northern Iowa], 11/25) 3. Dayvion McKnight at Alabama...... 6 3-point field goals attempted 13 (Noah Carter, [Northern Iowa], 11/25) Dayvion McKnight at Charlotte (01/01)...... 6 5. Kenny Cooper at Charlotte (01/01)...... 5 3-point field goal percentage (min. 4 att.) .833 [5-6] (Lance Terry, [Gardner-Webb], 12/10) Free throws 8 (2 times) Blocked Shots Free throws attempted 12 (Jahmir Young, [Charlotte], 01/01) 1. Charles Bassey vs. Memphis...... 7 Free throw percentage (min. 6 att.) .889 [8-9] (Fatts Russell, [Rhode Island], 12/13) 2. Charles Bassey at Louisville...... 5 Charles Bassey vs. Rhode Island...... 5 Rebounds 10 (D.J. Jeffries, [Memphis], 11/26) 4. Charles Bassey vs. MVSU...... 4 Assists 8 (David Johnson, [Louisville], 12/01) Charles Bassey vs. Gardner-Webb...... 3 Turnovers 6 (2 times) Blocked shots 4 (2 times) Steals 1. Josh Anderson vs. MVSU...... 4 Steals 4 (2 times) Taveion Hollingsworth vs. Rhode Island...... 4 Minutes 40 (Devin Gordon, [Mississippi Valley State], 12/06) 3. Six times...... 3
Minutes Played 1. Carson Williams at Louisville...... 36 2. Taveion Hollingsworth vs. Memphis...... 35 3. Charles Bassey vs. Gardner-Webb...... 34 Charles Bassey at Alabama...... 34 5. Charles Bassey vs. Memphis...... 32 Taveion Hollingsworth vs. Northern Iowa..... 32 7. Carson Williams vs. West Virginia...... 31 Taveion Hollingsworth vs. West Virginia...... 31 Taveion Hollingsworth vs. Gardner-Webb..... 31 Josh Anderson vs. Rhode Island...... 31 Taveion Hollingsworth vs. Rhode Island...... 31 Josh Anderson at Alabama...... 31 Taveion Hollingsworth at Charlotte (1/1)...... 31
38 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS GAME 1 GAME 2 Nov. 25, 2020 • WKU 93, Northern Iowa 87 Nov. 26, 2020 • WKU 75, Memphis 69 Sanford Pentagon • Sioux Falls, S.D. Sanford Pentagon • Sioux Falls, S.D.
GAME 3 GAME 4 Nov. 27, 2020 • No. 15 West Virginia 70, WKU 64 Dec. 1, 2020 • Louisville 75, WKU 54 Sanford Pentagon • Sioux Falls, S.D. KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Ky.
Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 6:05 PM Western Ky. at Louisville Game Duration: 2:08 Attendance: 3,013 12/01/20 KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: Lee Cassell, AJ Desai, Paul Szeic Western Ky. - 54 Record: 2-2 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 12-29 41.4% 22 Carson Williams F 35:33 1-2 1-1 0-1 3 4 7 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 -26 3PT% 3-14 21.4% 23 Charles Bassey C 28:56 5-11 0-3 3-3 4 11 15 1 6 13 0 6 0 5 1 -6 FT% 2-2 100% 4 Josh Anderson G 21:09 2-4 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 4 3 1 0 -11 2nd FG% 11-24 45.8% 11 Taveion Hollingsworth G 29:31 9-14 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 2 3 19 1 1 1 0 0 -16 3PT% 0-4 0.0% 21 Kenny Cooper G 23:20 0-4 0-2 0-2 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 -18 FT% 3-9 33.3% 2 Kevin Osawe 09:01 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 -2 GM FG% 23-53 43.4% 3 Jordan Rawls 10:29 2-5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -5 3PT% 3-18 16.7% 14 Luke Frampton 25:21 1-6 1-6 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 -18 FT% 5-11 45.5% 20 Dayvion McKnight 16:40 2-5 0-1 0-1 0 2 2 2 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 -3 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 Team 1 1 2 0 2 Totals 23-53 3-18 5-11 8 23 31 17 18 54 7 21 5 6 1 -21 Technical Fouls::NONE Louisville - 75 Record: 4-0 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 12-30 40.0% 11 Quinn Slazinski F 18:37 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3PT% 5-9 55.6% 14 Dre Davis F 34:55 7-9 2-3 5-6 2 0 2 2 5 21 2 3 0 0 0 23 FT% 5-6 83.3% 24 Jae'Lyn Withers F 26:36 3-9 0-2 2-2 2 7 9 5 3 8 2 1 3 1 3 28 2nd FG% 14-25 56.0% 1 Carlik Jones G 39:11 7-16 3-5 1-2 2 4 6 2 2 18 4 3 1 0 2 22 3PT% 3-9 33.3% 13 David Johnson G 39:11 5-10 2-4 5-8 0 6 6 3 6 17 8 3 4 0 0 22 FT% 10-14 71.4% 12 JJ Traynor 27:26 3-5 1-1 2-2 1 4 5 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 1 21 GM FG% 26-55 47.3% 22 Aidan Igiehon 10:48 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -7 3PT% 8-18 44.4% 3 Hogan Orbaugh 00:49 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 FT% 15-20 75.0% 4 Brad Colbert 00:49 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 23 Gabe Wiznitzer 00:49 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 30 Ashton Myles-Devore 00:49 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 Team 1 0 1 0 2 Totals 26-55 8-18 15-20 9 25 34 18 17 75 16 13 9 1 6 21 Technical Fouls::NONE WKU LOU Points from WKU LOU Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 8 (1st 9:02) 23 (2nd 0:35) Turnovers 11 21 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 8(1st 15:51) 12(1st 3:01) Paint 38 30 WKU 29 25 54 Lead Changes 2 Second Chance 5 6 Times Tied 3 Fast Breaks 11 4 LOU 34 41 75 Time with Lead 10:26 28:05 Bench 14 11
39 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS GAME 5 GAME 6 Dec. 6, 2020 • WKU 96, Mississippi Valley State 69 Dec. 10, 2020 • WKU 86, Gardner-Webb 84 E.A. Diddle Arena • Bowling Green, Ky. E.A. Diddle Arena • Bowling Green, Ky.
Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 2:00 PM Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 7:00 PM Mississippi Val. at Western Ky. Game Duration: 1:47 Gardner-Webb at Western Ky. Game Duration: 1:52 Attendance: 1,024 Attendance: 1,009 12/06/20 E.A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green 12/10/20 E.A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green 2020-21 Men's Basketball 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: John St. Clair, Shane Staggs, James Duke Officials: Ray Natili, Antinio Petty, Jabir Walker Mississippi Val. - 69 Record: 0-5 Gardner-Webb - 84 Record: 0-1 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-28 39.3% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 16-31 51.6% 13 Ronald Williams F 10:23 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -6 3PT% 8-20 40.0% 14 Kareem Reid F 27:21 5-9 0-0 1-2 1 5 6 4 1 11 0 3 0 4 2 6 3PT% 8-12 66.7% 0 Treylan Smith G 18:35 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 3 3 5 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 3 FT% 3-4 75% 24 Ludovic Dufeal F 22:52 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 -2 FT% 3-6 50% 2 Kam'Ron Cunningham G 34:51 8-19 3-10 4-4 0 3 3 3 3 23 2 4 0 0 2 -36 2nd FG% 12-28 42.9% 00 Lance Terry G 26:54 5-6 5-6 0-2 0 4 4 4 2 15 1 2 0 0 0 4 2nd FG% 15-27 55.6% 3 Caleb Hunter G 38:32 6-18 3-11 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 15 3 4 3 0 2 -26 3PT% 4-15 26.7% 1 Jaheam Cornwall G 32:50 4-12 2-6 5-6 1 5 6 1 3 15 6 2 1 0 0 3 3PT% 4-7 57.1% 10 Devin Gordon G 40:00 6-12 4-9 5-6 0 3 3 4 5 21 3 0 1 0 1 -27 FT% 8-8 100% 3 Jacob Falko G 31:10 7-11 1-2 4-5 0 4 4 0 4 19 2 1 0 0 0 2 FT% 7-9 77.8% 23 Donalson Fanord 11:20 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -12 GMFG% 23-56 41.1% 4 D'Maurian Williams 12:00 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 5 GMFG% 31-58 53.4% 1 Alexander Perry 24:55 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 -23 3PT% 12-35 34.3% 5 Jamaine Mann 14:16 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 3PT% 12-19 63.2% FT% 11-12 91.7% FT% 10-15 66.7% 21 Quoiren Walden 08:24 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 -4 11 Mick Lynott 05:44 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -12 5 Quavon Blackwood 13:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 -4 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 23 Anthony Selden 15:51 2-7 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 6 1 1 0 2 1 -10 Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 Team 0 2 2 0 2 2 Jordan Sears 11:02 3-4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 7 2 2 0 0 0 -8 Totals 23-56 12-35 11-12 2 19 21 22 15 69 13 17 7 1 6 -27 Team 0 6 6 0 0 Technical Fouls: NONE Totals 31-58 12-19 10-15 4 33 37 19 12 84 17 14 1 10 4 -2 Western Ky. - 96 Record: 3-2 Technical Fouls: NONE FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period Western Ky. - 86 Record: 4-2 TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA st FG% 15-33 45.5% FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period 1 TP AS TO ST +/- 22 Carson Williams F 26:11 1-3 0-1 1-2 2 5 7 3 2 3 3 2 0 0 1 14 3PT% 4-17 23.5% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 15-35 42.9% 23 Charles Bassey C 20:16 6-6 0-0 1-4 2 9 11 2 4 13 0 2 0 4 0 13 FT% 11-18 61.1% 22 Carson Williams F 26:30 0-8 0-1 0-1 4 1 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 3PT% 3-11 27.3% 4 Josh Anderson G 20:32 2-6 0-2 5-6 1 1 2 2 3 9 1 0 4 1 0 8 2nd FG% 18-35 51.4% 23 Charles Bassey C 33:32 13-19 0-1 3-5 3 11 14 1 4 29 0 0 0 3 2 3 FT% 7-10 70% 11 Taveion Hollingsworth G 22:51 5-7 1-2 5-8 0 2 2 0 6 16 3 1 0 0 0 9 3PT% 4-9 44.4% 4 Josh Anderson G 19:59 5-8 2-2 4-4 0 4 4 1 2 16 0 0 1 1 0 -1 2nd FG% 17-38 44.7% 21 Kenny Cooper G 16:02 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 -2 FT% 11-13 84.6% 11 Taveion Hollingsworth G 31:12 3-13 0-2 3-5 0 1 1 3 3 9 3 1 2 0 2 -2 3PT% 5-7 71.4% 2 Kevin Osawe 14:21 5-8 2-3 3-3 5 2 7 1 2 15 0 2 0 0 0 12 GMFG% 33-68 48.5% 21 Kenny Cooper G 21:24 1-5 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 3 2 4 7 0 1 0 0 6 FT% 7-9 77.8% 3 Jordan Rawls 25:20 5-14 1-6 1-2 2 3 5 1 1 12 3 3 0 0 0 24 3PT% 8-26 30.8% 2 Kevin Osawe 04:56 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 GMFG% 32-73 43.8% FT% 22-31 71.0% 14 Luke Frampton 19:58 2-12 1-8 0-0 2 2 4 3 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 Jordan Rawls 19:15 2-5 1-2 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 1 3PT% 8-18 44.4% FT% 14-19 73.7% 20 Dayvion McKnight 22:16 1-3 0-1 4-4 4 5 9 2 3 6 7 2 2 1 0 26 Dead Ball Rebounds: 4, 0 14 Luke Frampton 24:03 5-5 5-5 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 15 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 Kylen Milton 03:38 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 Dayvion McKnight 19:09 2-7 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 4 2 0 1 0 1 -5 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 50 Isaiah Cozart 03:38 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 Team 4 1 5 0 0 12 Jackson Harlan 03:23 1-1 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 Totals 32-73 8-18 14-19 12 26 38 12 19 86 20 4 7 4 10 2 15 Patrick Murphy 00:47 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Technical Fouls: NONE 33 Bailey Conrad 00:47 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 GWU WKU Team 2 1 3 0 0 Points from GWU WKU Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead st nd Totals 33-68 8-26 22-31 21 31 52 15 22 96 21 14 9 6 1 27 6 (1 2:08) 10 (2 11:39) Turnovers 3 11 1st 2nd TOT Technical Fouls: NONE Best Scoring Run 8 (2nd 9:52) 9 (2nd 14:25) Paint 38 42 GWU 43 41 84 MVS WKU Lead Changes 13 Second Chance 4 12 Points from MVS WKU Period by Period Scoring Times Tied Fast Breaks Biggest lead st nd 8 7 10 1 (1 17:44) 27 (2 0:20) Turnovers 11 20 WKU 40 46 86 1st 2nd TOT Time with Lead 16:12 17:48 Bench 22 28 Best Scoring Run 7 (2nd 7:45) 10 (1st 12:30) Paint 20 48 Lead Changes 2 Second Chance 2 19 MVS 33 36 69 Times Tied 0 Fast Breaks 6 22 WKU 45 51 96 Time with Lead 00:17 38:12 Bench 8 50
GAME 7 GAME 8 Dec. 13, 2020 • WKU 68, Rhode Island 65 Dec. 19, 2020 • WKU 73, Alabama 71 E.A. Diddle Arena • Bowling Green, Ky. Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 11:00 AM Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 1:00 PM Rhode Island at Western Ky. Game Duration: 1:58 Game Duration: 2:14 Attendance: 1,070 Western Ky. at Alabama 12/13/20 E.A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green Attendance: 2,055 12/19/20 Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa 2020-21 Men's Basketball 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: Keith Kimble, Gary Maxwell, Bret Smith Officials: Doug Shows, Byron Jarrett, Mike Nance Rhode Island - 65 Record: 3-4 Western Ky. - 73 Record: 6-2 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-30 36.7% TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 14-34 41.2% 5 Antwan Walker F 25:24 3-6 1-2 1-2 4 2 6 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 -3 3PT% 3-9 33.3% 22 Carson Williams F 22:35 2-8 0-2 1-3 4 2 6 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 4 3PT% 1-7 14.3% 22 Makhel Mitchell F 21:16 3-8 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 3 0 6 0 1 1 3 3 3 FT% 2-4 50% 23 Charles Bassey C 33:35 11-14 0-0 5-8 5 7 12 3 4 27 1 2 1 1 1 -3 FT% 4-7 57.1% 1 Fatts Russell G 32:24 3-8 0-3 8-9 0 4 4 3 5 14 4 1 3 0 0 -6 2nd FG% 13-27 48.1% 4 Josh Anderson G 31:12 3-10 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 3 1 6 1 2 3 1 0 6 nd FG% 13-26 50.0% 2 Jeremy Sheppard G 27:15 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 5 1 0 0 -10 3PT% 3-9 33.3% 2 11 Taveion Hollingsworth G 15:50 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 4 1 4 1 5 2 0 0 6 12 Malik Martin G 08:33 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 -9 FT% 9-11 81.8% 3PT% 2-4 50.0% 21 Kenny Cooper G 08:07 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 Makhi Mitchell 05:27 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -7 GMFG% 24-57 42.1% FT% 12-14 85.7% 20 Dayvion McKnight 27:32 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 4 0 4 6 3 2 0 1 -2 00 Jermaine Harris 12:32 2-6 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 5 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 -8 3PT% 6-18 33.3% GM FG% 27-60 45.0% FT% 11-15 73.3% 3 Jordan Rawls 30:01 6-14 2-5 6-6 1 0 1 1 3 20 0 3 3 0 1 -1 23 D.J. Johnson 23:28 6-7 4-5 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 16 0 1 1 0 0 13 3PT% 3-11 27.3% 14 Luke Frampton 19:43 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 -6 FT% 16-21 76.2% 15 Jalen Carey 27:28 3-8 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 3 2 7 1 3 1 0 2 4 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 10 Ishmael Leggett 16:13 3-4 0-1 1-2 2 0 2 0 1 7 3 0 2 0 0 8 2 Kevin Osawe 09:11 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 1 Kylen Milton 02:14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 1 1 2 0 0 Team 2 5 7 0 1 Totals 24-57 6-18 11-15 9 19 28 20 15 65 11 15 11 4 6 -3 Totals 27-60 3-11 16-21 13 25 38 23 16 73 10 17 11 3 3 2 Technical Fouls: NONE Western Ky. - 68 Record: 5-2 Technical Fouls::NONE FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period Alabama - 71 Record: 4-3 TP AS TO ST +/- M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA st FG% 11-23 47.8% FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period NO. Name Min 1 TP AS TO ST +/- 22 Carson Williams F 15:04 1-2 0-0 1-4 3 1 4 2 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 -9 3PT% 2-7 28.6% NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 11-30 36.7% 23 Charles Bassey C 26:36 4-10 0-1 5-6 3 6 9 5 4 13 2 0 0 5 1 7 FT% 9-11 81.8% 2 Jordan Bruner F 27:47 4-8 1-4 5-6 3 3 6 2 4 14 0 2 1 1 0 5 3PT% 3-16 18.8% 4 Josh Anderson G 31:21 4-5 2-2 5-6 0 5 5 1 4 15 1 2 1 0 0 14 2nd FG% 11-29 37.9% 33 James Rojas F 10:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 -5 FT% 7-9 77.8% 11 Taveion Hollingsworth G 31:21 5-11 0-1 4-4 3 4 7 3 2 14 3 3 4 0 0 13 3PT% 1-5 20.0% 1 Herbert Jones G 32:41 6-10 1-1 3-4 1 3 4 3 5 16 0 3 1 0 0 1 2nd FG% 11-26 42.3% 21 Kenny Cooper G 12:45 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 -1 FT% 12-15 80% 5 Jaden Shackelford G 33:27 2-9 1-5 7-8 1 3 4 1 6 12 1 0 1 0 2 -2 3PT% 4-10 40.0% 14 Luke Frampton 17:26 1-5 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 -1 GMFG% 22-52 42.3% 23 John Petty Jr. G 34:10 3-10 2-7 1-2 2 5 7 1 2 9 3 3 4 0 0 1 FT% 13-17 76.5% 3PT% 3-12 25.0% 2 Kevin Osawe 08:49 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -13 3 Alex Reese 07:14 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 GM FG% 22-56 39.3% FT% 21-26 80.8% 3 Jordan Rawls 23:07 3-8 0-2 5-5 0 1 1 0 3 11 2 1 1 0 1 -4 11 Joshua Primo 24:56 2-4 2-3 2-2 2 2 4 3 2 8 0 2 0 1 1 7 3PT% 7-26 26.9% Dead Ball Rebounds: 3, 0 50 Isaiah Cozart 09:10 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 Jahvon Quinerly 21:01 4-7 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 2 1 9 3 6 0 1 0 -7 FT% 20-26 76.9% 20 Dayvion McKnight 24:21 3-5 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 1 1 7 2 4 0 0 1 9 4 Juwan Gary 06:45 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -4 Dead Ball Rebounds: 2, 0 Team 2 1 3 0 1 14 Keon Ellis 01:59 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -4 Totals 22-52 3-12 21-26 13 25 38 15 20 68 11 17 10 6 4 3 Team 3 3 6 0 1 Technical Fouls: NONE Totals 22-56 7-26 20-26 13 22 35 16 23 71 7 19 8 3 3 -2 URI WKU Technical Fouls::NONE Points from URI WKU Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 2 (1st 5:11) 11 (2nd 12:51) WKU Bama Turnovers 18 17 1st 2nd TOT Points from WKU Bama Period by Period Scoring nd st Biggest lead st nd Best Scoring Run 7 (2 18:17) 9 (1 14:38) Paint 30 36 6 (1 10:38) 3 (2 2:03) Turnovers 21 28 URI 27 38 65 1st 2nd TOT Lead Changes 6 Second Chance 9 10 Best Scoring Run 6(1st 11:31) 8(2nd 2:03) Paint 42 28 Times Tied 3 Fast Breaks 14 6 WKU 33 40 73 WKU 33 35 68 Lead Changes 18 Second Chance 20 12 Time with Lead 03:17 33:56 Bench 34 23 Times Tied 14 Fast Breaks 12 6 Bama 32 39 71 Time with Lead 29:04 04:59 Bench 31 20
40 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS GAME 9 GAME 10 Dec. 22, 2020 • WKU 88, Tennessee Tech 68 Jan. 1, 2021 • WKU 67, Charlotte 63 E.A. Diddle Arena • Bowling Green, Ky. Halton Arena • Charlotte, N.C.
Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 6:01 PM Tennessee Tech at Western Ky. Game Duration: 1:57 Attendance: 1,061 12/22/20 E.A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green 2020-21 Men's Basketball Officials: Rick O'Neill, Kerry Sitton, Shane Staggs Tennessee Tech - 68 Record: 0-9 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 10-28 35.7% 23 Austin Harvell F 19:52 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 -12 3PT% 1-9 11.1% 33 Shandon Goldman F 15:05 5-7 0-2 1-2 1 2 3 3 2 11 0 1 0 1 0 -7 FT% 4-4 100% 0 Damaria Franklin G 26:43 5-13 1-3 3-4 0 4 4 2 4 14 3 2 1 0 0 -13 2nd FG% 16-30 53.3% 3 Keishawn Davidson G 26:20 1-3 1-2 2-2 0 3 3 4 1 5 5 1 0 0 0 -9 3PT% 5-9 55.6% 4 Jr. Clay G 34:34 5-11 3-6 2-2 0 1 1 3 4 15 3 3 2 0 1 -22 FT% 6-10 60% 12 Amadou Sylla 23:07 2-7 0-0 0-0 3 6 9 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 -13 GMFG% 26-58 44.8% 13 Kenny White Jr. 18:55 3-8 0-2 0-2 1 1 2 0 1 6 0 3 1 0 0 -6 3PT% 6-18 33.3% FT% 10-14 71.4% 22 Tujautae Williams 08:41 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -9 10 CJ Gettelfinger 07:54 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 -7 Dead Ball Rebounds: 1, 0 11 Dane Quest 14:28 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Maverick Smith 04:21 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 Team 1 2 3 0 1 Totals 26-58 6-18 10-14 6 26 32 20 16 68 13 15 4 2 1 -20 Technical Fouls: NONE Western Ky. - 88 Record: 7-2 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 13-32 40.6% 22 Carson Williams F 19:47 2-5 0-1 3-4 0 5 5 2 4 7 0 1 1 0 0 19 3PT% 4-13 30.8% 4 Josh Anderson G 26:23 5-6 0-0 4-4 2 4 6 1 4 14 4 4 1 0 0 15 FT% 6-8 75% 11 Taveion Hollingsworth G 26:56 3-9 1-4 3-4 1 6 7 1 4 10 3 0 1 0 0 14 2nd FG% 17-33 51.5% 14 Luke Frampton G 23:27 6-9 6-9 4-4 1 4 5 2 2 22 2 0 0 0 0 16 3PT% 5-11 45.5% 21 Kenny Cooper G 15:43 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 16 FT% 13-14 92.9% 3 Jordan Rawls 25:42 6-14 0-5 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 0 0 0 9 GMFG% 30-65 46.2% 20 Dayvion McKnight 24:17 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 0 0 0 4 3PT% 9-24 37.5% FT% 19-22 86.4% 2 Kevin Osawe 13:02 2-6 1-2 3-4 2 4 6 1 3 8 0 0 1 0 1 4 50 Isaiah Cozart 11:27 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 4 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 Dead Ball Rebounds: 0, 0 1 Kylen Milton 09:03 2-5 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 Jackson Harlan 03:08 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Bailey Conrad 01:05 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 Team 3 0 3 0 0 Totals 30-65 9-24 19-22 12 29 41 16 20 88 18 9 6 1 2 20 Technical Fouls: NONE TTU WKU Points from TTU WKU Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead st nd 0 (1 20:00) 24 (2 1:21) Turnovers 6 24 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 6 (1st 10:49) 9 (1st 12:47) Paint 38 36 Lead Changes 0 Second Chance 5 15 TTU 25 43 68 Times Tied 0 Fast Breaks 9 17 WKU 36 52 88 Time with Lead 00:00 39:22 Bench 18 32
41 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS 2020-21 Western Ky. Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Combined Team Statistics as of Jan 02, 2021 2020-21 OVERALLAll games SEASON STATISTICS
Game Records Score by Periods Record Overall Home Away Neutral Team 1st 2nd OT TOT ALL GAMES 8-2 4-0 2-1 2-1 CONFERENCE 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Western Ky. 353 411 0 764 NON-CONFERENCE 7-2 4-0 1-1 2-1 Opponents 329 392 0 721
Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 23 BASSEY, Charles 9-9 243:55 27.1 64-103 .621 2-13 .154 22-33 .667 29 74 103 11.4 23 1 7 22 30 3 152 16.9 11 HOLLINGSWORTH, Taveion 10-10 285:11 28.5 48-107 .449 6-22 .273 41-54 .759 7 23 30 3.0 18 0 21 17 0 16 143 14.3 4 ANDERSON, Josh 10-10 250:32 25.1 35-62 .565 5-13 .385 22-26 .846 5 28 33 3.3 19 0 11 16 5 20 97 9.7 14 FRAMPTON, Luke 10-1 222:50 22.3 25-60 .417 23-53 .434 11-11 1.000 3 21 24 2.4 21 0 16 12 0 2 84 8.4 3 RAWLS, Jordan 10-0 194:16 19.4 28-76 .368 6-30 .200 17-18 .944 4 11 15 1.5 9 0 12 12 0 6 79 7.9 20 MCKNIGHT, Dayvion 10-0 215:49 21.6 23-54 .426 1-7 .143 19-20 .950 7 27 34 3.4 22 0 36 18 1 12 66 6.6 22 WILLIAMS, Carson 10-10 258:21 25.8 21-56 .375 4-13 .308 10-20 .500 24 31 55 5.5 20 0 8 10 2 3 56 5.6 2 OSAWE, Kevin 10-0 99:35 10.0 14-30 .467 5-12 .417 6-7 .857 11 17 28 2.8 5 0 2 4 0 5 39 3.9 21 COOPER, Kenny 10-10 178:16 17.8 6-35 .171 3-14 .214 11-16 .688 2 14 16 1.6 22 0 27 12 0 7 26 2.6 50 COZART, Isaiah 4-0 27:10 6.8 5-10 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 7 10 2.5 5 0 0 1 2 1 10 2.5 12 HARLAN, Jackson 2-0 06:31 3.3 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.5 1 MILTON, Kylen 3-0 14:55 5.0 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.3 32 CONRAD, Bailey 2-0 01:52 0.9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 15 MURPHY, Patrick 1-0 00:47 0.8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 19 13 32 7 Total 10 2000 273-602 .453 57-181 .315 161-207 .778 114 267 381 38.1 165 1 140 131 40 76 764 76.4 Opponents 10 2000 253-573 .442 91-225 .404 124-166 .747 74 239 313 31.3 189 9 129 144 31 59 721 72.1
Team Statistics Team Results WESTKY OPP Date Opponent Score Att. Scoring 764 721 11/25/2020 vs UNI W 93-87 0 Points per game 76.4 72.1 11/26/2020 vs Memphis W 75-69 0 Scoring margin +4.3 - 11/27/2020 vs West Virginia L 64-70 0 Field goals-att 273-602 253-573 12/01/2020 at Louisville L 54-75 3013 Field goal pct .453 .442 12/06/2020 Mississippi Val. W 96-69 1024 3 point fg-att 57-181 91-225 12/10/2020 Gardner-Webb W 86-84 1009 3-point FG pct .315 .404 12/13/2020 Rhode Island W 68-65 1070 3-pt FG made per game 5.7 9.1 12/19/2020 at Alabama W 73-71 2055 Free throws-att 161-207 124-166 12/22/2020 Tennessee Tech W 88-68 1061 Free throw pct .778 .747 01/01/2021 at Charlotte W 67-63 61 F-Throws made per game 16.1 12.4 Rebounds 381 313 Rebounds per game 38.1 31.3 Rebounding margin +6.8 - Assists 140 129 Assists per game 14.0 12.9 Turnovers 131 144 Turnovers per game 13.1 14.4 Turnover margin +1.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.9 Steals 76 59 Steals per game 7.6 5.9 Blocks 40 31 Blocks per game 4.0 3.1 Winning streak 6 - Home win streak 4 - Attendance 4164 5129 Home games-Avg/Game 4-1041 3-1710 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-0
42 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS RADIO/ TV GUIDE
1 | Kylen Milton 2 | Kevin Osawe 3 | Jordan Rawls 4 | Josh Anderson Fr. | G | 6-4 | 190 Jr. | F | 6-6 | 205 So. | G | 6-1 | 180 Sr. | G | 6-6 | 190
5 | Noah Stansbury 11 | Taveion Hollingsworth 12 | Jackson Harlan 14 | Luke Frampton Fr. | G | 6-0 | 160 Sr. | G | 6-2 | 165 So. | G | 6-3 | 190 R-Jr. | G | 6-5 | 200
15 | Patrick Murphy 20 | Dayvion McKnight 21 | Kenny Cooper 22 | Carson Williams R-Sr. | G | 6-5 | 180 Fr. | G | 6-1 | 190 R-Sr. | G | 6-0 | 190 R-Sr. | F | 6-5 | 240
23 | Charles Bassey 32 | Bailey Conrad 50 | Isaiah Cozart Jr. | C | 6-11 | 235 Fr. | F | 6-7 | 220 So. | F | 6-7 | 235
43 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,823 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS