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HILLTOPPER BASKETBALL @WKUBasketball WKUBasketball @wkubasketball WKUSports 2018-19 GAME NOTES WKUSports.com MEDIA CONTACT: Zach Greenwell, Associate Director of Media Relations • [email protected] • (270) 668-4716 NO. 15/16 WISCONSIN (10-2) SECONDARY CONTACT: Dana Brown, Media Relations Assistant • [email protected] • (317) 752-6161 AT WKU (6-6) THE TIP-OFF Saturday, Dec. 29 | 4:30 p.m. (CT) | Bowling Green, Ky. WKU Hilltopper Basketball concludes non-conference PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP E.A. Diddle Arena (7,523) play at home against No. 15/16 Wisconsin at 4:30 p.m. CT Saturday at E.A. Diddle Arena. The game will air on CBS LISTEN Hilltopper IMG Sports Network, TuneIn Sports Network. • Randy Lee (pxp), Hal Schmitt (analysis) WATCH CBS Sports Network The Hilltoppers went into the holiday break with a 71-68 • Carter Blackburn (pxp), Pete Gillen (analysis) home victory over Saint Mary’s on Dec. 22. G | Banton G | Hollingsworth G | Anderson Lineup OCTOBER (0-0) Wisconsin has won two straight after an overtime loss to projection 30 Campbellsville (Exh.) W, 91-66 Marquette. The Hilltoppers are 0-2 all-time against the based on NOVEMBER (3-3) Badgers, including an 81-80 loss last year in Madison. previous game WKU head coach Rick Stansbury is 0-1 all-time in his ca- 3 (1) Kentucky Wesleyan (Exh.) W, 96-71 G/F | Savage C | Bassey reer against Wisconsin. 6 at #25/24 Washington L, 73-55 10 UT Martin W, 86-71 QUICK SHOTS 15 (2) Valparaiso W, 83-71 • WKU is 12-21 all-time against the current Big Ten membership, while head coach Rick Stansbury is 2-2 16 (2) RV/#13 West Virginia W, 63-57 in his career against current Big Ten members. WKU is 6-3 in the last two seasons against the Power Five. 18 (2) UCF L, 78-62 • Wisconsin is the first active member of the Big Ten to play in Diddle Arena since Michigan on Nov. 26, 24 at Indiana State L, 63-54 1977. The Badgers are the first ranked team to play at WKU since No. 25 Old Dominion on Jan. 10, 2015. DECEMBER (3-3) • WKU assistant coach Hennssy Auriantal played four seasons at guard for Wisconsin from 1995-99, com- 1 Tennessee State W, 88-74 peting twice in the NCAA Tournament and once in the NIT. He was a two-time Big Ten All-Academic pick. 5 at Missouri State L, 84-78 • WKU has played six teams currently ranked in the Ken Pomeroy Top 75, going 3-3 against those programs: 8 at Arkansas W, 78-77 Washington (52), West Virginia (49), UCF (40), Arkansas (60), Belmont (75) and Saint Mary’s (46). Five of 16 Troy L, 87-81 those six games were played away from home. 19 at Belmont L, 80-74 • The Hilltoppers have made a 3-pointer in 988 straight games dating back to March 15, 1987. WKU entered 22 Saint Mary’s (CA) W, 71-68 the season tied with Arkansas for the fourth-longest streak in the nation of consecutive games with a 29 #15/16 Wisconsin 4:30 p.m. CT made 3. Only UNLV (1,039), Vanderbilt (1,031) and Duke (1,021) had longer streaks to start the year. JANUARY (0-0) • WKU ranks 19th in the country in blocked shots per game, and 21st in percentage of opponents’ shots 3 at Charlotte* 6:30 p.m. CT blocked, according to Ken Pomeroy. Its average of 5.4 blocks per game would be its highest on record 5 at Old Dominion* 6 p.m. CT since programs began tracking the statistic. Charles Bassey is second in C-USA in blocks per game (2.4). 12 at Marshall* 6 p.m. CT • The Hilltoppers have shot 78 more free throws than their opponents this year and made two more free 17 FIU* 7 p.m. CT throws than their opponents have even attempted, a calling card of the program. | More info pg. 4 19 Florida Atlantic* 2 p.m. CT • As of Thursday, Charles Bassey was ranked fourth nationally among freshmen for rebounds per game 21 Marshall* 8 p.m. CT (9.3) and third in total blocks (29). He leads C-USA in total rebounds per game (9.3). 24 at Southern Miss* 7 p.m. CT • As of Thursday, Charles Bassey ranked in the top 50 in the country in double-doubles (30th), field-goal 26 at LA Tech* 4 p.m. CT percentage (28th), blocks per game (27th), total blocks (18th), total rebounds per game (35th) and total 31 UTSA* 7 p.m. CT rebounds (37th). FEBRUARY (0-0) 2 UTEP* 6 p.m. CT LAST MATCHUP AGAINST WISCONSIN: DECEMBER 13, 2017 7 at Rice* 8 p.m. CT WKU went toe-to-toe with Wisconsin on its home court, but a free throw by the Badgers with two seconds left 9 at North Texas* 5 p.m. CT was the difference in an 81-80 loss at the Kohl Center. Lamonte Bearden led the Hilltoppers with 19 points. 14 Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m. CT 16 UAB* 2 p.m. CT 23 Potential Game* TBD WKU HILLTOPPERS WISCONSIN BADGERS 28 Potential Game* TBD MARCH (0-0) 2018-19 Record 6-6 2018-19 Record 10-2 3 Potential Game* TBD Ranking NR Ranking 15/16 6 Potential Game* TBD NCAA NET 148 NCAA NET 4 9 Potential Game* TBD Last Game W, 71-68 vs. Saint Mary’s Last Game W, 84-53 vs. Grambling 13-16 (3) C-USA Tournament TBD Head Coach Rick Stansbury Head Coach Greg Gard Career Record 341-200 (17th season) Career Record 67-40 (Fourth season) (*) Conference USA Game Record at School 48-34 (Third season) Record at School Same (1) 36th Annual BB&T Classic (Bowling Green, Ky.) Leading Scorer T. Hollingsworth (15.4 ppg) Leading Scorer Ethan Happ (19.2 ppg) (2) Myrtle Beach Invitational (Conway, S.C.) Leading Rebounder Charles Bassey (9.3 rpg) Leading Rebounder Ethan Happ (10.6 rpg) (3) Conference USA Tournament (Frisco, Texas) Leader in Assists T. Hollingsworth (2.7 apg) Leader in Assists Ethan Happ (5.0 apg) 1 44 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,781 ALL-TIME WINS | 35 NBA DRAFT PICKS WORKING CREDENTIALS: To request credentials, please contact Zach arrangements for the Hilltopper IMG Sports Network. ISDN lines will not be available Greenwell or Dana Brown, WKU Media Relations Assistant. All requests should in Diddle Arena this season. Inquiries about any other accommodations should be be made as early as possible and should be limited to working press only. made well in advance with Greenwell and WKU Telecommunications. Space on the E.A. Diddle Arena press row is limited, and a media/photo work room is available on the ground level just off the arena floor for credentialed BASELINE AREAS: Access to the baselines is reserved for photographers/ media members. videographers. Seating on the baselines is extremely limited, and several spots will be marked and reserved for season credential holders. Media must remain within Credentials will be screened and issued on a priority basis, with national the six spots on each baseline, away from the areas around the goals and stairs, and publications, daily newspapers, wire services, originating radio and television outside the team bench areas. Those who do not adhere to these policies will be networks, television tape crews and student newspapers from WKU and the asked to move or leave the building. visiting school receiving top priority. Requests from weekly newspapers, internet publications and radio stations that cover WKU and the visiting team RECRUITS: Per NCAA rule, media are not permitted to have contact with a prospect may be honored on a space-available basis. or family members of a prospect during their visit (official or unofficial) to campus, including prospects in attendance at practice or games. Contact includes in-person Spouses, dates, equipment carriers and non-working members of the media conversations, phone calls, text messages, emails, social media, etc. Media are also are restricted from press row, sidelines and interview areas. Any abuse of a asked to make every effort to keep distance from prospects on campus, including credential to a WKU athletic event will result in the immediate removal of at practice, during pregame activities and in the stands. the media member from the event as well as the agency losing credential privileges for the remainder of the season. GAMEDAY SERVICES: Members of the media covering the game will be provided with pregame notes for both teams, a media guide and a flipcard. Statistics will be MEDIA WILL CALL: Credentials may be picked up on gameday at the Media handed out at halftime and after the game, and a running play-by-play will also be Will Call located at Gate 2 of E.A. Diddle Arena. Please be mindful that parking provided following the game. WKU offers live stats for media members throughout is done by a list and parking passes will not be issued, so please request the game on StatBroadcast. Approximately 15 minutes following the completion parking at the same time. of the game, a final statistical book will be available. The first run of books will be given directly to the visiting SID to allow for easy departure. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Credentials for photographers will be issued on the basis of circulation, with priority granted to agencies covering the participating POSTGAME INTERVIEWS: For home games, head coach Rick Stansbury and schools on a regular basis. Credentials will not be issued to freelance select players will hold a postgame news conference with the media in the Paul photographers unless they are employed by a reputable publication or the Just Media Center at E.A.