@WKUBasketball WKUBasketball @wkubasketball WKUSports 2020-21 GAME NOTES WKUSports.com MEDIA CONTACT: Zach Greenwell, Associate AD of Communications/MBB • [email protected] • (270) 668-4716 WKU (1-0) SECONDARY CONTACT: Dana Brown, Media Relations Coordinator • [email protected] • (317) 752-6161 VS. MEMPHIS (1-0) KEY PAGES Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Semis Thursday, Nov. 26 | 11 a.m. (CT) | Sioux Falls, S.D. Page 2 | Streaks/Standings Page 9 | Chasing Record Book Pgs. 14-28 | Player Bios Sanford Pentagon Page 3 | Roster/Coaching Staff Page 11 | Last Time It Happened Page 29 | 2019-20 Stats Page 4 | Last Series Meeting Page 12-13 | Rick Stansbury Page 30 | Radio/TV Roster LISTEN Hilltopper Sports Network, TuneIn • Randy Lee (pxp), Hal Schmitt (analysis) THE TIP-OFF WATCH ESPN WKU Hilltopper Basketball will meet Memphis at 11 PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP • Rich Hollenberg (pxp), Dan Dakich (analysis) a.m. CT Thursday in the semifinals of the Bad Boy Mow- ers Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Hilltoppers NOVEMBER (1-0) opened their season Wednesday with a 93-87 victory over 25 vs. Northern Iowa (1) W, 93-87 Northern Iowa. 26 vs. Memphis (1) 11 a.m. CT G | Cooper G | Hollingsworth G | Anderson 27 vs. TBD (1) TBD Memphis began its season by routing Saint Mary’s 73-56 DECEMBER (0-0) behind 24 points from Boogie Ellis. Lineup 1 at Louisville (2) 5 p.m. CT projection 3 vs. Prairie View A&M (2) 5 p.m. CT The all-time series between the two programs is tied at based on 4 vs. Little Rock (2) 6 p.m. CT 9-9, with the Tigers winning the last meeting in Mem- previous 13 Rhode Island 11 a.m. CT phis in 2010 while ranked 14th in the country. WKU head F | Williams C | Bassey games 22 Tennessee Tech 4 p.m. CT coach Rick Stansbury is 0-1 in his career against Memphis. 28 Mississippi Valley State 7 p.m. CT JANUARY (0-0) TOP STORYLINES 1 at Charlotte* 3 p.m. CT • WKU ended the college career of Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway when the Hilltoppers defeated 2 at Charlotte* 3 p.m. CT Memphis State 55-52 in the opening round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament. Hardaway scored 17 points 8 Louisiana Tech* 7 p.m. CT to lead the Tigers. WKU then beat Seton Hall in the following round to reach the Sweet 16. 9 Louisiana Tech* 6 p.m. CT 14 Marshall* TBA • WKU’s 42 bench points in Wednesday’s win over Northern Iowa were the program’s most since getting 17 at Marshall* TBA 47 points from the reserves against UAB on Feb. 27, 2016. 23 at Middle Tennessee* 4 p.m. CT 24 at Middle Tennessee* TBA • The Hilltoppers received one vote in the USA Today Preseason Coaches Poll. It’s the first time WKU has 29 Old Dominion* 7 p.m. CT received a vote in a national poll since Nov. 19, 2018. 30 Old Dominion* 4 p.m. CT FEBRUARY • WKU is one of 44 programs in the nation to win at least 20 games in each of the last three seasons. 5 at Florida Atlantic* 6 p.m. CT 6 at Florida Atlantic* 3 p.m. CT • Taveion Hollingsworth was named to the All-C-USA Preseason Team for the third straight year. Holling- 12 Rice* 7 p.m. CT sworth crossed 1,500 points for his career in the win over Northern Iowa and is the nation’s active leader 13 Rice* TBA in consecutive starts with 103 – every game of his college career. 19 at North Texas* TBA 20 at North Texas* TBA • Charles Bassey was named a Preseason Second-Team All-American by Lindy’s as he returns from a tibial 26 FIU* 7 p.m. CT plateau fracture in his left leg that ended his 2019-20 season after 10 games. Bassey, the nation’s active 27 FIU* 4 p.m. CT career rebounding average leader entering the season, is on the watch list for the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year award. (*) Conference USA Game (1) Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) (2) Wade Houston Tipoff Classic (Louisville, Ky.) WKU HILLTOPPERS MEMPHIS TIGERS 2020-21 Record 1-0 2020-21 Record 1-0 2020-21 DIGITAL MEDIA GUIDE Ranking NR Ranking NR 2020-21 NCAA NET N/A 2020-21 NCAA NET N/A Last Game W, 93-87 vs. Northern Iowa Last Game W, 73-56 vs. Saint Mary’s Scan the QR Code Head Coach Rick Stansbury Head Coach Penny Hardaway or visit link below Career Record 376-218 (19th season) Career Record 44-24 (Third season) to access guide Record at School 83-52 (Fifth season) Record at School Same at WKUSports.com Leading Scorer Taveion Hollingsworth (26 ppg) Leading Scorer Boogie Ellis (24 ppg) Leading Rebounds Charles Bassey (8 rpg) Leading Rebounder D.J. Jeffries (9 rpg) http://goto.ps/MBBMediaGuide Leading Assists Dayvion McKnight (3 apg) Leading Assists Alex Lomax (3 apg) 1 46 20-WIN SEASONS | 42 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 23 NCAA TOURNAMENTS | 1,816 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. There will be numerous changes to the media protocols inside E.A. Diddle RADIO COVERAGE: Radio broadcast permission must be obtained in advance, Arena this season due to COVID-19. Masks will be required at all times for along with press row reservations, from Zach Greenwell. WKU maintains courtesy everyone, as will temperature and symptom screenings at the point of entry. ethernet and phone lines for schools who can provide reciprocal arrangements for Media seating will be greatly altered and limited in the arena this year. Many the Hilltopper IMG Sports Network. ISDN lines will not be available in Diddle Arena or all media will not be seated on the floor level, and will likely be seated this season. Inquiries about any other accommodations should be made well in on the upper concourse of the arena. To the extent possible with severe advance with Greenwell and WKU Telecommunications. space limitations, priority will be given to media outlets based upon those which have regularly participated in WKU news conferences, with additional RECRUITS: Per NCAA rule, media are not permitted to have contact with a prospect consideration to reach of the entity and the history of coverage. Requests or family members of a prospect during their visit (official or unofficial) to campus, for credentials will be reviewed on a case-by-case, year-by-year basis. The including prospects in attendance at practice or games. Contact includes in-person Athletic Communications/Media Relations office has the final authority on conversations, phone calls, text messages, emails, social media, etc. Media are also whether any individuals from any organization will be issued media credentials. asked to make every effort to keep distance from prospects on campus, including Complimentary tickets are not provided to media. at practice, during pregame activities and in the stands. The media room will be closed this year to be used only by team personnel for GAMEDAY SERVICES: Games will be paperless, with all media guides, box scores, postgame press conferences. Media will enter the arena through Gate 4 and final books and game notes made available online instead of in printed form. WKU head directly to their seat. As a result of this new protocol, no pregame meal offers live stats for media members through StatBroadcast (wku.statbroadcast. will be provided. Drinks will be available near media seating. com), and all other printed materials can be found at WKUSports.com. Any abuse of a credential to a WKU athletic event will result in the immediate POSTGAME INTERVIEWS: All postgame press conferences with head coach removal of the media member from the event as well as the agency losing Rick Stansbury and select players will be conducted electronically on Zoom this credential privileges for the remainder of the season. season. The link to join the press conference will be sent out before each game, along with any other relevant info. WKU Athletic Communications/Media Relations MEDIA WILL CALL: Credentials may be picked up on gameday at Media Will representatives will be available to assist in postgame interviews. Interviews with Call located at Gate 4 of E.A. Diddle Arena. Please be mindful that parking the visiting team can be coordinated with the visiting SID. is granted by a list and parking passes will not be issued, so please request parking at the same time. WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE: Head coach Rick Stansbury will hold a press conference for credentialed media via Zoom during the week when the team PHOTOGRAPHERS: There will be no photographers or videographers schedule allows, usually on a weekly basis. Select players may also be available at the allowed to shoot at men’s and women’s basketball games this year outside of weekly press conference. Contact Zach Greenwell or Dana Brown for any inquiries tested personnel associated with the programs competing. We greatly regret about the weekly press conference schedule.