IRVING, Texas — Another dominant week earned WKU center Charles Bassey his second straight Conference USA Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week award Monday.
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The 6-foot-11, 245-pound native of Lagos, Nigeria, was named to the All-Tournament Team for the Myrtle Beach Invitational after averaging 15.3 points and 10.3 rebounds in WKU's run to the championship game.
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This makes two Freshman of the Week awards for Bassey in as many weeks to open his college career.
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Bassey shot 51.7 percent from the field and netted 15 of 25 free throws during three games in the tournament, while also recording five total blocks and four steals.
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He had 13 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in Friday's semifinal against top-25 West Virginia, winning the post battle against First Team All-Big 12 center Sagaba Konate.
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In Sunday's title game loss to UCF, Bassey scored a career-high 25 points on 10-of-18 shooting with 10 rebounds. He scored WKU's first 11 points of the game, including his first 3-pointer, and had 18 points before the break while going up against 7-foot-6 UCF center Tacko Fall.
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Through five games, Bassey is averaging 14.4 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per contest. Coming into Sunday, he ranked third in the country among freshmen for rebounds per game.
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WKU returns to action at Indiana State at 1 p.m. CT Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind.
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