BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU men's basketball head coach Rick Stansbury announced Wednesday the addition of transfer and former Kentucky Mr. Basketball Carson Williams (6-5, Forward) to the Hilltopper program.
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Williams, a Bluegrass State native from Owenton, Ky., will have two years of eligibility remaining after sitting out the 2018-19 season following his transfer from Northern Kentucky.
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"It's obvious that Carson has to sit out a year, but after watching his game films and finding more out about him, he's absolutely too good of a player and too good of a person to not have as part of our program," Stansbury said. "He comes from a great family and is a great student, and this is the highest compliment I can give him – he reminds you of Justin Johnson."
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Williams started 61 games across his two seasons at Northern Kentucky, averaging 12 points and 5.6 rebounds as a sophomore in 2017-18. He shot 60.8 percent from the field on a 22-10 team that won a Horizon League regular-season title for the first time in program history.
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Williams was named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team in 2016-17 while starting 34 games for NKU. The forward averaged 10.8 points and 5.9 rebounds in his first college season, helping the Norse to 24 wins, a Horizon League Tournament title and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
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Williams was named Kentucky Mr. Basketball in 2016 after averaging 26.3 points and 10.7 rebounds as a senior at Owen County High School.
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He'll be the second Kentucky Mr. Basketball on WKU's roster, joining 2017 award winner Taveion Hollingsworth.
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Williams scored 2,967 career points in high school along with 1,671 rebounds, the fifth-highest total in Kentucky history.
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