Tops Welcome Louisiana Tech in Home League Series

WKU Game Notes | Louisiana Tech Game Notes

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball begins its first league home series against Louisiana Tech at 7 p.m. CT Friday at E.A. Diddle Arena. The teams will meet again at 6 p.m. CT Saturday in Bowling Green. Both games will stream online on CBS Sports Network on Facebook.

WKU split its opening Conference USA series at Charlotte, falling 75-71 in overtime in the second matchup. Louisiana Tech split its first series at home with Marshall.

WKU is 19-16 all-time against Louisiana Tech, including an 11-5 record at home. Hilltopper head coach Rick Stansbury is 6-2 in his career against the Bulldogs.

GAMES 12 AND 13

Louisiana Tech (8-3, 1-1 C-USA) at WKU (8-3, 1-1 C-USA)

January 8, 2021 | 7 p.m. CT
January 9, 2021 | 6 p.m. CT
E.A. Diddle Arena | Bowling Green, Ky.

BROADCAST

Listen: Hilltopper Sports Network (WKLX 100.7 FM flagship), C-USA.tv Audio (free), TuneIn Radio (Randy Lee, pxp | Hal Schmitt, analysis)

Watch: Friday: CBS Sports Network on Facebook (Alex Del Barrio, pxp | Tim Doyle, analysis)
Saturday: CBS Sports Network on Facebook (Daniel Waugh, pxp | Tim Doyle, analysis)

Live Stats: WKU Stats

TOP STORYLINES

• Josh Anderson (992 career points) needs eight points to become the 51st player in program history to score 1,000 career points as a Hilltopper.

• Taveion Hollingsworth needs 20 minutes played to pass Courtney Lee and set a new program record for most minutes played in a career. He enters the game second with 3,938 career minutes.

• WKU has three top-100 NET wins so far this season over Alabama (34), Rhode Island (79) and Memphis (94). Two of its losses came vs. West Virginia (25) on a neutral court and at Louisville (30). The Hilltoppers' NET non-conference strength of schedule is ranked 25th in the nation.

• As of Tuesday, Charles Bassey leads the nation in dunks (30) and ranks fourth nationally in total blocks (32), fifth in total rebounds (111), fifth in double-doubles (6), ninth in blocked shots per game (3.2), 10th in total rebounds per game (11.1) and 12th in defensive rebounds per game (8.1). Only 99 programs in the nation have more blocks as a team than Bassey by himself.

• After making 8 of 29 3-pointers (27.6%) in WKU's first five games, Luke Frampton has made 17 of 28 long-range shots (60.7%) in the Hilltoppers' last six games.

• In WKU's last seven games, Kenny Cooper and Dayvion McKnight have combined for 50 assists and 23 turnovers. Cooper has 20 assists against just eight turnovers in that stretch.

THE HILL AT HOME

The Hilltoppers' games will be featured on The Hill at Home presented by Kentucky Fish and Wildlife, a live video feed of Hal Schmitt and Voice of the Hilltoppers Randy Lee on the radio call. This broadcast of The Hill at Home can be found here (wkusports.com/MBBSecondScreen) and will be live 30 minutes prior to tipoff.

For more information on The Hill at Home, visit the following link: https://goto.ps/3kU1OrX

LAST GAME AGAINST LOUISIANA TECH: FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Trailing 15 with 3:23 to play and still by 12 with 2:02 left, WKU guard Taveion Hollingsworth put his team on his back with one of the best individual performances in E.A. Diddle Arena history.

Hollingsworth poured in a career-high 43 points, helping the Hilltoppers rally for a 95-91 overtime win on Senior Night in the home finale.

The Hilltoppers trailed 69-54 with 3:23 to play. But after the final media timeout, Hollingsworth exploded for 17 points in the last minutes of regulation.

That included a game-tying 3-pointer with two seconds left to send the game to extra time tied at 80-all.

Hollingsworth's 43 points were the most by a Hilltopper since program legend Jim McDaniels scored 49 at Tennessee Tech on Jan. 4, 1971. They were also the ninth-most ever by a C-USA player.

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Players Mentioned

Josh Anderson

Charles Bassey

Kenny Cooper

Luke Frampton

Taveion Hollingsworth

Dayvion McKnight