DALLAS – WKU Hilltopper Basketball sixth-year guard Luke Frampton was named Conference USA Player of the Week, the league announced Monday afternoon.
This is the first award of the season and it is Frampton's second of his career at WKU. It is the second consecutive season that a Hilltopper has earned the first Player of the Week honor of the year.
Through WKU's season and home openers, Frampton leads the team in scoring, averaging 20.5 points per game. He's made 11 3-pointers, which is tied for third in the country, on 13 attempts, shooting 84.6%. His 3-point shooting percentage is the fourth-best mark in the nation.
The Poca, W.V., native is the only player in the top five in the 3-point shooting percentage category who has attempted 12 or more 3-pointers.
Frampton's 3-point shooting, along with the help us his teammates, has WKU leading the country in 3-point shooting percentage as a team, holding a clip of 63%. The next closest team is Villanova at 55.6%.
In the Hilltoppers' opener at EKU, Frampton shot 5 of 6 from long range while he netted 6 of 7 against Kentucky State. He accomplished all of this in just 26.5 minutes per game and was limited to just 22 minutes against KSU.
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