WKU in the National Landscape
WKU in the National Landscape ALL-TIME TOTAL VICTORIES NO. TEAM
ALL-TIME WINNING PERCENTAGE
1ST YR. YRS.
W
L
PCT.
1. Kentucky 1903 114 2,237 688 .765 2. Kansas 1899 119 2,217 841 .725 3. North Carolina 1911 107 2,206 781 .739 4. Duke 1906 112 2,115 873 .708 5. Temple 1895 121 1,886 1,053 .642 6. Syracuse 1901 116 1,861 880 .679 7. UCLA 1920 98 1,849 824 .692 8. Notre Dame 1898 112 1,845 994 .650 9. St. John’s 1908 110 1,817 999 .645 10. Louisville 1912 103 1,803 901 .667 11. Indiana 1901 117 1,801 1,019 .639 12. BYU 1903 115 1,786 1,071 .625 13. Utah 1909 109 1,779 978 .645 14. Arizona 1905 112 1,769 923 .657 15. Illinois 1906 112 1,764 973 .645 16. Cincinnati 1902 116 1,757 1,003 .637 17. Texas 1906 111 1,750 1,054 .624 18. WKU 1915 98 1,748 901 .660 t-19. Penn 1897 117 1,747 1,091 .616 Purdue 1897 119 1,747 1,019 .632 NOTE: Only one school ahead of WKU on the top-20 list has arrived in equal or fewer seasons of basketball.
REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE TITLES
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
NO. SCHOOL
CONFERENCE(S)
60 Kansas MVC, Big 8, Big 12 54 Kentucky Southern, SEC 42 WKU KIAC, OVC, Sun Belt 38 North Carolina Southern, ACC 37 Penn Ivy 32 Utah Rocky Mtn., Mtn. Sts., WAC, MWC, Pac-12 31 UCLA Pac-12 30 Princeton Ivy 28 Connecticut Yankee, Big East, American 26 Arkansas Southwest, SEC 25 BYU Rocky Mtn., Mtn. Sts., WAC, MWC, WCC 25 Texas Southwest, Big 12 25 Murray State OVC 25 Arizona Border, WAC, Pac-12
NO. TEAM
1. Kentucky 2. North Carolina 3. Kansas 4. Duke 5. UNLV 6. UCLA 7. Syracuse 8 Louisville 9. WKU 10. Arizona t-11. Villanova VCU 13. Notre Dame t-14. St. John’s Utah Illinois t-17. Connecticut Murray State Temple 20. Arkansas
1ST YR. YRS.
W
20-WIN SEASONS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 12.
NO. SCHOOL
LAST
61 Kentucky 2016-17 59 North Carolina 2016-17 52 Duke 2016-17 49 Louisville 2016-17 47 UCLA 2016-17 46 Kansas 2016-17 43 WKU 2014-15 41 Villanova 2016-17 40 St. John’s 2014-15 40 BYU 2016-17 40 Notre Dame 2016-17 39 North Carolina State 2014-15 39 Syracuse 2015-16 14. 38 Arizona 2016-17 15. 36 Temple 2015-16
CURRENT HILLTOPPERS IN NBA Courtney Lee (WKU, 2004-08)
Jeremy Evans (WKU, 2006-10)
New York Knicks (2016-Present)
Atlanta Hawks (2017-Present)
2008 Draft, Round 1, Pick #22 by Orlando Magic • Charlotte Hornets (2016) • Memphis Grizzlies (2014-16) • Boston Celtics (2012-14)
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Preseason Prospectus
• Houston Rockets (2010-12) • New Jersey Nets (2009-10) • Orlando Magic (2008-09)
L
PCT.
1903 114 2,237 688 .765 1911 107 2,206 781 .739 1899 119 2,217 841 .725 1906 112 2,115 873 .708 1959 59 1,225 530 .698 1920 98 1,849 824 .692 1901 116 1,861 880 .679 1912 103 1,803 901 .667 1915 98 1,748 901 .660 1905 112 1,769 923 .657 1921 97 1,713 920 .651 1971 46 921 494 .651 1898 112 1,845 994 .650 1908 110 1,817 999 .645 1909 109 1,779 978 .645 1906 112 1,764 973 .645 1901 113 1,682 939 .642 1926 91 1,586 883 .642 1895 121 1,886 1,053 .642 1924 94 1,647 927 .640
2010 Draft, Round 2, Pick #55 by Utah Jazz • Indiana Pacers (2016) • Dallas Mavericks (2015-16) • Utah Jazz (2010-15)
Quick Facts
2017-18 BASKETBALL
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
BASKETBALL INFORMATION
Location.....................................................Bowling Green, Ky., 42101 Founded..............................................................................................1906 Enrollment......................................................................................20,178 Nickname...............................................................................Hilltoppers Colors................................................................................Red and White Arena (Capacity).......................................E.A. Diddle Arena (7,326) National Affiliation...................................................NCAA Division I Conference Affiliation............................................Conference USA President...........................................................Dr. Timothy C. Caboni Director of Athletics.....................................................Todd Stewart Faculty Athletic Representative.........................Dr. Craig Martin Ticket Office................................270-745-5222 / 1-800-5-BIG-RED
2016-17 Record................................................................................15-17 • Home.....................................................................................................11-3 • Road.......................................................................................................4-12 • Neutral.....................................................................................................0-2 2016-17 Conference USA Record.......................................9-9 (8th) Postseason..........................................................................................None Final National Ranking.................................................................None Letterwinners Returning/Lost.......................................................2/8 Starters Returning/Lost....................................................................1/4 Newcomers.................................................................................................8
BASKETBALL HISTORY First Year of Basketball...........................................................1914-15 All-Time Record..........................................................1,748-901 (.660) Seasons of College Basketball........................................................98 NBA Draft Picks......................................................................................35 20-Win Seasons......................................................................................43 Regular Season Conference Championships..........................42 NCAA Tournament Appearances...................................................22 • Last NCAA Tournament Appearance........................................2013 NIT Appearances...................................................................................13 • Last NIT Appearance.......................................................................2006 Postseason Record....................................................24-37 (35 apps.) Last Postseason Appearance.....................................................2013 • L, 64-57 vs. #1 Kansas, NCAA Second Round
WKU ATHLETIC Communications/MEDIA RELATIONS Men's Basketball SID (Primary)...........................Zach Greenwell • Office.................................................................................270-745-5045 • Cell.....................................................................................270-668-4716 • Email....................................................zachary.greenwell@wku.edu • Press Row Phone..........................................................270-745-6941 Men's Basketball SID (Secondary)...........................Dana Brown • Office.................................................................................270-745-4298 • Cell.....................................................................................317-752-6161 • Email...........................................dana.brown667@topper.wku.edu
Starters Returning • Justin Johnson (Sr., F) - 14.5 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 14 double-doubles Starters Lost • Pancake Thomas (Sr., G) - 13.8 ppg, 76 made 3s, 34.8 mpg • Que Johnson (Sr., G) - 13.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 65 made 3s • Junior Lomomba (Sr., G) - 6.1 ppg, 109 assists • Ben Lawson (Sr., F) - 5.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 57 blocks Other Key Returners • Lamonte Bearden (Jr., G, Buffalo) - sat out 2016-17 as transfer Other Key Losses • Anton Waters (Sr., F) - 6.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 14 starts • Jabari McGhee (So., F) - 4.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 47.3 FG% • Tobias Howard (Fr., G) - 3.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 4 starts Scholarship Newcomers • Dwight Coleby (Gr-Sr., F, Kansas) - graduate transfer • Darius Thompson (Gr-Sr., G, Virginia) - graduate transfer • Jared Savage (Jr., F, Austin Peay) - sits out 2017-18 as transfer • Moustapha Diagne (R-So., F, Northwest Florida St.) - transfer • Josh Anderson (Fr., G, Madison Prep Acad. [Baton Rouge, La.]) • Taveion Hollingsworth (Fr., G, Paul Laurence Dunbar HS [Lexington, Ky.]) • Marek Nelson (Fr., F, Sunrise Christian Acad. [Plano, Texas]) • Jake Ohmer (Fr., G, Scott HS [Taylor Mill, Ky.])
Associate AD/Communications..................................Kyle Neaves Associate Director.....................................................Zach Greenwell Associate Director...................................................Currie McFayden Assistant Director.................................................. Bryan Fyalkowski Assistant Director.......................................................Jessica Leifheit Assistant...............................................................................Dana Brown SID Emeritus/Historian.........................................................Paul Just Mailing Address Athletic Communications/Media Relations Western Kentucky University E.A Diddle Arena Room 1454 1605 Avenue of Champions Bowling Green, KY 42101-6412 @WKUBasketball
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The Hilltoppers
RADIO/ TV GUIDE
0 | Tyler Miller Sr. | G | 6-4 | 190
12 | Moustapha Diagne R-So. | F | 6-9 | 230
1 | Lamonte Bearden R-Jr. | G | 6-3 | 170
13 | Taveion Hollingsworth Fr. | G | 6-2 | 165
21 | Jake Ohmer Fr. | G | 6-1 | 170
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2 | Jared Savage Jr. | G/F | 6-5 | 195
4 | Josh Anderson Fr. | G | 6-6 | 180
14 | Marek Nelson Fr. | G/F | 6-7 | 185
15 | Darius Thompson Gr.-Sr. | G | 6-4 | 190
22 | Dwight Coleby Gr.-Sr. | F | 6-9 | 245
23 | Justin Johnson Sr. | F | 6-7 | 245
The Hilltoppers
NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. 0 Tyler Miller G 6-4 1 Lamonte Bearden G 6-3 2 Jared Savage F 6-5 4 Josh Anderson G 6-6 12 Moustapha Diagne F 6-9 13 Taveion Hollingsworth G 6-2 14 Marek Nelson F 6-7 15 Darius Thompson G 6-4 21 Jake Ohmer G 6-1 22 Dwight Coleby F 6-9 23 Justin Johnson F 6-7 COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF Position Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Basketball Operations Associate Director of Basketball Ops Academic Coordinator Strength and Conditioning Coach Athletic Trainer Program Manager
Wt. 190 170 195 180 230 165 185 190 170 245 245
Yr. Sr. R-Jr. Jr. Fr. R-So. Fr. Fr. Gr-Sr. Fr. Gr-Sr. Sr.
Name Rick Stansbury Ben Hansbrough Marc Hsu Nikita Johnson Talvis Franklin Martin Cross Bob Hubbard Duane Hall John Erwin Erien Watson
Exp. 1L TR TR HS TR HS HS TR HS TR 3L
Hometown (Prev. School) Louisville, Ky. (Marshalltown CC) Milwaukee, Wis. (University at Buffalo) Bowling Green, Ky. (Austin Peay) Baton Rouge, La. (Madison Prep Academy) Rufisque, Senegal (Northwest Florida State College) Lexington, Ky. (Paul Laurence Dunbar HS) Plano, Texas (Sunrise Christian Academy) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (University of Virginia) Taylor Mill, Ky. (Scott HS) Nassau, Bahamas (University of Kansas) Hazard, Ky. (Perry County Central HS) Alma Mater (Year) Campbellsville (1981) Notre Dame (2011) Cabrini College (2004) West Georgia (1989) Mississippi State (2007) WKU (2015) Long Beach State (1973) WKU (1996) UT-Arlington (2007) Mississippi State (2009)
Year in Role Second Season First Season First Season First Season Second Season Second Season First Season Fourth Season First Season Second Season
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Name Pronunciation Lamonte Bearden luh-MAHN-tay Moustapha Diagne moo-STAH-fuh | zhuhn Taveion Hollingsworth TAY-vee-on Marek Nelson MARE-ick Jake Ohmer OH-mer Marc Hsu SHOE Nikita Johnson nuh-KEY-tuh
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Preseason Notebook TEAM NOTES • Entering 2017-18, WKU ranks third in NCAA history in regularseason league titles (42), seventh in 20-win seasons, ninth in all-time winning percentage (.660) and 18th in all-time victories (1,748). • WKU is 60-18 (.769) at E.A. Diddle Arena over the last five seasons after going 27-17 (.614) in the three seasons prior. The Hilltoppers are 584-166 all-time at Diddle Arena for a .779 winning percentage. • WKU has advanced to the semifinals of its league tournament in 11 of the last 13 seasons. The team is 21-6 with four championships in the last 10 conference tournaments overall. • WKU's 22 NCAA Tournament appearances are five more than the next closest Conference USA school (UTEP, 17), and as many as the eight league schools with the fewest appearances combined (LA Tech, 5; Marshall, 5; Rice, 4; North Texas, 3; Southern Miss, 3; FIU, 1; Florida Atlantic, 1; UTSA, 0). • The Hilltoppers have had 35 NBA Draft picks in program history, most recently Jeremy Evans to the Utah Jazz in 2010. WKU will pay tribute this season to one of those draft picks, Hilltopper legend Jim McDaniels, who passed away in September. McDaniels and Courtney Lee are tied for WKU's all-time lead with 2,238 career points each. • WKU has made at least one 3-pointer in 938 consecutive games, dating back to March 15, 1987. The 3-point shot was instituted prior to the 1986-87 season. • WKU enters the season with eight newcomers on the roster. The only returning players who saw action last year are senior forward Justin Johnson and senior guard Tyler Miller. • WKU's 2017-18 roster represents five states – Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin – as well as two other countries – Senegal and the Bahamas. The Hilltoppers' five players from Kentucky are their most from the Bluegrass State since 2011-12. • WKU's 2017 recruiting class was ranked ninth nationally by Scout/247Sports and 10th by Rivals. It's the first top-25 class for the Hilltoppers in the modern era and the sixth top-20 recruiting class for Rick Stansbury's head coaching career. • After two years of declining attendance, crowd numbers increased by nearly 250 fans per game in head coach Stansbury's first season at the helm in 2016-17.
PLAYER NOTES • Senior forward Justin Johnson led WKU with 14.5 points and 9.4 rebounds per game in 2016-17, becoming the first Hilltopper to lead the team in both categories in consecutive years since Chris Marcus in 2000-02. He's tied for 36th on WKU's all-time scoring list with 1,120 career points. • Johnson was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team last year after leading the league in both rebounding and double-doubles. He ranked in the top 40 nationally in both categories. He was the first Hilltopper with at least five games of 14-plus rebounds in a season since Nigel Dixon in 2003-04.
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2017-18 BASKETBALL • Johnson's 14 double-doubles last season were tied for the 10th-most by a Hilltopper since 1960, and they were the most since Dixon's 15 in 2003-04. His 24 career double-doubles are tied for the ninth-most at WKU since 1960, and they're the most since Sergio Kerusch's 24 in from 2008-11. • Johnson was the first Hilltopper to average at least 14 points, nine rebounds and two assists since Mike Odemns in 1974-75. He was just one of 17 players in the nation with those averages in 2016-17. • Johnson's 302 rebounds last season were the third-most by a WKU player in the last 30 years. His 219 defensive rebounds were the second-most. Johnson led the Hilltoppers in rebounding in 27 of 32 games, including the final 17 contests. • WKU's four Division I transfers – Dwight Coleby (2) , Darius Thompson (3), Lamonte Bearden (2) and Jared Savage (1) – have competed in a combined eight NCAA Tournaments at their previous schools. • Freshman guard Taveion Hollingsworth was named 2017 Kentucky Mr. Basketball and is the sixth award winner in WKU history. He's the first since Elizabethtown's Steffphon Pettigrew in 2007. Hollingsworth was also the Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year. • Freshman guard Josh Anderson – ranked a top-60 prospect – is the only player at the prestigious Madison Prep (La.) Academy to start all four years of varsity. He played in four state championship games and won three straight to end his prep career. • Freshman guard Jake Ohmer was the star of the 2017 Kentucky high school state tournament. He scored 106 points across three games – the 13th-most ever scored in a single Kentucky state tourney – and led his squad to the semifinals before falling by one to the eventual state champion. Ohmer caught the eye of Stansbury at the tournament and was offered a scholarship upon its conclusion.
STANSBURY NOTES • Rick Stansbury's teams have been outstanding on their own turf, boasting a winning percentage at home of nearly 80 percent overall – and 88 percent in nonconference play – during his 15 seasons at the helm at Mississippi State and WKU. • Stansbury notched his 300th career win at Florida Atlantic on Dec. 31, 2016. He finished the season with 308 career wins, including 293 during his time at Mississippi State, which are the 10th-most in SEC history. • In Stansbury's 31 seasons as a head coach or assistant coach, his teams have gone to the postseason 18 times, with top-five seeds in the NCAA Tournament six times. The Bulldogs reached the postseason 11 times in Stansbury's 14 seasons as a head coach at Mississippi State. • During Stansbury's final 10 years leading Mississippi State, only Kentucky won more SEC championships than his eight, and over his entire 14-year run at the helm, only Kentucky and Florida won more games. • During Stansbury's time as a head coach at Mississippi State, only Vanderbilt had a higher graduation rate in the SEC, and the Bulldogs were third in the SEC with 41 academic honorees in 14 years. • Of the top 30 games for attendance in MSU history, 26 came during Stansbury's run as head coach, including all of the top 10.
Tops Travel to Costa Rica
COSTA RICA 2017 WKU men's basketball head coach Rick Stansbury didn't exactly play the lineups on the team's Costa Rica foreign tour that he anticipated. The Hilltoppers were forced to use some makeshift rotations across their three games in August in San Jose, Costa Rica, but Stansbury said their 3-0 results provided some valuable insight. "We had to play small for most of the tournament – something we haven't really practiced consistently – but what it allowed us to do was play a lot of guys," Stansbury said. "I saw a lot of different guys play and saw some strengths and some weaknesses." WKU notched two victories over Laurentian University from Ontario, Canada and one win over the Costa Rica National Team. The Hilltoppers averaged 107 points per game and won their three contests by an average of 30.3 points. They shot 54.6 percent from the field overall. Redshirt junior guard Lamonte Bearden led the team in scoring at 20 points per game without ever making a 3-pointer. He was 25 of 45 from the field and also tallied nine assists and eight steals. Senior forward Justin Johnson, who returned to the program the day before the trip after spending the spring, summer and beginning of fall practice with the football team, averaged 18.3 points and 10 rebounds. Johnson shot nearly 70 percent from the field. Freshman guard Taveion Hollingsworth averaged 16.7 points and five rebounds, and led the team with 10 steals. Freshman guard Jake Ohmer averaged 10.3 points with seven made 3s.
Graduate senior guard Darius Thompson filled up the stat sheet by averaging 9.7 points, 6.7 assists and five rebounds per game. Thompson was extremely efficient with 20 combined assists against just four turnovers. WKU also got some hustle production from the rest of the lineup. Junior forward Jared Savage was forced to play out of position at the five spot on multiple occasions and responded by averaging 6.3 points and 6.7 rebounds. Freshman guard Marek Nelson averaged 6.3 points, went 8 of 9 from the field, tied for the team lead with three blocks and took the team's only charge of the trip. Senior guard Tyler Miller also got into the mix with eight steals, including six against the Costa Rica National Team. Johnson's return to the program first altered WKU's plans for the week, and the team got another wrinkle when graduate senior forward Dwight Coleby suffered a sprained heel eight minutes into the first game against Laurentian. Coleby had seven points and seven rebounds at the time. But even with those adjustments, Stansbury said the three contests were invaluable for a team with so many new faces. "It's a totally new team," Stansbury said. "It gives us an idea of who we've got. Now going into October, it gives us a head start on that, versus trying to find it out in November when you're playing games." @WKUBasketball
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2016-17 WKU Hilltopper Basketball WKU Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2017) 2017-18 BASKETBALL All games
2016-17 Final Overall Statistics RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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23 12 32 42 05 14 00 03 01 43 24 15 21
Player
JOHNSON, Justin THOMAS, Pancake JOHNSON, Que WATERS, Anton LOMOMBA, Junior LAWSON, Ben MCGHEE, Jabari PARRIS, Damari HOWARD, Tobias x-LEAHY, Marty x-CARMICHAEL, Willie MILLER, Tyler x-STAJKOVSKI, Marko Team Total.......... Opponents......
OVERALL 15-17 9-9 6-8
HOME 11-3 6-3 5-0
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
gp-gs
32-31 1005 31.4 173-331 .523 32-32 1112 34.8 149-358 .416 32-32 1031 32.2 139-355 .392 32-14 573 17.9 88-167 .527 32-32 921 28.8 62-181 .343 32-15 504 15.8 62-109 .569 21-0 274 13.0 35-74 .473 24-0 258 10.8 24-71 .338 30-4 479 16.0 34-90 .378 17-0 168 9.9 8-22 .364 4-0 23 5.8 2-7 .286 15-0 49 3.3 1-1 1.000 2-0 3 1.5 0-0 .000 32 32
6400 6400
26-67 76-191 65-188 3-12 17-53 0-2 0-0 7-21 13-54 6-12 1-5 0-0 0-0
777-1766 .440 214-605 853-1887 .452 266-722
.388 .398 .346 .250 .321 .000 .000 .333 .241 .500 .200 .000 .000
AWAY 4-12 3-6 1-6
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
92-166 68-87 79-107 35-59 55-80 45-70 29-42 17-20 9-12 10-11 2-2 0-1 0-0
.554 .782 .738 .593 .688 .643 .690 .850 .750 .909
1.000
.000 .000
.354 441-657 .671 .368 330-467 .707
off
83 23 20 57 4 28 32 5 11 4 1 3 0 31 302 298
NEUTRAL 0-2 0-0 0-2
Rebounds def tot avg
219 83 132 76 70 76 52 14 31 12 2 0 1 48 816 806
302 106 152 133 74 104 84 19 42 16 3 3 1 79 1118 1104
9.4 3.3 4.8 4.2 2.3 3.3 4.0 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.5
pf dq
45 47 65 67 70 67 44 20 32 15 1 2 0
34.9 475 34.5 574
a
0 66 0 82 0 54 0 10 3 109 0 7 0 5 0 18 0 38 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0
to blk stl
42 42 58 36 91 31 21 15 34 6 3 2 0 7 3 397 388 - 472 342
18 1 11 8 1 57 6 1 2 0 0 0 0
11 28 27 10 20 14 12 5 10 4 0 2 0
pts
avg
464 442 422 214 196 169 99 72 90 32 7 2 0
14.5 13.8 13.2 6.7 6.1 5.3 4.7 3.0 3.0 1.9 1.8 0.1 0.0
105 143 2209 93 173 2302
69.0 71.9
x-Inactive player TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods WKU Opponents
WKU 2209 69.0 -2.9 777-1766 .440 214-605 .354 6.7 441-657 .671 13.8 1118 34.9 +0.4 397 12.4 388 12.1 -1.4 1.0 143 4.5 105 3.3 54811 14-3915 -
1st 2nd 1086 1123 1091 1211
Totals 2209 2302
OPP 2302 71.9 853-1887 .452 266-722 .368 8.3 330-467 .707 10.3 1104 34.5 472 14.8 342 10.7 1.4 173 5.4 93 2.9 75787 16-4123 2-4908
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Date 11/12/16 11/16/16 11/19/16 11/22/16 11/25/16 11/26/16 11/30/16 12-3-16 12-11-16 12/14/16 12/17/16 12/21/16 12/28/16 12/31/16 01/02/17 01/05/17 01/07/17 01/12/17 1/14/17 01/21/17 01/26/17 01/28/17 2/2/17 02/04/17 02/11/17 02/16/17 02/19/17 02/23/17 2/25/17 03/02/17 03/04/17 03/08/17
Opponent ALABAMA STATE JACKSONVILLE STATE at Belmont NORTH CAROLINA A&T vs Washington at UNLV at Eastern Kentucky at Mizzou at Indiana State at Saint Mary's (CA) at Detroit Mercy OHIO AUSTIN PEAY at FAU at FIU CHARLOTTE OLD DOMINION at UAB at Middle Tennessee at Marshall UTEP UTSA at LA Tech at Southern Miss MARSHALL MIDDLE TENNESSEE UAB at Charlotte at Old Dominion NORTH TEXAS RICE vs UTSA
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Preseason Prospectus
W W L W L L L L W L L W W W W W L L L L W W L W L L W L L W W L
Score 79-66 74-67 69-90 77-56 47-86 61-71 59-78 56-59 77-59 51-73 79-85 67-66 97-92 69-54 69-66 82-80 67-79 54-72 76-91 80-94 65-62 81-66 67-76 64-47 79-84 52-78 76-64 77-83 53-67 74-63 79-72 52-56
Att. 4149 4226 3619 3751 9815 8810 5400 4547 3345 2581 1027 2746 3913 877 644 2568 4122 3745 6806 6813 3859 4298 3802 2946 4742 4385 3553 3655 7355 3676 4823 0
2017-18 Schedule
WKU BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DATE
DAY
Nov. 1 WED Nov. 7 TUES Nov. 10 FRI Nov. 15 WED Nov. 19 SUN Nov. 22 WED Nov. 23 THUR Nov. 24 FRI Nov. 29 WED Dec. 2 SAT Dec. 10 SUN Dec. 13 WED Dec. 16 SAT Dec. 19 TUES Dec. 22 FRI Dec. 28 THUR Dec. 30 SAT Jan. 6 SAT Jan. 11 THUR Jan. 13 SAT Jan. 18 THUR Jan. 20 SAT Jan. 27 SAT Feb. 1 THUR Feb. 3 SAT Feb. 8 THUR Feb. 10 SAT Feb. 15 THUR Feb. 17 SAT Feb. 22 THUR Feb. 24 SAT March 1 THUR March 3 SAT March 7-10
OPPONENT
LOCATION
Campbellsville (Exh.) Cumberland U. (Exh.) Missouri State Kentucky Wesleyan Nicholls State Villanova (1) Purdue/Tennessee (1) TBD (1) Eastern Kentucky Wright State at Ohio at Wisconsin Indiana State Belmont at Austin Peay LA Tech* Southern Miss* at Marshall* at Old Dominion* at Charlotte* UAB* Middle Tennessee* Marshall* at UTEP* at UTSA* Florida Atlantic* FIU* at North Texas* at Rice* Charlotte* Old Dominion* at Middle Tennessee* at UAB* C-USA Tournament
E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Nassau, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Athens, Ohio Madison, Wis. E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Clarksville, Tenn. E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Huntington, W.Va. Norfolk, Va. Charlotte, N.C. E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena El Paso, Texas San Antonio, Texas E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Denton, Texas Houston, Texas E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Murfreesboro, Tenn. Birmingham, Ala. Frisco, Texas
(*) Conference USA Game (1) Battle 4 Atlantis (Nassau, Bahamas)
Home games in bold
TIME (CT)
TV
1:30 p.m.
1 p.m. 7 p.m.
FS1
Dates subject to change
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ALL-TIME WINNING PERCENTAGE
1ST YR. YRS.
W
L
PCT.
1. Kentucky 1903 114 2,237 688 .765 2. Kansas 1899 119 2,217 841 .725 3. North Carolina 1911 107 2,206 781 .739 4. Duke 1906 112 2,115 873 .708 5. Temple 1895 121 1,886 1,053 .642 6. Syracuse 1901 116 1,861 880 .679 7. UCLA 1920 98 1,849 824 .692 8. Notre Dame 1898 112 1,845 994 .650 9. St. John’s 1908 110 1,817 999 .645 10. Louisville 1912 103 1,803 901 .667 11. Indiana 1901 117 1,801 1,019 .639 12. BYU 1903 115 1,786 1,071 .625 13. Utah 1909 109 1,779 978 .645 14. Arizona 1905 112 1,769 923 .657 15. Illinois 1906 112 1,764 973 .645 16. Cincinnati 1902 116 1,757 1,003 .637 17. Texas 1906 111 1,750 1,054 .624 18. WKU 1915 98 1,748 901 .660 t-19. Penn 1897 117 1,747 1,091 .616 Purdue 1897 119 1,747 1,019 .632 NOTE: Only one school ahead of WKU on the top-20 list has arrived in equal or fewer seasons of basketball.
REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE TITLES
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
NO. SCHOOL
CONFERENCE(S)
60 Kansas MVC, Big 8, Big 12 54 Kentucky Southern, SEC 42 WKU KIAC, OVC, Sun Belt 38 North Carolina Southern, ACC 37 Penn Ivy 32 Utah Rocky Mtn., Mtn. Sts., WAC, MWC, Pac-12 31 UCLA Pac-12 30 Princeton Ivy 28 Connecticut Yankee, Big East, American 26 Arkansas Southwest, SEC 25 BYU Rocky Mtn., Mtn. Sts., WAC, MWC, WCC 25 Texas Southwest, Big 12 25 Murray State OVC 25 Arizona Border, WAC, Pac-12
NO. TEAM
1. Kentucky 2. North Carolina 3. Kansas 4. Duke 5. UNLV 6. UCLA 7. Syracuse 8 Louisville 9. WKU 10. Arizona t-11. Villanova VCU 13. Notre Dame t-14. St. John’s Utah Illinois t-17. Connecticut Murray State Temple 20. Arkansas
1ST YR. YRS.
W
20-WIN SEASONS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 12.
NO. SCHOOL
LAST
61 Kentucky 2016-17 59 North Carolina 2016-17 52 Duke 2016-17 49 Louisville 2016-17 47 UCLA 2016-17 46 Kansas 2016-17 43 WKU 2014-15 41 Villanova 2016-17 40 St. John’s 2014-15 40 BYU 2016-17 40 Notre Dame 2016-17 39 North Carolina State 2014-15 39 Syracuse 2015-16 14. 38 Arizona 2016-17 15. 36 Temple 2015-16
CURRENT HILLTOPPERS IN NBA Courtney Lee (WKU, 2004-08)
Jeremy Evans (WKU, 2006-10)
New York Knicks (2016-Present)
Atlanta Hawks (2017-Present)
2008 Draft, Round 1, Pick #22 by Orlando Magic • Charlotte Hornets (2016) • Memphis Grizzlies (2014-16) • Boston Celtics (2012-14)
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• Houston Rockets (2010-12) • New Jersey Nets (2009-10) • Orlando Magic (2008-09)
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PCT.
1903 114 2,237 688 .765 1911 107 2,206 781 .739 1899 119 2,217 841 .725 1906 112 2,115 873 .708 1959 59 1,225 530 .698 1920 98 1,849 824 .692 1901 116 1,861 880 .679 1912 103 1,803 901 .667 1915 98 1,748 901 .660 1905 112 1,769 923 .657 1921 97 1,713 920 .651 1971 46 921 494 .651 1898 112 1,845 994 .650 1908 110 1,817 999 .645 1909 109 1,779 978 .645 1906 112 1,764 973 .645 1901 113 1,682 939 .642 1926 91 1,586 883 .642 1895 121 1,886 1,053 .642 1924 94 1,647 927 .640
2010 Draft, Round 2, Pick #55 by Utah Jazz • Indiana Pacers (2016) • Dallas Mavericks (2015-16) • Utah Jazz (2010-15)
Quick Facts
2017-18 BASKETBALL
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
BASKETBALL INFORMATION
Location.....................................................Bowling Green, Ky., 42101 Founded..............................................................................................1906 Enrollment......................................................................................20,178 Nickname...............................................................................Hilltoppers Colors................................................................................Red and White Arena (Capacity).......................................E.A. Diddle Arena (7,326) National Affiliation...................................................NCAA Division I Conference Affiliation............................................Conference USA President...........................................................Dr. Timothy C. Caboni Director of Athletics.....................................................Todd Stewart Faculty Athletic Representative.........................Dr. Craig Martin Ticket Office................................270-745-5222 / 1-800-5-BIG-RED
2016-17 Record................................................................................15-17 • Home.....................................................................................................11-3 • Road.......................................................................................................4-12 • Neutral.....................................................................................................0-2 2016-17 Conference USA Record.......................................9-9 (8th) Postseason..........................................................................................None Final National Ranking.................................................................None Letterwinners Returning/Lost.......................................................2/8 Starters Returning/Lost....................................................................1/4 Newcomers.................................................................................................8
BASKETBALL HISTORY First Year of Basketball...........................................................1914-15 All-Time Record..........................................................1,748-901 (.660) Seasons of College Basketball........................................................98 NBA Draft Picks......................................................................................35 20-Win Seasons......................................................................................43 Regular Season Conference Championships..........................42 NCAA Tournament Appearances...................................................22 • Last NCAA Tournament Appearance........................................2013 NIT Appearances...................................................................................13 • Last NIT Appearance.......................................................................2006 Postseason Record....................................................24-37 (35 apps.) Last Postseason Appearance.....................................................2013 • L, 64-57 vs. #1 Kansas, NCAA Second Round
WKU ATHLETIC Communications/MEDIA RELATIONS Men's Basketball SID (Primary)...........................Zach Greenwell • Office.................................................................................270-745-5045 • Cell.....................................................................................270-668-4716 • Email....................................................zachary.greenwell@wku.edu • Press Row Phone..........................................................270-745-6941 Men's Basketball SID (Secondary)...........................Dana Brown • Office.................................................................................270-745-4298 • Cell.....................................................................................317-752-6161 • Email...........................................dana.brown667@topper.wku.edu
Starters Returning • Justin Johnson (Sr., F) - 14.5 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 14 double-doubles Starters Lost • Pancake Thomas (Sr., G) - 13.8 ppg, 76 made 3s, 34.8 mpg • Que Johnson (Sr., G) - 13.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 65 made 3s • Junior Lomomba (Sr., G) - 6.1 ppg, 109 assists • Ben Lawson (Sr., F) - 5.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 57 blocks Other Key Returners • Lamonte Bearden (Jr., G, Buffalo) - sat out 2016-17 as transfer Other Key Losses • Anton Waters (Sr., F) - 6.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 14 starts • Jabari McGhee (So., F) - 4.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 47.3 FG% • Tobias Howard (Fr., G) - 3.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 4 starts Scholarship Newcomers • Dwight Coleby (Gr-Sr., F, Kansas) - graduate transfer • Darius Thompson (Gr-Sr., G, Virginia) - graduate transfer • Jared Savage (Jr., F, Austin Peay) - sits out 2017-18 as transfer • Moustapha Diagne (R-So., F, Northwest Florida St.) - transfer • Josh Anderson (Fr., G, Madison Prep Acad. [Baton Rouge, La.]) • Taveion Hollingsworth (Fr., G, Paul Laurence Dunbar HS [Lexington, Ky.]) • Marek Nelson (Fr., F, Sunrise Christian Acad. [Plano, Texas]) • Jake Ohmer (Fr., G, Scott HS [Taylor Mill, Ky.])
Associate AD/Communications..................................Kyle Neaves Associate Director.....................................................Zach Greenwell Associate Director...................................................Currie McFayden Assistant Director.................................................. Bryan Fyalkowski Assistant Director.......................................................Jessica Leifheit Assistant...............................................................................Dana Brown SID Emeritus/Historian.........................................................Paul Just Mailing Address Athletic Communications/Media Relations Western Kentucky University E.A Diddle Arena Room 1454 1605 Avenue of Champions Bowling Green, KY 42101-6412 @WKUBasketball
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RADIO/ TV GUIDE
0 | Tyler Miller Sr. | G | 6-4 | 190
12 | Moustapha Diagne R-So. | F | 6-9 | 230
1 | Lamonte Bearden R-Jr. | G | 6-3 | 170
13 | Taveion Hollingsworth Fr. | G | 6-2 | 165
21 | Jake Ohmer Fr. | G | 6-1 | 170
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2 | Jared Savage Jr. | G/F | 6-5 | 195
4 | Josh Anderson Fr. | G | 6-6 | 180
14 | Marek Nelson Fr. | G/F | 6-7 | 185
15 | Darius Thompson Gr.-Sr. | G | 6-4 | 190
22 | Dwight Coleby Gr.-Sr. | F | 6-9 | 245
23 | Justin Johnson Sr. | F | 6-7 | 245
The Hilltoppers
NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. 0 Tyler Miller G 6-4 1 Lamonte Bearden G 6-3 2 Jared Savage F 6-5 4 Josh Anderson G 6-6 12 Moustapha Diagne F 6-9 13 Taveion Hollingsworth G 6-2 14 Marek Nelson F 6-7 15 Darius Thompson G 6-4 21 Jake Ohmer G 6-1 22 Dwight Coleby F 6-9 23 Justin Johnson F 6-7 COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF Position Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Basketball Operations Associate Director of Basketball Ops Academic Coordinator Strength and Conditioning Coach Athletic Trainer Program Manager
Wt. 190 170 195 180 230 165 185 190 170 245 245
Yr. Sr. R-Jr. Jr. Fr. R-So. Fr. Fr. Gr-Sr. Fr. Gr-Sr. Sr.
Name Rick Stansbury Ben Hansbrough Marc Hsu Nikita Johnson Talvis Franklin Martin Cross Bob Hubbard Duane Hall John Erwin Erien Watson
Exp. 1L TR TR HS TR HS HS TR HS TR 3L
Hometown (Prev. School) Louisville, Ky. (Marshalltown CC) Milwaukee, Wis. (University at Buffalo) Bowling Green, Ky. (Austin Peay) Baton Rouge, La. (Madison Prep Academy) Rufisque, Senegal (Northwest Florida State College) Lexington, Ky. (Paul Laurence Dunbar HS) Plano, Texas (Sunrise Christian Academy) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (University of Virginia) Taylor Mill, Ky. (Scott HS) Nassau, Bahamas (University of Kansas) Hazard, Ky. (Perry County Central HS) Alma Mater (Year) Campbellsville (1981) Notre Dame (2011) Cabrini College (2004) West Georgia (1989) Mississippi State (2007) WKU (2015) Long Beach State (1973) WKU (1996) UT-Arlington (2007) Mississippi State (2009)
Year in Role Second Season First Season First Season First Season Second Season Second Season First Season Fourth Season First Season Second Season
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Name Pronunciation Lamonte Bearden luh-MAHN-tay Moustapha Diagne moo-STAH-fuh | zhuhn Taveion Hollingsworth TAY-vee-on Marek Nelson MARE-ick Jake Ohmer OH-mer Marc Hsu SHOE Nikita Johnson nuh-KEY-tuh
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Preseason Notebook TEAM NOTES • Entering 2017-18, WKU ranks third in NCAA history in regularseason league titles (42), seventh in 20-win seasons, ninth in all-time winning percentage (.660) and 18th in all-time victories (1,748). • WKU is 60-18 (.769) at E.A. Diddle Arena over the last five seasons after going 27-17 (.614) in the three seasons prior. The Hilltoppers are 584-166 all-time at Diddle Arena for a .779 winning percentage. • WKU has advanced to the semifinals of its league tournament in 11 of the last 13 seasons. The team is 21-6 with four championships in the last 10 conference tournaments overall. • WKU's 22 NCAA Tournament appearances are five more than the next closest Conference USA school (UTEP, 17), and as many as the eight league schools with the fewest appearances combined (LA Tech, 5; Marshall, 5; Rice, 4; North Texas, 3; Southern Miss, 3; FIU, 1; Florida Atlantic, 1; UTSA, 0). • The Hilltoppers have had 35 NBA Draft picks in program history, most recently Jeremy Evans to the Utah Jazz in 2010. WKU will pay tribute this season to one of those draft picks, Hilltopper legend Jim McDaniels, who passed away in September. McDaniels and Courtney Lee are tied for WKU's all-time lead with 2,238 career points each. • WKU has made at least one 3-pointer in 938 consecutive games, dating back to March 15, 1987. The 3-point shot was instituted prior to the 1986-87 season. • WKU enters the season with eight newcomers on the roster. The only returning players who saw action last year are senior forward Justin Johnson and senior guard Tyler Miller. • WKU's 2017-18 roster represents five states – Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin – as well as two other countries – Senegal and the Bahamas. The Hilltoppers' five players from Kentucky are their most from the Bluegrass State since 2011-12. • WKU's 2017 recruiting class was ranked ninth nationally by Scout/247Sports and 10th by Rivals. It's the first top-25 class for the Hilltoppers in the modern era and the sixth top-20 recruiting class for Rick Stansbury's head coaching career. • After two years of declining attendance, crowd numbers increased by nearly 250 fans per game in head coach Stansbury's first season at the helm in 2016-17.
PLAYER NOTES • Senior forward Justin Johnson led WKU with 14.5 points and 9.4 rebounds per game in 2016-17, becoming the first Hilltopper to lead the team in both categories in consecutive years since Chris Marcus in 2000-02. He's tied for 36th on WKU's all-time scoring list with 1,120 career points. • Johnson was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team last year after leading the league in both rebounding and double-doubles. He ranked in the top 40 nationally in both categories. He was the first Hilltopper with at least five games of 14-plus rebounds in a season since Nigel Dixon in 2003-04.
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2017-18 BASKETBALL • Johnson's 14 double-doubles last season were tied for the 10th-most by a Hilltopper since 1960, and they were the most since Dixon's 15 in 2003-04. His 24 career double-doubles are tied for the ninth-most at WKU since 1960, and they're the most since Sergio Kerusch's 24 in from 2008-11. • Johnson was the first Hilltopper to average at least 14 points, nine rebounds and two assists since Mike Odemns in 1974-75. He was just one of 17 players in the nation with those averages in 2016-17. • Johnson's 302 rebounds last season were the third-most by a WKU player in the last 30 years. His 219 defensive rebounds were the second-most. Johnson led the Hilltoppers in rebounding in 27 of 32 games, including the final 17 contests. • WKU's four Division I transfers – Dwight Coleby (2) , Darius Thompson (3), Lamonte Bearden (2) and Jared Savage (1) – have competed in a combined eight NCAA Tournaments at their previous schools. • Freshman guard Taveion Hollingsworth was named 2017 Kentucky Mr. Basketball and is the sixth award winner in WKU history. He's the first since Elizabethtown's Steffphon Pettigrew in 2007. Hollingsworth was also the Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year. • Freshman guard Josh Anderson – ranked a top-60 prospect – is the only player at the prestigious Madison Prep (La.) Academy to start all four years of varsity. He played in four state championship games and won three straight to end his prep career. • Freshman guard Jake Ohmer was the star of the 2017 Kentucky high school state tournament. He scored 106 points across three games – the 13th-most ever scored in a single Kentucky state tourney – and led his squad to the semifinals before falling by one to the eventual state champion. Ohmer caught the eye of Stansbury at the tournament and was offered a scholarship upon its conclusion.
STANSBURY NOTES • Rick Stansbury's teams have been outstanding on their own turf, boasting a winning percentage at home of nearly 80 percent overall – and 88 percent in nonconference play – during his 15 seasons at the helm at Mississippi State and WKU. • Stansbury notched his 300th career win at Florida Atlantic on Dec. 31, 2016. He finished the season with 308 career wins, including 293 during his time at Mississippi State, which are the 10th-most in SEC history. • In Stansbury's 31 seasons as a head coach or assistant coach, his teams have gone to the postseason 18 times, with top-five seeds in the NCAA Tournament six times. The Bulldogs reached the postseason 11 times in Stansbury's 14 seasons as a head coach at Mississippi State. • During Stansbury's final 10 years leading Mississippi State, only Kentucky won more SEC championships than his eight, and over his entire 14-year run at the helm, only Kentucky and Florida won more games. • During Stansbury's time as a head coach at Mississippi State, only Vanderbilt had a higher graduation rate in the SEC, and the Bulldogs were third in the SEC with 41 academic honorees in 14 years. • Of the top 30 games for attendance in MSU history, 26 came during Stansbury's run as head coach, including all of the top 10.
Tops Travel to Costa Rica
COSTA RICA 2017 WKU men's basketball head coach Rick Stansbury didn't exactly play the lineups on the team's Costa Rica foreign tour that he anticipated. The Hilltoppers were forced to use some makeshift rotations across their three games in August in San Jose, Costa Rica, but Stansbury said their 3-0 results provided some valuable insight. "We had to play small for most of the tournament – something we haven't really practiced consistently – but what it allowed us to do was play a lot of guys," Stansbury said. "I saw a lot of different guys play and saw some strengths and some weaknesses." WKU notched two victories over Laurentian University from Ontario, Canada and one win over the Costa Rica National Team. The Hilltoppers averaged 107 points per game and won their three contests by an average of 30.3 points. They shot 54.6 percent from the field overall. Redshirt junior guard Lamonte Bearden led the team in scoring at 20 points per game without ever making a 3-pointer. He was 25 of 45 from the field and also tallied nine assists and eight steals. Senior forward Justin Johnson, who returned to the program the day before the trip after spending the spring, summer and beginning of fall practice with the football team, averaged 18.3 points and 10 rebounds. Johnson shot nearly 70 percent from the field. Freshman guard Taveion Hollingsworth averaged 16.7 points and five rebounds, and led the team with 10 steals. Freshman guard Jake Ohmer averaged 10.3 points with seven made 3s.
Graduate senior guard Darius Thompson filled up the stat sheet by averaging 9.7 points, 6.7 assists and five rebounds per game. Thompson was extremely efficient with 20 combined assists against just four turnovers. WKU also got some hustle production from the rest of the lineup. Junior forward Jared Savage was forced to play out of position at the five spot on multiple occasions and responded by averaging 6.3 points and 6.7 rebounds. Freshman guard Marek Nelson averaged 6.3 points, went 8 of 9 from the field, tied for the team lead with three blocks and took the team's only charge of the trip. Senior guard Tyler Miller also got into the mix with eight steals, including six against the Costa Rica National Team. Johnson's return to the program first altered WKU's plans for the week, and the team got another wrinkle when graduate senior forward Dwight Coleby suffered a sprained heel eight minutes into the first game against Laurentian. Coleby had seven points and seven rebounds at the time. But even with those adjustments, Stansbury said the three contests were invaluable for a team with so many new faces. "It's a totally new team," Stansbury said. "It gives us an idea of who we've got. Now going into October, it gives us a head start on that, versus trying to find it out in November when you're playing games." @WKUBasketball
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2016-17 WKU Hilltopper Basketball WKU Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2017) 2017-18 BASKETBALL All games
2016-17 Final Overall Statistics RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
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23 12 32 42 05 14 00 03 01 43 24 15 21
Player
JOHNSON, Justin THOMAS, Pancake JOHNSON, Que WATERS, Anton LOMOMBA, Junior LAWSON, Ben MCGHEE, Jabari PARRIS, Damari HOWARD, Tobias x-LEAHY, Marty x-CARMICHAEL, Willie MILLER, Tyler x-STAJKOVSKI, Marko Team Total.......... Opponents......
OVERALL 15-17 9-9 6-8
HOME 11-3 6-3 5-0
Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
gp-gs
32-31 1005 31.4 173-331 .523 32-32 1112 34.8 149-358 .416 32-32 1031 32.2 139-355 .392 32-14 573 17.9 88-167 .527 32-32 921 28.8 62-181 .343 32-15 504 15.8 62-109 .569 21-0 274 13.0 35-74 .473 24-0 258 10.8 24-71 .338 30-4 479 16.0 34-90 .378 17-0 168 9.9 8-22 .364 4-0 23 5.8 2-7 .286 15-0 49 3.3 1-1 1.000 2-0 3 1.5 0-0 .000 32 32
6400 6400
26-67 76-191 65-188 3-12 17-53 0-2 0-0 7-21 13-54 6-12 1-5 0-0 0-0
777-1766 .440 214-605 853-1887 .452 266-722
.388 .398 .346 .250 .321 .000 .000 .333 .241 .500 .200 .000 .000
AWAY 4-12 3-6 1-6
F-Throw ft-fta ft%
92-166 68-87 79-107 35-59 55-80 45-70 29-42 17-20 9-12 10-11 2-2 0-1 0-0
.554 .782 .738 .593 .688 .643 .690 .850 .750 .909
1.000
.000 .000
.354 441-657 .671 .368 330-467 .707
off
83 23 20 57 4 28 32 5 11 4 1 3 0 31 302 298
NEUTRAL 0-2 0-0 0-2
Rebounds def tot avg
219 83 132 76 70 76 52 14 31 12 2 0 1 48 816 806
302 106 152 133 74 104 84 19 42 16 3 3 1 79 1118 1104
9.4 3.3 4.8 4.2 2.3 3.3 4.0 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.5
pf dq
45 47 65 67 70 67 44 20 32 15 1 2 0
34.9 475 34.5 574
a
0 66 0 82 0 54 0 10 3 109 0 7 0 5 0 18 0 38 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0
to blk stl
42 42 58 36 91 31 21 15 34 6 3 2 0 7 3 397 388 - 472 342
18 1 11 8 1 57 6 1 2 0 0 0 0
11 28 27 10 20 14 12 5 10 4 0 2 0
pts
avg
464 442 422 214 196 169 99 72 90 32 7 2 0
14.5 13.8 13.2 6.7 6.1 5.3 4.7 3.0 3.0 1.9 1.8 0.1 0.0
105 143 2209 93 173 2302
69.0 71.9
x-Inactive player TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods WKU Opponents
WKU 2209 69.0 -2.9 777-1766 .440 214-605 .354 6.7 441-657 .671 13.8 1118 34.9 +0.4 397 12.4 388 12.1 -1.4 1.0 143 4.5 105 3.3 54811 14-3915 -
1st 2nd 1086 1123 1091 1211
Totals 2209 2302
OPP 2302 71.9 853-1887 .452 266-722 .368 8.3 330-467 .707 10.3 1104 34.5 472 14.8 342 10.7 1.4 173 5.4 93 2.9 75787 16-4123 2-4908
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Date 11/12/16 11/16/16 11/19/16 11/22/16 11/25/16 11/26/16 11/30/16 12-3-16 12-11-16 12/14/16 12/17/16 12/21/16 12/28/16 12/31/16 01/02/17 01/05/17 01/07/17 01/12/17 1/14/17 01/21/17 01/26/17 01/28/17 2/2/17 02/04/17 02/11/17 02/16/17 02/19/17 02/23/17 2/25/17 03/02/17 03/04/17 03/08/17
Opponent ALABAMA STATE JACKSONVILLE STATE at Belmont NORTH CAROLINA A&T vs Washington at UNLV at Eastern Kentucky at Mizzou at Indiana State at Saint Mary's (CA) at Detroit Mercy OHIO AUSTIN PEAY at FAU at FIU CHARLOTTE OLD DOMINION at UAB at Middle Tennessee at Marshall UTEP UTSA at LA Tech at Southern Miss MARSHALL MIDDLE TENNESSEE UAB at Charlotte at Old Dominion NORTH TEXAS RICE vs UTSA
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Score 79-66 74-67 69-90 77-56 47-86 61-71 59-78 56-59 77-59 51-73 79-85 67-66 97-92 69-54 69-66 82-80 67-79 54-72 76-91 80-94 65-62 81-66 67-76 64-47 79-84 52-78 76-64 77-83 53-67 74-63 79-72 52-56
Att. 4149 4226 3619 3751 9815 8810 5400 4547 3345 2581 1027 2746 3913 877 644 2568 4122 3745 6806 6813 3859 4298 3802 2946 4742 4385 3553 3655 7355 3676 4823 0
2017-18 Schedule
WKU BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DATE
DAY
Nov. 1 WED Nov. 7 TUES Nov. 10 FRI Nov. 15 WED Nov. 19 SUN Nov. 22 WED Nov. 23 THUR Nov. 24 FRI Nov. 29 WED Dec. 2 SAT Dec. 10 SUN Dec. 13 WED Dec. 16 SAT Dec. 19 TUES Dec. 22 FRI Dec. 28 THUR Dec. 30 SAT Jan. 6 SAT Jan. 11 THUR Jan. 13 SAT Jan. 18 THUR Jan. 20 SAT Jan. 27 SAT Feb. 1 THUR Feb. 3 SAT Feb. 8 THUR Feb. 10 SAT Feb. 15 THUR Feb. 17 SAT Feb. 22 THUR Feb. 24 SAT March 1 THUR March 3 SAT March 7-10
OPPONENT
LOCATION
Campbellsville (Exh.) Cumberland U. (Exh.) Missouri State Kentucky Wesleyan Nicholls State Villanova (1) Purdue/Tennessee (1) TBD (1) Eastern Kentucky Wright State at Ohio at Wisconsin Indiana State Belmont at Austin Peay LA Tech* Southern Miss* at Marshall* at Old Dominion* at Charlotte* UAB* Middle Tennessee* Marshall* at UTEP* at UTSA* Florida Atlantic* FIU* at North Texas* at Rice* Charlotte* Old Dominion* at Middle Tennessee* at UAB* C-USA Tournament
E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Nassau, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Athens, Ohio Madison, Wis. E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Clarksville, Tenn. E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Huntington, W.Va. Norfolk, Va. Charlotte, N.C. E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena El Paso, Texas San Antonio, Texas E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Denton, Texas Houston, Texas E.A. Diddle Arena E.A. Diddle Arena Murfreesboro, Tenn. Birmingham, Ala. Frisco, Texas
(*) Conference USA Game (1) Battle 4 Atlantis (Nassau, Bahamas)
Home games in bold
TIME (CT)
TV
1:30 p.m.
1 p.m. 7 p.m.
FS1
Dates subject to change
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