WKU Hilltopper Basketball continues play in the Myrtle Beach Invitational against West Virginia at 8 p.m. CT Friday in the semifinals on the campus of Coastal Carolina in Conway, S.C. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
WKU opened the tournament Thursday with an 83-71 win over Valparaiso. West Virginia defeated Monmouth 71-53.
The Hilltoppers are 1-2 all-time against the Mountaineers but haven’t played since WKU won 64-62 in the 1987 NCAA Tournament. All three previous meetings have been on a neutral court. WKU head coach Rick Stansbury is 1-1 all-time in his career against West Virginia.
Sophomore Taveion Hollingsworth has scored at least 10 points in 29 of his 41 career games. He’s scored at least 20 points in 10 of those outings, including a 23-point showing against Valparaiso on Nov. 15.
After just three college games, Charles Bassey needs just four blocks to reach WKU’s all-time top 10 list for most blocks in a season by a freshman.
WKU is 5-3 in neutral-site games since the beginning of the 2017-18 season, including regular-season victories over Valparaiso on Thursday, and over top-25 Purdue and SMU at the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis.
Courtesy of WKU Athletics