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Hilltoppers add extra home game, Bassey named to Center of the Year Award watch list

The WKU men’s basketball team made two significant announcements this week, as the program revealed the addition of another home game to its 2019-20 regular season schedule on Thursday and disclosed another preseason watch list honor for sophomore center Charles Bassey on Friday.

As part of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, the Hilltoppers will play an additional home game during their upcoming season. In-state opponent Campbellsville is now slated to make a visit to Diddle Arena on Nov. 18 as a campus-site game of the Paradise Jam event, the team announced Thursday.

Tipoff for WKU’s game against the Tigers is set for 7 p.