Hollingsworth scored 23 in the second half alone and scored his 40th point on the first of two free throws with 13 seconds left in overtime.
The junior’s habit of putting WKU (19-9, 12-4 C-USA) on his back in come-from-behind victories this year has certainly to put him in the conversation for Conference USA Player of the Year. He did it against Charlotte with 30 points and he led WKU the game before that on Jan. 16 against Old Dominion when his team trailed by 12 with 3:31 to go.
Hollingsworth’s 43 points came on 11-of-18 shooting and a 17-of-19 mark from the free-throw line.