WKU Men’s Basketball earned their first awards of the season as Charles Bassey has been named Conference USA Player of the Week while freshman Dayvion McKnight has been named C-USA freshman of the Week.
Bassey returned to the court for the first time since his season-ending injury last year and went back to work. He averaged 15.7 points, 10 rebounds, and 3.7 blocks, highlighted by a 21 point, 14 rebounds, and seven block performance against Memphis, this past weekend in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic.
McKnight had a big debut in the Red and white, putting up 21 points on 7-10 shooting, with four rebounds and three assists in a high scoring game with northern Iowa.