Western Kentucky starting point guard Junior Lomomba struggled with foul trouble and eventually fouled out with just two points in 21 minutes in the team’s game against North Carolina A&T.
With the graduate senior Lomomba ineffective, Hilltoppers men's basketball coach Rick Stansbury turned to the freshman Parris to run point guard duties for his team. Parris eventually played a career-high 19 minutes – 15 in the second half – in the team’s 77-56 win against the Aggies at E.A. Diddle Arena.
Parris only scored two points, but he also totaled a team-high four assists, two rebounds and two steals against two turnovers.