WKU’s thin roster this season will feature a maximum of nine scholarship players eligible to play during the 2017-18 campaign. At least three players making up the Toppers’ rotation of scholarship players will be freshmen – Taveion Hollingsworth, Marek Nelson and Jake Ohmer.
A fourth scholarship freshman, Josh Anderson, was still awaiting NCAA clearance to play as of Tuesday afternoon. College sports’ governing body is reviewing the guard’s high school grades.
WKU’s three available freshmen all showed during two exhibition games last week why Stansbury has praised them since they signed with the Hilltoppers.
Hollingsworth, Nelson and Ohmer combined to score 88 points in two exhibition contests – an Oct.