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Three Hilltoppers Honored as WKU Preps For Conference Semifinal

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A trio of honors came down Tuesday for WKU men’s basketball players.  Redshirt-freshman Chris Harrison-Docks has been named the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, becoming the fourth Hilltopper to win that honor in the SBC. 

Meantime, junior guard T.J. Price was named second-team all-conference after leading the team in scoring with 15.4 points per game.  Junior forward George Fant was named to the third team, All Sun-Belt Conference. Fant led the team in scoring ten times during the regular season.   

The Hilltoppers play in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament Saturday afternoon in New Orleans.

Also Tuesday, junior Chastity Gooch of the WKU women’s basketball team was named the conference Defensive Player of the Year.  Kendall Noble was named the women’s Freshman of the Year.  The WKU women open up the Sun Belt Conference tournament Wednesday night against Louisiana-Lafayette.

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