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Bassey leads Hilltoppers over Gardner-Webb in career best performance

Junior center Charles Bassey (23) dunks on freshman Anthony Selden in Diddle Arena on Dec. 10, 2020.

Keilen Frazier | HERALD

The Hilltoppers (4-2) defeated Gardner-Webb (0-1) 86-84, in a close affair, for the Runnin’ Bulldogs’ first game of the 2020 season.

Junior center Charles Bassey helped lead the Hilltoppers to victory with a career-best 29 points and 14 rebounds. Redshirt junior Luke Frampton was 5-5 from beyond the arc and finished with 15 points on the night.

“The key stat was that we had 20 assists and four turnovers,” head coach Rick Stansbury said postgame.