To watch Lamonte Bearden play basketball is to watch him as a person. He goes through his legs, he goes behind his back, and he sometimes a pass for an assist that shocks even his teammates.
One of those moments came on Sunday, when he found junior wing Jared Savage, who made a wide open 3-pointer to ice the Hilltoppers’ victory over Southern Mississippi in Diddle Arena. Sophomore guard Taveion Hollingsworth marveled at the pass after the game.
“I don’t know how Monte seen him honestly,” Hollingsworth said. “I probably wouldn’t have seen him.”
It hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the senior guard, who transferred to WKU from Buffalo, but late in his final season on the Hill, Bearden is playing some of his best basketball.