BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Former Hilltopper Basketball standout T.J. Price will suit up for the Chicago Bulls in the 2015 NBA Summer League, the organization announced Tuesday.
Chicago begins its summer league docket with preliminary games Saturday versus Minnesota (5:30 PM CT), Sunday versus Toronto (5:00 PM CT) and July 14 versus Brooklyn (4:00 PM CT). Upon the conclusion of the preliminary schedule, the Bulls will be seeded in a tournament-style circuit that will determine the champion. Every team is guaranteed to play at least five games.
The Las Vegas summer league features 24 teams competing in a 67-game schedule from July 10-20 at the COX Pavilion and Thomas & Mack Center. The NBA also holds summer leagues in Orlando and Salt Lake City throughout July.
Price also played in the prestigious Portsmouth Invitational Tournament for college seniors in April, where he averaged 9.7 points and 2.7 assists per game over three contests. He shot 41.7 percent from the field and 38.9 percent from three-point range in Portsmouth.
Price ended his college career as WKU’s all-time leader in three-pointers (286) and finished sixth in career scoring (1,782). He appeared in 125 games and made 109 starts during his four seasons as Hilltopper, and he played in two NCAA Tournaments during his time on The Hill. He averaged 14.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game for his career.
Price finished as the 2014-15 regular-season scoring champion in Conference USA and ended the season at 17.1 points per game and was named to the All-C-USA First Team. He finished third in C-USA in three-point field goal percentage (.413), three-pointers made (81) and threes per contest (2.5). The Slidell, La., native hit double figures 27 times in 2014-15 and had 20 or more points in a game 11 times. He started all 32 WKU games this season and also added 5.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game.
For more information on the 2015 NBA Summer League, visit http://www.nba.com/summerleague/.
Hilltopper Basketball on the Map: With a third-straight 20-win season in 2014-15, WKU and head coach Ray Harper entered into exclusive company.
– WKU and LA Tech are the only schools in Conference USA to win 20 or more games in each of the last three seasons
– The Hilltoppers are one of just 46 schools in the nation to currently have a streak of three-straight 20-win seasons
– Ray Harper joins 21 other head coaches since 2000-01 to record three 20-win campaigns in his first three full seasons as a Division I head coach
How to Follow the Hilltoppers: For complete information on WKU Hilltopper Basketball, visit WKUSports.com or follow the program via social media @WKUBasketball on Twitter, at WKUBasketball on Instagram and on Facebook at facebook.com/WKUBasketball.
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