Western Kentucky’s men’s basketball team picked up its second commitment of the day Thursday from the NCAA transfer portal.

Hours after Evansville transfer guard Cam Haffner announced he will play for the Hilltoppers next season, Stonehill transfer forward Louie Semona committed to the Tops.

Semona, a 6-foot-8, 205-pound sophomore, played two seasons at Stonehill — a member of the Northeast Conference.

The Cincinnati native led the Skyhawks in scoring this past season, averaging 13.2 points per game while appearing in all 32 games (16 starts). He averaged 4.1 rebounds per outing and earned All-Northeast Conference second-team honors.

Semona finished the season seventh in made 3-pointers in the NEC, converting on 60 of his 160 attempts, good for a 37.5% shooting clip from deep.

Semona was named an NEC Prime Performer seven times this past season, leading the team with two 30-point performances, eight 20-point outings, and 20 double-digit scoring games. He is also third-best on the team with 4.1 rebounds per game and finished fifth on the team in field goal percentage at 46.4% (147-of-317).

Semona went 69-of-88 (78.4%) from the free-throw line. In conference play alone, Semona averaged 16.8 ppg, starting in 15 of the 16 NEC games. His rebounding also saw an uptick to 5.4 per game. The sophomore’s 33-point outburst in the regular season-finale against Le Moyne was the second highest scoring game of the year by any NEC player, trailing only Chicago State’s Jalen Forrest’s 37-point performance against Mercyhurst.

Semona joins Haffner as the latest new additions to a Hilltopper roster hit hard by graduation and transfer portal losses.

Two incoming freshmen — both in-state recruits — signed with the program during November’s early signing period. Armelo Boone, a 6-4 shooting guard from Woodford County High School, joined 6-7 forward Lawson Rice from nearby Butler County High School as part of the signing class.