This put Western Kentucky at the forefront to integrate college basketball in the South .
In the fall of 1963 , he and star player Dwight Smith became the first black athletes to integrate the Western Kentucky University ( WKU ) basketball program .
This put WKU   at the forefront to integrate college basketball in the South .
In the fall of 1963 , he and star player Dwight Smith became the first black athletes to integrate the Western Kentucky University ( WKU ) basketball program .