Sam Vinson racks up his sixth Nike® Horizon League Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week honor. (photo: Mikela Aynedijan, NKU Athletics) Northern Kentucky’s Sam Vinson has been named the Nike® Horizon League Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week for the sixth time this season. The guard from Fort Thomas is now tied for sixth-most Freshman […]
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Highlands Earns 15th Win at Boone County
Highlands Runs Away from Improved Rebels PHOTO: G. Michael Graham, Fort Thomas Matters. Highlands junior Will Herald (15) follows through on a shot in a recent game. The Highlands Bluebirds boys basketball team (15-6 overall) may have dominated the Boone County Rebels on Saturday, 91-61 in 9th Region action on the road. The Rebels own […]
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Photos: NKU Topples League Leader Cleveland St., Wins 5th Straight
Northern Kentucky overcame an early deficit Sunday afternoon and knocked off the top team in the Horizon League. The Norse, who trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half, beat Cleveland State, 78-72, at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights. The win is the fifth in a row for NKU, which improves to […]
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NKU Women See Win Streak End at Hands of Green Bay
The NKU women’s basketball team saw its ten-game winning streak snapped at home on Saturday afternoon as Green Bay (9-5, 5-3) got the best of the Norse, 67-58. Northern Kentucky falls to 14-4 overall this season and 8-3 in the Horizon League. Lindsey Duvall led the Norse in scoring with 17 points, shooting 7 of […]
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Thomas More Women, Men Continue to Roll; Saints Beat Life on Road
The Thomas More women’s basketball team won its nineteenth consecutive game while the men’s team racked up its eleventh in a row as both Saints teams downed Life on the road in Georgia on Saturday. The women’s team, ranked #1 nationally in the NAIA, won 72-37 to improve to 20-1 overall this season and 13-0 […]
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NKU, Thomas More Men’s, Women’s Basketball on Hot Streaks
For fans of Northern Kentucky’s college basketball teams, things are going very well recently. The Northern Kentucky Norse and Thomas More Saints men’s and women’s basketball teams are all on wining streaks. For NKU, the women have won ten consecutive games while the men have been victorious in four in a row. At TMU, the […]
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NKU’s Sam Vinson Earns Fifth Freshman of the Week Honor
Sam Vinson earns Nike® Horizon League Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week for the fifth time. (photo: Mikela Aynedijan, NKU Athletics) Northern Kentucky guard Sam Vinson as been named the Nike® Horizon League Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week for the fifth time this season. Eat Clean at Clean Eatz. Now open in the […]
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Norse Even Record at 9-9 After Third Straight Win
Marques Warrick’s 23 points propelled Northern Kentucky to a 73-63 win over Wright State on Tuesday night at BB&T Arena, the third straight win for the Norse. NKU is now 9-9 on the season and 5-4 in the Horizon League. Warrick has scored 20 or more points in seven games this season, including in five […]
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Why the 10th Region Basketball Tournament Will Be Held at 9th Region Site
Written by Kenton Hornbeck, LINK nky reporter More post-season basketball in Northern Kentucky? It’s just what the doctor ordered for local basketball fanatics. The 2022 KHSAA 10th Region Tournament will officially be held at the illustrious David M. Evans Fieldhouse on the campus of Holmes High School in Covington. “It did not come as a […]
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Dan Weber: State’s Leading Scorer Looks to Bounce Back After Ankle Injury
Dan Weber writes a sports column for LINK nky. Contact him at dweber3440@aol.com. “I call him a ‘Ferrari,’ ” Holy Cross Coach Casey Sorrell says of Jacob Meyer, his explosive, incredibly athletic junior leading the state in basketball scoring. Playing with a power and speed not seen in Northern Kentucky – or anywhere else in […]