Trailing 45-44 with less than 10 minutes to play, the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team closed on a 19-5 run to defeat Purdue Fort Wayne and remain right in the thick of the Horizon League title race. The Norse improved to 12-5 in conference play, trailing Youngstown State by a game and in a […]
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Northern Kentucky women drop another one-point heartbreaker
One-point games have not gone well for the Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team (15-11, 9-8) this year. The Norse fell to 0-3 in such games with a 57-56 loss at the Cleveland State Vikings (25-3, 15-2) on Thursday. The Norse missed a golden opportunity to tie Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis for the fourth seed […]
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Northern Kentucky women return from Wisconsin road trip with season sweep of Milwaukee
The Northern Kentucky Norse women’s basketball team (15-10, 9-7) has two of every category following the conclusion of its sixth Horizon League season series. That is two sweeps, two splits and two times being swept with three chances at season sweeps remaining in its final four regular season games. Northern Kentucky concluded the Wisconsin portion […]
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Norse win home finale to set up four-game sprint in Horizon
Trevon Faulkner’s loyalty and unselfishness to the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball program is unmatched. It’s rare these days in the college basketball world with the transfer portal to have a fifth-year senior play all five years at the same place. Faulkner’s program record of career games played and games started in a Norse uniform […]
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Thomas More men drop tough one to Freed-Hardeman
The Thomas More men’s basketball team (20-6, 14-6) appeared headed to another Mid-South Conference victory for most of the first half. The Saints built up a 15-point lead at one point taking a 32-27 advantage into halftime. But once the visiting Freed-Hardeman (Tennessee) Lions (18-8, 14-6) went on a 10-0 run early in the second […]
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Thomas More women overwhelm Freed-Hardeman
Veteran head coach Jeff Hans agreed he did not like what took place in the game’s first five minutes. But once the Thomas More women’s basketball team (25-1, 19-1) did what has made the Saints successful in recent years, Thomas More pulled away from the visiting Freed-Hardeman Lions, 79-51 on Senior Day on Saturday. That […]
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NKU basketball teams drop road games
The Northern Kentucky Norse basketball teams hit the road Friday for Horizon League games and came away with losses. Wright State 83, Northern Kentucky men 65 The Raiders (16-11, 9-7) forced a split in the season series with the win in Dayton over the Norse (15-11, 10-5). Wright State started the game scoring 13 of […]
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Norse earn important Horizon League win
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team wanted to put the loss at Wright State on Thursday in the rear view mirror quickly. The Norse (14-9, 8-6) took their frustrations from that loss and turned it into a huge Horizon League win over the visiting Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Jaguars, 79-69 at Truist Arena […]
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Norse Fall out of First in Horizon League with road loss
The Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team (15-10, 10-4) has been involved in a number of games determining its standings on top of the Horizon League. The Norse traveled to Youngstown State on Saturday hoping to grab the league lead. But it did not happen. The Penguins (19-6, 11-3) took the lead for good with […]
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Mixed results for NKU basketball teams
The Northern Kentucky University men’s and women’s basketball teams hit the road Thursday in Horizon League action and came away with different results. Northern Kentucky 65, Robert Morris 52 (Men) The Norse (15-9, 10-3) completed the season sweep with the road win against the Colonials (11-13, 6-7). They are tied on top of the Horizon […]
