The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team hoped to pass Youngstown State in the Horizon League standings in the final regular season home game Saturday at Truist Arena. The Norse put themselves in great position to do that in the second quarter building 18-point leads of 25-7 and 29-11. However, Youngstown State guards Dena Jarrells […]
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Milwaukee’s last-second 3-pointer dashes NKU’s standings hope
NKU Men’s Basketball was defeated 73-72 by Milwaukee on Saturday, dropping them to 14-13 overall and 9-7 in conference play, putting them in a three-way tie for fifth place.
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NKU women take down rival Wright State for biggest win of year
Northern Kentucky women’s basketball earned their biggest win of the season to date, taking down Wright State 77-63, with Khamari Mitchell-Steen leading the Norse with a season-high 30 points.
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NKU women put up highest point total of season in win over IUPUI
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team hit the century mark in their victory over Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, moving into eighth place in the Horizon League with five regular season games to go.
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NKU men grind out win against Green Bay, tightens race for top seed
Northern Kentucky men’s basketball pulled off a 58-57 victory over Green Bay to move into a tie for fourth in the Horizon League standings, and within 2.5 games of first place.
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NKU women rally from 11-point gap to defeat Milwaukee
Things may not have looked good late for the Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team down 64-53 with 3:43 left in the road game at the Milwaukee Panthers, but the Norse showed resiliency making four 3-pointers during that span to come back and stun the hosts, 67-66 for the Horizon League win on Saturday. Northern Kentucky […]
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NKU gets much needed OT win over Oakland
Having lost three straight and dropping all the way to eighth in the Horizon League standings, Thursday night’s home contest with Oakland was pretty much a must win without saying it out loud for the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team. The Norse got a much needed victory over the Golden Grizzlies, 99-89, in overtime. […]
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Green Bay pulls away from NKU women in second half
The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team trailed Horizon League power Green Bay just 31-28 at halftime. Then a rough third quarter came as Green Bay outscored the visiting Norse, 24-8 on the way to a 67-51 win Thursday. The Phoenix took both meetings against Northern Kentucky by a combined 46 points. Macey Blevins led the […]
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Hardin Fast: Warrick’s record-setting NKU career continues a rich family legacy that began in Belize
Senior Marques Warrick is on the verge of becoming the all-time leading men’s basketball scorer at Northern Kentucky University. With 2,027 points, he needs 40 more to break Drew McDonald’s record of 2,066 set in 2019. When he breaks the record, Warrick still won’t be the most well-known person in his family. If Warrick scores […]
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NKU women win two straight for first time this season
The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team won a second straight game for the first time this year, outgunning Oakland 90-82 on Friday at Truist Arena for their highest point total this year. “Obviously, things got a little dicey there at the end,” Northern Kentucky head coach Camryn Volz said. “We don’t quite know how to […]
