The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team once again struggled with turnovers in a 61-55 Horizon League road loss, giving it away 17 times to Purdue-Fort Wayne. The Mastodons benefited by taking 10 more shots than Northern Kentucky. Shayla Sellers led the Mastodons with 20 points, including a key offensive putback down the stretch and Erin […]
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Norse drop ugly one to PFW
This one wasn’t kind to the eyes. Not if you were there, not if you were watching on ESPNU. Not even in the box score. Ugly is the easiest way to describe Purdue-Fort Wayne’s 63-58 victory over the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team. A combined 38 turnovers, 32 fouls and loose balls all over […]
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NKU women earn first road win of season
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team ventured to northeast Ohio and beat Youngstown State, 62-56 for its first road win this year. Macey Blevins led the way scoring 20 points and recorded a career-high four steals. Center Carter McCray posted her fourth straight double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. McCray also dished off […]
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NKU legends Winstel and Shields recognized for impact on basketball programs
Two Northern Kentucky University coaching legends were honored at halftime of the men’s and women’s games on Saturday at Truist Arena. First up was the women’s game as the Norse took on Wright State in a Saturday afternoon Horizon League conference battle. At halftime, the administration unveiled a banner honoring longtime women’s head coach Nancy […]
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Norse pull away from Milwaukee in second half, climb up in Horizon League
Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn called it their most complete game. The Norse had five players in double figures in a 90-72 victory over Milwaukee on Thursday night at Truist Arena. The 90-point mark was their second highest total of the season as they improved to 10-9 on the season and 5-3 […]
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NKU women break through with first Horizon League win
Head coach Camryn Volz agreed weeks ago that things would click for the Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team at some point. That point came Wednesday at Truist Arena when the Norse scored the game’s first 12 points and kept building on it on their way to a 83-51 Horizon League victory over Robert Morris. […]
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Norse get a tight road win over winless Detroit
Despite Detroit (0-18, 0-7) being winless on the season, it was a victory the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team desperately needed. The Norse had suffered back-to-back overtime losses on the road and entered their Saturday contest with the Titans at 3-3 in conference play needing to get back into the thick of the Horizon […]
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Defensive woes continue to haunt NKU women, remain winless in Horizon
The Northern Kentucky women continue to see solid play offensively, but have had their fair share of miscues on the defensive end. Host Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis shot a blistering 57% from the field on their way to a 96-81 victory over the Norse. NKU remains winless in Horizon League play at 0-6 and […]
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Hillsdale teams take wins over TMU in quick rematches
The Thomas More basketball teams took down Hillsdale nine days earlier, but could not repeat those outcomes on Saturday in Crestview Hills. both won in Michigan nine days earlier and hoped for repeat performances on the home Connor Event Center on Saturday. Here are the details: Women Hillsdale 69, Thomas More 60 The Saints didn’t […]
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Norse drop second straight OT thriller
If the past three games are any indicator of what late February, early March is going to look like in the Horizon League, buckle up. While the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team has been on the wrong end of two straight overtime losses, the Norse are showing they’re right there despite losing one of […]
