Marques Warrick did it again. Problem was, it was to tie the game and not put the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team ahead. Warrick’s step back 3-pointer banked in at the buzzer in regulation to tie the game with Cleveland State at 74. The Norse would go on to lose however, 88-85 in overtime […]
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NKU women falter down stretch in latest league loss
The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team may be in a dark tunnel now as the lone winless team in Horizon League play, but there are signs things are starting to turn the corner. Northern Kentucky led a good part of the Sunday home game against Milwaukee, but faltered in the fourth quarter in a 75-67 […]
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Green Bay’s balance too much for NKU women
Green Bay’s women’s basketball team came to Truist Arena on Friday and showed the reason it is once again favored to win the Horizon League. The deep Phoenix team left with a convincing 86-56 victory shooting 59% from the field including 50% from three-point range and saw six players reach double figures. Green Bay (11-3) […]
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NKU rallies from 16 down to topple Youngstown State
As Marques Warrick summed it up, “It was a tale of two halves defensively.” Youngstown State owned the first half, Northern Kentucky the second half as the Norse got the last bucket to fall in a 79-76 victory over the Penguins. It was Warrick hitting the game-winner, his 3-pointer with 43 seconds left giving the […]
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NKU women fall to 0-3 in Horizon League play
The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team once again fell behind in the first half and could not recover despite a valiant effort in the 67-55 loss at Detroit on Monday. The improved Titans built a 36-20 halftime lead and held on in the second half to move to 3-0 in Horizon League play and drop […]
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Norse drop Horizon League road matchup at PFW
What got off to a promising start, finished with a disappointing road loss for the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team. The Norse (7-7, 2-1), playing their first game without Sam Vinson, who suffered a season-ending knee injury last week in a loss to Saint Mary’s, dropped their road contest with Purdue-Fort Wayne on Friday, […]
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NKU women falter down the stretch in latest Horizon League loss
The Northern Kentucky women’s basketball was outscored 28-16 in the fourth quarter of a 89-79 loss to Oakland on Friday night. The Norse shot 54% from the field in the road Horizon League tilt, but could not overcome another rough rebounding performance in an 89-79 loss, falling to 0-2 in league play. Oakland outrebounded Northern […]
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Norse standout Vinson reportedly out for the season with ACL tear
When the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team returns to action Dec. 29 at Purdue-Fort Wayne, the Norse will be without starting guard Sam Vinson. Vinson, a former first-team all-state standout at Highlands High School, suffered a knee injury in last Thursday’s 92-56 Norse loss at Saint Mary’s in Moraga, California. It has since been […]
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A ‘cool accolade’: Mayer closes in on Thomas More wrestling record
Thomas More senior Daulton Mayer enjoys the time he’s on a wrestling mat. The 106 men Mayer’s defeated in nearly four seasons likely took no pleasure. He’s one win away from Avery Jones’ school-record 107 from 2016-20, and he can break it at Northwestern University’s Midlands Invitational Dec. 29-30 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. “It’s a pretty cool feeling,” Mayer […]
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Norse struggle in second half at Saint Mary’s
The Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team gave up 54 points in the second half on their way to a 92-56 defeat at Saint Mary’s (CA) on Thursday night. Making their second trip to the West Coast this season, NKU struggled to get stops in the game’s final 20 minutes as the Gaels shot 66% […]
