Jeff Hans couldn’t have drawn it up any better.
Trailing Marshall 78-77 with less than five seconds to play, Northern Kentucky University’s (1-2) Macey Blevins inbounded a pass and then went straight to the corner, drilling a game-winning 3-pointer in the closing seconds for a 80-78 victory over the host Thundering Herd.
It was Hans first victory with the program after opening with two losses against Middle Tennessee State and Kentucky.
Halle Idowu put up another solid stat line as she scored a game-high 29 points to go with eight rebounds. Conner grad Anna Hamilton played a team-high 34 minutes, collecting eight points with five assists and no turnovers.
Scott grad Mya Meredith made her Norse debut after transferring in from Western Kentucky and missing the 2023-24 season due to injury. Meredith scored six points and grabbed five rebounds in 14 minutes of action. Kalissa Lacy added 12 points off the bench, Blevins also hitting double figures with 10 points. Notre Dame Academy grad Noelle Hubert scored three points in six minute of action.
A pivotal second quarter saw the Norse outscore Marshall 36-19 as they took a 51-39 lead into halftime. Marshall outscored NKU 25-14 in the third to trim the deficit to one.
The tight battle had 16 lead changes and five ties.
NKU returns home on Friday against Cedarville at 6 p.m.
