Northern Kentucky’s Cole Murray was named the Horizon League men’s basketball Player of the Week after an outstanding performance against Detroit last weekend.
Murray scored a team-best 25 points on the Titans as the Norse used his long-range shooting to post a 91-83 win. He converted 9-of-14 field-goal attempts, including a scintillating 7-for-10 effort from three-point range. The Delphi, Indiana, native dropped in four three-pointers over a four-minute stretch late in the second half that helped NKU erase a three-point deficit and turn it into a six-point advantage.
The win lifted Northern Kentucky to 8-12 overall and sixth in the Horizon League standings, one game ahead of Detroit, with a 4-5 league mark.
In the last three games, Murray has combined to connect on 14-of-19 (73.7 percent) of his three-point attempts. He is now averaging 10.5 points per game behind 52.1 percent shooting and 47.2 percent three-point shooting, which ranks 13th in the nation.
This marks the first weekly accolade of Murray’s career, but marks the third time this season that a Norse has garnered a weekly award from the Horizon League. Drew McDonald has twice been named Freshman of the Week.
NKU hosts Oakland tonight at BB&T Arena with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m. The Norse ran away from Oakland in the final six minutes of the first meeting en route to a 90-73 win.
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