Follow a huge road-win at Oakland Tuesday night, the Northern Kentucky men’s basketball seeks its third win in the last four games when Horizon League foe UIC enters BB&T Arena for a 7 p.m. tilt on Friday, Jan. 22.
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (6-11 Overall, 2-4 Horizon League)
University of Illinois at Chicago “UIC” Flames (2-15 Overall, 0-6 Horizon League)
Friday, Jan. 22 – 7 p.m. (ET)
BB&T Arena (9,400) in Highland Heights, Ky.
TV: ESPN3 with Brady Laber (Play-by-Play) and Brad Redford (Analysis)
Radio: ESPN1530 (1530 AM) with Jim Kelch (Play-by-Play) and Steve Moeller (Analysis)
Fast Break Points
• NKU earned its first road-win of the season in its last outing, beating Oakland, 90-73.
• NKU’s 90 points at Oakland was the most its had in a game this season and the most since scoring 107 vs. UC-Clermont last year.
• NKU is second in the Horizon League in assists (14.9 apg), with G Tyler White (4.2) and G Lavone Holland II (4.1) ranking in the top-4, individually.
• F Jalen Billups and White are climbing NKU’s all-time scoring list. Billups ranks 23rd w/ 1,049 points & White is No. 28 (959).
• Billups led the nation w/ 69.6% shooting last year, and is among the nation’s leaders at 65.7% (92-140) this year.
• Billups ranks among NKU’s all-time leaders in FG % (2nd, .639), blocks (5th, 120) & blocks per game (11th, 1.1).
• Billups’ career 63.9 percent shooting ranks 19th all-time in the NCAA, tying him with Lew Alcindor and Akeem Olajuwon.
• Billups is averaging an impressive 1.64 points per field-goal attempt this season.
• White leads the team in assists (4.2) and is second in scoring at 12.1 points.
• White has 169-career threes, ranking 9th all-time at Northern Kentucky.
• In the last three games, White has averaged 19.0 points, 5.7 boards and 6.7 assists per outing.
• Holland is third on the team in scoring at 11.7 points, leads the squad in rebounds (5.7) and is second in assists (4.1).
• G Cole Murray has had the hot hand from long range, shooting 42.9% (36-of-84) from behind the arc this year.
• Murray is averaging a career-high 10.0 points per game.
• F Drew McDonald was named #HLMBB Freshman of the Week for the second time in last three weeks after posting 11.0 points, 4.0 boards.
• In Horizon League action, McDonald is averaging 11.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.
• In the last nine games, McDonald has posted 12.0 points on 52.5 percent shooting (42-of-80) and 7.1 rebounds per game.
From NKU Athletics