Following its thrilling come-from-behind 75-71 win over Milwaukee in its last outing, the Northern Kentucky men’s basketball team heads to Valparaiso, Indiana, to meet the Horizon League-leading Valparaiso Crusaders on Thursday at 8 p.m.
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (9-14 Overall, 5-7 Horizon League)
Valparaiso University Crusaders (20-4 Overall, 10-1 Horizon League)
Thursday, Feb. 11 – 8 p.m. (ET)
Athletics Recreation Center (5,000) in Valparaiso, Ind.
TV: ESPN3
Radio: ESPN1530 (1530 AM) with Jim Kelch (Play-by-Play) and Steve Moeller (Analysis)
Fast Break Points
• NKU rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half to defeat Milwaukee, 75-71, Saturday.
• The last time NKU overcame a double-digit second-half deficit came Jan. 17, 2015, when it came from 13 down to beat USC Upstate.
• Over the final 11 minutes, NKU outscored Milwaukee, 26-11.
• NKU now has two wins over teams in the RPI top-200 this year, the most since begining the reclassification process four years ago.
• G Tyler White joined the 1,000-point club with a driving lay-up with 15:32 left in the first half. He now has 1,009 points.
• White is averaging career-highs in scoring (11.1) and assists (3.9).
• F Jalen Billups led NKU against Milwaukee with 20 points, his fifth 20+ point effort this year.
• Billups and White are climbing NKU’s all-time scoring list. Billups ranks 20th w/ 1,136 points & White is No. 25 (1,009).
• Billups led the nation w/ 69.6% shooting last year, and is among the nation’s leaders (t-10th) at 63.3% (126-199) this year.
• Billups ranks among NKU’s all-time leaders in FG % (2nd, .634), blocks (5th, 123) & blocks per game (11th, 1.1).
• Billups’ career 63.4 percent shooting ranks t-24th all-time in the NCAA.
• G Cole Murray has made 68.6 percent (24-of-35) of his threes in the last six games.
• Murray has had the hot hand from long range, shooting 49.2% (61-of-124) from behind the arc this year, No. 4 (tied) in the nation.
• F Drew McDonald is a two-time #HLMBB Freshman of the Week recipient and is averaging 12.8 points and 7.3 rebounds in league games.
• G Lavone Holland II is second on the team in scoring (11.7 ppg) and third in rebounds (5.1 rpg), but leads NKU in assists (4.3 apg).
• White (90) and Holland (98) are on pace to give NKU two players with 100 assists or more for the first time since the 2011-12 season.
From NKU Athletics