The homestretch of the 2015-16 regular season for the Northern Kentucky men’s basketball team opens at Wright State on Saturday. The 7 p.m. contest kicks off a three-game road trip for the Norse that will conclude the regular season.
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (9-16 Overall, 5-9 Horizon League)
Wright State University Raiders (16-12 Overall, 10-5 Horizon League)
Saturday, Feb. 20 – 7 p.m. (ET)
WSU Nutter Center (10,400) in Dayton, Ohio
TV: TWC SportsChannel/ESPN3 with Neil Sika (Play-by-Play) and Braden Bushman (Analysis)
Radio: FOXSports 1360 (1360 AM) with Jim Kelch (Play-by-Play) and Steve Moeller (Analysis)
Fast Break Points
• NKU rallied late for a second-straight game, but fell short, 74-68, to Detroit on Senior Night.
• Seniors Jalen Billups, Jared Bryant, Jack Flournoy, Jake Giesler, Todd Johnson and Tyler White were honored prior to the Detroit game.
• NKU travels an hour north for a Saturday evening tilt with Horizon League-rival Wright State.
• NKU is currently 8th in the #HLMBB standings with three games left. WSU is third.
• NKU has two wins over teams in the RPI top-200 this year, the most in a season since beginning the reclassification process.
• Billups led the nation w/ 69.6% shooting last year, and is among the nation’s leaders (23rd) at 60.1% (131-218) this year.
• Billups ranks among NKU’s all-time leaders in FG % (2nd, .625), blocks (4th, 127) & blocks per game (11th, 1.1).
• Billups’ career 62.5 percent shooting sits just outside the top-25 all-time in the NCAA.
• Billups and White are climbing NKU’s all-time scoring list. Billups ranks 20th w/ 1,153 points & White is No. 24 (1,050).
• White is averaging career-highs in scoring (11.4) and assists (3.7).
• G Cole Murray has made 56.4 percent (31-of-55) of his threes in the last nine games.
• Murray has had the hot hand from long range, shooting 47.2% (68-of-144) from behind the arc this year, No. 7 in the nation.
• F Drew McDonald is a two-time #HLMBB Freshman of the Week recipient and is averaging 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds in league games.
• McDonald registered his fourth double-double of the year and second against Detroit with 13 points, 11 rebounds versus the Titans Tuesday.
• G Lavone Holland II is third on the team in scoring (11.0 ppg) and rebounds (4.9 rpg), but leads NKU in assists (4.0 apg).
• White (96) and Holland (100) 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