Women’s basketball streak ends to Wright State
Carrie Crotzer, Managing Editor
January 3, 2015
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Sports Features, Women's Basketball
The NKU women’s basketball team’s four-game winning streak came to an end Saturday afternoon, taking a 72-60 loss against Wright State University. “I was really proud of our kids for their effort,” NKU Head Coach Dawn Plitzuweit said. "I thought we played against a really good team in Wright...
Norse women end 2014 with win over IUPUI
Clayton Castle, Sports Editor
December 30, 2014
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Sports Features, Women's Basketball
The NKU women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to four on Tuesday night by defeating the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Jaguars by a score of 57-43 in front of 1,283 fans at The Bank of Kentucky Center. “I think that was a very hard-fought battle for our k...
Persons, Monaco lead NKU to win over Idaho
Clayton Castle, Sports Editor
December 22, 2014
Filed under Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features
Tayler Persons scored 23 points and Anthony Monaco added 17 as the NKU men’s basketball team defeated the Idaho Vandals by a score of 81-68 at the Bank of Kentucky Center on Monday night. Earlier in the day, Persons was named the Atlantic Sun Newcomer Player of the Week and the Mid-Major Madness F...
Norse defeat local rival Cincinnati
Clayton Castle, Sports Editor
December 17, 2014
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Sports Features, Women's Basketball
The NKU women’s basketball team will retain bragging rights over the University of Cincinnati Bearcats women’s basketball team as the Norse defeated the Bearcats for the second year in a row by a score of 66-52 at The Bank of Kentucky Center on Wednesday night. NKU is now 2-1 over Cincinnati since rec...
Norse rebound after loss to West Virginia, win big over UC-Clermont
Clayton Castle, Sports Editor
December 14, 2014
Filed under Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
NKU's men’s basketball team looked to bounce back from their 25-point loss to West Virginia last weekend by defeating UC-Clermont on Sunday afternoon. The team did just that, defeating the Cougars by 54 points by a score of 107-54 at The Bank of Kentucky Center. NKU improved on their shooting percentag...
Loss delivers lessons for men’s basketball
Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor
December 7, 2014
Filed under Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features
NKU men’s basketball team saw their biggest crowd since going Division I Sunday night as they took on the West Virginia Mountaineers at home, taking their fifth loss of the season 67-42. NKU started the first half strong with Chad Jackson picking up the first six points of the game for NKU. "I think I’m just...
Norse struggle against UT-Martin
Clayton Castle, Reporter
December 3, 2014
Filed under Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features
The Northern Kentucky men’s basketball struggled to score and take advantage of turnovers in their game against UT-Martin on Wednesday night, resulting in the Norse falling short of its fourth win of the season, losing to the Skyhawks by a score of 71-56 in front of 1,272 fans at The Bank of Kentucky Ce...
Women’s basketball face hard loss against Ohio University
DeSherion McBroom, Reporter
November 25, 2014
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
NKU women’s basketball team took on Ohio University Tuesday night taking a devastating loss to the Bobcats, 77-38. The Bobcats started out strong against the Norse going on a 13-2 run to start the game. After three straight offensive rebounds, the Norse scored their first field goal of the game at t...
Men’s basketball dominate Ohio Mid-Western
Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor
November 22, 2014
Filed under Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features
Every player on the men’s basketball team saw the court Saturday night against Ohio Mid-Western as NKU dominated in a 98-48 win. The game started off quick for the Norse as they took of on a 17-0 run before OMW would get their first points just over six minutes into the game. Tyler White would pick...
Women’s basketball fall 45-38 to Loyola
DeSherion McBroom, Reporter
November 22, 2014
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
NKU’s women’s basketball team took on Loyola University on Saturday in their home opener, losing to the Ramblers 45-38. The Loyola Ramblers took and early 8-6 lead to start off the game. After the Ramblers scored again to make it 10-6 the Norse were able to score on a quick jump shot and two free ...
Bezold gets win in 300th game of career
Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor
November 19, 2014
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features
NKU men’s basketball took on North Carolina A&T Wednesday night garnering their first win of the season, defeating the Aggies 68-55. The game, which was the team’s first home game of the year, also marked David Bezold’s 300th game in his time as head coach for the Norse. "I honestly didn’...
Ruble leads team to victory on Senior Night
Carrie Crotzer, Sports Editor
November 15, 2014
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Sports Features, Volleyball
NKU volleyball picked up a win in their final game of the regular season Saturday afternoon against USC Upstate, winning 3-1 on Senior Night. Three players were honored as part of Senior Night, including Kiersten Ham, Megan Wanstrath, and Jenna Ruble. The first set started off slow for both teams, ...