Season Preview: Men’s Basketball
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 9, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features
As the Norse prepare to enter the 2018-19 season, gone are standouts like Lavone Holland II, Carson Williams, Jordan Garnett and Mason Faulkner. Those four were an integral part in helping head coach John Brannen engineer one of the fastest and best turnarounds in the nation. So far, the Brannen...
Norse collect 800th win in season opener
Aric France, Reporter
November 7, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
The NKU men’s basketball team opened the regular season by defeating Wilmington College 102-38 on Tuesday evening. With the victory, the Norse start their season 1-0 and won for the 800th time in program history. “I think a lot of good came out of tonight,” redshirt sophomore Jalen Tat...
McDonald named to 2019 Karl Malone Award preseason watchlist
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 5, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame recently announced their 20 watch list candidates for the 2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award. Among the 20 names selected for this year's prestigious award was none other than NKU’s two-time All Horizon League First-Team member and recent go...
Men’s Basketball: Norse picked #2 in Horizon League poll
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 2, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
The Horizon League recently announced their preseason poll and all-league team as voted by the League's coaches, media and sports information directors. The Norse were picked to finish second with 10 first place votes and 356 points behind league favorite and last season’s Motor City Madness Tourname...
Nominations open for David Lee Holt NKU Athletics Hall of Fame
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
November 2, 2018
Filed under Baseball, Cross Country, Game Coverage, Golf, Men's Basketball, Soccer, Softball, Sports, Tennis, Volleyball, Women's Basketball
The NKU department of athletics are now accepting nominations for their 2018-19 David Lee Holt NKU Athletics Hall of Fame class. The bi-annual ceremony recognizes former student-athletes and other individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of athletics, either by virtue of their perfor...
Going for gold: McDonald shines in international tournament
Mike Canizales, Sports Editor
August 22, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Men's Basketball, Sports
Norse men’s basketball standout Drew McDonald can now add a gold medal to his list of accomplishments at NKU.
McDonald, Williams score over 20 in loss to UMBC
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
December 17, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
The Northern Kentucky University men's basketball team fell to UMBC 76-75 in Baltimore Sunday afternoon. The Norse are now 7-4 on the season while the Retrievers are 8-4 on the season. Drew McDonald led the way for NKU with 24 points and 11 rebounds while Carson Williams scored 21 points and grabbed f...
Norse crush Berea 112-33
Austin Elmore, Contributor
November 29, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU men’s basketball team defeated Division III opponent Berea College 112-33 on Wednesday night at BB&T Arena. After two straight road losses, the win brings the Norse to 5-2 on the season. The loss drops Berea to 3-1 on the year. “Obviously, coming off the last two losses, our focus wa...
Men’s basketball season ticket sales soar
Kevin Carey, Reporter
November 6, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
NKU’s men’s basketball team has already sold 1,200 season tickets for their 2017-18 schedule: an increase that nearly doubles last year’s sales, according to the NKU marketing department “Winning is the thing that does it for the most part,” assistant athletic director for marketing, promoti...
Norse bid for an upset falls short against Kentucky
Matt Sexton, Editor-in-Chief
March 17, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
INDIANAPOLIS -- Northern Kentucky made the nation take notice, but it could not pull the monumental upset. A 13-0 run late in the first half gave Kentucky the breathing room it needed, as the Wildcats defeated the Norse 79-70 Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. “We knew we had a tremendous challe...
Halftime: Kentucky surges to lead over Norse
Matt Sexton, Editor-in-Chief
March 17, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Men's Basketball, Sports
INDIANAPOLIS -- Kentucky's potent offense helped the Wildcats take a 38-24 lead over Northern Kentucky at halftime of Friday's NCAA South Regional first round game in Indianapolis. NKU started off well, taking an early 7-6 lead before Kentucky surged ahead. The Wildcats increased their lead to 23-...
Where to watch tonight’s NKU-UK game
Emily Sherry, Copy Editor
March 17, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Sports, Sports Features
With anticipation for tonight's showdown between NKU and UK, students are gathering to find out where they can go to watch the game and have a little fun. To make the decision less difficult, The Northerner compiled a comprehensive list of the venues, on and off campus, hosting the game. Off-Campus loc...