McDonald reaches 1,000 career points in win over Morehead State
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
December 2, 2017
The NKU men's basketball team defeated Morehead State 86-49 on Saturday night. The Norse improve to 6-2 on the season while Morehead State falls to 2-6. The Norse have now won two straight games after falling short to Vermont and Memphis on their last road trip. NKU head coach John Brann...
Norse crush Berea 112-33
Austin Elmore, Contributor
November 29, 2017
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...
Norse grab first victory of the season
Mike Canizales, Reporter
November 27, 2017
The NKU women’s basketball team (1-4 overall) snapped their four-game losing streak by defeating Oakland City 103-25, inside BB&T Arena on Saturday afternoon. “We are constantly preaching, trust the process,” said head coach Camryn Whitaker. “Even though the outcomes haven’t been what...
Holland named Horizon League Player of the Week
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 20, 2017
After leading the Norse to the Island of the Bahamas Showcase final, Lavone Holland II was named Horizon League Player of the Week Monday afternoon. Over the weekend, Holland averaged 16.3 points per game (ppg), five assists per game and nearly two steals per game. Holland shot 50 percent from the ...
Norse season ends in loss to Cleveland State
Mike Canizales, Reporter
November 20, 2017
The Northern Kentucky University volleyball season came to an end Saturday after losing to the number one seeded Cleveland State Vikings in the semi-finals of the Horizon League Tournament 3-1 (25-23,25-15,19-25,25-19) at Woodling Gymnasium. The Norse (12-15 overall, 7-9 Horizon) were led by First Team Al...
Norse fend off James Madison in Bahamas
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 18, 2017
The NKU men's basketball team 87-78 in the first game of the Island of the Bahamas Showcase. The Norse improve to 3-0 on the season while the Dukes fall to 1-2. The Norse were led by Lavone Holland II, who scored 24 points and shot 57 percent from behind the three point line. Holland also dished ou...
Foul trouble dooms Norse against Illinois State
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 16, 2017
The NKU women's basketball team fell to Illinois State 49-37 Wednesday night at Illinois State. The Norse start the season 0-2 while the Redbirds are 1-1. NKU sent the Redbirds to the free throw line 26 times in the game. Illinois State made 16 of those free throws. The Norse only shot six free thro...
Kent State rally too much for NKU in season opener
Mike Canizales, Reporter
November 11, 2017
The NKU women's basketball team opened the 2017-18 season with a 59-54 loss to Kent State inside BB&T Arena on Saturday afternoon. “You’ve got to give a lot of credit to Kent State,” said head coach Camryn Whitaker. “They went to their first team all-conference player [Jordan Korinek] in the...
Preview: Expectations high for reigning Horizon League champions
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 9, 2017
When Newport Central Catholic graduate Drew McDonald committed to NKU to play basketball, he dreamed of making the Norse a competitive Division I program. What he didn’t anticipate, however, was standing on the court of the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit celebrating a Horizon League championship in j...
Preview: Norse will look to lone senior for leadership
Austin Elmore, Reporter
November 8, 2017
After going 9-22 in her first season as head coach of the NKU women’s basketball team, Camryn Whitaker is looking to improve, but it won’t be easy. “We’ve got five sophomores and seven freshmen, so the makeup of our team right now is so different.” Whitaker said. Of the 13 Norse on the r...
Barkei named Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 6, 2017
NKU goalkeeper Jim Barkei was named Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year Monday afternoon. The redshirt junior had a .797 save percentage in his first year as a Norse after transferring from Loyola along with a .84 goals against average. Barkei recorded eight shutouts during the regular season, which ran...
Men’s basketball season ticket sales soar
Kevin Carey, Reporter
November 6, 2017
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...