NKU upset bid falls short against Green Bay
Michael Canizales, Reporter
March 4, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
After stunning the Green Bay at the BB&T Arena earlier in the season, NKU couldn’t complete the upset again in Saturday's quarterfinal round of the Horizon League Women's Basketball Championship. The eighth seeded Northern Kentucky Norse, fell to the one seed Phoenix 61-49 in Little Caesars Arena i...
Preview: Women’s basketball ready to take on Detroit Mercy
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
March 2, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
At the beginning of February, it seemed the NKU Norse women’s basketball team had found their stride. A three game win streak over Milwaukee, Oakland and Detroit Mercy had the Norse sitting in sixth place in the Horizon League standings. The momentum did not last, however, as the Norse would lose thei...
NKU extend win streak to three with win over Detroit Mercy
Michael Canizales, Reporter
February 11, 2018
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
Freshman forward Jazmyne Geist scored a career-high 14 points to lead the Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team to a 64-60 victory over Detroit Mercy on Saturday afternoon in BB&T arena. After a previous three game losing streak, the Norse have now won three in a row, improving to ...
Norse defeat Milwaukee to break three game losing streak
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
February 4, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
The NKU women's basketball defeated Milwaukee on the road 60-57 on Saturday. The Norse improve to 4-8 in the Horizon League and 6-17 overall while Milwaukee has a 17-7 record and are 8-4 in conference. Molly Glick led the way for the Norse with 15 points on the night while Kailey Coffey and Jazmyne...
Grizzlies end NKU’s two game winning streak
Michael Canizales, Reporter
January 7, 2018
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
The NKU women’s basketball team (4-11, 2-2 Horizon) had their two game win streak snapped Saturday afternoon, as they fell to Oakland University (9-6, 2-2 Horizon) at the Athletics Center O’rena in Auburn Hills, Michigan, 79-53. Defense and rebounding proved to be the difference in this one, as NKU was...
GALLERY: Grace White scores career high; Norse fall to Panthers in closing minutes
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
December 29, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
After leading the majority of the game, the NKU women's basketball team fell to the Milwaukee Panthers 53-49 in BB&T Arena. NKU falls to 2-10 on the season and 0-1 in the Horizon League while the Panthers improve to 9-4 on the season and are 1-0 in Horizon League play. "I thought our defens...
Norse fall to Austin Peay in closing seconds
Austin Elmore, Contributor
December 5, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU women’s basketball team lost 53-52 on Tuesday night at BB&T Arena. The loss puts the Norse at 1-6 on the season, and sends Austin Peay to 7-1. Molly Glick led the Norse offensively with 19 points, and six rebounds. Kailey Coffey added 16 points and 8 rebounds to aid the Norse. Defensi...
Foul trouble dooms Norse against Illinois State
Christopher Decker, Managing Editor
November 16, 2017
Filed under Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
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
Michael Canizales, Reporter
November 11, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
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 s...
Poor shooting leads to Norse loss
Austin Elmore, Assistant Sports Editor
February 11, 2017
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports
The NKU women’s basketball team lost 41-32 to Valparaiso on Saturday at BB&T Arena. The loss drops the Norse to 8-17 overall and 4-9 in Horizon League play. The loss also means the Norse split the season series with the Crusaders. The Norse came out of the gate slow, making just 15 percent of their shots...
Gallery: Norse struggle to shoot in first home game
Christopher Decker, Sports Editor
November 15, 2016
Filed under Featured Story, Game Coverage, Sports, Women's Basketball
The NKU women's basketball team fell to Miami (Ohio) 60-50 Tuesday night. The Norse drop to 0-2 on the season while Miami improves to 2-0. "One thing I told the players before the game is to focus on the process and trying to improve everyday," Head Coach Camyrn Whitaker said. "I was proud of our...
Six seconds or less: NKU women look to push the pace
Matt Sexton, Managing Editor
November 10, 2016
Filed under Sports, Women's Basketball
Faster than an eight-second trip around a dusty ring on the back of an angry bull. That’s how quickly new Norse women’s basketball coach Camryn Whitaker wants her team to shoot the ball and score on a possession. “The goal is to score in six seconds or less,” Whitaker said. “Now, six seconds is probably a ...