2018-19 Northern Kentucky Men's Basketball Game
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2018-19 NORTHERN KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Northern Kentucky vs. Green Bay Schedule Jan. 24, 2019 | 7:00 p.m. (ET) Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result Highland Heights, Ky. | BB&T Arena (9,400) October TV/Broadcast: FOX Sports Ohio Oct. 30 Thomas More (Ex.) W, 84-47 Brady Laber (PxP) & Brad Redford (Color) November Radio: FOXSports1360 (1360 AM) Nov. 6 Wilmington^ W, 102-38 (PxP) & (Color) 16-4 Overall, 6-1 Horizon League Jim Kelch Steve Moeller 10-10 Overall, 4-3 Horizon League Nov. 9 @ Northern Illinois W, 88-85 (2ot) Nov. 11 Wabash W, 99-59 Nov. 16 UNC Asheville^ W, 77-50 Last Game Starters Nov. 17 Manhattan^ W, 59-53 Nov. 18 Coastal Carolina^ W, 89-83 Nov. 24 @ UCF L, 53-66 11 12 15 32 34 Nov. 27 @ Morehead State W, 93-71 Nov. 30 UMBC W, 78-60 December Dec. 4 @ Cincinnati L, 65-78 Dec. 8 @ Eastern Kentucky L, 74-76 Dec. 16 Miami (Ohio) W, 72-66 Dec. 20 Northern Illinois W, 65-62 Jalen Trevon Tyer Dantez Drew Dec. 28 IUPUI* W, 92-77 Tate Faulkner Sharpe Walton McDonald Dec. 30 UIC* W, 73-58 R-So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. January 13.5 PPG 4.7 PPG 14.3 PPG 10.8 PPG 19.1 PPG Jan. 3 @ Oakland* L, 74-76 4.8 RPG 2.3 RPG 3.0 RPG 5.5 RPG 10.2 RPG Jan. 5 @ Detroit Mercy* W, 95-73 3.8 APG 1.2 APG 1.7 APG 2.4 APG 2.8 APG Jan. 11 Wright State* W, 68-64 Jan. 17 @ Cleveland State* W, 91-76 Jan. 19 @ Youngstown State* W, 82-74 FastBreak Points Jan. 24 Green Bay* 7 p.m. Northern Kentucky Points Jan. 26 Milwaukee* 7 p.m. • NKU’s coaches will participate in Suits and Sneakers Week (Jan. 21-27) for Coaches vs. Cancer. February • NKU improved to 16-4 and claimed sole possession of first in the Horizon League standings after de- Feb. 1 @ IUPUI* 7 p.m. feating Youngstown State 82-74 and Oakland defeated Detroit Mercy on Saturday afternoon. Feb. 3 @ UIC* 4 p.m. • NKU made 50.9 percent of its shots, moving to 7-1 in games where it makes at least 50 percent from Feb. 7 Detroit Mercy* 7 p.m. the floor. Feb. 9 Oakland* 7 p.m. • The Norse have now won eight of their last nine contests and are off to their best start since 2011-12, Feb. 15 @ Wright State* 9 p.m. the last year of DII competition where NKU also started 16-4 through its first 20 games. Feb. 21 Youngstown State* 7 p.m. • NKU is 3-3 all-time against Green Bay and has won the last three in the series. • NKU is averaging 16.4 assists per game, No. 31 in the nation. The Norse also rank 11th in the country Feb. 23 Cleveland State* 7 p.m. in total assists with 327 and have seven games where they’ve handed out at least 20 dimes. Feb. 28 @ Milwaukee* 8 p.m. • NKU is letting it fly from 3-point range, ranking 26th in attempts (513) and 24th in made treys (184). March The Norse are making 9.2 threes per game, which are the 52nd-most nationally. March 2 @ Green Bay* 1 p.m. • Foes are converting just 40.4 percent of their shots versus NKU, 44th-best nationally. The Norse are March 5/6 Horizon League Quarterfinals& TBD also 74th in scoring defense, allowing teams to post just 67.2 points per game. March 11 Horizon League Semifinals% TBD • The Norse were picked to finish second in the Horizon League, receiving 356 points and 10 first-place March 12 Horizon League Finals% votes. Wright State was picked first with 377 points. • Since the start of the 2016-17 season, NKU is a combined 36-11 against Horizon League competition, ^KEMI Northern Kentucky Basketball Classic (High- the best of any league school against the rest of the conference. Wright State is next at 32-15. land Heights, Kentucky) • Since the start of the 2016-17 season, NKU is a combined 62-25, has won the Horizon League regular * Horizon League Contest season (2018) and league tourney (2017), and has played in both the NCAA Tournament (2017) and NIT & Horizon League Championship at Higher Seed (2018). No other team in DI history has accomplished this feat. % Motor City Madness (Horizon League Champion- Norse Points ship) in Detroit, Mich. • F Drew McDonald leads four Norse averaging double digits on the year at 19.1 points. He also leads NKU at 10.2 rebounds per game (16th in nation). His 10 double-doubles rank 13th nationally and he is one of just 19 players to register a triple-double this year. • In his last 27 games against Horizon League opponents, dating back to March 17, 2017, McDonald has posted a double-double 18 times. • McDonald is one of five active players in Division I basketball with at least 1,800 career points (1,812) and 900 career boards (966). He is also tied fifth for career double-doubles (44) among active players. • G Jalen Tate is averaging 13.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game this year. He is making ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 58.6 percent (78-of-133) of his shots. • Since returning from injury eight games ago, Tate has averaged 15.4 ppg behind 64.8 percent (46-of- Assistant AD for Communications: 71) field-goal shooting, while also averaging 5.3 rpg. Bryan McEldowney • G Tyler Sharpe is second on the team in scoring, pouring in 14.3 points per game and, in 15 of the team’s 20 games has hit at least two threes. In the last two games, he’ made 8-of-14 from deep. Email: [email protected] • F Dantez Walton is averaging 10.8 points and 5.5 rebounds. In his first two seasons as a Norse (61 Office Phone: (859) 572-5470 games), he posted nine combined double-figure scoring games. He already has Cell Phone: (937) 478-5027 13 double-digit scoring outputs this year. Fax: (859) 572-7956 • G Zaynah Robinson is running the show for the Norse and is second on the team at 3.1 assists per game. He is averaging 9.1 points per game overall, but in Best Time to Reach Coach: the last two games averaged 13.0 points behind 7-for-10 three-point shooting. Contact Bryan McEldowney • G Trevon Faulkner has started the last 13 games for the Norse, playing more Director of Comm. (Video): Brad Pope than 22 minutes per outing and has dished out 22 assists while committing just eight miscues. In league play, he has 11 assists to just two turnovers and is Asst. Athletic Comm. Dir.: Chloe Smith averaging 6.1 ppg. Athletic Comm. GA: Ryan Wilker 2018-19 NKU MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES NORTHERN KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous School 0 Silas Adheke F 6-10 240 R-So. Chattanooga, Tenn./Hamilton Heights/Evansville/Eastern Fla. State 2 Paul Djoko G 6-5 200 R-Fr. Strasbourg, France/Champagne Chalons Reims 3 Tre Cobbs G 6-1 200 Jr. Lima, Ohio/Lima Central Catholic 4 Adrian Nelson G/F 6-8 220 Fr. Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central 5 Zaynah Robinson G 6-0 180 Gr. Atlanta, Ga./Duluth/Norfolk State 10 Gerald Gray G 6-3 170 Fr. Louisville, Ky./Pleasure Ridge Park 11 Jalen Tate F 6-6 170 R-So. Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central 12 Trevon Faulkner G 6-4 195 Fr. Harrodsburg, Ky./Mercer County 15 Tyler Sharpe G 6-1 195 Jr. Mt. Washington, Ky./Bullitt East/Louisville 20 Chris Taylor G 5-8 175 Fr. Wichita, Kansas/Independent/IMG Prep 24 Brooks Ely G 6-4 205 Jr. Lexington, Ky./Hargrave Military Academy/Glenville State 25 Bryant Mocaby G/F 6-6 210 Fr. Derby, Kansas/Derby 32 Dantez Walton G 6-7 210 Jr. Lima, Ohio/Lima Central Catholic 33 Chris Vogt C 7-1 240 So. Mayfield, Ky./Graves County 34 Drew McDonald F/C 6-8 250 Sr. Cold Spring, Ky./Newport Central Catholic 44 David Wassler F/C 6-10 235 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Staff Head Coach John Brannen (4th Season, Marshall ‘97) Silas Adheke ............................................ sigh-liss uh-deck-ee Assistant Coach Sean Dwyer (4th Season, Michigan State ‘09) Tre Cobbs ........................................................................... tray Assistant Coach Tim Morris (3rd Season, Stanford ‘08) Paul Djoko ....................................................................joe-coe Assistant Coach Chris Shumate (3rd Season, Murray State ‘04) Brooks Ely .......................................................................eel-ee Dir. of Basketball Ops. Jake Luhn (1st Season, UMASS Boston ‘02) Trevon Faulkner .........................................................tray-vonn Video Coordinator McIntyre Webb (3rd Season, Michigan State ‘14) Bryant Mocaby ....................................................mock-uh-bee Strength & Conditioning Coach Brian Boos Zaynah Robinson ........................... zuh-nye (rhymes with high) Assistant Athletic Trainer Zach Malecki Chris Vogt ..........................................................................vote Dantez Walton .............................................................. dan-tez 2018-19 HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS THE OTHER TOP-25 (MID-MAJOR MADNESS) COLLEGEINSIDER.COM MID-MAJOR TOP-25 School Conference Overall Northern Kentucky 6-1 16-4 As of: Jan. 22, 2019 As of: Jan. 21, 2019 Oakland 5-2 9-11 Rk. Tm. Rcd. Prev. Pts. Rk. Tm. Rcd. Pts. Prev. Detroit Mercy 5-2 8-11 1 Gonzaga (12) 18-2 1 323 1. Gonzaga (31) 18-2 775 1 Green Bay 4-3 10-10 2 Nevada 18-1 2 309 2. Buffalo 17-1 744 2 Wright State 4-3 10-10 3 Buffalo (1) 17-1 3 304 3.