NORTHERN KENTUCKY Men’S Basketball BASKETBALL Game Notes Northern Kentucky at UIC 2019-20 Schedule
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2019-20 NORTHERN KENTUCKY Men’s Basketball BASKETBALL Game Notes Northern Kentucky at UIC 2019-20 Schedule Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result Jan. 10, 2019 | 7:00 p.m. (ET)/6:00 (CT) October Chicago | Credit Union 1 Arena (8,000) Oct. 30 Transylvania W, 71-45 TV/Broadcast: ESPN2 November Jordan Bernfield (PxP) | Rob Kennedy (Color) Nov. 5 UC Clermont W, 105-55 Radio: ESPN1530 (1530 AM) Nov. 8 @ Missouri L, 56-71 10-6 Overall Jim Kelch (PxP) | Rick Broering (Color) 6-11 Overall Nov. 12 @ Coastal Carolina W, 69-68 2-2 Horizon League 1-3 Horizon League Nov. 17 Coppin State^ W, 82-70 Nov. 20 @ Ball State W, 59-57 Nov. 23 Texas Southern ^ L, 96-98 (2ot) Last Game Starters Nov. 25 Midway (Ky.)^ W, 86-56 Nov. 30 @ Arkansas^ L, 60-66 December 0 5 11 12 15 Dec. 3 @ Miami (Ohio) W, 76-54 Dec. 8 Eastern Kentucky W, 76-57 Dec. 15 Illinois State W, 79-64 Dec. 21 @ UNC Greensboro L, 50-67 Dec. 28 Milwaukee* W, 74-64 Dec. 30 Green Bay* L, 73-59 January Silas Bryson Jalen Trevon Tyler Jan. 3 @ Detroit Mercy* L, 58-66 Adheke Langdon Tat e Faulkner Sharpe Jan. 5 @ Oakland* W, 75-64 R-Jr. So. R-Jr. So. Sr. Jan. 10 @ UIC* 7:00 p.m. Jan. 12 @ IUPUI* 2:00 p.m. 4.4 PPG 8.3 PPG 9.7 PPG 12.1 PPG 14.9 PPG Jan. 16 Youngstown State* 7:00 p.m. 5.3 RPG 2.3 RPG 4.5 RPG 4.3 RPG 3.3 RPG Jan. 18 Cleveland State* 7:00 p.m. 63% FG 3.7 APG 4.7 APG 2.6 APG 2.3 APG Jan. 24 @ Wright State* 9:00 p.m. Jan. 31 @ Green Bay* TBD Fast Break Points February Feb. 2 @ Milwaukee* 2:00 p.m. Northern Kentucky Points Feb. 6 Oakland* 7:00 p.m. • Five Norse reached double figures as NKU pulled out a 75-64 road win over Oakland on Sunday. Feb. 8 Detroit Mercy* 7:00 p.m. • NKU continues its four-game road swing with a trip to the Windy City to face UIC in a nationally tele- Feb. 14 IUPUI* 7:00 p.m. vised contest on ESPN2. The Norse are 6-2 all-time against the Flames, including a 2-2 mark in Chicago. Feb. 16 UIC* 2:00 p.m. • In addition to being on a current four-game road trip, the Norse are in the midst of a stretch of seven Feb. 20 @ Cleveland State* 7:00 p.m. of nine being contested away from BB&T Arena. Feb. 22 @ Youngstown State* 2:00 p.m. • The Norse were picked to finish second in the Horizon League, receiving 295 points and five first-place Feb. 28 Wright State* 7:00 p.m. votes. Wright State was picked first with 350 points and 28 first-place votes. • NKU has been the most dominant team in the Horizon League over the last three seasons, amassing March a 48-17 mark against league foes while winning four of the combined six league championships (regular March 3 Horizon League Championship& TBD season and tournament). March 5 Horizon League Championship& TBD • Since the start of the 2016-17 season, NKU is a combined 82-36 (.695), has won the Horizon League March 9 Horizon League Championship% TBD regular season twice (2018, 2019) and league tourney twice (2017, 2019), and has played in both the March 10 Horizon League Championship% TBD NCAA Tournament (2017, 2019) or NIT (2018) every year. No other team in DI history has registered this level of accomplishments in its first three years with active status. ^ Collegiate Hoops Roadshow Presented by Atmosair • NKU is coming off of its second trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last three years, where it fell 72-57 (Norse Regional) to No. 3 Texas Tech, which finished as the national runner-up. * Horizon League Contest • NKU has been stingy on the defensive end, holding teams to 65.6 points per game, and only one op- & Horizon League Championship First Round & Quar- ponent has scored more than 73 points against the Norse this season. terfinals at Higher Seed • NKU makes its hay with the nation’s 12th-best 3-point field-goal shooting defense, limiting foes to just % Horizon League Championship at Indiana Farmers 26.9 percent. • The Norse have ripped off 133 steals so far, a total that ranks 31st in the nation. The team’s 8.3 steals Coliseum in Indianapolis, Ind. per game also rank 54th. • Offensively, the Norse are letting it rain from long range this year. The team ranks 17th in the country in 3-point field-goal attempts (427) and 42nd in made threes (139). • NKU is in the first year of the Darrin Horn era, as the Kentucky native is just the sixth head coach in the 49th season of the program. In his 10th year as a head coach, Horn has a career record of 181-117. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Norse Points Assistant AD for Comm.: Bryan McEldowney • G Tyler Sharpe, a Preseason All-Horizon League Second-Team honoree, is second on the team in scoring, pouring in 14.9 ppg and has made 38 threes on the season, which ranks 87th in the country. Email: [email protected] • Though only in his third season as a Norse, Sharpe moved into the top-50 all-time scorers at NKU with Office Phone: (859) 572-5470 his 18-point showing at Missouri. He now ranks 32nd with 951 points as a Norse. Cell Phone: (937) 478-5027 • After missing 10 games with a hand injury, G Jalen Tate returned against Green Bay and has scored 11 Best Time to Reach Coach: points in all three games. He is averaging 9.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. • G Trevon Faulkner is one of four returning starters for NKU this year. The sophomore guard is averag- Contact Bryan McEldowney ing 12.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game. • G Bryson Langdon has started the last 13 games for Northern Kentucky and averaged 4.3 assists in Director of Digital Media (Video): Teresa Turner the outings. • Langdon is coming off a career-high scoring effort, posting 21 at Oakland. Asst. Athletic Comm. Dir.: Chloe Smith • W Adham Eleeda has averaged 12.0 points per game over the last two Athletic Comm. GA: Robby Johnson contests, which includes a career-high 14 at Detroit Mercy. Athletic Comm. GA: Macy Wright • Eleeda has shot 45 percent (9-of-20) from three over the last four games. Twitter : @NKUNorse | @NKUNorseMBB • F Dantez Walton was averaging a team-best 18.4 ppg on the strength of 54 percent shooting, which includes 42 percent from 3-point range, prior to Facebook: NKUNorse | NKUNorseMBB being side-lined with an injury. Instagram: @NKUNorse | @NKUNorseMBB • In his last seven games against DI foes, Walton averaged 24.9 points while shooting 59 percent from the floor and 52 percent from behind the arc. Gameday Twitter: @NKUNorseGameD 2019-20 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 Major 0 Silas Adheke F 6-8 245 R-Jr. Lagos, Nigeria/Hamilton Hts./Evansville/Eastern Fla. St. Mathematics 1 Adham Eleeda W 6-5 200 Jr. Toronto, Canada/Trinity CC/ Sheridan CC Org. Leadership 2 Paul Djoko G 6-4 200 R-So. Strasbourg, France/Champagne Chalons Reims Comp. Information Tech. 3 Tre Cobbs G 6-0 190 R-Jr. Lima, Ohio/Lima Central Catholic Org. Leadership 4 Adrian Nelson F 6-7 220 So. Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central Sports Business & Events 5 Bryson Langdon G 5-9 160 So. Chicago, Ill./Kenwood HS/Arizona Western Org. Leadership 10 John Harge F 6-8 220 Fr. Aurora, Colo./Smoky Hlll/Hillcrest Prep Undeclared 11 Jalen Tate G 6-6 170 R-Jr. Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central Org. Leadership 12 Trevon Faulkner G 6-3 195 So. Harrodsburg, Ky./Mercer County Org. Leadership 14 Karl Harris W 6-5 185 Gr. Chicago, Ill./De La Salle/La Salle/Northern Arizona Health Science 15 Tyler Sharpe G 6-0 200 Sr. Mt. Washington, Ky./Bullitt East/Louisville Communication Studies 30 Bryant Mocaby W 6-5 200 So. Derby, Kansas/Derby Psychology 32 Dantez Walton F 6-6 215 Sr. Lima, Ohio/Lima Central Catholic Org. Leadership 44 David Wassler C 6-10 235 So. Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier Computer Science Staff Pronunciation Guide Head Coach: Darrin Horn (1st Season, Western Kentucky ’95) Silas Adheke ......................................sigh-liss uh-deck-ee Assistant Coach: Eric Haut (1st Season, Kent St. ‘04) Tre Cobbs .................................................................... tray Assistant Coach: David Harris (1st Season, Ashland ‘13) Paul Djoko ............................................................. joe-coe Assistant Coach: Simon McCormack (1st Season, American ‘12) Adham Eleeda ...................................... ad-em uh-lee-duh Director of Basketball Operations: Matt Rea (1st Season, Middlebury ‘14) Trevon Faulkner .................................................. tray-vonn Video Coordinator: Joey Kizel (1st Season, Middlebury ‘14) Bryant Mocaby .............................................mock-uh-bee Graduate Assistants: Jay Slone, Isiah Price Dantez Walton ....................................................... dan-tez HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS* THE OTHER TOP-25 (MID-MAJOR MADNESS) COLLEGEINSIDER.COM School League Overall As of Jan. 6, 2019 As of Jan. 6, 2019 Wright State 4-0 14-3 Rk. Tm. Rcd. Change Rk. Tm. Rcd. Pts. Youngstown State 2-1 9-7 1 Gonzaga 16-1 2 1. Gonzaga (31) 16-1 775 Cleveland State 2-1 6-10 2 San Diego State 15-0 3 2.