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2012-13 results Tues., Dec. 4 (0-5 overall, 0-0 A-Sun) Lubbock, Texas – United Spirit Arena (15,098) NKU (0-5) at Texas Tech (4-1), 7 p.m. DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Wed., Nov. 14 at San Diego L, 65-61 NKU Radio: WQRT 1160 AM Thurs., Nov. 15 vs. Tulsa# L, 76-56 •Jim Kelch (play-by-play) & Steve Moeller (color) Sat., Nov. 17 vs. Siena (N.Y.)# L, 56-52 Series Record: First meeting Sun., Nov. 18 vs. CSU Northridge# L, 69-58 Sat., Dec. 1 at #4 Ohio State L, 70-43 NORTHERN KENTUCKY PLAYS AT TEXAS TECH Tues., Dec. 4 at Texas Tech 7 p.m. Norse (0-5) travel to Texas for first time in history Thurs., Dec. 20 at Hampton (Va.) 7 p.m. Sat., Dec. 22 at Navy 2 p.m. NORSE NOTES Mon., Dec. 31 at Jacksonville* 7:15 p.m. (FIVE STARTERS & ONE) Wed., Jan. 2 at North Florida* 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 5 USC Upstate* 7 p.m. 1• NKU dropped a 70-43 decision at No. 4 Ohio State Mon., Jan. 7 East Tenn. State* 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. The Norse shot just 27.1 percent from the Fri., Jan. 11 Lipscomb* 7 p.m. field and committed 20 turnovers against the Buckeyes. Thurs., Jan. 17 at Stetson* 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 19 at Fla. Gulf Coast* 5:15 p.m. 2• The Norse were 7-for-29 (.241) from 3-point range. Thur., Jan. 24 Mercer* 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 26 Kennesaw State* 7 p.m. 3• NKU has never played a Big 12 basketball team. Thur., Jan. 31 at East Tenn. State* 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 2 at USC Upstate* 5 p.m. 4•The Norse did defeat West Virginia in an exhibition Fri., Feb. 8 at Lipscomb* 7 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 14 Fla. Gulf Coast* 7 p.m. game on Nov. 4, 2011, when the Mountaineers were Sat., Feb. 16 Stetson* 7 p.m. members of the Big East Conference. Thurs., Feb. 21 at Kennesaw State* 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 23 at Mercer* 4:30 p.m. 5•NKU is looking to collect its first victory as a Division I Thurs., Feb. 28 North Florida* 7:30 p.m. program. Sat., March 2 Jacksonville* 7 p.m. Thurs., March 14 at San Francisco 10 p.m. +1• NKU’s last regular-season win against a Division #NUCDF Challenge at San Diego, Calif. I team came on Jan. 14, 1984, when the Norse upset *Atlantic Sun Conference game Tennessee State, 66-64, in Highland Heights, Ky. Home games in bold PROBABLE STARTERS NKU # OF THE DAY 16,548 A crowd of 16,548 watched NKU play Ohio State on Saturday. It was the largest #1 ETHAN FAULKNER #5 ERNEST WATSON #40 ESHAUNTE JONES #24 CHAD JACKSON #21 JALEN BILLUPS regular-season gathering to SENIOR/ G / 6-1 SENIOR / F / 6-7 SENIOR / G / 6-4 JUNIOR / G / 6-4 SOPHOMORE / C / 6-6 ever see an NKU sporting PPG - 6.8 PPG - 5.4 PPG - 14.4 PPG - 6.6 PPG - 8.8 event. The biggest crowd to RPG - 5.6 RPG - 4.8 RPG - 3.8 RPG - 4.4 RPG - 4.2 see NKU play was 18,869 FT % - .750 FT % - .500 FT % - .833 FT % - .583 FT % - .571 in an exhibition game at FG % - .316 FG % - .275 FG % - .381 FG % - .520 FG % - .541 Louisville in 2010. LONE STAR STATE DEBUT: NKU has never played a men’s basketball game in the state of Buckeyes cruise to 70-43 win over Norse Texas. In fact, the Norse have met just two teams from Texas in their entire history. NKU played then-Texas A&I (now Texas ROSS LEADS NO. 4 OHIO STATE A&M–Kingsville) in 1989 during a regular-season tournament in Erie, Pa., and dropped a 107-91 TO 70-43 WIN OVER NKU decision. During the 1997 NCAA Division II na- tional quarterfinals in Louisville, Ky., NKU posted a 79-67 win over Texas A&M-Commerce. COLUMBUS, Ohio – Northern Kentucky did a good job of containing Ohio State super- NUMBERS GAME: NKU enters Tuesday star forward DeShaun Thomas on Saturday. night’s game shooting 35.9 percent from the field. The Norse are also 30-for-121 (24.8 percent) But LaQuinton Ross stepped up and from 3-point range this season. scored a career-high 22 points to lead the Of the Norse’s 276 total field-goal attempts cold-shooting, fourth-ranked Buckeyes to a through the first five games, 43.8 percent (121) 70-43 victory over the visiting Norse. Ross have come from beyond the arc. As a team, NKU was 8-for-12 from the field and made a trio of has 55 assists and 61 turnovers. 3-pointers as Ohio State (5-1) bounced back from a loss at Duke on Wednesday night. BILLUPS BATTLES BUCKEYES: NKU Thomas entered Saturday averaging 22.4 sophomore post player Jalen Billups finished with points per game to lead the Big Ten in scor- 11 points and nine rebounds against Ohio State. He also blocked two shots. ing, and Northern Kentucky held him to 14. “Against Thomas, we wanted to jam every- TREY-RIFFIC: NKU senior guard Eshaunte one into the lane and force him to his right,” Jones leads the team in scoring (14.4 points per NKU head coach Dave Bezold said. “If he game) and 3-pointers made (14). Jones buried a makes a play off you, it shows how great of a trio of 3-pointers against Ohio State. player he is and how ready he is to take it to the next level.” OFF THE BENCH: Norse freshman guard Ty- ler White netted a career-high five points against Ohio State. White, a native of Lima, Ohio, also collected a steal and added an assist in 13 min- DAVE BEZOLD IN DECEMBER utes of playing time. BIG-TIME ATMOSPHERE: Ohio State was 32-14 (.696) the first nationally ranked Division I team NKU has ever played. It also marked the Norse’s tele- NKU head coach Dave Bezold owns a 32-14 vision debut on The Big Ten Network. record in the month of December during his career. A year ago, Bezold guided the Norse to CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS: He is the a 6-0 mark during the month of December. smallest member of NKU’s starting five at 6-foot- Bezold enters the Texas Tech game on Tuesday 1, but Norse senior guard Ethan Faulkner leads with a career record of 161-84 at NKU. He led the team in rebounding at 5.6 boards per game. the Norse to five NCAA Division II Tournament Faulkner grabbed seven rebounds against Ohio berths in the past six years. State. OHIO STATE VS. NORTHERN KENTUCKY NORTHERN KENTUCKY LOWDOWN... COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Despite the fi- nal score, the mood of the Northern Kentucky Overall .............................................................. 0-5 Norse as they boarded their bus for the trek Atlantic Sun ...................................................... 0-0 home was upbeat. Home ................................................................ 0-0 LaQuinton Ross scored a career-high 22 Away ................................................................. 0-2 points to lead cold-shooting No. 4 Ohio State to a 70-43 victory over the Norse on Satur- Neutral .............................................................. 0-3 day. Overtime ........................................................... 0-0 The biggest benefits for NKU may come further down the road. In games decided by 1-5 points........................ 0-2 “We’re headed in the right direction,” said In games decided by 6-10 points...................... 0-0 guard Eshaunte Jones, who had nine points. “We have a lot of young kids who are learning In games decided by 11-15 points .................... 0-1 right now, so this game is definitely a building In games decided by 16 or more points ........... 0-2 block. Ohio State went to the Final Four last year, and there aren’t too many teams that When scoring less than 60 ............................... 0-4 come into this arena and leave with a win.” Jalen Billups led the Norse (0-5) with 11 When scoring 60-70 ......................................... 0-1 points and nine rebounds. When scoring 71-80 ......................................... 0-0 Northern Kentucky made its NCAA Divi- When scoring 81 or more ................................. 0-0 sion I debut with four games in five days at a tournament in San Diego from Nov. 14-18. When allowing less than 60 .............................. 0-1 The Norse led in the second half of all four games, two of which were four-point defeats. When allowing 60-70 ........................................ 0-3 They didn’t back down to the Buckeyes When allowing 71-80 ........................................ 0-1 (5-1), either. Ohio State had to finish strong When allowing 81 or more ................................ 0-0 to win the rebounding battle (43-41) while shooting just 38 percent against NKU’s pesky When leading at the half ................................... 0-2 defense. “The game plan was to crash the right When trailing at the half .................................... 0-2 side on the boards, and it worked well,” Bil- When tied at the half......................................... 0-0 lups said. The game marked the first time Northern November ......................................................... 0-4 Kentucky had played a Big Ten team. The Norse’s last regular-season win against a December ......................................................... 0-1 Division I team came on Jan. 14, 1984, when January ............................................................. 0-0 they upset Tennessee State, 66-64, in High- February ........................................................... 0-0 land Heights, Ky. March................................................................ 0-0 The difference against Ohio State was the 20 turnovers which led to 22 points. Buck- eyes point guard Aaron Craft was credited Monday ............................................................. 0-0 with four steals but may have had a hand in Tuesday ...........................................................