2018-19 NORTHERN KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Northern Kentucky at UIC Schedule Feb. 3, 2019 | 4:12 p.m. (ET) Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result Chicago | Credit Union 1 Arena (9,500) October TV/Broadcast: ESPN+ Oct. 30 Thomas More (Ex.) W, 84-47 Jonathon Hood (PxP) & Chris Bleck (Color) November Radio: ESPN1530 (1530 AM) Nov. 6 Wilmington^ W, 102-38 (PxP) & (Color) 18-5 Overall, 8-2 Horizon League Jim Kelch Steve Moeller 10-12 Overall, 4-5 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 13.2 PPG 4.4 PPG 14.3 PPG 11.5 PPG 19.0 PPG Jan. 3 @ Oakland* L, 74-76 4.9 RPG 2.3 RPG 3.1 RPG 5.4 RPG 9.9 RPG Jan. 5 @ Detroit Mercy* W, 95-73 3.8 APG 1.0 APG 1.5 APG 2.7 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* W, 87-65 Northern Kentucky Points Jan. 26 Milwaukee* W, 73-60 • NKU dropped to 18-5 overall and 8-2 in the Horizon League after falling at IUPUI, 83-77, on Friday. February • The Norse have won 10 of their last 12 contests and are off to their best start since 2011-12, the last Feb. 1 @ IUPUI* L, 77-83 year of DII competition when NKU started 19-4 through its first 23 games. Feb. 3 @ UIC* 4 p.m. • NKU is 6-1 all-time against UIC, and has won the last five in the series. Feb. 7 Detroit Mercy* 7 p.m. • NKU catapulted into the two mid-major polls this week. After sitting just on the outside in the receiv- Feb. 9 Oakland* 7 p.m. ing votes category the last two weeks, the Norse moved to No. 20 in the College Insider Mid-Major Feb. 15 @ Wright State* 9 p.m. Top-25 Poll and No. 21 in The Other Top-25 Poll, which is presented by Mid-Major Madness. Feb. 21 Youngstown State* 7 p.m. • NKU is averaging 16.6 assists per game, No. 23 in the nation. The Norse also rank ninth in the Feb. 23 Cleveland State* 7 p.m. country in total assists with 382 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 34th in attempts (575) and 25th in made treys (210). The Norse are making 9.1 threes per game, which are the 58th-most nationally. March • Foes are converting just 40.6 percent of their shots versus NKU, 42nd-best nationally. The Norse are March 2 @ Green Bay* 1 p.m. also 82nd in scoring defense, allowing teams to post 67.5 points per game. March 5/6 Horizon League Quarterfinals& TBD • Since the start of the 2016-17 season, NKU is a combined 38-12 against Horizon League competi- March 11 Horizon League Semifinals% TBD tion, the best of any league school against the rest of the conference. Wright State is next at 34-16. March 12 Horizon League Finals% • Since the start of the 2016-17 season, NKU is a combined 64-26, has won the Horizon League regu- lar season (2018) and league tourney (2017), and has played in both the NCAA Tournament (2017) ^KEMI Northern Kentucky Basketball Classic (High- and NIT (2018). No other team in DI history has accomplished this feat. land Heights, Kentucky) * Horizon League Contest Norse Points & Horizon League Championship at Higher Seed • F Drew McDonald moved into fifth all-time at NKU in scoring on Friday night. He now has 1,867 % Motor City Madness (Horizon League Champion- points as a Norse. Craig Sanders (‘98-02) is NKU’s career leader with 2,007 points. ship) in Detroit, Mich. • McDonald leads four Norse averaging double digits on the year at 19.0 points. He also leads NKU at 9.9 rebounds per game (21st in nation). His 11 double-doubles rank 14th nationally and he is one of just 19 players to register a triple-double this year. • In his last 30 games against Horizon League opponents, dating back to March 17, 2017, McDonald has posted a double-double 19 times. • McDonald is one of five active players in Division I basketball with at least 1,800 career points (1,867) and 900 career boards (990). He is also tied-sixth in career double-doubles (45) among active players. • G Jalen Tate is averaging 13.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game this year. He is making ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 55.8 percent (92-of-165) of his shots. • G Tyler Sharpe is second on the team in scoring, pouring in 14.3 points per game and, in 18 of the Assistant AD for Communications: team’s 23 games has hit at least two threes. In the last five games, he has made 16-of-30 from deep. Bryan McEldowney • F Dantez Walton is averaging 11.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists. In his first two seasons as a Norse (61 games), he posted nine combined double-figure scoring games. He has 16 double-digit Email: [email protected] scoring outputs in 23 games this year, including a career-best 20 points at IUPUI. Office Phone: (859) 572-5470 • G Zaynah Robinson is running the show for the Norse and is second on the Cell Phone: (937) 478-5027 team at 3.1 assists per game. He is averaging 8.3 points per game overall. Fax: (859) 572-7956 • G Trevon Faulkner has started the last 15 games for the Norse, playing more than 22 minutes per outing and has dished out 22 assists while commit- Best Time to Reach Coach: ting just nine miscues. In league play, he has 11 assists to just three turnovers Contact Bryan McEldowney and is averaging 5.0 ppg. Director of Comm. (Video): Brad Pope • C Chris Vogt had a career night versus Green Bay. He posted his first career double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds, both career-highs. He also Asst. Athletic Comm. Dir.: Chloe Smith made nine field goals and dished out three assists, also career marks. 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 8-2 18-5 As of: Jan. 28, 2019 As of: Jan. 28, 2019 IUPUI 6-4 14-9 Rk. Tm. Rcd. Prev. Pts. Rk. Tm. Rcd. Pts. Prev. Wright State 6-4 12-11 1 Gonzaga (13) 19-2 1 325 1. Gonzaga (31) 19-2 775 1 Oakland 6-4 10-13 2 Nevada 19-1 2 312 2.