Chris Knight scored 12 points against Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday.
Box score
SOMERS, Wis. –
Bobby Shannon scored a career-high 21 points as Northern Kentucky University extended its winning streak to five with an 81-64 victory at Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday.
Malcolm Eleby added 13 points and 12 rebounds as NKU improved to 13-3 overall, 6-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Chris Knight finished with 12 points for the Norse, who shot 56.6 percent from the field.
Shannon, a 6-foot-5 junior forward, was 10-for-13 from the field and added two assists. He scored 13 points during the first half as NKU built a 40-29 lead.
Tony Rack,
Ethan Faulkner and
Erik Stenger each added eight points for NKU. The Norse led by as many as 18 points in the second half and coasted to their fifth straight win.
NKU now holds a 24-8 lead in the all-time series against Wisconsin-Parkside. The Norse are 9-6 all-time in DeSimone Gymnasium.
Leneal Harris scored 18 points to lead Wisconsin-Parkside, which is 6-9 overall, 3-5 in the GLVC.
NKU meets Bellarmine – which is ranked No. 2 nationally in the NCAA Division II poll - at 8 p.m. Thursday night in Louisville, Ky.
