HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Fresh off of its first-ever Horizon League victory on Thursday, the Northern Kentucky men's basketball team welcomes Cleveland State to BB&T Arena. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (5-10 Overall, 1-3 Horizon League)
Cleveland State University Vikings (5-13 Overall, 0-5 Horizon League)
Saturday, Jan. 16 - 7 p.m. (ET)
BB&T Arena (9,400) in Highland Heights, Ky.
TV: TWC SportsChannel (TWC 1311 HD/311) with Neil Sika (Play-by-Play) and Dave Cecutti (Analysis)
Radio: 55KRC (550 AM) with Jim Kelch (Play-by-Play) and Steve Moeller (Analysis)
 
Fast Break Points (140 Characters or Less)
• NKU earned its first #HLMBB win with an 84-64 decision over Youngstown State on Thursday.
• NKU's defense held the #HLMBB's leading offense in YSU to just 64 points.
• NKU closes its three-game home-stand with CSU. The Norse are also in a stretch of 10 games where eight are at @theBBTarena.
• Three Norse are averaging 10 or more points per game this season, led by F Jalen Billups at 13.3.
• With a two-hand jam in the first half against Wright State, Billups became the 24th Norse to score 1,000 career points.
• Billups led the nation w/ 69.6% shooting last year, and is among the nation's leaders at 64.3% (81-126) this year.
• Billups ranks among NKU's all-time leaders in FG % (2nd, .636), blocks (5th, 118) & blocks per game (11th, 1.1).
• Billups is averaging an impressive 1.58 points per field-goal attempt this season.                         
• Billups and G Tyler White are climbing NKU's all-time scoring list. Billups ranks 24th w/ 1,018 points & White is No. 32 (922).
• White dropped two treys against YSU and is now tied-9th all-time with Tony Rack's 160.
• G Lavone Holland is second on the team in scoring at 11.7 points and leads the squad in rebounds (5.9) and assists (4.1).
• G Cole Murray has had the hot hand from long range, shooting 42.1% (32-of-76) from behind the arc this year.
• Murray is averaging a career-high 9.9 points per game.
• After flirting w/ double-doubles several other times, F Drew McDonald recorded the first of his career with 12 points, 13 rebounds at GB.
• In the last seven games, McDonald is averaging a team-best 12.0 points on 53.2 percent shooting (33-of-62) and 7.1 rebounds per game.
• In @HorizonLeague play, F Jordan Garnett is averaging 4.5 rebounds per game, which is up from 2.4 in non-conference action.