HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Winners of four in a row, the Northern Kentucky men's basketball team seeks to continue the streak when it hosts Eastern Washington, who enters at No. 57 in the RPI, in a 1 p.m. showing on Sunday, Dec. 18, at BB&T Arena.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (7-3 Overall, 0-0 Horizon League)
Eastern Washington University Eagles (8-2 Overall, 0-0 Big Sky)
Sunday, Dec. 18 - 1:00 p.m. (ET)
BB&T Arena (9,400) in Highland Heights, Ky.
TV: ESPN3 with Brady Laber (play-by-play) and Brad Redford (analysis)
Radio: FOXSports1360  (1360 AM) with Jim Kelch (play-by-play) and Steve Moeller (analysis)
 
Fast Break Points
• NKU sits at 7-3 overall after Cole Murray exploded for 26 points in an 80-66 road win at SEMO.
• NKU has won four in a row and six of its last seven games.
• The Norse have won four true road games this year, which is tied for the most in the nation.
• NKU has won five road/neutral site games, which is tied for the fifth-best mark in the nation.
• NKU started earning votes (10) in this week's CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 poll.
• NKU has guaranteed a winning non-conference schedule for the first time in the DI era.
• The Norse have established themselves as one of the top rebounding teams in the country, winning the rebounding battle in nine of 10 games to earn a ranking of 18th in rebounding margin at +8.8 and 43rd in total rebounds per game (40.4).
• NKU's prowess on the boards has kept its opponents to an offensive rebounding percentage of 23.6 percent (13th in the nation according to KenPom.com), meaning Northern Kentucky has owned its defensive boards and kept opponents off the offensive glass.
• G Lavone Holland II gave NKU its second-straight Horizon League Player of the Week honor after averaging 23.5 ppg, while shooting 48 percent from the floor and 53 percent from long range.
• Holland is averaging 16.3 ppg this year, second-best on the team. He's also dished out a team-leading 38 assists.
• G Cole Murray exploded for 26 points thanks to 8-for-11 shooting from 3-point land. It matched his career-high for both scoring and made triples.
•  Murray has reached double-figures in four of the last six games for the Norse. After starting the year 3-of-13 (23.1%) from three in the first three games, he has converted 30-of-61 attempts (49.2%) in the last seven.
• F Drew McDonald leads NKU at 18.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
• F Jeff Garrett is second on the team in rebounding at 6.4 rpg. He's also averaging 5.4 ppg and is second on the team in blocks with 10.
• F Carson Williams is fourth on the squad in scoring at 9.2 points per game.
• G Mason Faulkner is finding a way to contribute for NKU. He's posted an astonishing 3.3-1 assist-to-turnover ratio in eight-games played.