HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Green Bay visits BB&T Arena for a clash with the Northern Kentucky men's basketball team on Thursday night. The contest is the middle of a three-game home stretch for the Norse.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (8-13 Overall, 4-6 Horizon League)
Green Bay Phoenix (13-9 Overall, 5-4 Horizon League)
Thursday, Feb. 4 - 7 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: FOXSports 1360 (1360 AM) with Jim Kelch (Play-by-Play) and Steve Moeller (Analysis)
 
Fast Break Points (140 Characters or Less)
• NKU hosts Green Bay Thursday after falling to Oakland, 85-74, on Monday.
• NKU has won four of its last seven games and currently sits sixth in the #HLMBB standings.
• NKU shot 51 percent for the game against Oakland and finished with 18 assists on 26 made baskets.
• NKU is third in Horizon League-only games in assists (15.2 apg), with G Lavone Holland II (4.2 apg) ranking tied-fifth, individually.
• G Cole Murray was tabbed #HLMBB Player of the Week after going 7-for-10 from deep en route to 25 points in NKU's win at Detroit.
• Murray has had the hot hand from long range, shooting 48.2% (53-of-110) from behind the arc this year.
• In the last four games, Murray has made 76.2 percent (16-of-21) of his threes.
• On Jan. 18, F Drew McDonald was named #HLMBB Freshman of the Week for the second time in a three-week window.
• McDonald registered a career-high 23 points to go with eight boards in NKU's last outing against Oakland.
• In Horizon League action, McDonald is averaging 13.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.
• F Jalen Billups and G Tyler White are climbing NKU's all-time scoring list. Billups ranks 22nd w/ 1,098 points & White is No. 27 (988).
• Billups led the nation w/ 69.6% shooting last year, and is among the nation's leaders (t-12th) at 63.4% (111-175) this year.
• Billups ranks among NKU's all-time leaders in FG % (2nd, .634), blocks (5th, 122) & blocks per game (11th, 1.1).
• Billups' career 63.4 percent shooting ranks t-24th all-time in the NCAA.
• Billups is averaging an impressive 1.59 points per field-goal attempt.                         
• White has 173-career threes, ranking 9th all-time at NKU.
• Holland is second on the team in scoring (11.5 ppg) and third in rebounds (5.3 rpg), but leads NKU in assists (4.1 apg).