HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky hosts fellow in-state school Midway in a Monday-night contest at BB&T Arena. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m., and is part of a day-night double-header with the women's team, which hosts Central Arkansas in the annual Victor's Hoops 4 Health game at 11 a.m.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (4-2 Overall, 0-0 Horizon League)
Midway (Ky.) University (3-5 Overall, 0-0 River States Conference)
Monday, Nov. 25 – 7:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: ESPN3 with Brady Laber (PxP) and Brad Redford (Color)
Radio: The Project (100.7/106.3 FM) with Jim Kelch (PxP) and Rick Broering (Color)
Stats: Live Stats
 
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Fast Break Points
• NKU fell 98-96 in double-overtime to Texas Southern on Saturday night, dropping its first two-overtime game since March 14, 2009, when it fell 75-72 to Lake Superior State.
• NKU hosts Midway on Monday night at BB&T Arena, capping off a two-game homestand for the Norse.
• Since the start of the 2016-17 campaign, NKU is 43-6 (.878) at BB&T Arena. The Norse also sold a program-record 1,403 season tickets this year.
• The Norse have ripped off 57 steals so far, a total that ranks 24th in the country. The team's 9.5 steals per game also rank 42nd.
• Offensively, the Norse are letting it rain from long range this year. The team ranks 12th in the country in 3-point field-goal attempts (184) and 16th in made threes (61).
• NKU is in the first year of the Darrin Horn era, as the Kentucky native is just the sixth head coach in the 49th season of the program. In his 10th year as head coach, Horn has a career record of 175-113.
• NKU is coming off of its second trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last three years, where it fell 72-57 to No. 3 Texas Tech, which finished as the national runner-up.
• NKU has been the most-dominant team in the Horizon League over the last three seasons, amassing a 46-15 mark against league foes while winning four of the combined six league championships (regular season and tournament).
• With a DI-era record 26 wins last year, NKU secured a third-straight 20-win season for the first time in the DI era and just the third time in program history.
• Since the start of the 2016-17 season, NKU is a combined 76-32 (.704), has won the Horizon League regular season twice (2018, 2019) and league tourney twice (2017, 2019), and has played in both the NCAA Tournament (2017, 2019) and NIT (2018). No other team in DI history has registered this level of accomplishments in its first three years with active status.
• Over the last three games, F Dantez Walton has averaged 25.0 points and 8.3 rebounds.
• A senior for the Norse, Walton is currently averaging 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.
• Walton dropped a career-high 33 points and added 10 rebounds for his second career double-double in the double overtime setback against Texas Southern.
• Walton's career night put him into the top-50 all-time scorers at NKU. He has 770 points to rank No. 48.
• G Trevon Faulkner is one of four returning starters for NKU this year. The sophomore guard is averaging 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
• Faulkner used 9-of-16 shooting to tally a career-best 24 points versus Texas Southern.
• Walton's 33 points and Faulkner's 24 against Texas Southern gave NKU a pair of 20-point scorers in each of the last two home games. The duo nearly made it three in a row, scoring 18 and 17, respectively at Ball State.
• G Bryson Langdon has started the last three games for Northern Kentucky and averaged 6.3 assists in the two outings.
• Langdon joined both Walton and Faulkner in setting a new career mark in the game against Texas Southern. The sophomore guard dished out nine assists in the contest.
• G Tyler Sharpe, a Preseason All-Horizon League Second-Team honoree, is averaging 14.8 points per game for the Norse.
• Though early in his third season as a Norse, Sharpe moved into the top-50 all-time scorers at NKU with his 18-point showing at Missouri. He now ranks 44th with 802 points as a Norse.
• F Silas Adheke hauled in 12 boards against Texas Southern. With his 12 boards versus Coppin State, he's now registered a dozen caroms in two of the last three games.
 
Last Time Out
Career-scoring nights from Walton and Faulkner weren't enough for the Norse, as NKU succumbed 98-96 in a double-overtime thriller versus Texas Southern. Walton registered his second career double-double with a career-best 33 points and 10 boards, while Faulkner used 9-of-16 shooting to set a new scoring mark with 24 points. Langdon dished a career-best nine assists. However, Texas Southern won the rebound battle 53-37 and outscored NKU 19-12 in second-chance points. Despite winning the turnover battle, 24-22, the Norse were outscored 23-16 in points off turnovers.
 
Scouting Midway (Ky.)
An NAIA school and member of the River States Conference, Midway is 3-5 on the year. The program, which is only four years old, has steadily improved each year, going from two wins (2016-17), to seven wins (2017-18), and then to 12 wins last season. Kwon Evans averages 18.5 point per game to pace the Eagles offensively thanks to 57-of-105 shooting (54 percent).
 
Series Stuff
Midway is one of eight first-time opponents for the Norse this season, joining Arkansas, Ball State, Coppin State, Illinois State, Mizzou, Texas Southern and UNC Greensboro. NKU dropped its decisions against Missouri, 71-56, and Texas Southern, 98-96 (double overtime), but defeated Coppin State, 82-70, and Ball State, 59-57 to sit at 2-2 against first-time opponents.