HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky begins the last leg of its stretch of seven of nine games on the road with a matchup at Green Bay. ESPNU will air the 9 p.m. (ET)/8 (CT) tip-off.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (14-7 Overall, 6-3 Horizon League)
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix (10-12 Overall, 5-4 Horizon League)
Friday, Jan. 31 – 9:00 p.m. (ET)/8 (CT)
Green Bay, Wisc. | Kress Center (4,000)
TV: ESPNU with Jordan Bernfield (PxP) and Rob Kennedy (Color)
Radio: ESPN1530 (1530 AM) with Jim Kelch (PxP) and Rick Broering (Color)
Stats: Live Stats
 
Fast Break Points 
• NKU's five-game winning streak was snapped with a 95-63 setback at Wright State last Friday.
• NKU continues its three-game road swing with a second-straight nationally-televised showdown in Friday's contest at Green Bay. NKU is 5-4 all-time against GB and is 2-2 on the road versus the Phoenix.
• Friday's matchup with Green Bay is Northern Kentucky's 15th nationally-broadcast contest since the 2016-17 campaign. NKU is 7-7 in those games, including a 1-1 mark this year.
• The Norse are in the midst of a stretch of seven of nine games being contested away from BB&T Arena, but have shown an aptitude for winning on the road as they are one of 22 teams nationally with at least six true road wins.
• NKU has been stingy on the defensive end, holding teams to 65.7 points per game, and only two opponents have scored more than 73 points against the Norse this season.
• NKU makes its hay with the nation's eighth-best 3-point field-goal shooting defense, limiting foes to just 28.2 percent.
• The Norse have ripped off 169 steals so far, a total that ranks 43rd in the nation. The team's 8.1 steals per game also rank 49th.
• Offensively, the Norse are letting it rain from long range this year. The team ranks 28th in the country in 3-point field-goal attempts (563) and 58th in made threes (182).
• 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 a head coach, Horn has a career record of 185-118.
• NKU has been the most dominant team in the Horizon League over the last three seasons, amassing a 52-18 mark against league foes while winning four of the combined six league championships (regular season and tournament).
• Since the start of the 2016-17 season, NKU is a combined 86-37 (.699), 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) or NIT (2018) every year. No other team in DI history has registered this level of accomplishments in its first three-plus years with active status.
• G Tyler Sharpe became NKU's 28th member of the 1,000-point club with a career-high-tying 33-point outing versus Youngstown State, his fifth 30-point showing this year. He now ranks 27th all-time at NKU with 1,060 points.
• Sharpe is averaging 16.5 points per game and his 56 made threes rank 56th in the nation.
• G Trevon Faulkner has reached double figures in 8-of-9 Horizon League games. The sophomore is averaging 13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game overall, but 14.4 ppg in league games.
• F Adrian Nelson has hauled in double-figure rebound totals in five of the team's league contests. He's averaging 6.3 ppg and 8.6 rpg in league play.
• After missing 10 games due to  injury, G Jalen Tate returned against Green Bay and has reached double figures in 6-of-8 games since. He is averaging 9.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.
• G Bryson Langdon has started the last 18 games for Northern Kentucky and averaged 4.3 assists in those outings. His 4.4 apg in Horizon League play rank tied for seventh in the conference.
• Langdon has now reached double figures in four of the last six games, averaging 11.5 ppg during the stretch.
• F Dantez Walton was averaging a team-best 18.4 ppg on the strength of 54 percent shooting, which includes 42 percent from 3-point range, prior to being side-lined with an injury.
• In his last seven games against DI foes, Walton averaged 24.9 points while shooting 59 percent from the floor and 52 percent from behind the arc.
 
Last Time Out
NKU's five-game winning streak was snapped in a 95-63 setback at Wright State on Friday night. Sharpe led a trio of Norse in double figures with 18 points. Langdon and Tate both added 16 points. The Raiders scored on their first possession and never trailed in the contest. NKU surrendered more than 73 points for just the second time this season, and allowed WSU to shoot better from the field (61 percent) and 3-point range (55 percent) than any other opponent all season.
 
Scouting Green Bay
Green Bay had a three-game win streak snapped in its last outing, a 98-94 overtime setback at Youngstown State. The Phoenix are now 10-12 on the season and 5-4 in league play, one game behind the Norse. JayQuan McCloud averages a team-high 16.3 points per game, but is closely followed by freshman standout Amari Davis at 15.7 ppg. PJ Pipes also contributes 10.9 ppg, while Kameron Hankerson nearly provides GB with four double-figure scorers at 9.8 ppg. Green Bay features the nation's fastest offense and  fills it up at 81.9 ppg, while allowing opponents to score at an 80.7 ppg clip.
 
Series Stuff
Green Bay snapped Northern Kentucky's five-game unbeaten streak in the series when it won 73-59 at BB&T Arena earlier this year. Now, the all-time series sits at 5-4 in favor of the Norse. NKU has won the last two in Green Bay by a slim six-point average margin, but is just 2-2 all-time on the road versus the Phoenix.
 
In the first meeting this year, Green Bay opened on a 10-0 run and never trailed in a 73-59 victory. NKU allowed GB to shoot 47 percent for the game, including 41 percent from 3-point range, while making just 37 percent of its own shots and a mere 19 percent of its threes. Eleven (11) Norse played and each scored in the game. Tate, who made his return after missing the previous 10 games with a hand injury, led NKU with 11 points on 5-for-10 shooting. Faulkner was the only other Norse in double figures with 10.