HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Nationally-ranked Ohio State provides the next foe for the Northern Kentucky women's basketball team. The teams will square off in Columbus, Ohio, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 6.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (0-3 Overall, 0-0 Horizon League)
No. 19 Ohio State University Buckeyes (2-0 Overall, 0-0 B1G)
Sunday, Dec. 6 – 2 p.m. (ET)
Columbus, Ohio | Covelli Center (3,700)
TV: Big Ten Network+
Stats: Live Stats
 
Fast Break Points 
• NKU dropped a 70-60 decision at Akron on Tuesday night.
• The Norse were dominant on the glass for the third-straight game, holding a 40-26 edge on the boards.
• Through two games this season, NKU is outrebounding its opponents by 11.7 boards per game (40.0-28.3 rpg). That margin ranks 36th-best in the nation.
• NKU wraps up its nonconference slate with Sunday's contest against nationally-ranked (No. 19) Ohio State on Sunday.
• NKU is 0-2 all-time against Ohio State, although the two teams haven't met in 40 years, with the last contest coming in the 1980-81 season.
• NKU is coming off of its first 20-win season during the DI era. The Norse went 6-5 in the nonconference before posting a 12-6 mark in League play and going 2-1 in the Horizon League Championship.
• NKU steamrolled both Detroit Mercy and Milwaukee in the opening two rounds of the Horizon League Championship. The Norse held two leads in the final minute, but ultimately fell short of Green Bay by one point in the semifinals.
• The Norse return quite a bit of experience, losing only three players from last year's squad. NKU welcomes back approximately 76 percent of its minutes played and 73 percent of its scoring.
• The Norse were picked to finish fourth in the Horizon League Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Junior guard Lindsey Duvall has been active and impactful early in her Norse tenure. She registered her first career double-double against the Falcons with 10 points and career-high 14 rebounds.
• Duvall has reached double figures in all three games and is averaging a team-high 11.0 ppg.
• Junior guard Ally Niece, who is coming off a sophomore campaign in which she was named to both the all-tournament and all-league second teams, earned a spot on the All-Horizon League Preseason First Team.
• Niece is averaging 8.7 ppg in the young 2020-21 season.
• Senior forward Kailey Coffey has played in 95 games with 94 starts during a Norse career in which she has moved into 12th all-time at NKU with 694 rebounds.
• Junior forward Emmy Souder started all 32 games as a sophomore. She was third on the team in scoring at 8.8 ppg and second in rebounding at 5.4 rpg.
• She is averaging 4.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game so far this year.
• Sophomore guard Ivy Turner joined Souder in the starting rotation every game last year. Turner contributed 8.3 ppg for NKU and was second on the team with 66 dimes.
• Turner is scoring at an 8.7 ppg clip this year.
• Sophomore guard Carissa Garcia averaged 7.3 ppg as a freshman, but has upped that average to 9.7 ppg so far this year, second best on the team.
• Five newcomers join the squad this season, including Louisville transfer junior guard Duvall as well as freshmen guard Kennedy Igo, center Emma Palmer, center Christyan Reid and  guard/wing Ellie Taylor.
 
Last Time Out
Bowling Green took a four-point lead at the end of the first quarter and pushed out to double figures by outscoring Northern Kentucky 21-11 in the second. The Falcons extended their lead to as many as 27 before the Norse closed out the fourth quarter by outscoring BGSU 19-13 in the stanza, but Bowling Green claimed a 63-49 win.
 
Scouting No. 19 Ohio State
The Buckeyes are the 19th-ranked team in the nation and sport a 2-0 mark with blowout wins over both Duquesne and Kent State. Jacy Sheldon is the ring leader of five Buckeyes averaging double-figures with 18.0 ppg. Dorka Juhasz is averaging a double-double (13.0 ppg, 11.0 rpg), while Braxtin Miller and  Kateri Poole both contribute 11.0 ppg. Aaliyah Patty also contributes 10.5. OSU has nearly doubled up its opponents in the scoring column, 92.5-47.0, on the year.
 
Series Stuff
Northern Kentucky is 0-2 all-time against Ohio, but the two teams haven't met since the 1980-81 season. Ironically, both decisions were final scores of 85-56.