HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky men's basketball continues its 2020-21 season with a pair of games against Horizon League-foe IUPUI on Friday, Jan. 15 and Saturday, Jan. 16. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. both nights.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (5-6 Overall, 3-3 Horizon League)
IUPUI Jaguars (1-4 Overall, 0-4 Horizon League)
 
Game 1
Friday, Jan. 15 – 6:00 p.m. (ET)
Highland Heights, Ky. | BB&T Arena (8,427)
TV: ESPN3 with Brady Laber (PxP) and Brad Redford (Color)
Radio: ESPN1530 with Jim Kelch (PxP) and Rick Broering (Color)
Stats: Live Stats
 
Game 2
Saturday, Jan. 16 – 6:00 p.m. (ET)
Highland Heights, Ky. | BB&T Arena (8,427)
TV: ESPN3 with Brady Laber (PxP) and Brad Redford (Color)
Radio: FOXSports1360 with Jim Kelch (PxP) and Rick Broering (Color)
** Scheduling note - After initial publication of this release, Saturday's radio broadcast was moved to FOXSports1360
Stats: Live Stats
 
Fast Break Points 
• NKU was swept on the road by Cleveland State last weekend, falling to 3-3 in league play.
• NKU, which is currently fifth in the Horizon League standings, hosts IUPUI for a two-game set. The Jags are 1-4 overall and 0-4 in league play.
• NKU is 9-2 all-time versus IUPUI, including a 5-1 mark as league adversaries and a 6-0 home record.
• According to KenPom, NKU ranks 12th in the country in offensive rebound percentage (37.0). The Norse also average 13.8 offensive rebounds per game, good for the 18th-best average in the country.
• NKU has been a tale of two teams this year, sporting a 5-1 home record and 0-5 road mark.
• In the last five years, NKU has been incredibly tough at BB&T Arena, boasting a 57-10 (.851) record at home since 2016-17.
• NKU is coming off a 23-9 campaign in which it finished second in the Horizon League regular season at 13-5 and won the 2020 Horizon League Tournament Championship.
• NKU has posted four-straight 20-win seasons for just the second time in program history, joining the 1994-95 through 1997-98 teams as the only Norse squads to do so.
• NKU is in the second year of the Darrin Horn era, as the Kentucky native is just the sixth head coach in the 50th season of the program. In his 11th year as a head coach, Horn has a career record of 199-126.
• NKU has been the most dominant team in the Horizon League over the last four seasons, amassing a 64-23 (.736) mark against league foes while winning five of the combined eight league championships (two regular season and three tournament).
• Since the start of the 2016-17 season, NKU is a combined 100-45 (.690), has won the Horizon League regular season twice ('18, '19) and league tourney thrice ('17, '19, '20), and has qualified for either the NCAA Tournament ('17, '19, '20) or NIT ('18) every year. No other team in DI history has registered this level of accomplishments in its first four years of active status.
• G Marques Warrick was named the #HLMBB Freshman of the Week for the fourth time this year following his 25-point outburst against League-leading Cleveland State. He has now claimed four of the seven weekly freshman awards this year.
• Warrick has been in a groove of late, pouring in three 20-plus scoring outputs in the last four games and averaging 19.0 ppg over that span.
• Warrick is second on the team in scoring on the season at 13.9 ppg, but that number swells to a team-best 17.0 ppg against Horizon League opposition.
• G Trevon Faulkner has been as advertised to start the season, impacting the game in all facets with averages of 16.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.8 steals.
• F Adrian Nelson ranks eighth in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (4.18) and 19th in total rebounds per game (10.3), while ranking 48th in double-doubles (3).
• F David Böhm has started each of the last seven games for the Norse. Böhm was named #HLMBB Freshman of the Week on Dec. 14 and is averaging 7.5 ppg on the season.
• G Trey Robinson has also been impressive for the Norse, averaging 6.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
• G Bryson Langdon has been a steady presence for NKU, averaging 8.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.
 
Last Time Out
NKU was swept at League-leading Cleveland State last weekend, falling 58-44 in game one and 74-71 in game two's overtime slugfest. CSU jumped out early on the Norse in the first game and NKU never truly threatened in the 14-point setback. Faulkner had 17 points in the game.
 
Game two had a much different flare, with the teams combining for 18 lead changes and 12 ties in an overtime affair. Despite CSU running out to a seven-point advantage in overtime, the game was not over until Warrick's 3-point attempt at the buzzer heartbreakingly rolled out for the Norse. Warrick led all scorers with a career-best 25 points, while Faulkner added 16.
 
Scouting IUPUI
While IUPUI enters at just 1-4 overall and 0-4 in the Horizon League, the Jags are just beginning to find their footing after only playing one game in the first 37 days of the season. Preseason all-first team honoree Marcus Burk averages a team-best 15.0 points per game, while Jaylen Minnett contributes 11.3. Elyjah Goss is a monster on the glass, ranking third in the country with 11.8 rpg. As a team, IUPUI has struggled shooting, making only 39.5 percent of all attempts and just 29.1 percent of its threes. On the flipside, the Jaguars create extra offensive possessions by forcing 17.2 turnovers per game, 27th-most in the country.
 
Series Stuff
NKU sports a 9-2 mark in the all-time series against IUPUI, winning five of the six meetings as Horizon League foes. The Norse also hold a 6-0 record in games contested in Highland Heights.