HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky embarks on a four-game road swing to The Badger State with a pair of contests at Milwaukee on Feb. 5-6. Tipoff at the Klotsche Center is set for 6 p.m. (ET)/5 p.m. (CT) on Friday and 3 p.m. (ET)/2 p.m. (CT) on Saturday.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (9-8 Overall, 7-5 Horizon League)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers (7-6 Overall, 6-5 Horizon League)
 
Game 1
Friday, Feb. 5 – 6:00 p.m. (ET)/5:00 p.m. (CT)
Milwaukee, Wis. | Klotsche Center (3,500)
TV: ESPN3 with Scott Warras  (PxP)
Radio: ESPN1530 with Jim Kelch (PxP) and Rick Broering (Color)
Stats: Live Stats
 
Game 2
Saturday, Feb. 6 – 3:00 p.m. (ET)/2:00 p.m. (CT)
Milwaukee, Wis. | Klotsche Center (3,500)
TV: ESPN3 with Scott Warras  (PxP)
Radio: ESPN1530 with Jim Kelch (PxP) and Rick Broering (Color)
Stats: Live Stats
 
Fast Break Points 
• NKU ran its winning streak to four with back-to-back wins against UIC last weekend, claiming 72-68 and 69-67 victories on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
• NKU jumped to third in the Horizon League standings based on win percentage and ranks fifth in the seedings for the #HLMBB Tournament based on the Feb. 1 release.
• NKU heads to Milwaukee for a two-game set on Feb. 5 and 6, pitting the No. 4 and 5 teams in the seedings head-to-head as the Panthers are one spot in front of the Norse.
• NKU is 9-3 all-time against Milwaukee and has won the last eight in the series.
• According to KenPom, NKU ranks 16th in the country in offensive rebound percentage (35.5). The Norse also average 12.4 offensive rebounds per game, good for the 39th-best average in the country.
• In the last five years, NKU has been incredibly tough at BB&T Arena, boasting a 59-12 (.831) 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.
• In Friday's game at RMU, Darrin Horn picked up his 200th career win as a head coach.
• NKU has been one of the most dominant teams in the Horizon League over the last four seasons, amassing a 68-25 (.731) 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 104-47 (.689), 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 has won five Horizon League Freshman of the Week honors and is second on the team in scoring on the season at 14.7 ppg.
• Warrick has been in a groove of late, averaging 17.3 ppg over the last 10 games.
• G Trevon Faulkner has been as advertised to start the season, impacting the game in all facets with averages of 17.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals.
• Faulkner is riding a streak of 18-straight games scoring in double-figures and registered his first-career double-double with 25 points and 12 boards on Jan. 29 against UIC.
• G Bryson Langdon has hit his stride lately, registering three-straight double-figure scoring performances which includes a 12-point outing against UIC on Jan. 30 where he hit the game-tying and game-winning buckets in the final minute. He is averaging 9.0 ppg on the year.
• F Adrian Nelson ranks 26th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (3.35) and 39th in total rebounds per game (9.3).
• In the last eight games, Nelson has averaged 8.4 ppg while shooting an unheard-of 91 percent (29-of-32).
• W Adham Eleeda is averaging 5.5 ppg, but over the last three has contributed 7.0 ppg.
• F David Böhm was named #HLMBB Freshman of the Week on Dec. 14 and is averaging 7.7 ppg on the season.
 
Last Time Out
NKU returned home for a two-game set and swept UIC. Faulkner registered the first double-double of his career with 25 points and career-high 12 rebounds and Warrick added 20 points to the cause, his sixth effort above the 20-point plateau this season, in leading the Norse past UIC, 72-68, on Friday. Faulkner collected a rebound and heaved a 3/4-court shot that found the mark as time expired at halftime, landing him the No. 4 play on SportsCenter's Top-10.
 
Faulkner (15 points) and Warrick (11) registered double figures in scoring again on Saturday, but Langdon led the Norse with both the game-tying and game-winning baskets in the final minute of the team's 69-67 win. Langdon finished with 12 points on the evening.
 
Scouting Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 7-6 on the year and 6-5 in league play. Based on the Horizon League standings, the Panthers are a half game behind the 7-5 Norse, but in the seedings used for the postseason tournament they sit one spot ahead of NKU in fourth. Milwaukee shot out of the gates in league play, winning four of its first five games. After a three-game skid, the Panthers have rallied to claim two of their last three contests, which includes an overtime win against league-leading Cleveland State. Te'Jon Lucas and DeAndre Gholston pace the Panthers' offense at 15.2 and 15.0 ppg, respectively.
 
Series Stuff
The history between the Norse and Panthers only dates back to Northern Kentucky's first season in the Horizon League (2015-16). After dropping three of the first four, NKU has now rattled off eight-consecutive wins in the series and holds an all-time mark of 9-3.