HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Northern Kentucky, the No. 3 seed in the 2022 Keeps Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship, will host No. 6 seed Detroit Mercy in a 7 p.m. quarterfinal Thursday at BB&T Arena.
 
The Titans scored 43 first-half points and held on to defeat Green Bay 79-62 in a first-round tournament game Tuesday in Detroit.
 
As the second-highest remaining seed in the first round, the Titans punched their ticket to a second game this season at BB&T Arena. NKU was awarded a bye and a home quarterfinal for finishing in the top four of the league.
 
Detroit Mercy is the only team that has defeated the Norse in their last 14 games, and they did it twice. The Titans won 74-68 in a Feb. 5 outing on NKU's court and completed the regular-season sweep four games later with a 60-52 victory Feb. 18 in Detroit.
 
Antoine Davis, the son of coach Mike Davis, leads the Horizon League with 24.2 points per game. He was named the #HLMBB Co-Player of the Year earlier this week.
 
NKU (18-11) has won three straight games and is 11-4 on its home court this season. Detroit Mercy has (14-14) has triumphed in four of its last five games. The Titans are 5-13 on the road this season.
 
The winner of the NKU-Detroit Mercy quarterfinal advances to Indianapolis to play in Monday's conference tournament semifinals at Indiana Farmers Coliseum. The tournament championship is Tuesday at 7 p.m. on the same court.