MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Northern Kentucky women's basketball program dropped its final non-conference game of the 2023-24 season as the Norse found themselves on the wrong side of a 83-42 decision at the hands of Middle Tennessee inside the Murphy Center on Wednesday night.
THE FACTS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 42, Middle Tennessee – 83
LOCATION: Murphy Center – Murfreesboro, Tennessee
RECORDS: NKU: 2-8 (0-1 HL) – MTU: 10-3 (0-0 CUSA)
BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN
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Kalissa Lacy: 13 points, two rebounds, two assists
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Carter McCray: 9 points, 11 boards, two helpers, two blocks and two steals
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Khamari Mitchell-Steen: 6 points, five rebounds, one assist, one swipe
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Macey Blevins: 3 points, four boards, two helpers, one steal
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Kailee Davis: 3 points, two assists, one rebound
NORSE NOTES
- Lacy paced the Norse with her 13-point performance. She shot 4-of-9 from the field which included a mark of 4-of-7 from three. It was her third double-digit scoring game so far this season. She also set a season-best with her four made three-pointers.
- McCray just missed out on yet another double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds. She has now gone for 10-plus rebounds in five contests so far this year and still leads the Horizon League with an average of 9.4 boards per contest.
- Mitchell-Steen, Blevins and Davis combined for 12 points in the game.
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Noelle Hubert (three points, one rebound),
Allison Basye (three points),
Paige Hodgson (one point) and
Gabby Razzano (one point) also chipped in for the Norse.
- The game was an outlier for the Northern Kentucky program, as it became just the second 40-point loss in NKU's NCAA Division I era.
SOCIAL SCENE
NEXT UP
The Norse get a short rest for the holidays before returning with another road matchup, this time against conference foe Oakland on Friday, December 29. Tip is set for 7 PM ET inside OU Credit Union O'rena and
the Horizon League battle can be seen nationwide on ESPN+.
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