HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky men's basketball program took to the national stage and despite a hard-fought effort, found themselves on the wrong side of a Horizon League battle with Purdue Fort Wayne, 63-58, inside Truist Arena on Thursday night.
THE FACTS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 58, Purdue Fort Wayne – 63
LOCATION: Truist Arena – Highland Heights, Kentucky
RECORDS: NKU: 11-10 (6-4 HL), PFW: 14-7 (5-5 HL)
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-
Marques Warrick continued his run at school history as he moved into third all-time in program history in scoring. The standout senior guard dropped a game-best 27 points to go along with four rebounds, four swipes and a helper. Warrick moved past Brady Jackson (1,980 career points) to take over third all-time at NKU. The Lexington, Kentucky native is just a single point off from 2,000 in his career, as he will enter Sunday's conference clash at 1,999 career points. He is just nine points away from taking over second-place all-time for himself, and now needs just 68 points to take over the school record from NKU legend Drew McDonald.
-
Randall Pettus II was asked to step into a larger role, and he delivered with nine points, five rebounds, four steals, three assists and a rejection. The freshman guard set a season and career-best in steals, blocks, assists, boards, free throws made (four) and minutes (31).
-
Cade Meyer had a strong game off the bench as he finished with nine points off a perfect 4-of-4 night from the field. He added two boards and a block in just 13 minutes of action.
-
Keeyan Itejere tied for the game lead with three blocks.
-
Trey Robinson added a team-best seven boards.
HOW IT HAPPENED
HIGHLIGHTS
POST GAME PRESSERS
NEXT UP
The Norse hit the road for a rematch with conference rival Youngstown State, set for Sunday, January 28 at 1:30 PM ET from inside the Beeghly Center. NKU took the first match up of the year with a 79-76 victory in Highland Heights back on January 4, 2024. Sunday's matinee will be
played in front of a national audience on ESPN+.
FOLLOW NKU NORSE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Get in the game and follow Northern Kentucky's NCAA Division I college basketball team through
@NKUNorseMBB on Twitter,
@nkunorsembb on Instagram,
nkunorsembb on Facebook and
subscribe to the NKU Norse Youtube channel.
