MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – The Northern Kentucky women's basketball team went into Robert Morris and played one of their best games of the season as the Norse knocked off the Colonials, 76-52 inside the UPMC Events Center on Tuesday night.
 
THE FACTS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 76, Robert Morris – 52
LOCATION: UPMC Events Center – Moon Township, Pa.
RECORDS: NKU: 10-18 (8-11 HL), RMU: 6-23 (2-18 HL)
 
BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN
- Macey Blevins: 31 points, four assists, two rebounds
- Carter McCray: 18 points, 12 boards, two blocks, one helper, one swipe
- Noelle Hubert: 9 points, one rebound, one assist
- Kailee Davis: 9 points, five boards, one helper, one steal
- Khamari Mitchell-Steen: 4 points, six rebounds, five assists, two swipes
- Kennedy Igo: 5 points, two helpers, one board
 
NORSE NOTES
- Blevins went off for a career-night with 31 points. It set a new career-best to go with being the eighth-highest point total recorded by a Horizon student-athlete so far this season.
- McCray posted yet another double-double, her 15th of the season. Coming into the night, she was already tied for 19th in all of NCAA Division I basketball in the category.
- The Norse were on a mission in this one as NKU started the game off with a 16-0 run through the first seven-plus minutes of the opening quarter.
- RMU would start to battle back slightly, but Northern Kentucky held a 18-7 edge after one period of play.
- The Norse pushed their lead up to 14 with a 34-20 advantage at the half.
- It was all Northern Kentucky once again in the third quarter. The Norse won the 10 minutes by a 25-18 margin to make it a 59-38 contest.
- By then the damage was already done as NKU won the final frame 17-14 to close out the huge 76-52 victory.
 
 
NEXT UP
The Norse take to the road for their regular-season finale at Horizon League leading Cleveland State on Saturday, March 2. Tip is set for 2 PM ET inside the Wolstein Center. The contest will be played in front of a national audience on ESPN+.
 
 
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