It’s been quite a taxing year for Sam Vinson. The Highlands and Northern Kentucky University grad has had to deal with recovering from a knee injury and eligibility appeals to the NCAA. He recently got some relief as he’s headed to Australia to begin his professional basketball career. Vinson signed with the Northern Star Resources […]
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Ups and downs: NKU women drop second straight after winning program-high seven in a row
On Jan. 17, Northern Kentucky University’s women’s basketball celebrated a seven-game winning streak – the longest since becoming an NCAA Division I program 14 years ago. On Saturday, however, the Norse suffered their second straight loss, a 97-91 overtime setback to Purdue-Fort Wayne. Instead of rejoicing over being second in the Horizon League standings behind […]
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Ipsaro injures knee, is gone for the season
The good news was Miami-Ohio improving to 13-0 after Monday’s 135-81 win over Milligan University, but there was a sadder story. Junior point guard Evan Ipsaro is gone for the season after tearing an anterior cruciate knee ligament during Saturday’s Mid-American Conference opener, an 86-77 win at Ball State. Ipsaro’s injury was the first subject […]
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NKU hosts Hoops and Scoops, Norse men, women, picked sixth in Horizon
Fans had a chance at their first look of the 2025-26 Northern Kentucky University men’s and women’s basketball teams at Hoops and Scoops at Truist Arena Tuesday night. This family-friendly event is aimed not only to meet the Norse, but entertain all involved with games, inflatables and of course…free custard from Whit’s Frozen Custard. Team […]
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A Benke reunion in Murfreesboro? Benke twins offered by MTSU
Cooper and Griffin Benke are used to the attention. The Highlands junior defensive linemen (and identical twins) don’t mind if someone approaches them – which happens a lot because they stand 6-5 and 6-6. “A lot of people know us now, because my family’s kind of popular around Fort Thomas,” Griffin Benke said. “… They […]
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NKU, TMU pick up postseason wins
The Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More University men’s basketball teams were victorious in their postseason openers on Tuesday night, putting up a lot of points. The two had home games, NKU taking down Detroit in the first round of the Horizon League Conference Tournament, the Saints defeating Lake Erie College in the Great Midwest […]
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Basketball bites: the latest weekly happenings in NKY hoops
Some college notes, another 1,000-point scorer, record-setting games for programs, a buzzer beater and NKAC champs all included in the latest basketball bites. The season is winding down as the stakes ramp up! Ipsaro playing key rotational role in Miami (Ohio) turnaround Covington Catholic grad and Miami (Ohio) sophomore Evan Ipsaro is a key rotational […]
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Hamilton named HL Freshman of the Week
Conner grad and Northern Kentucky University freshman Anna Hamilton was named the Horizon League’s Freshman of the Week on Monday. Hamilton tied a career-high with 11 points in the win over IU Indy on Saturday in a Norse 82-79 victory. She hit 2-of-3 shots from the field, knocked down her lone 3-point attempt and drained […]
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Sam Vinson joins NKU’s 1,000-point club
Sam Vinson has become the ninth player in Northern Kentucky University’s history to score 1,000 points, and is already at the top of several categories in the team’s history in steals and assists.
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Norse show some promise against UC: What we learned in Tuesday’s contest
It’s one of those games where the final score wasn’t indicitave of a tightly played contest. The final was University of Cincinnati 76, Northern Kentucky University 60. But this was a one-point game in the second half with 16:27 to play until the top 20 in the nation mighty Bearcats from the Power 4, Big […]