Liam McFadden-Ackman channeled his inner-Fernando Tatis Sr. on Sunday. McFadden-Ackman, a junior from Mason, Ohio, hit not one, but two grand slams in the first inning and also hit for the cycle in Northern Kentucky University’s baseball 27-4 win over Western Michigan on Sunday. The victory completed a sweep for the Norse as they’ve opened up […]
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NKU men win at Oakland, enter conference tourney as No. 4 seed
The two teams didn’t know coming in who’d they be facing when the Horizon League conference tournament begins, Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team traveling up to Michigan to take on Oakland Saturday. Turns out Saturday was just a warmup in the Norse’s 78-69 victory over the Golden Grizzlies. The two will meet again on […]
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Jolly named Mid-South Conference Player of the Year
Mid-South Conference website and Thomas More Athletics The Mid-South Conference 2022-23 Men’s Basketball Awards were announced Friday. Thomas More’s Reid Jolly was named the MSC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year while Freed-Hardeman’s Hunter Scurlock is the Randy Vernon Defensive Player of the Year. Georgetown’s Tae Dozier earned MSC Freshman of the Year honors. Georgetown’s […]
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NKU clinches home game, top four seed with win at Detroit
The Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team knew they had to win one of their final two road games to be playing at Truist Arena for their first game of the postseason and earning an important first round bye. They were able to accomplish that on Thursday at Detroit Mercy with a 67-64 victory over […]
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Northern Kentucky women trounce Detroit for 10th Horizon League win of season
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team (16-12) knew it could either finish fifth earning a bye into the Horizon League quarterfinals or play host to a first-round game as the sixth seed entering the final two games of the regular season. The Norse took a big step toward that fifth seed with a convincing […]
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Thomas More heads to Bowling Green this weekend for Mid-South conference tourney
The Thomas More men’s and women’s basketball teams will make their way down to Bowling Green this weekend for the Mid-South conference basketball tournament. Thomas More women (26-2, 20-2) The women begin play on Friday in the quarterfinals at 5 p.m., taking on Shawnee State. The Saints received a first round bye and enter the […]
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NKU men suffer crushing loss at Cleveland State
Second place was there for the taking when Northern Kentucky and Cleveland State met on Sunday afternoon. The Vikings (18-11, 13-5) won the battle of 12-5 teams in the Horizon League, 64-63 as the loss dropped the Norse (17-12, 12-6) in a tie for third place with Milwaukee in the conference standings with two regular […]
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NKU women fall to .500 in Horizon League with road loss
The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team (15-12) can finish no worse than a sixth seed in the Horizon League Tournament. The Norse had been trying to keep pace with Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis for the fourth seed in the league tournament and the right to host a tournament quarterfinal game. But with two […]
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Norse snag big road win at PFW
Trailing 45-44 with less than 10 minutes to play, the Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team closed on a 19-5 run to defeat Purdue Fort Wayne and remain right in the thick of the Horizon League title race. The Norse improved to 12-5 in conference play, trailing Youngstown State by a game and in a […]
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Northern Kentucky women drop another one-point heartbreaker
One-point games have not gone well for the Northern Kentucky women’s basketball team (15-11, 9-8) this year. The Norse fell to 0-3 in such games with a 57-56 loss at the Cleveland State Vikings (25-3, 15-2) on Thursday. The Norse missed a golden opportunity to tie Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis for the fourth seed […]
