Northern Kentucky dropped its second straight Horizon League match-up, falling to Detroit Mercy on Friday night, 66-58.
The win is only Detroit Mercy's third of the season.
The Northern Kentucky women's basketball team started 2020 with a win over Youngstown State, 75-56, on Thursday night at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights.
State basketball champions from Holy Cross and Holmes are being honored in January.
The Northern Kentucky men's basketball team concluded the 2019 calendar year with a loss at home to Green Bay, 73-59.
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Northern Kentucky used strong defense to open Horizon League play with a 74-64 win over Milwaukee.
NKU is now 9-4 on the season and 1-0 in conference play.
Newport High School's Kaleal Davis, a standout quarterback and defensive back who led the Wildcats to the playoffs, accepted a scholarship to play football at NCAA Division I Indiana State.
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In boys basketball action on Friday night, Holmes held off Dixie Heights, 60-59.
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Northern Kentucky put away Illinois State on Sunday afternoon in men's basketball action at BB&T Arena in Highland Heights.
Thomas More University will retire the jersey of Sydney Moss, who starred in the women's basketball program before graduating in 2016.
At the end of the first half at BB&T Arena on Sunday night, Northern Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky were tied at 35.
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Correction: An earlier version of this story identified Cov Cath's opponent as Oak Hills (Ohio), but it was Oak Hill Academy from Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.
The Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame will add three new members on Wednesday, December 18.
Northern Kentucky fell at home on Sunday to #2-ranked Louisville, 85-57.
The Norse fall to 4-5 on the season.
The #23-ranked Thomas More men's basketball team ran away from Ohio University-Lancaster on Saturday, 108-71, at the Connor Convocation Center in Crestview Hills.
The Thomas More women's basketball team suffered a setback in Plaiview, Texas on Saturday.
The 20th-ranked Saints fell to the 6th-ranked Wayland Baptist Flying Queens, 92-78.
