Northern Kentucky Norse @ Valparaiso Beacons

14-9, 5-5 Horizon

Final

	1	2	T
N Kentucky NKU	37	21	58
Valparaiso VAL	38	27	65

Valparaiso BeaconsValparaisoVAL

18-4, 8-1 Horizon

Northern Kentucky Norse

starters
Carson WilliamsC. Williams#23
Drew McDonaldD. McDonald#34
Jordan GarnettJ. Garnett#1
Lavone Holland IIL. Holland II#30
Cole MurrayC. Murray#25
bench
Brennan GillisB. Gillis#13
Jeff GarrettJ. Garrett#4
Dantez WaltonD. Walton#32
Mason FaulknerM. Faulkner#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
20	2	1-3	0-0	0-2	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
32	10	4-12	1-5	1-4	6	2	3	0	2	2	4	4
20	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	2
33	13	5-10	2-4	1-2	7	5	3	2	0	1	6	1
34	9	3-9	3-9	0-0	6	2	0	0	0	1	5	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
8	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
11	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2
22	8	3-9	2-7	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
20	8	3-9	2-5	0-0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4
	58	23-58	10-31	2-8	29	12	9	7	3	8	21	20
		40%	32%	25%

Valparaiso Beacons

starters
Alec PetersA. Peters#25
Derrik SmitsD. Smits#21
Micah BradfordM. Bradford #1
Tevonn WalkerT. Walker#2
Shane HamminkS. Hammink#11
bench
John KiserJ. Kiser#33
Jaume SorollaJ. Sorolla#14
Max JosephM. Joseph#3
Lexus WilliamsL. Williams#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
39	16	4-15	2-8	6-7	12	3	5	3	0	1	11	1
12	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2
22	9	3-6	3-5	0-0	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	2
31	3	1-10	0-2	1-2	11	2	0	0	0	5	6	2
34	21	7-13	3-7	4-4	4	2	3	0	0	1	3	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
7	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
22	8	4-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	1
19	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	3
14	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
	65	22-55	9-27	12-15	44	14	14	4	4	15	29	13
		40%	33%	80%

Game Information

Valparaiso, IN

ESPN3

Referee:Earl Walton

Referee:Steve McJunkins

Referee:Tim Stewart

NCAA Division I

Horizon League	CONF	GB	OVR
Wright State	15-5	-	23-12
Robert Morris	13-7	2	22-11
Green Bay	12-8	3	18-15
Detroit Mercy	12-8	3	17-15
Oakland	12-8	3	16-16
Purdue Fort Wayne	11-9	4	17-15
Northern Kentucky	10-10	5	20-14
Youngstown State	8-12	7	15-17
Milwaukee	8-12	7	12-20
Cleveland State	6-14	9	11-22
IU Indianapolis	3-17	12	7-25

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Belmont	16-4	-	26-6
Bradley	13-7	3	21-13
Illinois State	12-8	4	23-13
Murray State	12-8	4	20-13
UIC	12-8	4	19-16
Northern Iowa	11-9	5	23-13
Valparaiso	11-9	5	18-15
Southern Illinois	10-10	6	16-16
Drake	6-14	10	14-20
Indiana State	4-16	12	11-21
Evansville	3-17	13	7-25

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