---Angela Healy is the newest member of NKU’s 1,000-point club. The senior center netted her 1,000th point at Missouri-St. Louis last week. Healy averages 14.3 points and a GLVC-leading 10.1 rebounds.

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team begins a five-game homestand Thursday at 5:30 p.m. when defending Great Lakes Valley Conference champion Lewis invades Regents Hall.

NKU is 13-5 overall, 6-4 in the GLVC. The Norse are tied for third place in the GLVC East Division standings after being swept on their Missouri road trip last week. NKU also dropped out of the NCAA Division II national rankings this week after being No. 14 in the previous poll.

NKU plays host to Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday at 1 p.m. That game will be televised live on ICN-6.

COLD AS ICE: NKU made only 26.9 percent of its shots from the field in the second half Saturday during a 66-42 loss at Missouri S&T. The Norse, who owned a 23-22 halftime lead, converted just 7-for-26 from the field in the second half and were outscored 44-19.

Two nights earlier, NKU made just 31.7 percent of its shots from the field during a 56-51 loss at Missouri-St. Louis. In that game, the Norse were 6-for-28 (21.4 percent) from 3-point range. On the two-game road trip, NKU shot 23.9 percent (11-for-46) from 3-point range.

RARE SIGHT: NKU’s 24-point margin of defeat was the most since the final game of the 1996-97 season, when the Norse dropped an 87-61 decision at Southern Indiana.

IN THE CLUB: Senior center Angela Healy joined NKU’s 1,000-point club last Thursday when she made the game’s first basket against Missouri-St. Louis. Healy, who enters Thursday with 1,010 career points, averages 14.3 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. She leads the GLVC in both rebounding and blocked shots (1.78 bpg).

700 LOOMS: NKU junior post player Cassie Brannen (12.8 ppg) enters Thursday with 699 career points. She also has 124 career blocks and is eight shy of tying the school record.

ON THE BOARDS: NKU freshman center Kendra Caldwell hauled down a career-high 11 rebounds against Missouri S&T. Caldwell, a graduate of Xenia High School, averages 3.4 ppg and 3.8 rebounds.

HOOPS FOR HOPE: As part of the WBCA’s “Think Pink” cancer awareness program, NKU will have a “Hoops for Hope” pack-the-gym promotion Feb. 14 as part of its doubleheader against Saint Joseph’s. Everyone is encouraged to wear pink that evening in Regents Hall, and donations will go to Avon's Breast Cancer Crusade Foundation. Call (859) 572-5195 for more information, and Think Pink.

ABOUT LEWIS: The Flyers are 9-7 overall, 5-4 in the GLVC. Lewis is coming off a 74-66 overtime loss at Wisconsin-Parkside. Three players average double figures for the Flyers, led by Kelly Dianis at 11.7 ppg. Jenny Turpel is scoring 10.9 ppg and Lauren Martens averages 10.1 ppg.

THE LAST TIME AGAINST LEWIS: On Feb. 8, 2007, Brittany Winner scored 22 points, dished out four assists and collected three steals as NKU posted a 73-61 victory over Lewis in Regents Hall.

NKU also ended Lewis’ 13-game winning streak and extended its own string of consecutive victories to nine.
Winner poured in 15 points in the first half and was part of a defensive effort that held Lewis to 39.3 percent shooting from the field. NKU began the second half with a 10-4 run as Winner scored the first five points of the spurt.

The Norse led by as many as 15 points, and the Flyers departed Regents Hall with a loss for the 10th consecutive year. Cassie Brannen added 14 points, five rebounds and three blocks. Angela Healy finished with 11 points, five rebounds and two blocks. In their first meeting last season, Lewis defeated NKU, 75-64, at Romeoville, Ill.

ABOUT UW-PARKSIDE: The Rangers are 12-5 overall, 6-3 in the GLVC. Wisconsin-Parkside features senior guard Kayla Ming, who averages 19.5 ppg. Ming leads the GLVC in 3-pointers made per game with 3.12.

THE LAST TIME AGAINST UW-PARKSIDE: On Feb. 10, 2007, Brittany Winner conjured up her late-game magic one more time in Regents Hall in a last-second, 60-58 Norse victory. NKU and Wisconsin-Parkside were tied at 58-all with 4.2 seconds remaining, and the Norse had to go the length of the floor and score if they were to avoid overtime.

NKU wanted to up-screen on the final play and break someone free, but Wisconsin-Parkside sagged back. That left the Norse with their second option. Winner received the ball in the backcourt and sped upcourt as the clock wound down. She drove the lane against heavy defensive pressure and put up a runner off the glass just before time expired.

The ball spun around the rim for a moment, then dropped through the net to give NKU a 60-58 victory at the buzzer.