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July 17, 2001 |
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RUGGED SCHEDULE AWAITS NKU IN 2001-02 |
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Norse to also play Cincinnati in exhibition game Nov. 10 |
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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball team will open up the 2001-02 season Nov. 10 against the University of Cincinnati in an exhibition game at Shoemaker Center. NKU has not played UC since the 1988-89 season, when the Bearcats posted a 75-63 victory over the Norse. UC leads the all-time series with NKU, 7-0. NKU begins the regular season Nov. 16 in the 20th annual John L. Griffin/Lions Club Classic against Ferris State University in Regents Hall. Christian Brothers (Tenn.) University will face Central State University in the other first-round game of that tournament. NKU will host NCAA Division II national champion Kentucky Wesleyan College on Dec. 6 in Regents Hall. On Dec. 8, perennial NCAA Division II national power University of Southern Indiana will visit Regents Hall for a 7:45 p.m. game against the Norse. NKU will also visit Southern Indiana on Jan. 24, and the Norse travel to Owensboro, Ky., on Feb. 16 to meet Kentucky Wesleyan. The Norse welcome back two starters from last season’s 27-7 team that advanced to the championship game of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Region Tournament. Senior guard Craig Sanders, who averaged 17.6 points per game last season, returns after making a school-record 114 three-point shots as a junior. Senior forward Carl Mitchell, who averaged 12.3 ppg last season, also returns to the lineup. Junior guard Bobby St-Preux (19.0 ppg at Palm Beach Community College two years ago) is NKU’s top newcomer. |