Karyn Creager

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team will play host to Quincy at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Regents Hall.

Quincy enters Thursday having clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament. The Lady Hawks are 18-7 overall, 15-3 in the GLVC.

NKU is 14-11 overall after dropping a 69-61 decision at Lewis last Saturday. The Norse are 11-7 in the GLVC and tied with Indianapolis for fifth place in the league standings.

NKU, which will close out its home schedule Saturday with a 1 p.m. game against Missouri-St. Louis, has clinched a berth in the upcoming GLVC Tournament. The women’s GLVC Tournament begins March 4 at Evansville, Ind., in Roberts Stadium.

Both games this week can be heard live on the Internet. Saturday’s game against Missouri-St. Louis will be televised live on ICN-Channel 6.

CREAGER ATOP THE GLVC: Karyn Creager, whose school-record streak of consecutive made free throws ended at 27 straight last week, is shooting a GLVC-leading 89.9 percent from the line. Creager averages 10.1 points per game.

MYERS PERFECT AT LINE ON SATURDAY: NKU senior forward Connie Myers finished 10-for-10 at the free-throw line on Saturday. Myers averages 16.2 ppg (sixth in the GLVC) and leads the GLVC in rebounding at 9.0 rebounds per contest.

WINNER WITH THE ASSIST: Brittany Winner dished out five assists against Lewis last Saturday. For the season, Winner averages 6.7 ppg and 3.7 rpg.

GRAHAM NO. 2 IN GLVC IN BLOCKS: NKU sophomore center Karmen Graham ranks second in the GLVC in blocked shots at 1.18 blocks per game. Graham averages 11.3 ppg and 5.7 rpg.

THE LAST TIME AGAINST QUINCY: Earlier this season on Jan. 29, NKU committed 16 turnovers against Quincy in the first half, trailed by 22 points at the break and was unable to overcome the huge deficit as the Lady Hawks pinned a 65-50 loss on the Norse at the Pepsi Arena.

Quincy shot 66.7 percent from the field in the first half and coasted to a 38-16 lead at the break. The Lady Hawks used a 25-9 run to close out the first half. Jessica Stuckman finished with a game-high 25 points for Quincy. Stuckman shot 10-for-17 from the field and also grabbed seven rebounds.

Connie Myers scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead NKU, which was held to 36 percent shooting from the field.

NKU ATTEMPTS TO SNAP QUINCY STREAK: The loss on Jan. 29 also marked the fourth consecutive time during the past two seasons that Quincy has beaten NKU. A year ago, the Lady Hawks posted three victories against the Norse.