South Carolina Upstate Spartans at Northern Kentucky Norse
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
65 - 84
65 - 84
Northern Kentucky pulls away from USC-Upstate 84-65
Johnson missed just two shots from the field and finished with 24 points, also a career best, while pulling down six rebounds.
Tyler White contributed 19 points, Tayler Persons added 14 and Jalen Billups had 11 for Northern Kentucky (13-16, 7-7), which shot 55.6 percent from the field on 54 attempts, including 11 of 20 from long range.
Leading by three at the break, the Norse broke it open in the second half, hitting 16 of 25 shots from the floor (64 percent) and 4 of 8 from 3-point range over the final 20 minutes.
Ty Greene led USC-Upstate (21-10, 8-6) with 21 points, including five 3-pointers. Fred Miller added 13 points.
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Statistics
 UPST |
 NKU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 22-50 | FG | 30-54 |
| 44 | Field Goal % | 56 |
| 10-25 | 3PT | 11-20 |
| 40 | Three Point % | 55 |
| 11-18 | FT | 13-20 |
| 61 | Free Throw % | 65 |
| 28 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
| 11 | Assists | 14 |
| 0 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 21 | Fouls | 17 |
Game Information
Venue: Truist Arena
Location: Highland Heights, KY
Attendance: 2,064 | Capacity:
Location: Highland Heights, KY
Attendance: 2,064 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big South Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | 15-1 | - | 31-5 |
| Winthrop | 13-3 | 2 | 23-11 |
| Radford | 9-7 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Longwood | 8-8 | 7 | 16-16 |
| UNC Asheville | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Presbyterian | 7-9 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Charleston Southern | 6-10 | 9 | 15-17 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
| Gardner-Webb | 1-15 | 14 | 4-29 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Detroit Mercy | 12-8 | 3 | 17-15 |
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| 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 |
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