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Northern Kentucky Norse at Youngstown State Penguins

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Northern Kentucky Norse
16-7, 5-4 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
95 - 85
Youngstown State Penguins
6-18, 5-3 Home

Northern Kentucky holds off Youngstown State 95-85

The Norse (16-7, 9-2) remain knotted with Wright State (17-7, 9-2) which also won Thursday, for first place in the Horizon League.

McDonald shot 9 of 11 from the field, mirroring the NKU team, which shot 64 percent in the come-from-behind second half (18 of 28) and finished at 60 percent for the game. Carson Williams added 19 points on 9 of 12 shooting, Tyler Sharpe scored 15, Mason Faulkner 12 and Lavone Holland II 11.

Youngstown State (6-18, 3-7) grabbed the early lead, pushed it to eight points three times before leading 43-40 at halftime.

The teams swapped the lead in a tight game all the way through the second half until NKU launched an 11-1 run to go up 74-62 with 10:17 remaining. The Penguins came as close as five, 86-81.

Braun Hartfield led Youngstown State with 23 points, 20 after halftime, Tyree Robinson added a career-high 19, Cameron Morse 15 and Devin Haygood 11.

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Statistics

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34-57 FG 31-72
60 Field Goal % 43
10-19 3PT 11-23
53 Three Point % 48
17-22 FT 12-17
77 Free Throw % 71
32 Rebounds 31
4 Offensive Rebounds 12
28 Defensive Rebounds 19
19 Assists 16
8 Steals 9
5 Blocks 2
13 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 12
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
20 Fouls 19

Game Information

Venue: Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center

Location: Youngstown, OH
Attendance: 1,391 | Capacity:

2025-26 Horizon League Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
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
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