HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Boasting a five-game winning streak and No. 24 ranking in this week's CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, Northern Kentucky welcomes Brescia to BB&T Arena for its 12^th non-conference game of the year in a 7 p.m. tip on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
 
Game Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (8-3 Overall, 0-0 Horizon League)
Brescia University Bearcats (2-8 Overall, 0-4 River States Conference)
Wednesday, Dec. 21 - 7:00 p.m. (ET)
BB&T Arena (9,400) in Highland Heights, Ky.
TV: ESPN3 with Brady Laber (play-by-play) and Brad Redford (analysis)
Radio: 55KRC (550 AM) with Jim Kelch (play-by-play) and Steve Moeller (analysis)
 
Fast Break Points
• NKU is 8-3 overall after holding Eastern Washington to 34 points below its season average in a 70-48 victory on Sunday.
• Northern Kentucky surged into the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll for the first time ever at No. 24 in this week's poll. NKU also started receiving votes in the Mid-Major Madness Power Rankings.
• NKU has won five in a row and seven of its last eight games. The five-game win-streak is the longest by the Norse since winning six in a row in Feb. 2012.
• The Norse have won four true road games this year, which is tied for the most in the nation (through Sunday's games).
• NKU has won five road/neutral site games, which is tied for the fifth-best mark in the nation.
• NKU has guaranteed a winning non-conference schedule for the first time in the DI era.
• The Norse have established themselves as one of the top rebounding teams in the country, winning the rebounding battle in 10 of 11 games to earn a ranking of 22nd in rebounding margin at +8.5 and 42nd in total rebounds per game (40.27).
• NKU's prowess on the boards has kept its opponents to an offensive rebounding percentage of 24.2 percent (21st in the nation according to KenPom.com), meaning Northern Kentucky has owned its defensive boards and kept opponents off the offensive glass.
• F Carson Williams earned his second Horizon League Freshman of the Week honor following a 17-point, nine-rebound outing against EWU.
• Williams is fourth on the squad in scoring at 9.9 points per game.
• G Lavone Holland II is averaging 16.3 ppg this year, second-best on the team. He's also dished out a team-leading 41 assists.
• G Cole Murray has gone 13-for-22 in the last two games from three-point range, averaging 21.5 ppg in that span. He has now reached double-figures in five of the last seven games and is third on the team in scoring (10.5 ppg).
• F Drew McDonald leads NKU at 16.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
• G Mason Faulkner is finding a way to contribute for NKU. He's posted an astonishing 4.3-1 assist-to-turnover ratio in the last four games.