Kentucky opened up their first game of the season by beating USC Upstate 98-43 in what was a dominant performance from the tip to the final buzzer. Now, the \u2018Cats are set to take on the Norse of Northern Kentucky who will be making the 84 mile trek to Historic Memorial Coliseum.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Northern Kentucky ahead of the game.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Kentucky Women\u2019s Basketball takes on the 0-1 Northern Kentucky Norse. On Monday, the Norse fell to a good<\/em> Middle Tennessee team, 79-58. Last season, Middle Tennessee beat Louisville in the NCAA Tournament before falling to LSU in the second round. Last year, the Norse finished 11-20, and ended their season in the Horizon League Tournament after a 88-78 loss to Cleveland State. This year, NKU boasts 7th in the Horizon League Preseason Poll.<\/p>\n #12 Anna Hamilton<\/strong>: 5-foot-5 freshman guard<\/p>\n #14 Abby Wolterman<\/strong>: 6-foot junior forward<\/p>\n #20 Macey Blevins<\/a><\/strong>: 5-foot-10 senior guard<\/p>\n #21 Jaci Jones<\/strong>: 5-foot-5 graduate guard<\/p>\n #35 Halle Idowu<\/a><\/strong>: 5-foot-11 graduate guard\/forward <\/p>\n On Thursday, 34 of NKU\u2019s points came in the paint. After shooting 20-51 from the field, though, it almost seems like the Norse can\u2019t produce from beyond the arc. However, the team added 9-29 (31%) from three. As a team, NKU grabbed 33 rebounds and added 14 assists. The problem for this team though, is turnovers. The Norse counted 19 turnovers against Middle Tennessee, resulting in the Blue Raiders earning 22 points off the miscues. Luckily for Kentucky, the \u2018Cats know how to capitalize off of those mistakes. Against USC Upstate, Kentucky earned 34 points off of the Spartans\u2019 18 turnovers. <\/p>\n The Norse committed 17 fouls, resulting in 16 Blue Raider points at the line. Kentucky shot near perfect from the free throw line against the Spartans, going 20-25 (80%). Plus, the \u2018Cats out-size the Norse in every position of the starting lineup. <\/p>\n The primary for objective for Kentucky should to share the wealth in this game. The \u2018Cats are the much bigger, longer, physical and more talented team, so playing like it is key. Use that talent. Against USC Upstate, Kentucky had 26 assists on 35 made shots. Expect to see similar numbers Thursday night.<\/p>\n As for what the Norse bring to the table, fifth-year senior guard Halle Idowu is the main name to look out for. Against Middle Tennessee, she posted a team-high 18 points while shooting an efficient 7-9 (3-4 3PT) from the field. She\u2019s a crafty scorer who can expose bad defense \u2014 something that Kentucky shows glimpses of from time-to-time, at least on the perimeter.<\/p>\n Sophomore Gabby Razzano is another player who can make an impact on the game. She had 11 points against Middle Tennessee on Monday while shooting 3-5 from beyond the arc. Additionally, the 6-foot-2 forward grabbed six rebounds while dishing out two assists as well. With her ability to shoot the three, she\u2019ll allow Northern Kentucky to open up their offense, and the \u2018Cats are going to have to account for her at all times.<\/p>\n Former Wayne County Cardinal Macey Blevins was Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team, and she can definitely hurt you too if you don\u2019t watch out for her. Against the Blue Raiders, she put up nine points, four rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes of play.<\/p>\n (Starting lineup and stats based on the last game)<\/em><\/p>\n #3 \u2013 Georgia Amoore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 5-FOOT-6 \u2013 GUARD \u2013 GRADUATE STUDENT<\/p>\n 11 PPG \u2013 6 RPG \u2013 10 APG<\/p>\n #7 \u2013 Teonni Key<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 6-FOOT-4 \u2013 FORWARD \u2013 JUNIOR<\/p>\n 14 PPG \u2013 9 RPG \u2013 5 APG<\/p>\n #10 \u2013 Dazia Lawrence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 5-FOOT-8 \u2013 GUARD \u2013 REDSHIRT SENIOR<\/p>\n 9 PPG \u2013 2 APG<\/p>\n #13 \u2013 Clara Strack<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n 6-FOOT-5 \u2013 CENTER \u2013 SOPHOMORE<\/p>\n 22 PPG \u2013 6 RPG \u2013 2 APG<\/p>\n #32 \u2013 Amelia Hassett<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n 6-FOOT-3 \u2013 FORWARD \u2013 JUNIOR<\/p>\n 14 PPG \u2013 9 RPG \u2013 2 APG<\/p>\n Place<\/em><\/strong>Tipoff<\/em><\/strong>TV<\/em><\/strong>Radio<\/em><\/strong>Live Stats<\/em><\/strong>Historic Memorial Coliseum (Lexington, KY)6 p.m. ESTSEC Network+<\/a> (Jeff Piecoro and Christi Thomas)\u2013 630 WLAP<\/a> and SiriusXM Channel 161 or 191<\/a> (Darren Headrick)StatBroadcast<\/a><\/p>\n Want to interact with the KSR crew during tonight\u2019s game?\u00a0Consider joining the conversation on KSBoard<\/a>, where we\u2019ll be sharing live updates as your eyes and ears inside Historic Memorial Coliseum while also answering questions and providing real-time analysis (and probably complaining about the officiating).<\/p>\n New members can get KSR+ for seven days for just $1 and 50% off the annual price<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The post PREVIEW: Kentucky WBB hosts Northern Kentucky in battle of in-state schools<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kentucky opened up their first game of the season by beating USC Upstate 98-43 in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}NKU Projected Starters (lineup used on Nov. 4)<\/h4>\n
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