Who’s Playing
Norfolk State Spartans @ N. Kentucky Norse
Current Records: Norfolk State 6-5, N. Kentucky 4-6
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What to Know
The Norfolk State Spartans are taking a road trip to face off against the N. Kentucky Norse at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Truist Arena. The Spartans are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 77.1 points per game this season.
Norfolk State is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest defeat since January 2nd on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a painful 94-69 walloping at the hands of Baylor. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Bears: they’ve now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask N. Kentucky). They blew past Cumberland (KY) 98-79 on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Norse.
N. Kentucky smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That’s the most offensive rebounds they’ve posted since back in November of 2023.
Norfolk State’s defeat dropped their record down to 6-5. As for N. Kentucky, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-6.
Keep an eye on the arc in Sunday’s contest: Norfolk State has been dynamite from deep this season, having made 36.9% of their threes per game. It’s a different story for N. Kentucky, though, as they’ve only made 30.4% of their threes this season. Given Norfolk State’s sizable advantage in that area, N. Kentucky will need to find a way to close that gap.
Norfolk State came up short against N. Kentucky in their previous matchup back in December of 2016, falling 72-61. Can Norfolk State avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We’ll find out soon enough.
Series History
N. Kentucky has won both of the games they’ve played against Norfolk State in the last 9 years.
- Dec 03, 2016 – N. Kentucky 72 vs. Norfolk State 61
- Dec 13, 2015 – N. Kentucky 81 vs. Norfolk State 60
