The Cincinnati Enquirer

Northern Kentucky's men's basketball team fell short of the school's record of 13 straight wins to open a season Sunday, suffering its first loss, 74-60, at Hillsdale (Mich.) College.

The Norse (10-1), enteredranked No.6 in the nation in Division II and No.1 in the Great Lakes region. Hillsdale (7-3) was 10th.

NKU trailed 34-29 at halftime. The Norse shot just 39 percent from the field after the intermission, including 1-of-10 from behind the 3-point arc.

Brenden Stowers led NKU with 16 points. Bobby St-Preux grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. NKU plays at Indianapolis at 7:30p.m. Thursday.

NORTHERN KENTUCKY (60)--St-Preux 3-7 0-2 6, Rupe 2-4 1-3 5, Seabrooks 2-6 2-2 6, J.Stowers 0-1 0-0 0, Kelsey 5-9 0-0 11, Lies 0-0 0-0 0, Howell 2-6 2-2 7, Smith 3-8 1-2 7, B.Stowers 3-10 9-9 16, Rowland 0-0 0-0 0, Murphy 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 21-52 15-20 60.

HILLSDALE (74)--Miller 3-6 4-4 10, Northcross 3-8 0-0 7, Mlynarchek 5-9 2-2 13, Hamood 1-4 2-2 5, Dues 7-14 0-0 16, Coe 5-8 3-4 15, Blaker 0-1 0-0 0, Clarke 0-0 0- 0, Farmer 3-7 0-0 8. Totals 27-57 11-12 74.

Halftime: Hillsdale 34-29. 3-point goals: Northern Kentucky 3-18 (St-Preux 0-2, J.Stowers 0-1, Kelsey 1-5, Howell 1-4, Smith 0-2, B.Stowers 1-4), Hillsdale 9-24 (Miller 0-2, Northcross 1-1, Mlynarchek 1-3, Hamood 1-4, Dies 2-6, Coe 2-4, Farmer 2-4). Rebounds: Northern Kentucky 31 (St-Preux 8), Hillsdale 33 (Mlynarchek 9). Assists: Northern Kentucky 7 (Smith, B.Stowers 3), Hillsdale 17 (Mlynarchek 6). Records: N 10-1, H 7-3.

Women's basketball

DePAUW 82, TMC 62: DePauw (8-2) opened with a 14-4 run, then outrebounded Thomas More 44-29 and made 25-of-26 free throw attempts to pull away.

Ashley Will tallied 16 points to pace Thomas More (6-4). The Saints play Ohio Wesleyan at 2p.m. Tuesday.

DEPAUW (82)--Schneider 3-6 0-0 6, Ferguson 9-12 7-7 25, Yoder 2-6 0-0 4, Weigle 1-2 0-0 2, Wiles 1-2 2-2 5, Miller 0-0 3-4 3, Greeter 0-0 0-0 0, Harrison 0-0 0-0 0, Zondor 2-10 2-2 7, Blood 0-0 0-0 0, Argetsinger 6-10 5-5 18, Houin 3-5 4-4 10, Hedrick 0-0 0-0 0, Grogg 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 27-53 25-26 82.

THOMAS MORE (62)--Clift 2-7 2-2 6, Baumann 1-6 0-0 2, Schroeder 4-11 0-0 10, Bess 3-6 0-0 6, Roberts 2-15 6-8 11, Will 6-11 0-0 16, Stein 2-2 0-0 5, Noll 0-1 0-0 0, Byars 0-3 1-2 1, Simmons 2-5 0-0 5, Beam 0-0 0-0 0, Matracia 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-67 9-12 62.

Halftime: DePauw 42-32. 3-point goals: DePauw 3-10 (Yoder 0-2, Weigle 0-1, Wiles 1-2, Zondor 1-2, Argetsinger 1-2, Houin 0-1), Thomas More 9-27 (Clift 0-1, Schroeder 2-6, Bess 0-1, Roberts 1-5, Will 4-8, Stein 1-1, Byars 0-2, Simmons 1-3). Rebounds: DePauw 44 (Ferguson 14), Thomas More 29 (Roberts 9). Assists: DePauw 21 (Miller 6), Thomas More 15 (Schroeder, Bess 4). Records: D 8-2, T 6-4.

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