KENNESAW STATE VS NORTHERN KENTUCKY
GAME 30 | FEBRUARY 25 | 7 P.M. ET
KENNESAW, Ga. | CONVOCATION CENTER

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TALKING POINTS
» The Kennesaw State men's basketball team will be playing its final home game of the 2014-15 season against Northern Kentucky on Wednesday, February 25 at 7 p.m. on ESPN3. The game will be Senior Night for Delbert Love and Tanner Wozniak.
» In the first meeting, Damien Wilson and Yonel Brown combined to score 42 points, but it wasn't enough as the Norse prevailed 76-72 in Highland Heights, Kentucky.
 
THE COMPETITION
NORTHERN KENTUCKY      
Northern Kentucky comes into the game with Kennesaw State holding an 11-16 record overall and a 5-6 record in the A-Sun. The Norse are one game ahead of the Owls in the standings for fifth place.
 
Freshman Taylor Persons leads NKU and has won the A-Sun Newcomer of the Week three times this season.
 
Defensively, the Norse is led by senior Jalen Billups who is the team leader in rebounds and blocks.
 
Dave Bezold is in his 11th season as the head coach for the Owls.
 
All-Time Record: 1-5
Last Meeting: L, 76-72
 
» NEWS AND NOTES
This Week in KSU Men's Basketball  
»  Kennesaw State has two regular season games left with one at home and one on the road. On Wednesday, February 25, the Owls will host Northern Kentucky at 7 p.m. on ESPN3 for Senior Night for Love and Wozniak.
»  On Saturday, February 28, the Owls will play the last game of the regular season against Lipscomb in a morning game that tips at 11 a.m.
 
Promotions
»  The game against Northern Kentucky will be Greek Night and there will be an Order Up 10k shootout where one student will have a chance to win $10,000. To sign up, find the Order Up table to have a chance to win.
 
KSU as a Team                                
»  After sweeping Jacksonville and Stetson, Kennesaw State notched 10 wins on the season. That is the most wins since the 2009-10 team that had 13.
»  KSU is 6-7 on its home court this season. That is the most wins that the Owls have had at home since the 2010-11 team had six. This will be the last game in the Convocation Center for the Owls.
»  Defensively, Kennesaw State has gotten better and better this year. The Owls rank second in conference play in field goal percentage behind only Florida Gulf Coast.
»  The Owls are currently second in the A-Sun in free throw percentage at .716. More importantly, the team makes them when they count the most in the final four minutes of the game. In the Owls 10 wins, the team has sank free throws at a 80.5 percent clip going 62 of 77 from the line. In the last win, Willy Kouassi stepped to line and hit two free throws to help ice the game.
 
KSU Individually                            
»  Coming into his final game at the Convocation Center, Love has been a prolific scorer in his time with Kennesaw State. He is in the top three in scoring, scoring average, field goals and three point field goals made in the KSU NCAA Division I Record Book. Love has also been a great student in the class room as he was named to the 2013-14 A-Sun All-Academic Team.
»  Yonel Brown set a new Kennesaw State record in the second win over Jacksonville by hitting seven three pointers. The previous record of six had been tied three times by Nigel Pruitt this season. Brown got hot in the second half going 5 for 5 from behind the arc to help guide the Owls to the 13 point victory. In conference games, he leads the A-Sun in three point shooting making 48.2 percent of them.
»  This season, the Owls have had three players win A-Sun Weekly Awards. The first two were won by Brown and Nigel Pruitt, who each won Player of the Week and the third was when Damien Wilson was named Newcomer of the Week. Before those three weekly awards, the Owls hadn't won any since the 2012-13 season.
»  Brown's consistent scoring has him third in the league averaging 15.4 points per game. In the Owls 10 wins, Brown has led the Owls averaging 21.1 points per game on the offensive end. He has scored in double figures in 22 of the 29 games for the Owls this season.
»  Lallathin always says that Pruitt can be an x-factor if he wants to be with the way he can score. There have been three games this season he has led KSU on runs that went at least 9-0. In the latest game against FGCU, Pruitt went 4 for 4 in the first half from behind the arc and got fouled on another attempt leading to 14 points at halftime.
 
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