Northern Kentucky entered Saturday's game leading the Great Lakes Valley Conference in three-pointers per game and used that weapon to send the Miners to an 84-53 loss at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.
The Norse, who hold the lead in the GLVC East Division, connected 16 times from beyond the arc Saturday. That was enough to pull away from the Miners, who were within eight at the intermission but saw the Norse ouscored them 17-4 in the first 10 minutes after the break.
Missouri S&T trailed for the bulk of the first half -- its largest lead was three in the early going -- but was able to stay within reach of NKU as it shot 48.1 percent in the opening half. Aaron Hays' three-pointer at the 5:14 mark pulled S&T to within one at 28-27, but a basket by Vincent Humphrey and a three-pointer by Anthony Teague extended the margin.
NKU entered the game with an average of 9.8 three-pointers per game and hit eight in each half.
The Miners had four players in double figures, led by Curtis Mosley with 14 points. S&T also got 12 points from Hays, 11 from Marquis Jones and 10 from Justin Taylor. The Miners finished the day shooting 41.5 percent from the field and hit five of their 12 three-point attempts.
S&T (3-14, 0-9 GLVC) will return to action Thursday when it plays at Southern Illinois Edwardsville in a 7:30 p.m. game.
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