Northern Kentucky has won five straight (4-1 ATS) entering Thursday's Horizon League quarterfinal at Cleveland State. The Norse rank 38th nationally in Haslametrics' positive momentum category. These teams split in the regular season, each winning at home. Norse 6-7 senior Trey Robinson only made the All-Horizon League Third Team, and he's playing with a chip on his shoulder. Over his last three games, the Ohio native has scored 67 points on 21-of-37 shooting. Look for NKU, which scored 99 against Detroit on Tuesday, to keep this close if not win outright.

Horizon League quarterfinal from the campus of Cleveland State, so an obvious advantage not being at a neutral site for the second-seeded Vikings against the No. 7 Norse. They split the regular-season matchups with each winning pretty easily at home. It's a quick turnaround for NKU after advancing with an easy win Tuesday over Detroit. CSU had the Horizon League Freshman of the Year in Je'Shawn Stevenson, Sixth Man of the Year in Chase Robinson, one first-team pick in Tevin Smith and two third-teamers in Dylan Arnett and Tahj Staveskie. Until about early-February, this looked like the team to beat in the league. Bit of a sputter down the stretch though. Cleveland State has won six straight at home in the series.