UWM Panthers Advance to Horizon League Championship After Beating NKU
The UW-Milwaukee Panthers secured a spot in the Horizon League Tournament title game by defeating defending champion Northern Kentucky with a strong second-half performance from BJ Freeman and Faizon Fields, marking their sixth comeback from a double-digit deficit this season. The Panthers will face top-seeded Oakland for the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, reaching 20 victories for the second consecutive season and becoming the lowest-seeded team to advance to the title game since 2017-2018.