On Thursday, Kentucky was on upset alert, at least through the first quarter when it was 18-14 Cats after 10 minutes of play. Northern Kentucky’s zone defense bothered Kentucky all night, and as a result, shots weren’t falling a ton. Kentucky shot just 43% from the field overall and just 5-25 (20%) from beyond the arc. However, it wasn’t all just a product of Kentucky stinking it up. Under new head coach Jeff Hans, the Norse are pretty stout team too, especially defensively. “Northern [Kentucky] is gonna be a good basketball team,” Kenny Brooks said postgame. “They’re very methodical and patie…