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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Northeastern State women's basketball team entertains University of Arkansas at Monticello in the final game of the first half of the season. The RiverHawks (5-4, 1-1 MIAA) will meet the Cottom Blossoms (2-6, 0-4 GAC) at 6:05 p.m. Dec. 18 at Jack Dobbins Field House.
 
The last meeting between the two schools was Dec. 2, 2011, with Northeastern State picking up the 67-54 victory. Then-junior Taylor Lewis led all scorers with 16 points, and she also had eight rebounds.
 
SCOUTING THE COTTOM BLOSSOMS
University of Arkansas at Monticello has a 2-6 record this season and an 0-4 mark in the Great American Conference. The Cotton Blossoms trumped LeMoyne-Owen College and University of Arkansas at Fort Smith to open the season, but they have lost their last six games. Donlicia James leads the team in both scoring (12.8) and rebounding (8.0). Jordan Goforth is averaging 10.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg. Four other members of the squad are averaging at least 7.0 points a game.
 
LEWIS, GREEN SURPASS MILESTONES
Senior guard Taylor Lewis and senior forward Sarah Green both recorded their 100th career game in the green and white Nov. 24 against Tarleton State. Lewis has made 70 career starts and has scored in double figures 57 times, which includes a stretch sophomore year where she recorded 11 straight. Green owns 39 starts, has scored in double digits 16 times and has also recorded three double-digit rebounding efforts. Lewis also knocked down her 200th career three-point basket Nov. 20 against Northwestern Oklahoma State. She owns the school record for three's made in a game (8), season (87) and career (214). Lewis surpassed the 1,000-point plateau for her career against Drury. She now has 1,054 points in her four-year career.
 
VETERANS PACE THE RIVERHAWKS
Six members of the Northeastern State women's basketball are currently averaging at least 5.0 points per game, with five being upperclassmen. Leading the way for NSU is senior guard Taylor Lewis, who is averaging 13.1 points per game and 2.4 rebounds per game. Not far behind is fellow senior guard Tosha Tyler and her 11.4 ppg and 2.8 rpg. Senior forward Sarah Green checks in at 7.8 ppg and 4.9 rpg, junior forward Carrington Fox currently sits at 5.7 ppg and junior guard Taylor Collins adds 5.7 points a night.
 
MIAA NETWORK
The Northeastern State men's and women's basketball road games against Lincoln University were televised by the MIAA Network. The contests are one of just three league doubleheaders being aired by the network, which is available locally on Cox Oklahoma Channels 3 and 703, and on KSMO Channel 62 in Kansas City. Both contests were held in Jason Gym on Lincoln's campus. It was the first meeting for both programs as league rivals, as NSU is currently in its inaugural campaign in the MIAA. NSU kicked off the MIAA Network's basketball slate, which features three doubleheaders and the men's and women's tournament championship games. In addition to NSU's Dec. 8 contests, the MIAA Network will also broadcast the Feb. 23 doubleheader between Nebraska Kearny and Missouri Western and the March 2 doubleheader between Central Missouri and Washburn. The network will close out the regular season on March 10 with the MIAA Women's and Men's Basketball Championship games, which will be played at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
 
TOPS IN THE NATION IN TURNOVERS
The first NCAA statistics were released Dec. 2, and Northeastern State ranked as the top team in the country in terms of fewest committed turnovers per game. The most recent national rankings were released Dec. 10, and the RiverHawks are currently ranked ninth in the nation at just 13.1 turnovers per game this season. NSU has now recorded a season-low nine turnovers twice against Northwestern Oklahoma State (Nov. 20, 2012) and Arkansas at Fort Smith (Dec. 14, 2012).
 
FOX GOES OFF FOR CAREER HIGH
Junior forward Carrington Fox recorded a career-high 13 points against Emporia State Dec. 5. She shot 6 of 9 from the field and added a career-high-tying seven rebounds to lead NSU to the 63-51 upset victory over the Lady Hornets. Fox also contributed two assists and two blocks in 27 minutes.
 
SAME STARTING FIVE
The RiverHawks used the same starting five in the first eight contests this season. The veteran group featured three seniors (guards Taylor Lewis and Tosha Tyler, forward Sarah Green) and two juniors. In NSU's most recent game, the team changed it up by starting Lewis, Green, Fox, and sophomore guards Chelsey Stricklen and Fontana Tate. Stricklen and Tate earned their first-career starting assignments Dec. 14 against University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. Lewis leads the way with 70 starting assignments.
 
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