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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Northeastern State women's basketball team (3-3, 0-0 MIAA) will play host to No. 20 Emporia State (3-1, 0-0 MIAA) in the first league contest as members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
 
Tipoff is scheduled for 5:35 p.m. Dec. 5 at Jack Dobbins Field House (1,000) and will be the first of a doubleheader with the men.
 
The RiverHawks are on a two-game losing skid after opening the season 3-1. Recent losses have been at No. 21 Tarleton State (59-57) and at Drury (65-57).

NSU and ESU have met three times over the last three seasons, and the Lady Hornets won all three contests. The 2010 clash was in the NCAA Sweet 16, and Emporia State defeated Northeastern State 76-45.

SCOUTING THE LADY HORNETS
No. 20 Emporia State sits at 3-1 this year and owns victories over Newman University (77-66), Western State College of Colorado (64-44) and Kansas Wesleyan (88-56). The lone blemish came at Colorado State University-Pueblo (66-53). Laura Patrick leads the Lady Hornets in scoring at 15.8 ppg. Merissa Quick is averaging 12.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg, and Rheanna Egli is also in double figures at 11.3 ppg. Desiree Wylie contributes 9.3 ppg and a team-leading 8.8 rpg.
 
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 67 career starts and has scored in double figures 54 times, which includes a stretch sophomore year where she recorded 11 straight. Green owns 36 starts, has scored in double digits 14 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 (204).
 
VETERANS PACE THE RIVERHAWKS
Seven members of the Northeastern State women's basketball are currently averaging at least 4.8 points per game, with six being upperclassmen. Leading the way for NSU is senior guard Tosha Tyler, who is averaging 13.3 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per game. Not far behind is fellow senior guard Taylor Lewis and her 11.8 ppg and 2.7 rpg. Junior guard Katy Harsen rounds adds 8.5 ppg, and she is also grabbing 3.7 rpg. Senior forward Sarah Green checks in at 6.8 ppg and 4.2 rpg, junior guard Taylor Collins currently sits at 5.2 ppg and junior forward Carrington Fox adds 4.8 points a night.
 
MIAA NETWORK
The Northeastern State men's and women's basketball road games against Lincoln University will be televised by the MIAA Network. The contests will be 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. The RiverHawks' games against the Blue Tigers have been moved up a half hour to accommodate the network's broadcast schedule. The women's game will now begin at 1:07 p.m., while the men's game is now slated for a 3:07 p.m. tip. Both contests will be in Jason Gym on Lincoln's campus. It will be the first meeting for both programs as league rivals, as NSU is currently in its inaugural campaign in the MIAA. NSU will kick off the MIAA Network's basketball slate, which will feature 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.
 
NORTHEASTERN STATE RECEIVING VOTES IN LATEST POLLS
The NSU women's basketball team is currently receiving votes in the most recent USA Today Division II Women's Basketball Top 25 Coaches' Poll released Nov. 27. The RiverHawks received 27 votes. They were ranked No. 23 in the preseason polls.
 
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