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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Northeastern State men's basketball team earned a 63-56 victory over Emporia State Wednesday night at Jack Dobbins Field House in the first MIAA contest in school history.
The RiverHawks (6-1, 1-0 MIAA) jumped on top early and never looked back to earn the win over the Hornets (4-3, 0-1 MIAA).
Senior forward
Jermaine Bransford recorded his first-career double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds. He also added three steals in 37 minutes to pace the RiverHawks.
Junior guard
Bryton Hobbs contributed 18 points and six assists in 39 minutes.
Northeastern State shot 39 percent from the field (18-46) and 4 of 10 from downtown. The team continues its torrent free-throw shooting, sinking 23 of 26 (89 percent) from the charity stripe.
The Hornets shot 41 percent from the field (20-49) and also hit 40 percent from downtown (8-20). Chris Sights shot lights out to pace the road team. He recorded 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting, and he knocked down five triples.
Taylor Euler added 11 for the visitors. Kaleb Wright came into the contest averaging 19.2 points per game, and Northeastern State held the Hornets leading scorer to zero points.
NSU will next be in action when the team travels to Jefferson City, Mo., for a 3:07 p.m. tilt with Lincoln. The game will be broadcast live on the MIAA Network.
NORTHEASTERN STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH LARRY GIPSON
On beginning conference play with a victory…
“This was an excellent night for the RiverHawks, both men and women. These were two very good opponents. Emporia State is traditionally one of the very good basketball teams, both men and women. For us to get two wins tonight in our inaugural MIAA games is excellent.”
On Emporia State's second-half comeback…
“One of those situations was my fault. I thought we kept some guys in the game too long. I kept thinking that we might pull away a little bit and we could rest some guys. Ethan (Anderson) got in foul trouble, so that limited who we could put in the game. That was a problem. I didn't think we handled the pressure very well down the stretch. We had too many critical turnovers. But it's a win, and as of today, we're in first place in the MIAA.”
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