CLAREMORE – Karon Waller and Montre' Williams both had 11 points to lead Northeastern State but they would fall on the road 66-52 to Rogers State on Wednesday night in Claremore.

Fouls were the story of the night with 50 attempts at the free-throw line combined by both teams on 48 total fouls called by the officials.

Neither team shot the ball well with RSU having the slight edge with 37-percent shooting (20-54), the RiverHawks went 35.4-percent (17-48) on their side of the floor.

The RiverHawks led for nearly half of the first 20 minutes of the game and led the five points with five-minutes left until the intermission.  Rogers State closed the half a 10-3 run on the RiverHawks to leave for the locker room with a 26-19 lead.

Northeastern State trailed the rest of the game and they closed in within six points (47-41) following a free throw by Waller with six minutes to go.   However, the Hillcats extended their lead to double-figures and took their largest margin of 17-points with just over a minute left in the contest.

Braxton Williams led the RiverHawks with ten rebounds but as a team they would trail RSU 40-to-32 on the glass. 

The RiverHawks committed 19 turnovers in the game which was four more than Rogers State.

The Hillcats had three in double-figures with Baron Smith Jr. having 20 points and Johnathon Buckley had a double-double with ten points and ten rebounds.

Wednesday's loss sends the RiverHawks to 0-3 this season and Rogers State will go to 2-1.

Northeastern State will travel to Stephen F. Austin on Friday at 7 p.m. in an exhibition.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Inside the paint both teams were even with 26 points, on points off turnovers, RSU led 22-to-5
- Northeastern State's bench had the 23-to-17 edge.
- Braxton Williams was a rebound short of matching his career high that was set twice last season at 11.
 
NORTHEASTERN STATE (0-3)
Williams, Montre' 4-11 2-2 11; Waller, Karon 2-5 7-9 11; Martin, Cameron 3-8 0-0 7; Mouse, Tanner 2-6 2-2 7; Williams, Braxton 2-6 2-3 6; Broadnax, Erick 2-3 1-2 5; Cantrell, Trent 2-5 0-0 4; Turner, Juvon 0-4 1-2 1; Hill, Gordon 0-0 0-0 0; Wallace, Javon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-48 15-20 52.
 
ROGERS STATE (2-1)
Baron Smith Jr. 7-13 5-7 20; Johnathon Buckley 3-7 4-5 10; JD Tisdale 2-8 6-6 10; Travis Hester 3-6 0-0 9; Jeylyn Sharpe 2-7 3-6 7; Chase Littlejohn 1-3 2-2 4; Jordan Huffman 1-6 0-0 2; Matt Lea 1-1 0-0 2; Kyler Ng 0-3 1-2 1; Christopher Ikuenobe 0-0 1-2 1; Don Leak 0-0 0-0 0; Caleb Jones 0-0 0-0 0; Tavian Davis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 22-30 66.
 
Northeastern State..........19   33  -   52
Rogers State..................   26   40  -   66
 
3-point goals--Northeastern State 3-14 (Mouse, Tanner 1-3; Martin, Cameron 1-2; Williams, Montre' 1-5; Cantrell, Trent 0-1; Turner, Juvon 0-1; Williams, Braxton 0-1; Waller, Karon 0-1), Rogers State 4-13 (Travis Hester 3-6; Baron Smith Jr. 1-1; Chase Littlejohn 0-2; Jordan Huffman 0-1; Kyler Ng
0-1; Johnathon Buckley 0-2).
Fouled out--Northeastern State-None, Rogers State-None.
Rebounds--Northeastern State 32 (Williams, Braxton 10), Rogers State 40 (Johnathon Buckley 10). Assists--Northeastern State 6 (Mouse, Tanner 2), Rogers State 8 (Jordan Huffman 3; Baron Smith Jr. 3). Total fouls--Northeastern State 26, Rogers State 22.
Technical fouls—Northeastern State-None, Rogers State-None.