Northeastern State (2-7) vs. Bacone (3-5)
Dec. 13, 2016 | 7:30 p.m. | NSU Event Center
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The headline: The RiverHawks will close out their 2016 home slate with a pair of games inside the NSU Event Center hosting Bacone on Tuesday and then Northwest Missouri State on Saturday.   Cameron Martin has averaged 14.3 points in the last six games and has entered the starting lineup in the last four for the RiverHawks. Additionally, the NSU junior from McKinney, Texas has averaged about three assists per game in the last six game span.

The series: Tuesday's game is the first time since Nov. 30, 2004 that the RiverHawks will face Bacone College.  Northeastern State won 62-34 in Muskogee when both of these programs met last.  The contest for Bacone on Tuesday is counted as an exhibition but it will count on NSU's schedule and stats.
 
Last time out for NSU: Cameron Martin scored 14 points for the RiverHawks but Southwest Baptist's second chance points helped lead to a 65-53 road loss on Saturday.   The Bearcats outscored Northeastern State 17-to-5 on their second chance with the assistance of 13 offensive rebounds.  Behind Martin's 14, NSU didn't have another player in double-figures with Montre' Williams coming in next with seven points; the RiverHawks had four with six points apiece.  The RiverHawks made nine shots in each half and shot 34-percent (18-53) from the field.  From long range, they went 2-for-12, and didn't connect in all three opportunities in the second half.  Southwest Baptist didn't shoot the ball well either going 38.5-percent (20-52) on their side of the floor and went 6-for-23 from long range. 

Last time out for Bacone: Bacone last played at NAIA top-ranked Mid-America Christian who led from wire-to-wire in a 103-74 win.  The Warriors shot 40.9-percent from the field and sank nine three-pointers in the loss.  Richie Spiller paced the Warriors with 18 points. 

Scouting Bacone: The Warriors have been off since Dec. 3 and have played one NCAA program, Rogers State earlier in the season and lost 106-79 in Claremore.  In the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC), Bacone is last in points scored per game (71.0) and in three-point percentage (.277).  Richie Spiller leads the Warriors with 13 points per game and he had a season high 24 points against St. Gregory's.  In rebounding, Bacone is in the middle of its league with 41.4 boards per game which is 29th best in NAIA play.