ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Lock down defense and rebounding carried the RiverHawks to a 58-53 road win at Lindenwood on Thursday night and snapped a six game skid. 

Juvon Turner led the RiverHawks with 15 points and Tanner Mouse added 14 on the scoring side of the evening.  Braxton Williams had a game high ten rebounds with NSU winning the battle of the boards 39-to-27 over the Lions.

"Our effort was really good, I thought we had an exceptional first half, and shot the ball really well," said head coach Jason Tinsley.  "Our defense gave them (Lindenwood) a lot of problems, we made it hard for them to get good looks, and we rebounded the ball well."

The RiverHawks were limited from lone-range, going 3-for-11 at the arc but they shot 40-percent (20-50) from the field; Lindenwood shot 35.4-percent (17-48) from their side of the floor. 

Overall scoring was limited throughout the night and in the second half the RiverHawks didn't score their first point until Braxton Williams hit a free-throw at the 12:25 mark.  Despite the lull, NSU held Lindenwood to only five points during that frame to lead 34-25.

Possession changed only once with the RiverHawks being out in front as many as 13 points in the first half.  The closest Lindenwood would get was with 7:07 left where the Lions closed in 38-34, but Braxton Williams hit a layup to start a seven point run by NSU.

Thursday night's 53-point effort by Lindenwood was a season low and their fewest since scoring 41 at Central Missouri last season; the Lions were led by Chandler Diekvoss who had 15 points.  

NSU's 39 rebounds matched a season high that was set in an overtime loss to Northwestern Oklahoma.   The RiverHawks grabbed 14 rebounds on the offensive end and out-scored Lindenwood 12-to-3 in second chance points.

The win will send the RiverHawks to 2-3 in the MIAA and 3-10 overall, Lindenwood falls to 11-6 and 1-4 in league play. 

Northeastern State will travel to Lincoln who lost 78-70 on Thursday night to Central Oklahoma; the Blue Tigers are 9-5, 2-3 in the MIAA when they face the RiverHawks.   Tip off will be at 3:30 p.m. with the game being carried live on Billy Country 96.3 FM.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The RiverHawks are 2-1 at Lindenwood and have tied the series at 3-3.
- Northeastern State led 28-to-18 in points in the paint.
 
NEWSPAPER BOX SCORE
NORTHEASTERN STATE (3-10, 2-3 MIAA)
Turner, Juvon 4-14 7-8 15; Mouse, Tanner 5-10 2-2 14; Williams, Montre' 3-5 2-3 8; Williams, Braxton 3-8 2-4 8; Williams, Tyler 2-3 2-2 7; Martin, Cameron 1-5 0-0 2; Wallace, Javon 1-2 0-0 2; Adderley, Romone 1-3 0-0 2; Broadnax, Erick 0-0 0-0 0; Waller, Karon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-50 15-19 58.
 
LINDENWOOD (11-6, 1-4 MIAA)
Diekvoss,Chandler 4-13 5-6 15; Triggs,Bakari 5-7 0-0 11; Price,Jackson 1-5 4-4 7; Larson-Gulsvig,Breno 2-4 0-0 5; McIntosh,LJ 2-9 0-0 5; Dobbs,Dominique 2-5 0-2 4; Dundalov,Rayko 0-0 2-2 2; Pohlman,Adam 0-2 2-2 2; Meylor,Max 1-3 0-0 2; Mills,Landon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-48 13-16 53.
 
Northeastern State............   31   27  -   58
Lindenwood....................   20   33  -   53
3-point goals--Northeastern State 3-11 (Mouse, Tanner 2-3; Williams, Tyler 1-2; Williams, Braxton 0-4; Martin, Cameron 0-1; Turner, Juvon 0-1), Lindenwood 6-17 (Diekvoss,Chandler 2-4; Triggs,Bakari 1-1; Larson-Gulsvig,Breno 1-2; McIntosh,LJ 1-5; Price,Jackson 1-3; Meylor,Max 0-1; Pohlman,Adam 0-1).
Fouled out--Northeastern State-None, Lindenwood-None.
Rebounds--Northeastern State 39 (Williams, Braxton 10), Lindenwood 27 (Dobbs,Dominique 7). Assists--Northeastern State 7 (Williams, Montre' 4), Lindenwood 7 (Pohlman,Adam 3).
Total fouls--Northeastern State 18, Lindenwood 17.
Technical fouls--Northeastern State-None, Lindenwood-None.
A-842