The headline:  Northeastern State has four home games remaining in the regular season starting with Southwest Baptist on Thursday.  The RiverHawks lead the MIAA in forced turnovers and with 16.3 per game they are 41st best in the nation.  Against schools in the MIAA, Northeastern State leads the field at the free-throw line by making 79-percent of their shots. Montre' Williams paces NSU with 14.0 points per game and in his third season has scored 713 points.

Last time out for NSU: Northeastern State's offense cooled in the second half as they fell at Pittsburg State 80-59 late Saturday afternoon. 

Juvon Turner was NSU lone player in double-figures with 12 points against the Gorillas, while Tyler Williams and Tanner Mouse both had nine. 

The contest was a tale of two halves for the RiverHawks were they shot 50-percent (12-24) in the first half and 32-percent (8-25) in the final 20 minutes.   Pitt State remained consistent from the field shooting 54.1-percent (33-61), with five players in double-figures.

Rebounding and second chance points were favored to the opposition with PSU picking up 40 rebounds with 15 coming from the offensive end; the Gorillas would gather 14 points on their second try at the hoop.  Northeastern State was limited to 22 rebounds, with six on the offensive side, and had three points on their second chance. 

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Northeastern State (3-16, 2-9 MIAA) vs. Southwest Baptist (11-9, 4-9 MIAA)
Feb. 2, 2017 | 7:30 p.m. | NSU Event Center
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The series with Southwest Baptist: Northeastern State leads the all-time series against Southwest Baptist 12-5. The Bearcats claimed a 65-53 victory over NSU earlier this season in Bolivar.

Last time out for Southwest Baptist: Mouliom's career high paces SBU as they defeated Emporia State 84-62 to improve to 11-9 (4-7 MIAA) on the season.

Emporia State would start the game on a 6-0 run, but a Brian Patterson layup would start a 13-3 run for the Bearcats. The run would give SBU a 13-9 lead with 12:13 remaining in the half. Emporia would stop the run with a pair of free throws, but Louis Baltazar would hit a layup that would start a 30-9 SBU run. During the run Karim Mouliom would score 10 points, and the Bearcats would get baskets from 7 different players during the run as SBU would take a 22 point lead at 43-21 with 2:23 left in the half. The Hornets would end the half on a 7-4 run and SBU would take a 47-28 lead into the half.

The second half would start with a 7-2 run by Emporia State cutting the SBU lead to 49-35 with 15:31 remaining in the game. Mouliom would start a 7-0 Bearcat run with a layup, followed by a Logan Hovey three, and a Cartree Pettis layup which would extend the SBU lead to 56-35 with 14:02 left in the game. Emporia State would go on an 8-0 run cutting the SBU lead to 58-43, but Matt Ridder would hit a three to end Emporia's run. After a 9-4 Emporia run, Mouliom would hit back-to-back layups and SBU would lead 71-52 with 5:38 remaining in the game. The Bearcats would end the game on a 15-10 run and come away with an 84-62 victory.

The Bearcats were led in scoring by Karim Mouliom who had a career high 24 points. Logan Hovey added 19 while Cartier Dean and Kalund Brown each had 8. Kai Woodfall led the Bearcats with 8 boards, while Hovey had 5 and Mouliom had 4. The Bearcats shot 69.8% from the field, 40.0% from the three point line, and 69.2% from the line.

Scouting Southwest Baptist: The Bearcats are 3-4 on the road this season and lead the MIAA with a 8.9 rebounding margin, which is also ninth highest in the nation.  SBU will foul a lot and they are 20th highest with 442 in 20 games this season.  Additionally, at the free-throw line the Bearcats are shooting 67.7-percent which is 12th in the MIAA.  Logan Hovey leads SBU with 12.2 points a game and last time against NSU he had 14.

NSU's last time out against Southwest Baptist: 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. 

Javon Wallace and Karon Waller led NSU with six rebounds each.  Romone Adderley had six points, three rebounds, and a pair of assists in his NSU debut.