TAHLEQUAH – Jamir Andrews continues to have the hot hand for the RiverHawks dropping a team season high seven three-pointers on Monday to run past William Woods 81-66 at the NSU Event Center.
 
Andrews was named MIAA Co-Athlete of the Week earlier in the day and had 25 points against the Owls, and shot 9-for-12 from the field for NSU (5-12) who won its second game in a row.  Montre' Williams also was red-hot for the RiverHawks at the arc, landing 5-for-8 from downtown for 17 points.  Coryon Mason was a duel threat on floor with 13 points and a career high seven assists.  Josh Bougher was the RiverHawks fourth player in double-figures netting ten.
 
DaShaun Stark a transfer from Arkansas had a game high 30 points for the Owls who counted the game as an exhibition on their schedule.  Stark kept William Woods in game through halftime with 21 points to take a slight 36-34 lead into the locker room.
 
Despite trailing, Northeastern State put on a show at the arc in the final 17-minutes landing eight treys.  Andrews, started the NSU train with a three-pointer to tie the game at 43-43, and Williams followed up with a three to recapture the lead for the final time.  The Owls during that run, found all their points inside, going 0-for-6 from downtown.
 
The RiverHawks were season high 15-for-31 at the arc and 29-for-53 from the field; William Woods finished the night 25-for-53 on the floor.
 
HEAD COACH MARK DOWNEY ON PLAYING THREE GAMES IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS
"Handling success is something we haven't done a lot and three games in five days isn't something we are used to so we kind of came out slow.  We can shoot it and in the last three nights we played, we really shot the ball in the basket.  We need to keep doing that and hopefully it spills over this Saturday afternoon."
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
0 – Zach Lee made his season debut for the RiverHawks, playing nine minutes, with two assists.
3 – The RiverHawks have played three games in the last five days.
15 – The lead changed hands 15 times on Monday and NSU's largest advantage was 15 points.
55 – Williams matched his season high with 17 points and now needs 55 points to reach 1,000.
 
COMING UP NEXT
The RiverHawks resume MIAA play on Saturday were they will travel to Central Oklahoma for a 3:30 p.m. tip-off.