Game #6
Northeastern State (3-2) vs. Bacone (1-4)
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 at 7 p.m. | Tahlequah, Okla. | NSU Event Center
Opening Tip
- Third game of a four game homestand for the RiverHawks.
- Closest opponent of the season.
- Lone Tuesday home contest of the year.
- Countable contest for the RiverHawks in their win-loss record, exhibition for Bacone.
- Northeastern State had double-digit leads in all five games this season.
- Tanner Mouse is leading the RiverHawks in scoring with 16.6 points a game, and is shooting 52.1-percent from the field.
- Caleb Smith is second on the NSU roster with 15.0 points a game and has 4.0 assists per outing.
About the Warriors
- Last played on Nov. 17 at East Central in an exhibition.
- Lost to the Tigers 109-71.
- Led in scoring by senior Ramon Ajose who averages 14.4 points a game.
- Ranked seventh in the NAIA with 11.2 steals a game.
- Tyson Tiger ranks second in the NAIA averaging three steals a game.
- Guided by Northeastern State '06 graduate Carl Cowan who is in his first season at Bacone.
RiverHawks vs. Warriors Series
- Third meeting since 2004.
- Beat the RiverHawks last time out in 2016, 68-66.
- Head Coach Mark Downey is 1-0 all-time against Bacone.
Looking Back
- Lost for the first time at home this season to Dallas Baptist, 74-66
- Behind a 16-point effort from Caleb Smith, Northeastern State dug themselves out of a 17-point deficit to the Patriots.
- Northeastern State had a pair of 10-0 runs in the contest.
- The RiverHawks out-rebounded a team for the first time this season.
- Aaron Givens had 12 of the 44 NSU rebounds on Saturday, which was his season high.
Already at 1,000+
Senior transfer
D'Angelo Jackson starts the season with 1,203 career points in-between stops at Eastern Illinois and Highland CC. Jackson has a career average at over 15 points per game and was selected as a NJCAA All-American.
- In five games, Jackson is averaging 10.6 points, and is shooting 50% from the field.
Carrying Over
Tanner Mouse continued were he finished last season and has nine straight games with 10+ points. The senior is averaging 15.3 points in the last nine games, which is more than double his career average (7.7).
Quick Runs
Northeastern State runs of ten or more unanswered points during the 2018-19 season.
10-0 - 2:15 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma (11/9/18)
10-0 - 3:50 vs. Dallas Baptist (11/24/18)*
10-0 - 2:44 vs. Dallas Baptist (11/24/18)#
11-0 - 3:59 vs. Oklahoma Baptist (11/19/18)
12-0 - 2:45 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma (11/10/18) #
* - Start of the game
# - Spans the half
Up Big
Largest leads of the season for Northeastern State.
22 - 11:28 (Second Half) vs. Southwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 9, 2018
21 - 14:46 (Second Half) vs. Northwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 10, 2018
14 - 2:23 (Second Half) vs. Oklahoma Baptist on Nov. 19, 2018
14 - 00:34 (1st Half) at Rogers State on Nov. 14, 2018
10 - 16:10 (1st Half) vs. Dallas Baptist on Nov. 24, 2018
Our Colors
Northeastern State's uniform record during the 2018-19 season.
2-1 Gray
1-0 White
0-1 Green
An older group
Northeastern State has one freshman on its roster this season with nine juniors, and four seniors.
Former Rangers
Jahmel Bodrick,
Michael Bowers, and
Caleb Smith all come to Northeastern State from Ranger College (Texas) and played for Former Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie.
