Game #7
Northeastern State (4-2) vs. Central Christian of the Bible (3-3)
Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 at 7 p.m. |  Tahlequah, Okla. | NSU Event Center

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Opening Tip 

• Final game of a four game homestand for the RiverHawks.
• Second and final regular season Friday contest of the season.
• Countable contest for the RiverHawks in their win-loss record, exhibition for Central Christian of the Bible.
• Northeastern State had double-digit leads in all six games this season.
• In all six games this season, NSU has went on at-least a 10-0 run against a foe.
• A win on Friday would match the RiverHawks season win total for the 2016-17 season.
• Tanner Mouse is leading the RiverHawks in scoring with 14.7 points a game, and is shooting 54.0-percent from the field. 
• Caleb Smith is second on the NSU roster with 14.3 points a game and has 3.5 assists per outing.
• Northeastern State paces the MIAA in rebounding with 40.3 per game.

About the Saints

• The Saints are the middle game of a stretch where they play three consecutive days.
• Lone contest against a NCAA team this season was on Nov. 13 at Missouri S&T.  The Miners broke its program scoring mark with a 141-52 over CCC.  
• Like Friday's game, the Saints' counted their contest with Missouri S&T as an exhibition. 
• Averaging just under 90 points a game but gives up about has many in six regular season contests.
• As of Nov. 29 they lead NCCAA Division II in points per game and field goal percentage.
• They have six averaging double-digit scoring with Trey Black pacing his squad with 16.8 a game.
• Eight of their 11 players are freshman
• Guided by eighth year head coach Jack Defreitas.

RiverHawks vs. Saints Series

• First known meeting between the two programs.

Looking Back

• The RiverHawks broke the 100-point threshold for the first time since the start of the 2013-14 season with an 107-49 win over Bacone.
• Montrey Thomas Jr. came off the NSU bench and paced the RiverHawks with 14 points and he grabbed eight rebounds.
• Trailing Bacone 9-6 five minutes into the contest, the RiverHawks dropped ten straight on the Warriors and never looked back.  By the end of the half, Northeastern State was on a 49-to-13 run on Bacone.
• NSU had 25 assists on Tuesday, their most since 2012.
• 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 six games, Jackson is averaging 10.8 points, and is shooting 50% from the field

Double-Double x2
For the first time since Feb. 10, 2010 at Southwestern Okla., the RiverHawks had two players with a double-double on a box score.  Josh Ihek and Aaron Givens both hit double-doubles on Nov. 27 against Bacone by hitting double-digits in points and rebounds.

Benchmark
An 107 point effort on Nov. 27 against Bacone broke a five year mark for the most points scored in the NSU Event Center.  

Here is a quick look at the other 100 point games in the Center's 5+ year history...
1. 107 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
2. 102 vs. Ecclesia (11/9/13)*
3. 101 vs. Hillsdale Free Will Baptist (11/13/13)
* - First game in the complex

Quick Runs
Northeastern State runs of ten or more unanswered points during the 2018-19 season.
10-0 - 4:03 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
10-0 - 3:50 vs. Dallas Baptist (11/24/18)*
10-0 - 2:44 vs. Dallas Baptist (11/24/18)#
10-0 - 2:15 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma (11/9/18)
11-0 - 3:59 vs. Oklahoma Baptist (11/19/18)
11-0 - 2:06  at Rogers State (11/14/18)
12-0 - 3:23 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
12-0 - 2:45 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma (11/10/18)#
13-0 - 4:31 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
* - Start of the game
# - Spans the half

Up Big
Largest leads of the season for Northeastern State.
58 - 1:28 (2nd Half) vs. Bacone on Nov. 27, 2018
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. 
3-1    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.