Game #11
Northeastern State (6-4) at St. Mary's (8-5)
Sunday, Dec. 30 at 3 p.m. | San Antonio, Texas | Bill Greehey Arena
Opening Tip
- Fourth straight road contest for the RiverHawks.
- Final non-conference regular season contest.
- 13 day gap in-between games for NSU.
- In nine games this season, NSU has went on at-least a 10-0 run against a foe.
- Caleb Smith is leading the RiverHawks in scoring with 15.7 points per game and 3.5 assists per game.
- Tanner Mouse is second in scoring with 13.5 points and is tied with Smith with 1.1 steals per game.
- Aaron Givens has two double-doubles this year and he is sixth in the MIAA with 7.3 rebounds per game.
- Northeastern State is first in the MIAA in field goal defense at 41.2-percent and third rebound margin at +8.1.
About the Rattlers
- Last played on Dec. 19, hosting Texas A&M-Kingsville, and won 65-52.
- First contest against a program in the MIAA since Nov. 28, 2015 vs. Missouri Western (60-56 StMU win).
- 5-4 at home this season.
- With an 8-5 record, they have surpassed their 7-21 record from last season in wins.
- Led in scoring by Markques Houston with 14.8 points per game. The junior is seventh in the Heartland Conference in scoring.
- Ranked last in their conference in turnover margin.
- Was picked to finish in eighth place by the coaches in the Heartland Conference.
- Led by 14th year head coach Jim Glash.
RiverHawks vs. Rattlers Series
- Only met twice during NSU's 2002-03 National Championship season.
- NSU owns both of the wins and won 79-75 in their lone meeting at St. Mary's on Dec. 14, 2002.
- First meeting with St. Mary's for head coach Mark Downey.
Looking Back
- A career high 25 points from Caleb Smith gave Northeastern State an 80-65 non-conference win over Missouri S&T on Dec. 17.
- In his first start of the year, Trent Cantrell put up 15 points on 5-for-9 shooting.
- Aaron Givens recorded his second double-double with 12 rebounds and 10 points.
- Bradley George came off the bench to record 11 points and three assists.
- Season debut for Gordon Hill, he played four minutes off the bench.
- A S&T scoreless run of eight minutes in the second half allowed for a 15-0 NSU run to overtake the Miners.
- Fourth double-digit win of the season for Northeastern State.
- The win halted a modest two game skid for NSU.
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 ten games, Jackson is averaging 9.7 points, and is shooting 48.6-% 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.
Inside Men
NSU's post players,
Aaron Givens and
Josh Ihek are shooting a combined 73.1-percent and accounting for 12.3 rebounds per game. On the offensive glass the two is averaging five rebounds per game, and scoring 15.2 points a game.
4-Year
Tanner Mouse has scored ten or more points in 13 of the last 15 games for the RiverHawks. The senior is second at NSU with 13.5 points an outing which is nearly double his career average during his first Mouse's three seasons (7.7 ppg).
Benchmark
The RiverHawks broke a facility scoring record in its last two contests inside the NSU Event Center. Northeastern State set a new bar with 118 points on Nov. 30, 2018 against Central Christian (Mo.), a mere 72 hours after braking the prior record that has held for five years.
Here is a quick look at the other 100 point games in the Center's 5+ year history...
1. 118 vs. Central Christian (11/30/18)
2. 107 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
3. 102 vs. Ecclesia (11/9/13)*
4. 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 - 3:43 at Missouri Southern (12/8/18)
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 - 3:38 vs. Central Christian (11/30/18)
13-0 - 4:31 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
15-0 - 8:01 at Missouri S&T (12/17/18)
18-0 - 4:03 vs. Central Christian (11/30/18)
20-0 - 5:04 vs. Central Christian (11/30/18)
* - 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 (2nd Half) vs. Southwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 9, 2018
21 - 14:46 (2nd Half) vs. Northwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 10, 2018
19 - 1:25 (2nd Half) at Missouri S&T on Dec. 17, 2018
14 - 2:23 (2nd 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
2-0 White
1-2 Green
0-1 Black
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.
