Game #8
Northeastern State (5-2) vs. Pittsburg State (5-1)
Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. |  Pittsburg, Kan | John Lance Arena

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Opening Tip 

• First of four straight on the road after opening the season with its first seven games in Oklahoma.
• The RiverHawks are 3-3 in their MIAA conference opener.
• Northeastern State completed its first winning month since Nov. 2013.
• In all seven games this season, NSU has went on at-least a 10-0 run against a foe.
• Northeastern State has dropped its last four road contests.
• The RiverHawks matched its season win total for the 2016-17 season.
• Tanner Mouse is leading the RiverHawks in scoring with 15.7 points a game, and is shooting 56.7-percent from the field. 
• Caleb Smith is second on the NSU roster with 13.6 points a game and has 3.6 assists per outing.
• Northeastern State paces the MIAA in field goal defense at 39.7-percent and rebound margin at +9.9.

About the Gorillas

• Winners of their last six at home.
• Third game of a four game homestand for the Gorillas.
• Second in the MIAA in points per game at 90, but twelfth in defense at 75.8 points per game.
• Lowest three-point percentage in the MIAA at 31.0-percent.
• Senior guard Grant Lozoya tops the MIAA in points per game at 24.7, has scored 30+ points in his last two outings. 
• Lozoya took MIAA Co-Player of the Week honors on Nov. 19.
• Had one first place vote and was predicted to finish in fifth in the MIAA.
• Led by Kim Anderson who is in his second season at Pitt State.

RiverHawks vs. Gorillas Series

• First meeting since, Feb. 16, 2013 in Pittsburg that both teams will face each other with a winning record.
• Pitt State has won seven straight on their home court.  Northeastern State's last win at PSU was on Nov. 21, 2001.  
• 74th overall meeting of a series that started in 1927.
• Northeastern State trails the Gorillas in the overall series, 51-22.
• Head Coach Mark Downey is 0-1 against Pitt State.

Looking Back

• The RiverHawks broke the 100-point threshold for the second straight game with an 118-46 beating of Central Christian. 
• Tanner Mouse matched his career high in points with 22 and landed a career mark with six treys.
• Josh Ihek went 6-for-7 off the bench with 20 points and nine rebounds.  
• Northeastern State out-rebounded CCC, 49-to-15.  
• The RiverHawks shot 64.8-percent (46-71) and landed 17 three-pointers, which was two off from matching a program record. 

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 seven games, Jackson is averaging 10.6 points, and is shooting 50.9% 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 71.4-percent and accounting for 12.6 rebounds per game.  On the offensive glass the two is averaging nearly five rebounds per game, and scoring 14.6 points a game.

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 - 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)
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
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
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.