Game #9
Northeastern State (2-6, 0-1 MIAA) at Missouri Southern (5-3, 0-1 MIAA)
Saturday, Dec. 8 at 1:30 p.m. | Joplin, Mo. | Leggett & Platt Athletic Center
Opening Tip
- Seventh straight game for the RiverHawks away from the NSU Event Center.
- Cailyn Long and Bailee Eldred pace NSU in scoring with nearly 12 points a game.
- Bailee Eldred leads the RiverHawks with 7.5 rebounds, which is top-10 in the MIAA.
- Eldred is fifth nationally carrying a 95.1 free throw percentage.
- Joi Bertrand, Cenia Hayes, and Cailyn Long have started in all ten contests (including exhibitions).
- Bertrand leads in the MIAA in blocks with 22, which is also tenth nationally.
RiverHawks vs. Lions Series
- The RiverHawks snapped a five game skid against the Lions with a 63-60 win in their last meeting in Tahlequah.
- Northeastern State does lead the overall series 16-14.
- The last ten games in the series is split at 5-5.
- The RiverHawks have dropped its last four meetings in Joplin.
- Head Coach Fala Bullock is 1-0 in her career at Missouri Southern.
About the Lions
- Saw a five game winning streak end on Thursday to Central Oklahoma, 70-51.
- Third game of a six game homestand for the Lions.
- 1-1 against common opponents with Northeastern State.
- Second to last in three-point percentage (27.3%) in the MIAA.
- Leads the conference in rebounding at 47 per game.
- Chelsey Henry leads the Lions in scoring with 15.8 ppg.
- Henry, a returning All-MIAA selection missed the first three games of the season.
- Ouachita Baptist transfer Chasidee Jones leads the Lions in rebounding (8.5).
- Picked to finish 10th and 11th in the MIAA preseason polls.
- Led by third year head coach Ronnie Ressel (28-37).
Big Runs
Top runs of ten or more consecutive for the RiverHawks
14-0 - 3:16 at Azusa Pacific (11/24/18)
10-0 - 4:34 at Oklahoma Baptist (11/19/18)*
10-0 - 3:59 at Rogers State (11/14/18)
* - start of game
Looking Back
- Recorded a season high 47 rebounds in a 75-65 loss at Pitt State.
- The RiverHawks missed their first 12 attempts at the arc.
- Narrowed a 15 point fourth quarter deficit down to six with three minutes remaining.
- Matched the Gorillas in scoring in the second half.
- Bailee Eldred paced NSU with 16 points while playing the full 40 minutes.
- Cenia Hayes was two rebounds short of a double-double with 14 points and eight boards.
- Joi Bertrand had a season high ten points with a pair of blocks.
Closing on 1,000
Cailyn Long is 20 points away from joining Northeastern State's 1,000 point club. The Sparta, Mo. native is a two-time All-MIAA selection and has averaged 11.4 points a game in her four-year career at NSU.
- Fourth in the MIAA in three-point percentage (39.2).
- Averages 2.5 treys a game, fifth most in the MIAA.
- Had her eighth career 20+ point game against Northwestern Oklahoma.
Crashing the Boards
Bailee Eldred paced the RiverHawks with 138 rebounds last season and had four double-double contests. In her collegiate career between NSU and Murray State, Eldred has 468 rebounds and 808 points. In the NSU record book, only eight players have surpassed 500 career rebounds.
- Recorded her fifth double-double at NSU with a 16 point and 12 rebound performance at Pitt State.
- Quietly stealthy at the free-throw line going 95.1-percent, which is a MIAA best.
- Eldred led Northeastern State with 11 points at OSU and at Oklahoma.
Block the Ball
Joi Bertrand returns to NSU for her senior season after finishing third in the MIAA in blocks per game at 1.5. Bertrand had 49 blocks which was fifth most in a season in program history. In four combined playing seasons, she has 132 blocks which would be second most all-time in the RiverHawks' record book.
- Has recorded a block in the last nine games.
- Matched a career high of four blocks in the season opener against East Central, at Oklahoma Baptist, and at UA-Fort Smith.
- Scored eight points and led NSU with seven rebounds at Oklahoma.
