Game #15
Northeastern State (3-11, 0-5 MIAA) at Nebraska-Kearney (9-5, 2-3 MIAA)
Saturday, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. | Kearney, Neb. | Health and Sports Center

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Opening Tip 

• Furthest MIAA contest of the season for the RiverHawks.
• Cenia Hayes is 12th in MIAA play in scoring at 14.8 points an outing.
• Cailyn Long and Hayes both lead NSU in scoring with over 12 points a game.
• Eldred leads the RiverHawks with 7.6 rebounds per game, and she is tied for fourth in the MIAA in boards.
• Eldred is third nationally carrying a 93.2 free throw percentage.
• Cenia Hayes has started in all 14 contests (including exhibitions). 
• Bertrand leads MIAA in blocks with 35, which is also 16th nationally.

RiverHawks vs. Lopers Series

• The Lopers lead the series 9-2 and have won the last nine contests in a row.
• NSU's last win over the Lopers was on Jan. 16, 2014 in Tahlequah (64-61).
• Northeastern State is 0-5 in Kearney.

About the Lopers

• Holds an 8-1 record at home this season.
• Beat Central Oklahoma on Thursday evening, 74-58. 
• Winners of four of their last five games.
• Ranked second to last in free throw percentage (67.6).
• In MIAA play they are second to last in three-point percentage (26.2).
• Fifth in the MIAA in field goal percentage (43.9) and third in defensive percentage (36.7).
• Led in scoring by Kelsey Sanger who averages 11.0 points a game.
• Sanger is the lone Lopers' player to start in all 14 contests this season. 
• Shiloh McCool leads the Lopers in rebounding with 6.4 a game.
• Led by fourth year head coach Carrie Eighmey (49-35).

Big Runs
Top runs of ten or more consecutive for the RiverHawks
23-0 - 7:02 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)
17-0 -  5:23 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)^
14-0 - 3:16 at Azusa Pacific (11/24/18)
12-0 - 4:34 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)
11-0 - 3:04 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)
10-0 - 1:24 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)
10-0 - 5:51 at Missouri Southern (12/8/18)
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

• Northeastern State had three in double-figures but lost at #2/4-ranked Fort Hays State 88-50 on Thursday evening.
• Bailee Eldred recorded her seventh career double-double in the loss with ten points and ten rebounds.
• Cenia Hayes and Cailyn Long both matched Eldred on the floor with ten points.   
• Joi Bertrand left the floor with nine points and seven rebounds; she also three had blocks to push her season total to 35. 
• The RiverHawks matched the Tigers out of the gates and led into the first media timeout.  Following the stoppage, the NSU momentum came to a halt and Fort Hays State finished the period on an 18-4 run. 
• From the field the RiverHawks shot 31.6-percent (18-57) while going 4-for-17 at the arc.

High Marks
On Dec. 30, 2018 the RiverHawks broke a facility mark with 126 points scored against Bacone College.  This record is for both men's and women's programs. Below is a series of records that NSU tied for broke on that afternoon. 

• 75 points in a half (MIAA record).
• 45 points in the second quarter (MIAA record).
• 91 shot attempts (NSU record).
• 126 points tied program mark and is second all-time in MIAA women's basketball history.

Seventh to 1,000
On Dec. 18 at Texas A&M-Commerce, Cailyn Long became Northeastern State's seventh member 1,000 point club in women's basketball.  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.

• Scored 12 points in the fourth quarter against Northwest Missouri for her ninth 20 point game.
• 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 515 rebounds and 875 points.   In the NSU record book, only eight players have surpassed 500 career rebounds.  

• Netted her seventh double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Fort Hays State.
• Set career high marks with a sixth double-double with 23 points and 14 rebounds against Bacone.
• 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 92.5-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 50 blocks which was fifth most in a season in program history.   In four combined playing seasons, she has 145 blocks which would be most all-time in the RiverHawks' record book.

• Leads the MIAA in conference play with 3.3 blocks a game.
• Set a career best with five blocks against Missouri Western.
• Has recorded a block in the first nine games of the season.
• 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.