Game #18
Northeastern State (9-8, 3-5 MIAA) at Lincoln (12-4, 5-2 MIAA)
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. |  Jefferson City, Mo. | Jason Gym

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Opening Tip 

• Northeastern State holds the second longest active winning streak in the MIAA and have surpassed its win total from last season.
• The RiverHawks have shot better than its opponent in the last five games.
• Northeastern State has out rebounded teams 13 times this season and hold a six game streak of out rebounding teams.
• In ten 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 15.4 points per game and 3.1 assists per game.
• Tanner Mouse is second in scoring with 13.1 points.
• Trent Cantrell is averaging 15.2 points in the last five games.
• Aaron Givens has two double-doubles this year and he leads NSU with 6.5 rebounds per game.
• Northeastern State is second in the MIAA in field goal offense at 49.6-percent and second in rebound margin at +5.6.

About the Blue Tigers

• Winners of their last four at home and they are 5-2 inside Jason Gym this season.
• Blue Tigers have won eight of their last nine contests.
• Won at Southwest Baptist on Saturday, 89-70.
• Ranked third in the MIAA in overall scoring (83.3).
• Second in average three-pointers per game in conference play (10.6).
• Lincoln has five players who average over ten points a game.
• Top five leading scorers have started 15 of the 16 contests this season. 
• Terrance Smith leads Lincoln with 17.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
• Amariontez Ivory has the 14th best three point percentage nationally (47.9).
• Outscoring teams by 122 in the first half.
• Led by John Moseley who is in his fifth season at Lincoln.

RiverHawks vs. Blue Tigers Series

• Split historical series in ten meetings.
• In Jefferson City, the RiverHawks are 2-3 overall.
• Lincoln has won four of the last five meetings. 
• Northeastern State's last win at Lincoln was on Dec. 5, 2013 (87-72).

Looking Back

• Caleb Smith opened the game with a three pointer and Northeastern State never looked back, dismantling Pittsburg State 83-64 inside the NSU Event Center.
• Pitt State entered the contest on a four game winning streak and left with their largest defeat in over a year. 
• Smith was a point short of his career mark with 24 on 8-for-17 shooting.  The junior also grabbed eight rebounds and had five assists. 
• Bradley George neared triple-double territory with 11 points, nine assists, and seven rebounds.
• NSU blistered the Gorillas out of the locker room in the second half with seven treys in the first nine minutes to balloon their lead out to 71-41.   Five of those three pointers came from Trent Cantrell who had a career high 22-point afternoon.

Inside Men
NSU's post players, Aaron Givens and Josh Ihek are shooting a combined 68.5-percent and accounting for 10.7 rebounds per game.  On the offensive glass the two is averaging 4.3 rebounds per game, and scoring 13.0 points a game.  

4-Year
Tanner Mouse has scored ten or more points in 17 of the last 22 games for the RiverHawks.  The senior is second at NSU with 13.1 points an outing which is nearly double his career average during his first Mouse's three seasons (7.7 ppg).

By George
Since entering the starting lineup Bradley George has averaged 13.2 points in the last six games.  In 17 games played this season, the junior is averaging 7.4 points and 3.4 assists.

• Recorded a career high nine assists on Jan. 19 against Pitt State.
• Against Missouri Southern on Jan. 17, George shot 8-for-10 for a career high 22 points. 

Mr. Smith
Caleb Smith has scored as at-least ten points in 15 games this season and recorded three 20 point outings in his junior season.  In 17 starts, Smith is shooting 48.4% percent along with averaging 4.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists an outing. 

• Named MIAA Athlete of the Week on Jan. 19, 2019 after averaging 22.5 points and 6.0 rebounds.
• Scored a career high 25 points at Missouri S&T.. 

Double-Trouble
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 
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 - 2:49 vs. Pittsburg State (1/19/19)
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
30 - 9:07 (2nd Half) vs. Pittsburg State on Jan. 19, 2019
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
12 - 12:28 (2nd Half vs. Missouri Southern on Jan. 17, 2019
11 - 14:19 (2nd Half) vs. Missouri Western on Jan. 5, 2019
10 - 16:10 (1st Half) vs. Dallas Baptist on Nov. 24, 2018

Our Colors            
Northeastern State's uniform record during the 2018-19 season. 
5-2    Gray
2-1    White
1-4    Green
1-1    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.