Game #14
Northeastern State (6-7, 0-4 MIAA) vs. Fort Hays State (9-4, 3-1 MIAA)
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. | Hays, Kan. | Gross Memorial Coliseum
Opening Tip
- Furthest Thursday MIAA contest of the season for the RiverHawks.
- NSU is looking to snap a five game road skid in MIAA play.
- Northeastern State has out rebounded teams nine times this season.
- 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 14.8 points per game and 3.0 assists per game.
- Tanner Mouse is second in scoring with 12.8 points.
- Aaron Givens has two double-doubles this year and he is sixth in the MIAA with 7.1 rebounds per game.
- Northeastern State is third in the MIAA in field goal defense at 42.8-percent and first in rebound margin at +6.7.
About the Tigers
- Heads into Thursday's meeting with NSU on a 12 game home winning streak.
- Won 73-58 at Southwest Baptist last Saturday.
- Tigers own a pair of overtime wins at home this season.
- Led in scoring and rebounding by Brady Werth who averages 15.5 points and 6.8 rebounds a game.
- Ranked fourth from last in average points per game in the MIAA but have the fourth best scoring defense.
- Second to last in the conference at the free throw line with a 66.5% success rate.
- Was voted to finish in seventh by the MIAA coaches in their preseason poll.
- Led by head coach Mark Johnson who his in year 18 at Fort Hays State (350-165).
RiverHawks vs. Tigers Series
- Northeastern State trails 9-5 in the overall series.
- Fort Hays State has won the last three contests in a row.
- Last NSU win at FHSU was on Feb. 28, 2014 (75-72).
- Head Coach Mark Downey is 0-2 all-time against Fort Hays State.
Looking Back
- Northeastern State surrendered an 11-point second half lead and dropped its third contest in a row in heartbreak fashion, 71-70, to Missouri Western.
- Seven three-pointers in the second half by the Griffons helped turn the tide of the game. MWSU trailed from the starting horn and never took its first lead until the final nine minutes.
- The RiverHawks led for over 30 minutes with the lead exchanging hands eight times in the final nine minutes.
- Tanner Mouse paced the RiverHawks with 18 points and Caleb Smith had 15.
- Aaron Givens matched his season high mark with 12 rebounds and had a career best three blocks.
- Northeastern State controlled the glass by ten with 43 team rebounds and out-shot the Griffons with a 45.3 shooting percentage.
Inside Men
NSU's post players,
Aaron Givens and
Josh Ihek are shooting a combined 72.2-percent and accounting for 11.4 rebounds per game. On the offensive glass the two is averaging 4.4 rebounds per game, and scoring 14.2 points a game.
4-Year
Tanner Mouse has scored ten or more points in 15 of the last 18 games for the RiverHawks. The senior is second at NSU with 12.8 points an outing which is nearly double his career average during his first Mouse's three seasons (7.7 ppg).
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 13 games, Jackson is averaging 8.9 points, and is shooting 50% from the field.
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
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
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.
3-2 Gray
2-1 White
1-3 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.
