Game #14
Northeastern State (3-10, 0-4 MIAA) vs. #2/4 Fort Hays State (13-0, 4-0 MIAA)
Thursday, Jan. 10 at 5:30 p.m. | Hays, Kan. | Gross Memorial Coliseum 

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Opening Tip 

• Northeastern State has out-rebounded and out-shot teams in the last three contests.
• Cenia Hayes is eighth in MIAA play in scoring at 16.3 points an outing.
• Cailyn Long and Hayes both lead NSU in scoring with over 12 points a game.
• Eldred leads the RiverHawks with 7.5 rebounds per game, and she is sixth in the MIAA in boards.
• Eldred is third nationally carrying a 92.7 free throw percentage.
• Cenia Hayes has started in all 13 contests (including exhibitions). 
• Bertrand leads MIAA in blocks with 32, which is also 16th nationally.

RiverHawks vs. Tigers Series

• Fort Hays State has won the last ten meetings and holds a 10-3 overall series lead.
• NSU's last win over the Tigers was on Jan. 18, 2014 in Tahlequah (49-48).
• Head Coach Fala Bullock is 0-2 against Fort Hays State. 

About the Tigers

• Ranked #2-nationally in this weeks D2SIDA poll with three first place votes.
• Winners of the last 13 games and undefeated in their last 15 tries at home.
• Won 92-67 on Saturday at Southwest Baptist. 
• Head Coach Tony Hobson earned his 218th win at FHSU, most in the team's history. 
• Have won by double-digits in all but one contest this season.
• Tigers has four players averaging over ten points a game. 
• Leading the MIAA in both scoring offense and defense 
• Averaging 41.5 rebounds per game and have only be out-rebounded one this season.
• Tatyana Legette is tied for fourth in the MIAA in rebounding with 7.6 per game.

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

• Cenia Hayes collected her third career 20-point game but turnovers spoiled a comeback bid in a 63-49 Northeastern State loss to Missouri Western on Saturday afternoon.
• Northeastern State committed a season high 29 turnovers and the Griffons capitalized, outscoring them 36-to-17. 
• The RiverHawks erased a 15-point deficit on the Griffons and got within four near the end of the third quarter.   However, nine NSU turnovers doomed them in the final ten minutes with Missouri Western scoring 13 of their 20 points on miscues. 
• Hayes finished the afternoon with a game high 20 points and was 11-for-12 at the free throw line.  The sophomore also had four rebounds and four steals.
• Outside of turnovers, NSU had the shooting and rebounding edge on the Griffons.  RiverHawks went 14-for-31 from the field while having five more off the glass with 28. 

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 505 rebounds and 865 points.   In the NSU record book, only eight players have surpassed 500 career rebounds.  

• 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 142 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.