Game #3
Northeastern State (2-0) vs. Bacone (1-4)
Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. | NSU Event Center

• Northeastern State is 2-0 for the second consecutive season and has not opened 3-0 since 2013.
• In home openers inside the NSU Event Center, the RiverHawks are 3-3.
• The RiverHawks are third in the MIAA in average scoring per game with 79.5 points per game, and their defense sits on top of the league with 53.5 points allowed.
• Caleb Smith hit double-digit scoring in both games last weekend and has scored at-least 10+ in 29 contests at NSU.  
• The NSU bench is averaging 36.5 points through the first two games of the season.
• Seven student-athletes made their debut in an NSU uniform last weekend. 
• NSU may have broken their curse with green uniforms after capturing back-to-back wins.  Last season they went 2-6 wearing their green set. 
• Eight of the next ten contests for NSU are at home.
• Against non-NCAA programs, the RiverHawks are 4-0 under Head Coach Mark Downey.

• Fourth meeting since 2004.
• Closest road opponent to Tahlequah.
• RiverHawks broke the 100-point threshold for the first time since 2013 during their last meeting.
• Bacone stunned the NSU in the 2016 meeting with a 68-66 win.
• Head Coach Mark Downey is 2-0 in his career against Bacone and 1-0 at NSU.

• Wednesday's game will not count as part of the Warriors win-loss record.
• First NCAA team they will face this season. 
• Defense has allowed an average of 102.7 points per game this season.
• The Warriors have four averaging over ten points a game with Shawnee native DeAndre Love leading the team with 12.8 ppg.
• Bacone is -15 in the rebound margin this season and average over 20 turnovers a game.
• DeAndre Love leads the Warriors with 7.5 rebounds per game.
• One senior on their roster with 11 players who are either a sophomore or freshman.
• Bacone's Head Coach Carl Cowan is a Northeastern State graduate and was at Peggs High School prior to his arrival. 

• NSU opened the season with a pair of wins at the Central Region Challenge. They opened the season with a 74-53 win over Northwestern Okla. and beat UMary 85-54 to close out the weekend.
• Against the Rangers, Caleb Smith led NSU with 22 points and six rebounds. Bradley George led the RiverHawks with seven rebounds in 22 minutes played.
• The RiverHawks bench scored 36 points on the night, led by Daniel Dotson who scored 14 in his RiverHawks debut. Twelve of his 14 points came on three-pointers, in which he led the team.
• Against the Marauders, NSU Smith again led all scorers, this time with 17 points. Brad Davis was the second-leading scorer with 11 points, while Kendrick Thompson had 10 points.
• The RiverHawks were nearly perfect at the free throw line, shooting 18-for-20. NSU shot 58-percent from the field and 9-for-18 from behind the three-point line. They held the Marauders to shooting just 32.7 percent.
• NSU never trailed against UMary, and the 31-point margin of victory was the widest against an NCAA Division II program in the Mark Downey era, besting the previous mark set during his first season when NSU beat Missouri Southern 78-48.