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Women's Basketball

NSU women host Lady Lions Saturday

Game #4
UA-Fort Smith (2-1)
Saturday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. | NSU Event Center
Game Coverage  goriverhawksgo.com/coverage.aspx
NSU Game Notes Game Notes
Live Audio NSU Digital Network
Live Video The MIAA Network

Opening Tip 
  • This will be the second of eight consecutive home matches for the RiverHawks, a stretch that will take them through the rest of 2019.
  • Cenia Hayes is tied for first in the MIAA for most three-pointers per game with 3.3.
  • Hayes leads the RiverHawks in scoring, averaging 15.7 points per game. She is tied with Shae Sanchez for the team lead in rebounds with 5.3 per game.
  • Hayes scored her 600 career point at NSU during their contest against UMary.
  • True freshman Britney Ho averaged 8.3 points and 5.3 rebounds in her first three career games. 
  • Holding teams to 57 points per game, NSU is fifth in scoring defense in the MIAA. 
  • All ten games in 2019 will be in the State of Oklahoma.  
The Series With UA-Fort Smith...
  • Lady Lions have won the last three games in the series. 
  • In Tahlequah, the series is tied at 2-2.
  • UAFS has won in its last two visits to the NSU Event Center. 
  • Head Coach Fala Bullock is 0-1 against UA-Fort Smith.
About the Lady Lions
  • Lost 84-55 to Central Okla. on Wednesday
  • Ashanti Eden led the way with 12 points and four rebounds
  • Voted to finish in 11th in the Lone Star Conference and randomly had one first-place vote.
  • Led in scoring by Paige Elston, who is averaging 12.7 points a game.
  • Tamera Gulley is averaging 8.0 rebounds per game
  • Out-rebounding teams by five a game.
  • Smaller sized roster with 11 players and five freshmen.  
  • Three players from Oklahoma on their roster with two from the Tulsa metro. 
  • Head coach Tari Cummings, a former Lady Lion player and assistant, is in her second season
Looking Back
  • Hayes scored a career-high 25 points on Wednesday against Bacone. She also had a career-high seven steals.
  • It was her 27th career game with ten points or more.
  • Cielo McClain pulled down a team-high eight rebounds to go with her 16 points.
  • NSU shot 51.4 percent from the field, their highest of the season
  • The RiverHawks have used a different starting lineup in each game this season.
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Players Mentioned

Cenia Hayes

#14 Cenia Hayes

G
5' 9"
Junior
Cielo McClain

#30 Cielo McClain

F
5' 10"
Sophomore
Shae Sanchez

#10 Shae Sanchez

G
5' 9"
Junior
Britney  Ho

#20 Britney Ho

6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Cenia Hayes

#14 Cenia Hayes

5' 9"
Junior
G
Cielo McClain

#30 Cielo McClain

5' 10"
Sophomore
F
Shae Sanchez

#10 Shae Sanchez

5' 9"
Junior
G
Britney  Ho

#20 Britney Ho

6' 0"
Freshman