ALVA – Northeastern State offense clicked on all cylinders and rolled past UMary on Saturday with an 85-54 win. Caleb Smith paced the RiverHawks with 17 points, and all players suited lending a hand in the scoring effort.
 
Saturday's win will send NSU home with a 2-0 record for the second straight season. The 31-point spread is the widest against an NCAA Division II program in the Mark Downey era besting the previous mark by one which was set during his first season against Missouri Southern (78-48).
 
With the momentum from the weekend, the RiverHawks play eight of their next ten games will be inside the Event Center. 
 
Northeastern State shot 58-percent from the field and 9-for-18 at the arc. At the free-throw line, they were nearly flawless going 18-for-20.
 
Red Oak's Brad Davis was the team's second-leading scorer with 11 points, and Kendrick Thompson added ten.
 
The RiverHawks got the opening bucket and never trailed in the first half, shooting 55.6-percent from the field (15-27). Smith went into the locker room with 11 points.  NSU lead as many as 21 points (33-12) with just under three minutes left in the first half.   UMary was stone cold in the first 20-minutes of play going 7-for-21 and trailed 39-23. 
 
In the second half, the Marauders narrowed the gap to 11 points in the first three minutes. It was all NSU afterward as they shot a blazing red 60.9-percent from the field.
 
UMary (1-1) shot 32.7-percent against the RiverHawks who out-rebound them 37-to-25.
 
The RiverHawks are at home this week and will host Bacone this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.