Game #8
(RV) Northeastern State (6-1) vs. Southwestern Christian (5-2)*
Monday, Dec.2 at 7 p.m. | NSU Event Center | Tahlequah

• Northeastern State has played with the same starting five in all their regular-season games this season.
• Caleb Smith needs 18 points to reach 1,000 in his overall playing career.
• Bradley George will be playing in this 99th career game on Monday.
• Aaron Givens is third in the MIAA with ten blocks.
• The RiverHawks are receiving one vote in the latest NABC poll.  The last time they crossed into the top-25 in the poll was Nov. 26, 2013.    
• NSU's defense is fourth in the nation and has allowed only 55.7 points per game.
• Teams are shooting 34.3-percent against the RiverHawks, which is lowest nationally.
• Northeastern State's bench is averaging 32 points a game in the first seven contests of the season.
• The RiverHawks have made 72 three-pointers which are 21nd most nationally.
• Head Coach Mark Downey is 16-10 in non-conference play with NSU winning nine of their last 11 games.
• All five contests in December are at home.

• First known meeting between the two programs in the NCAA era.

• Southwestern Christian will enter the game coming off losses to Oral Roberts and Central Oklahoma.  Both games did not count for SCU.
• The Eagles are outscoring opponents 86.4-79.1 per game.
• Derek Dauntzler-Fulner leads the Eagles, averaging 16.9 points and 9.3 rebounds per game.
• Seven Eagles are averaging double-digit points per game.
• The Eagles are shooting 48-percent from the field and 34.3-percent from behind the arc. They are shooting 78.4-percent from the free throw line.
• Head Coach Brandon Rollins, a 2013 graduate of SCU, is in his first season as head coach.
• The Eagles were picked to finish eighth in the Sooner Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll.

• Caleb Smith recorded his second consecutive 20-point game and was a point of matching his career-best with 25 against Rockhurst.
• The RiverHawks were one of three teams in the MIAA to come up with wins in the league's Thanksgiving tournament.
• Northeastern State never trailed by more than four points and led for over 32 minutes.
• Snapped a three-game skid inside Municipal Auditorium.
• Iain McLaughlin had a season-high 15 points while shooting 5-for-9 from the field.
• Kendrick Thompson scored eight points and added eight boards.
• Brad Davis led the NSU bench with 12 points.
• The RiverHawks' 21 three-point attempts were second-fewest this season.