Game #10
Northeastern State (3-6, 1-1 MIAA) vs. Rogers State (2-9, 0-2 MIAA)
Friday, Dec. 20 at 5:30 p.m. | NSU Event Center

• Friday's game will close out an eight-game homestand for NSU with all ten of their games in 2019 being played in-state.
• In the final game of the calendar year, the RiverHawks have won two of their last three.
• Cenia Hayes is third in the MIAA in scoring with 16.8 points a game and 13th in rebounding (6.3).
• Against MIAA teams, Shae Sanchez is second in scoring (20.5), and sixth in minutes played (35.5).
• Sanchez has scored at least ten points in eight of the nine games this season for NSU.
• Tree Brooks played her 100th career game last time out against Central Oklahoma.
• Teams are shooting an MIAA low 27 three-pointers this season against the RiverHawks.  
• From the arc, NSU is shooting 36.1-percent, which is 33rd best nationally. 
• Northeastern State is second in the MIAA in free-throw percentage at 78.6-percent.  Nationally they are 15th best. 

• First meeting as conference members.
• The RiverHawks are 3-0 in Claremore with the Hillcats splitting the two contests in Tahlequah.
• Second meeting between the two programs in December. 
• Head Coach Fala Bullock is 2-0 against the Hillcats.

• The Hillcats enter Friday's contest on a six-game skid, their longest since the midway point of the 2017-18 season.  The 2-9 start is the first for the program since the 2014-15 season. 
• Teams are shooting 47.1-percent against the Hillcats, which is third highest in the nation. 
• Out-rebounded by over ten a game, which is bottom in the MIAA.
• With 121 steals, RSU is second in the MIAA and 16th nationally, Vanessa Gajdosova in fifth in the league with 24.
• Both of RSU's wins have come at home, and on the road, they are 0-4. 
• Katrina Christian and Darian Jackson lead the Hillcats in scoring with just over nine points a game.  Jackson, a Broken Arrow native, holds 672 career points. 
• Hillcats are 0-5 this season when scoring less than 60 points.
• Roster features two players from Oklahoma. 

• Cenia Hayes recorded her fourth 20-point game of the season and second double-double of the year last time out on the floor. 
• Hayes led NSU in rebounds for the second straight game and third time this year.
• The RiverHawks bench was out-scored by a season-high 28-points against Central Oklahoma. 
• On the offensive glass, NSU was out-rebounded 20-to-2.
• NSU shot 1-for-10 from the arc in the middle two periods.