Game #21
Northeastern State (12-8, 6-5 MIAA) vs. Southwest Baptist (10-9, 4-6 MIAA)
Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. | Tahlequah, Okla. | NSU Event Center

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Opening Tip 

• Northeastern State holds the second longest active winning streak in the MIAA and are in the midst of their longest winning streak since the 2013-14 season.
• Final regular season MIAA meeting between the RiverHawks and Bearcats.
• Downey was named at HoopDirt.com Division II Coach of the week on Monday.
• The RiverHawks have shot better than its opponent in the last eight games.
• Northeastern State has out-rebounded teams 15 times this season and has not been out-rebounded in the last nine games.
• In ten games this season, NSU has went on at-least a 10-0 run against a foe.
• Caleb Smith is leading the RiverHawks in scoring with 16.1 points per game and is averaging 4.8 rebounds a game.
• Tanner Mouse is second in scoring with 13.3 points.
• Trent Cantrell is averaging 18.75 points in the last four games.
• Aaron Givens has two double-doubles this year and he is tied for the MIAA lead with 26 blocks.
• Northeastern State leads the MIAA in field goal defense (42.2) and rebound margin (5.8).

About the Bearcats

• Southwest Baptist is 1-5 on the road and snapped a four game road skid last Saturday at Central Missouri (83-79). 
• Lost on Thursday at Central Oklahoma, 68-62.
• Lost four of their last five contests.
• Second in the MIAA in rebounds per game and leads the conference in offensive boards. 
• Averages the most turnovers in the conference.
• Karim Mouliom is fourth in the MIAA in rebounds per game at 8.2. 
• Bearcats have four players averaging over ten points a game.  
• Led in scoring by Mouliom (13.7). 
• Led by Clark Sheehy who is in his fifth season at Southwest Baptist (58-76).

RiverHawks vs. Bearcats Series

• Northeastern State leads the overall series 13-6 over the Bearcats.
• Last year's 76-71 win by NSU, snapped a three game winning streak for Southwest Baptist in the overall series.
• Last NSU home win was on Jan. 23, 2016 (90-80)
• Head Coach Mark Downey is 2-1 against SBU.

Looking Back

• Trent Cantrell led the RiverHawks with a career high 25 points to beat Central Missouri 84-72 on Thursday evening. 
• A hot shooting first half paved the way for success with the RiverHawks taking a 16-point (43-27) halftime lead that they never relinquished. 
• Central Missouri would make it interesting for the RiverHawks late and banked six treys to trim the lead down to 64-60 with 3:58 left.   
• Northeastern State countered the Mules with a 10-3 run that was capped on by Trent Cantrell who sank his sixth trey of the evening.
• Bradley George scored 21 and added eight rebounds with five assists.  Tanner Mouse had 16 and Caleb Smith dropped 15 on the Mules.
• NSU ended the evening shooting 51.9-percent (28-54) with rebounds even for both teams at 30. 

Inside Men
NSU's post players, Aaron Givens and Josh Ihek are shooting a combined 67.5-percent and accounting for 10.7 rebounds per game.  On the offensive glass the two is averaging 3.6 rebounds per game, and scoring 12.8 points a game.    

4-Year
Tanner Mouse has scored ten or more points in 19 of the last 25 games for the RiverHawks.  The senior is second at NSU with 13.3 points an outing which is nearly double his career average during his first Mouse's three seasons (7.7 ppg).

By George
Since entering the starting lineup Bradley George has averaged 12.6 points in the last eight games.  In 20 games played this season, the junior is averaging 8.0 points and 3.6 assists.

• Went a perfect 6-for-6 with 21 points against Central Missouri.
• Recorded a career high nine assists on Jan. 19 against Pitt State.
• Against Missouri Southern on Jan. 17, George shot 8-for-10 for a career high 22 points. 

Mr. Smith
Caleb Smith has scored as at-least ten points in 17 games this season and recorded four 20 point outings in his junior season.  In 19 starts, Smith is shooting 48.4% percent along with averaging 4.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists an outing. 

• Recorded his first double-double with a career high 28 points and 11 rebounds at Lincoln on Jan. 24
• Named MIAA Athlete of the Week on Jan. 19, 2019 after averaging 22.5 points and 6.0 rebounds.
• Scored 25 points at Missouri S&T.

Double-Trouble
Prior to Feb. 10, 2010 at Southwestern Okla. the RiverHawks went eight seasons without having two players with a double-double in the same game.  Northeastern State has done this twice in the 2018-19 season. 

• Caleb Smith and Josh Ihek at Lincoln on Jan. 24
• Ihek and Aaron Givens vs. Bacone on Nov. 27 

Benchmark 
Northeastern State set a new bar with 118 points on Nov. 30, 2018 against Central Christian (Mo.), a mere 72 hours after braking the prior record that has held for five years.

Here is a quick look at the other 100 point games in the Center's 5+ year history...
1. 118 vs. Central Christian (11/30/18) 
2. 107 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
3. 102 vs. Ecclesia (11/9/13)*
4. 101 vs. Hillsdale Free Will Baptist (11/13/13)
* - First game in the complex

Quick Runs
Northeastern State runs of ten or more unanswered points during the 2018-19 season.
10-0 - 2:49 vs. Pittsburg State (1/19/19)
10-0 - 3:43 at Missouri Southern (12/8/18)
10-0 - 4:03 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
10-0 - 3:50 vs. Dallas Baptist (11/24/18)*
10-0 - 2:44 vs. Dallas Baptist (11/24/18)#
10-0 - 2:15 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma (11/9/18)
11-0 - 3:59 vs. Oklahoma Baptist (11/19/18)
11-0 - 2:06  at Rogers State (11/14/18)
12-0 - 3:23 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
12-0 - 2:45 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma (11/10/18)#
13-0 - 3:38 vs. Central Christian (11/30/18)
13-0 - 4:31 vs. Bacone (11/27/18)
15-0 - 8:01 at Missouri S&T (12/17/18)
18-0 - 4:03 vs. Central Christian (11/30/18)
20-0 - 5:04 vs. Central Christian (11/30/18)
* - Start of the game
# - Spans the half

Up Big
Largest leads of the season for Northeastern State.
58 - 1:28 (2nd Half) vs. Bacone on Nov. 27, 2018
30 - 9:07 (2nd Half) vs. Pittsburg State on Jan. 19, 2019
22 - 11:28 (2nd Half) vs. Southwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 9, 2018
21 - 14:46 (2nd Half) vs. Northwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 10, 2018
19 - 1:25 (2nd Half) at Missouri S&T on Dec. 17, 2018
16 - 0:08 (1st Half) vs. Central Missouri on Jan. 31, 2019
14 - 2:09 (2nd Half) at Lindenwood on Jan. 26, 2019
14 - 2:23 (2nd Half) vs. Oklahoma Baptist on Nov. 19, 2018
14 - 00:34 (1st Half) at Rogers State on Nov. 14, 2018
12 - 12:28 (2nd Half vs. Missouri Southern on Jan. 17, 2019
11 - 14:19 (2nd Half) vs. Missouri Western on Jan. 5, 2019
10 - 16:10 (1st Half) vs. Dallas Baptist on Nov. 24, 2018

Our Colors            
Northeastern State's uniform record during the 2018-19 season. 
6-2    Gray
2-1    White
1-4    Green
3-1    Black

An older group
Northeastern State has one freshman on its roster this season with nine juniors, and four seniors.

Former Rangers
Jahmel Bodrick, Michael Bowers, and Caleb Smith all come to Northeastern State from Ranger College (Texas) and played for Former Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie.