Game #21
Northeastern State (5-15, 2-9 MIAA) vs. Southwest Baptist (6-13, 2-8 MIAA)
Saturday, Feb. 2 at 1:30 p.m. | Tahlequah, Okla. | NSU Event Center

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Opening Tip 

• Final regular season conference meeting between Northeastern State and Southwest Baptist. 
• Northeastern State has shot better than its opponent in four of the last five games.
• Heading into Thursday's contest, the RiverHawks have the second toughest schedule in the nation with teams having a cumulative .619 winning percentage.
• Bailee Eldred needs 39 points to reach 1,000 accumulative points between Northeastern State and Murray State. 
• There has been seven double-doubles for NSU this season.
• Cenia Hayes is leading NSU with 13 points a game.
• Eldred and Cailyn Long are all averaging just over 12 points a game.
• Eldred leads the RiverHawks with 7.8 rebounds per game, and she tied for fourth in the MIAA in boards.
• Eldred has recorded nine double-doubles at NSU.
• Hayes has started in all 20 contests (including exhibitions). 
• Bertrand is second in the MIAA in blocks with 48.

RiverHawks vs. Bearcats Series

• Southwest Baptist lead the overall series,10-7, over the RiverHawks.
• Bearcats have won the last four out of five contests over NSU.  
• RiverHawks won in their last meeting in Tahlequah on Dec. 9, 2017 (69-52).
• Head Coach Fala Bullock is 1-1 in her career against the SBU.

About the Bearcats

• Winless in eight road contests this season.
• Lost on Thursday evening to Central Oklahoma, 83-65.
• Led in scoring and rebounding by Caylee Richardson who averages 14.2 ppg and 7.3 rbg.
• Ranked fourth in the MIAA in field goal percentage (43.5) and second in scoring (75.4 ppg).
• Last in the MIAA in scoring defense (75.1) in the bottom-20 nationally. 
• Averages 39.7 rebounds a game which is third in the MIAA.  
• Near the bottom in three-point defense nationally and in the conference. 
• Led by fifth year head coach Kelsey Keizer.

Big Runs
Top runs of ten or more consecutive for the RiverHawks
23-0 - 7:02 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)
17-0 -  5:23 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)^
14-0 - 3:16 at Azusa Pacific (11/24/18)
12-0 - 4:34 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)
11-0 - 3:44 at Nebraska-Kearney (1/12/18)
11-0 - 3:04 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)
10-0 - 1:24 vs. Bacone (12/30/18)
10-0 - 5:51 at Missouri Southern (12/8/18)
10-0 - 4:34 at Oklahoma Baptist (11/19/18)*
10-0 - 3:59 at Rogers State (11/14/18)
* - start of game

Looking Back

• Cenia Hayes led the RiverHawks with her fourth 20-point game of the season but they would fall to #23 Central Missouri 71-59 on Thursday evening.
• Hayes finished with an even 20-points and had five rebounds along with four assists. 
• Joi Bertrand, Bailee Eldred, and Cailyn Long all had ten points apiece for the RiverHawks.
• Northeastern State hung with Jennies early and were even at 21-21 after the first quarter of play.
• In the second period, turnovers turned the course of the game for the RiverHawks with the Jennies outscoring them 11-to-2 off seven miscues.  
• Shooting wise, NSU had a slight edge going 49-percent (24-49), and they out-rebounded the Jennies by three with 32. 

High Marks
On Dec. 30, 2018 the RiverHawks broke a facility mark with 126 points scored against Bacone College.  This record is for both men's and women's programs. Below is a series of records that NSU tied for broke on that afternoon. 

• 75 points in a half (MIAA record).
• 45 points in the second quarter (MIAA record).
• 91 shot attempts (NSU record).
• 126 points tied program mark and is second all-time in MIAA women's basketball history.

Seventh to 1,000
On Dec. 18 at Texas A&M-Commerce, Cailyn Long became Northeastern State's seventh member 1,000 point club in women's basketball.  The Sparta, Mo. native is a two-time All-MIAA selection and has averaged 11.4 points a game in her four-year career at NSU.

• Moved to sixth all-time at NSU with 15 points a Lincoln
• Had the eventual game winning layup in overtime to beat Missouri Southern, 66-64.
• Went 9-for-17 at Nebraska-Kearney for 21 points.
• Scored 12 points in the fourth quarter against Northwest Missouri for her ninth 20 point game.
• Had her eighth career 20+ point game against Northwestern Oklahoma.

Crashing the Boards
Bailee Eldred paced the RiverHawks with 138 rebounds last season and had four double-double contests.  In her collegiate career between NSU and Murray State, Eldred has 565 rebounds and 961 points.   In the NSU record book, only eight players have surpassed 500 career rebounds.  

• Recorded her ninth double-double with a career high 15 rebounds at Lincoln.
• Scored a career high 25 points with ten boards against Missouri Southern on Jan. 17.
• Netted her seventh double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Fort Hays State.
• Sixth double-double with 23 points and 14 rebounds against Bacone.
• Recorded her fifth double-double at NSU with a 16 point and 12 rebound performance at Pitt State.
• Eldred led Northeastern State with 11 points at OSU and at Oklahoma.

Block the Ball
Joi Bertrand returns to NSU for her senior season after finishing third in the MIAA in blocks per game at 1.5.  In four combined playing seasons, she has 158 blocks which would be most all-time in the RiverHawks' record book.

• Second in conference play with 2.4 blocks a game.
• Set a career best with five blocks against Missouri Western.
• Has recorded a block in the first nine games of the season.
• Matched a career high of four blocks in the season opener against East Central, at Oklahoma Baptist, and at UA-Fort Smith.
• Scored eight points and led NSU with seven rebounds at Oklahoma.