Game #23
Northeastern State (12-10, 6-7 MIAA) at Washburn (17-5, 10-3 MIAA)
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. | Topeka, Kan | Lee Arena

Game #24
at Emporia State (9-13, 4-8 MIAA)
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. | Emporia, Kan. | White Auditorium

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Opening Tip 

• Final regular season road trip outside the state of Oklahoma.
• RiverHawks have won their last three road contests.
• If NSU is in black jerseys, they have won three in a row in that set.
• Northeastern State has out-rebounded teams 16 times this season and has not been out-rebounded in the last 11 games.
• In ten games this season, NSU has gone on at least a 10-0 run against a foe.
• Caleb Smith is leading the RiverHawks in scoring with 16.0 points per game and is averaging 4.9 rebounds a game.
• Tanner Mouse is second in scoring with 13.3 points.
• Trent Cantrell is averaging 19.5 points in the last three games.
• Cantrell is fourth in league play with 2.8 three-pointers a game.
• Aaron Givens is third for the MIAA lead with 28 blocks.
• Northeastern State leads the MIAA in field goal defense (42.5) and rebound margin (5.3).

The Series With Washburn

• 13th overall meeting.
  Washburn has won the last three meetings.
  In Topeka, NSU is 2-3 with their last win coming on Feb. 17, 2016 (70-67).
  Head Coach Mark Downey is 0-2 vs. the Ichabods.

About the Ichabods

• 10-1 at home this season.
• Ninth in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (1.64).
• 19th fewest turnovers this season in NCAA Division II Basketball.
• Led in scoring by Javion Blake who averages 20.0 points a game.
• Blake is sixth in the MIAA in scoring and has scored the 56th most points this season nationally. 
• Average 19.1 fouls a game, which is the third highest in the MIAA.
• Four of their losses have come within single digits. 
• Four players have started in all 22 games for the Ichabods.
• Second in the MIAA with 10.5 offensive rebounds a game.
• Led by led by second-year head coach Brett Ballard.

The Series With Emporia State

• 18th overall meeting.
• Northeastern State has won the last three meetings.
• In Emporia, NSU is 4-4 and has won three in a row.
• Head Coach Mark Downey is 2-0 vs. the Hornets.

About the Hornets

• Lost four of their last five home games prior to this week's games.
• The roster features a pair of brothers, Kooper and Sawyer Glick.
• Both are graduate transfers from Barry (Fla.) and played in the 2018 Elite Eight.
• Kooper is second in the MIAA in free throw percentage (88.3).
• Sawyer is fifth in the MIAA in averaged three-pointers per game (2.5).
• Emporia is at the bottom of the MIAA in field goal percentage defense (46.8). 
• The team holds the 25th best free-throw percentage (77.3).
• Top four scorers all average over ten points a game.
• Led by first-year head coach Craig Doty.

Looking Back

• Trent Cantrell and Caleb Smith both had 18 points but the RiverHawks could not slow down Central Oklahoma in the second half in a 78-67 loss on Saturday.
• Northeastern State had to fight their way out of a hole with Central Oklahoma scoring 11 straight to open the game.
• Cantrell would heat up for the RiverHawks and dropped four treys as they managed to claw their way back in within three by the half. 
• After trading points out of the locker room, NSU would pull ahead by four (41-37) following a three from Smith at the 14:41 mark. 
• However, the RiverHawks' offense would run out of gas at the midway mark in the second half as the 'Chos went on a 12-2 run to break a 47-47 tie.  NSU would not recover the rest of the way.
• After out-shooting teams for eight straight, the RiverHawks have been out-shot in their last two going 39.7-percent on the floor
• Fourth straight double-figure game for Cantrell.