Game #25
Northeastern State (6-18, 3-12 MIAA) vs. Nebraska-Kearney (14-10, 7-8 MIAA)
Thursday, Feb. 21 at 5:30 p.m. | Tahlequah, Okla. 

Game #26
#3/4 Fort Hays State (23-1, 14-1 MIAA) 
Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1:30 p.m. | Tahlequah, Okla. 

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Opening Tip 

• Northeastern State will be in pink on Thursday as advocates for the fight for a cure to Breast Cancer.
• During Saturday's post-game, NSU will recognize its three seniors, Joi Bertrand, Bailee Eldred, and Cailyn Long.
• Northeastern State is 14th nationally with a 77.1 free-throw percentage. 
• Eldred and Long both have recorded over 1,000 points in their collegiate careers.
• There have been seven double-doubles for NSU this season.
• Cenia Hayes is leading NSU with 13.3 points a game.
• Eldred is second in scoring with 12.2 points a game.
• Eldred leads the RiverHawks with 7.8 rebounds per game and is tied for fifth in the MIAA in boards.
• Eldred has recorded nine double-doubles at NSU.
• Hayes has started in all 24 contests (including exhibitions). 
• Bertrand is second in the MIAA in blocks with 64 and 14th nationally.

The Series With Nebraska-Kearney...

• 13th overall meeting.
• Lopers have won the last ten meetings.
• Northeastern State's last win came on Jan. 16, 2014 in Tahlequah. (64-61)

About the Lopers

• 3-5 on the road.
• Lopers have six players averaging at least seven points a game.
• Kelsey Sanger, who is second on the UNK roster in points (10.7) has missed the last four contests.
• Shiloh McCool is tenth in the MIAA in rebounding with 6.8 a game.
• Second to last in the MIAA in free-throw percentage (68.8). 
• Second in the MIAA and 37th nationally in three-point percentage defense (28.2).
• Leading the conference in field-goal percentage defense (36.7).
• Third in the MIAA in rebounds per game (39.46).
• Brooke Carleson is ninth in the MIAA in free-throw percentage at 75.3. 

The Series With Fort Hays State...

• 15th overall meeting
• Fort Hays State has won the last 11 meetings.
• Last NSU win came on Jan. 18, 2014 (49-48) in Tahlequah. 

About the Tigers

• Ranked third in this week's media poll and fourth in the coaches poll.
• Winners of their last eight contests in a row.
• 7-1 on the road this season. 
• Lead the nation with the fewest turnovers per game (10.5).
• Eighth in the nation in blocked shots (129). 
• Have four players who have started in all 24 games.
• Four FHSU starters all average over ten points a game. 
• Tatyana Legette leads the Tigers with 13 points game.
• Legette also leads the Tigers in rebounds (8.6) and blocked shots (41).
• Seventh in the nation in fewest fouls per game (12.5).

Looking Back

• Bailee Eldred hit 1,000 career points but the RiverHawks would fall short of upending #25-ranked Emporia State, 66-60, on Saturday afternoon.  
• The Sulphur, Okla. native paced NSU on the floor with 17 points and was a rebound short of her tenth double-double. 
• Cailyn Long was NSU's second leading scorer with 13 and Cielo McClain had nine points off the bench.
• Cenia Hayes added eight points with five assists and five rebounds.  
• Northeastern State's defense held the Hornets to 34.4-percent shooting (21-61), their third-worst outing of the season to keep the ballgame close.  
• Northeastern State would get within a point of the ESU three times in the final five minutes.