Game #1
Northeastern State (0-0 MIAA) vs. Northwest Missouri (0-0 MIAA)
Thursday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. | Tahlequah, Okla.
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Opening Tip
• Today's game is the latest start to the season since the early 1980s for Northeastern State.
• This game is also one of the first NCAA women's basketball games in the nation.
• The RiverHawks have won two of their last three home openers. They have come away with victories in four of last 10 season openers.
• The RiverHawks return 85.9 percent of scoring, 84.4 percent of its rebounding, 79.0 percent of its blocks and 76.9 percent of its minutes.
• Northeastern State will begin the season after finishing third in the MIAA by holding opponents to 29.9 3-point field goal percentage.
• Both teams finished at the bottom of the league in rebounding last season.
• There will be 12 (six on each team) athletes playing in their first official games for their respective teams.
The series with Northwest Missouri
• The Bearcats snapped a streak of four straight home wins in the last meeting at the Event Center in 2019 handing NSU the 59-62 loss.
• Northeastern State won six straight against the Bearcats prior to Northwest winning the last two meetings.
• As head coach at NSU, Bullock is 1-2 against Northwest Missouri.
About the Bearcats
• Finished tenth in MIAA standings in 2019-20. It is projected to finish ninth this season according to the coaches poll
• Made 8.8 3-point field goals in 2019-20 per game.
• Was the best free throw shooting team in the MIAA last season with a 79.7 percentage.
• It returns three of its top four scorers in seniors Mallory McConkey (12.8), Jaelyn Haggard (10.4) and Kylie Coleman (7.7).
Looking back
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Zaria Collins closed out the 2019-20 season leading the team with 18 points. In her final five games she averaged 11.6 points.
• In 2019-20 the RiverHawks finished 12th in the league with a 5-21 (3-16 in conference) record.
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Cenia Hayes was named to the MIAA Honorable Mention list following the 2019-20 postseason.
