Game #10
Northeastern State (3-6Â MIAA) vs. Rogers State (1-7Â MIAA)
Saturday, January 16 at 1:30 p.m. | Claremore, Okla. - Claremore Expo Center
TAHLEQUAH -- The Northeastern State women's basketball program plays at its travel partner, Rogers State, Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
Opening tip
• Northeastern State is seeking its first road victory of the campaign and first since Jan. 24, 2019.
• Both teams pull down similar rebounding numbers and when NSU wins the battle of the boards it is 2-1.
• The RiverHawks continue to force turnovers and its 1.89 margin ranks third in the MIAA.
• Northeastern State's big-three of sophomore
Zaria Collins,
Cenia Hayes and
Shae Sanchez combine for 72.2 percent of points and 49.1 percent of rebounds.
• The Hillcats allow 9.8 more points per game than the RiverHawks.
• Northeastern State has 13 players on its roster and Rogers State's 12 will be the first time a team has had a short bench in 2020-21.
• Rogers State is operating at 25 percent fan capacity due to COVID-19 precautions.
• Saturday's game is one of seven contests taking place around the MIAA. All teams are expected to play. The RiverHawks are 2-2 on Saturday's this season.
NSU individual player notes are on page one of the game notes.
The series with Rogers State
• Northeastern State dropped the last meeting but was on a four-game win streak prior.
• The RiverHawks lead the series 5-2 and have defended home court the last two meetings in Tahlequah. In Claremore, NSU is 3-1.
• As a head coach at NSU,
Fala Bullock is 3-1 vs. the Hillcats.
Hillcats notes
• Allowing 79.4 points per game, Rogers State allows the most in conference and has been beat by an average 13.4 points. It also allows 34.5 from beyond the 3-point arc.
• RSU also only shoots 36.8 percent from the floor.
• Has not played in 12 days and being NSU's travel partner has played nearly the same schedule.
• The Hillcats are led in scoring by junior Samariah Thompson with 20.7 points per game.
• Bailey Kliewer is the lone Hillcat to rank in the top-10 of any category in the MIAA as her 1.0 blocked shots per game is sixth.
Milestone watch
•
Maegan Lee has 49 steals for her career, she is one away from 50.
Looking back
• Northeastern State pulled down 50 rebounds and beat Newman 60- 46 a week ago to return to its winning ways ending a six-game skid.
•
Zaria Collins (20p, 11r) and
Cenia Hayes (17p, 13r) each notched double-doubles. It was the first time two RiverHawks had double-doubles in the same game since the 2009-10 season.
• NSU led for 33:54 in the game and had a 10-0 run to start the game.
• The RiverHawks held the Jets to 29.5 percent shooting; the best this season.
Glancing ahead
• NSU heads to No. 14 Central Missouri on Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. contest and plays at Lincoln Saturday with tip-off scheduled for 1:30 p.m. As of now, UCM is 7-2 after starting the season 7-0 and Lincoln is winless.
