Game #11
Northeastern State (2-8 MIAA) at Central Missouri (3-8 MIAA)
Thursday, January 21 at 7:30 p.m. | Warrensburg, Mo. - UCM Multipurpose Building

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Opening Tip 

• Northeastern State won its only game in The Show-Me State this season in dramatic fashion with a 90-89 win at Missouri Southern.
• Luck has not been with the RiverHawks in several games this season, with six losses coming inside of ten points.  
• In the last three games, NSU has led at the half.
• The RiverHawks have started the same five in the last five games.  However, for the first time since the 2015-16 season, NSU will not have a player start every game this season.
• Four members of the NSU basketball team has seen Central Missouri before Thursday.  Troy Locke is NSU's leading returner to face UCM and had eight points last season against the Mules.  NSU's current leading scorer, Brad Davis, did not play the Mules last season due to injury. 
• Northeastern State leads NCAA Division II Men's Basketball with 271 free throw attempts and is second with 188 made free throws.
• Injuries, COVID-19, and personnel changes have limited the NSU roster this season.  Three of NSU's original starting five are out of the season.  Two bench players are out of the year, and three active players have missed a combined nine games. 

NSU individual player notes are on page one of the game notes.

NSU's last five against Central Missouri
1/25/2020    W, 79-63 (H)
1/31/2019    W, 84-72 (A)
2/3/2018    L, 75-66 (A)
2/4/2017    L, 78-58 (H)
1/21/2016    L, 70-61 (H)

The Series with Central Missouri

• Northeastern State has won the last two games against Central Missouri. 
• Last season's 79-63 win for NSU in Tahlequah is the largest for the RiverHawks over the Mules.  
• NSU has not beaten the Mules consecutively in Warrensburg. 
• The two teams met once in the postseason, with NSU winning 84-82 in the 2014 MIAA Tournament. 
• Head Coach Ja Havens has met Central Missouri once as a head coach and is 0-1 against the Mules. 

About the Mules

• The Mules snapped a 19 game road losing streak last Saturday with a 62-57 win at Newman. 
• After missing the seven games of the season, Koray Gilbert has led the Mules in scoring in the last two games averaging 20 points. 
• Cameron Hunter leads the MIAA with 60 made free throws and is third nationally. 
• For NSU, which leads the nation in free-throw attempts, the Mules lead the country with the most fouls (230).
• Central Missouri is second nationally with 95 steals and is second to fellow MIAA foe Missouri Western (101). 
• Junior guard Jalen Blaize played with NSU's Obi Agu at Western Wyoming in the last two seasons. 
• Junior forward Mohammed Abubakar played the RiverHawks once as a freshman at Oklahoma Baptist. 

Looking Back

• Freshman Dillon Bailey led Northeastern State with a career-high 16 points and was joined by three teammates in double figures in a 74-67 loss at Rogers State.
• NSU closed the first half on a 9-0 run in the final 4:07 of the contest, and Bailey scored all but two of them to lead 30-26.
• A total of 53 fouls were called, with five players from both teams fouled out and three technical fouls being accessed.
• Brad Davis was NSU's second-leading scorer with 14 to push his streak of 10+ games to eight. 
• The RiverHawks were 0-4 at the arc in the second half and 2-14 in the game.  In their previous meeting at RSU, Northeastern State knocked down 15 treys.