Game #9
Northeastern State (2-6 MIAA) vs. Newman (2-5 MIAA)
Saturday, January 9 at 1:30 p.m. | Tahlequah, Okla. - NSU Event Center
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. -- RiverHawks women's basketball is looking to finish off a short home stretch to the NSU Event Center with a win hosting Newman Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
Opening tip
• Northeastern State is looking to stop a six-game skid after winning its first two games. Both NSU victories have come at home.
• Newman scores the fewest points per game while allowing the third-fewest. Northeastern State scores the eighth-most and allows the third most.
• Both teams have yet to find their 3-point stroke this season.
• Rebounding has been an uphill battle for NSU thus far in 2020-21 as it ranks 13th in the MIAA.
• The RiverHawks continue to force turnovers and the margin of 2.00 ranks third. • The Jets and RiverHawks have played the same teams in their previous three contests, and both went 0-3.
• NSU scores four more points off turnovers, which could prove to be key in a closely contested game.
• Northeastern State is operating at 25 percent fan capacity due to COVID-19 precautions.
• Saturday's game is one of five women's contests taking place around the MIAA.
• NSU will hit the road for the next two weeks before returning home to host Pitt State and Missouri Southern to close out the month.
NSU individual player notes are on page one of the game notes.
The series with Newman
• As members of the MIAA the teams have split their two meetings. NSU leads all-time with a 2-1 record by winning on March 9, 2012.
• The RiverHawks have the lowest average scoring against Newman of any team they are scheduled to play this season.
• As a head coach at NSU,
Fala Bullock is 1-1 vs. the Jets.
Jets notes
• Newman scores the fewest points per game in the MIAA shooting 32.7 percent from the field.
• The Jets shoot 80.0 percent at the charity stripe but have the fourth-fewest attempts. Opponents, interestingly, only convert at a 67.0 clip
• In their last game, the Jets fell to Central Oklahoma 61-57 and were led by Brooke Haney with 19 points. It was the highest-scoring output of the season for them.
• Haney leads Newman with 13.6 points and is joined in double-digit scoring by Faith Mason-Vestel (10.0 ppg).
• Only one player, Madison Birnbaum (5.7), averages over five rebounds per game.
• Newman had its game scheduled for Thursday at Rogers State postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests.
• This is the first game in 20 days for the Jets.
Looking back
• The RiverHawks were cold shooting-wise in their return to Tahlequah after 40 days on the road falling to Central Oklahoma 71-44.
• Northeastern State struggled to contain UCOs Kelsey Johnson allowing a 22-point, 12-rebound performance.
• NSU was led by
Zaria Collins offensively in the as she scored 17 points.
Cenia Hayes finished with 12 points while
Shae Sanchez assisted on eight made baskets.
• The RiverHawks were outrebounded by 14 and turned the ball over 19 times.
• NSU shot 15.4 percent from 3-point distance and 52.6 at the free throw; both were season lows.
Glancing ahead
• NSU is 5-2 all-time versus the Rogers State Hillcats whom they will visit on January 16. Heading into Saturday's games both teams find themselves at the bottom of the MIAA standings.
• In 2019-20 the teams split the home-and-home season series.
