Game #15
Northeastern State (2-12 MIAA) vs. Nebraska-Kearney (6-10 MIAA)
Thursday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. | Tahlequah, Okla. - NSU Event Center

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UNK Game Notes	Game Notes
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Live Video	The MIAA Network

Opening Tip 

• By the time NSU hits the floor on Thursday, 11 days have passed since the last contest. 
• With the NSU coaching staff under COVID-19 protocols, retired head coach Larry Gipson (1997-2014) has supervised practices for the program in their absence.  
• Luck has not been with the RiverHawks in several games this season, with eight losses coming inside of ten points.  
• The RiverHawks have started the same five in the last eight games.  However, for the first time since the 2015-16 season, NSU will not have a player start every game this season.
• Daniel Dotson has faced the Lopers three times and has averaged 8.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per outing.  The sophomore is shooting 66-percent from the field against UNK.   In the meeting this season at UNK, he had 11 points off the bench and 4-for-5 shooting. 
• Of NSU's projected lineup for Thursday's game, Rashad Perkins is the lone player not to face UNK.   
• 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 players are out of the year due to injury, and three active players have missed a combined 11 games. 

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

NSU's last five against Nebraska-Kearney
12/20/20   L, 72-66 (A)
2/20/20     W, 75-64 (A)
1/11/20     L, 79-83 OT (H)
2/21/19     L, 75-82 (H)
1/12/19     W, 70-61 (A)

The Series with Nebraska-Kearney

• The RiverHawks furthest away MIAA foe has figured out things in Tahlequah and won the last six meetings on the NSU home floor.  Northeastern State is 2-7 overall at home while facing UNK, with the previous win coming on Jan 16, 2014 (90-85).
• Neither team has blown the other out in the last 12 meetings, with each contest being decided within single digits.
• The Lopers met NSU in the 2003 Elite Eight, with Northeastern State winning that contest 94-75.   
• Ja Havens faced the Lopers twice and is 1-1 against the Lopers.

About the Lopers

• The Lopers are 2-5 on the road this season and have lost three of their last four games. 
• Like the RiverHawks, they will not have a student-athlete start in all games this year.
• Jake Walker has started in 14 games and leads the team in scoring with 16.4 points per game. 
• Austin Luger leads the team in rebounds with 6.1 per game and is second in scoring at 14.2 points per game. 
• UNK is second in the MIAA in total three-point attempts and seventh nationally with 413 shots taken.
• Walker is 20th nationally with 38 make three-pointers.

Scheduling Shuffle

• Three of the eight final games in the regular season are a result of COVID-19 postponements.
• The final week of the regular season will season NSU play four games in seven days to play the full 22 game schedule. 
• In the 22 games regular-season schedule, the RiverHawks will have five that were postponed.
• The Feb. 22-23 games are both reschedule dates but played at two different locations.