Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A returning letterwinner . . . has played in 27 career games with four starts at NSU . . . career numbers include 105 points, 75 rebounds, eight assists, four steals, and four blocks in 427 minutes . . . career shooting averages are 47.1 percent (32-for-68) from the field, 31.3 percent (5-for-16) from behind the three-point line and 73.5 percent (36-for-49) at the free-throw line . . . has twice scored in double figures . . . career-high for points in a single game is 14 against Missouri Southern Staten (Jan. 11, 2014) . . . has reached a career-best of eight rebounds in two games . . . competed as a sophomore at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo., prior to transferring to Tahlequah . . . played his freshman year at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Ill.
 
Junior (2013-14) – Played in 27 contests and made four starts in his first season with the RiverHawks . . . averaged 3.9 points per game (105) and 2.8 rebounds per game (75) in 15.8 minutes (427) . . . also finished the year with eight assists, four steals and four blocks . . . posted shooting averages of 47.1 percent (32-for-68) from the field, 31.3 percent (5-for-16) from behind the three-point line and 73.5 percent (36-for-49) at the free-throw line . . . had two double-digit scoring performances, with a season-best 14 coming against Missouri Southern State (Jan. 11) . . . also poured in 12 against Lincoln (Dec. 5) . . . pulled down a season-high eight rebounds against both Washburn (Jan. 25) and Emporia State (Feb. 12) . . . made his first start against Pittsburg State (Jan. 29) . . . finished with eight points and seven rebounds off the bench to help lead NSU to an upset victory over Central Missouri (March 7) in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Championship.
 
Northeastern Junior College (2012-13) – Saw action in 23 games and made 22 starts for the Plainsmen . . . NJC is an NJCAA Division I institution . . . averaged 9.6 points per game (221), 4.2 rebounds per game (96) and 1.0 assists per game (24) in 21.3 minutes per game (491) . . . also registered 13 steals and four blocks . . . shot 48.6 percent (69-for-142) from the field, 23.8 percent (5-for-21) from downtown and 89.7 percent (78-for-87) at the free-throw line.
 
Western Illinois University (2011-12) – Competed in 18 games and made four starts in his lone season with the Leathernecks . . . WIU is an NCAA Division I institution competing in The Summit League . . . averaged 0.6 points per game (10 total) and 0.7 rebounds (12) in 5.2 minutes per game (94) . . . also tallied one assist and two steals . . . shot 3-for-11 (27.3 percent) from the field and 4-for-5 (80 percent) at the free-throw line.
 
High School – Lettered three years at Millennium HS . . . played for Mike Lopez . . . was a second-team all-state performer senior year and was also named to the Max Preps All-State Honorable Mention squad . . . broke the school record for free throw percentage (91.0) . . . named to the All-West Metro League First Team senior year and landed on the All-West Metro League Second Team sophomore year . . . was an all-state honorable mention honoree as a sophomore . . . helped lead the Tigers to the 5A state championship freshman year . . . did not compete junior year.
 
Personal – Majoring in accounting . . . son of Andy and Brienne McDonald . . . born Oct. 24, 1992.