Joplin, Mo. - The Missouri Southern women's basketball program is set to travel to Northeastern State and Rogers State this week. Southern is set to play the RiverHawks tomorrow before playing on Saturday against the Hillcats.
Game Information
Teams: (RV) Missouri Southern (14-4, 6-4 MIAA) at Northeastern State (5-10, 2-9 MIAA) & Rogers State (4-13, 2-9 MIAA)
Dates: Jan. 18th & 21st, 2023
Tip-Off: 5:30 pm & 1:30 pm
Location: Tahlequah, Okla. & Claremore, Okla.
Sites: NSU Event Center & Claremore Expo Center
Series Record: Lions lead 20-17 overall, RiverHawks lead 4-12 in Tahlequah. Lions lead 5-1 overall, 2-0 in Claremore.
Coaches
MSSU: Ronnie Ressel, 94-93 (7th Season Overall / at MSSU)
NSU: Fala Suiaunao, 137-181 (12th Season Overall), 39-107 (6th Season at NSU)
RSU: Kyle Bent, 200-179 (12th Season Overall), 39-84 (5th Season at RSU)
RiverHawks Scout
This season Northeastern State is 5-10, 2-9 MIAA in Fala Suiaunao's sixth season leading the charge. Leading the team in scoring this season is Ashton Hackler with 13.3 points while going 22-of-82 from three and grabbing 4.1 rebounds a game as well. Courtney Lee is averaging 13.2 points and a team-high 7.7 rebounds a night while shooting 52.6 percent from the field. Jaylee Kindred is averaging 8.1 points and 4.9 rebounds a game while swatting a team-high 15 shots. Tess Talo Tomokino is averaging 6.7 points, 2.7 assists and 2.5 rebounds a game. Aubrey Brown is averaging 4.9 points and 1.6 rebounds a game while shooting a team-high 46.4 percent from three (13-of-28).
Hillcats Scout
This season Rogers State is 4-13, 2-9 MIAA in Kyle Bent's fifth season as head coach. Leading the way is Bailey Kliewer with 12.8 points and 5.6 rebounds a game while leading the team in attempts from the field, three point line and free throws this season. Chloe Martin is averaging 5.3 points and 0.9 rebounds a game while making a team-high 20 three's this season. Trinity Jackson is averaging a team-high 6.1 rebounds a game to go with 3.9 points with Sydney Ellis adding 3.9 points and 1.0 rebounds a game in 10.9 minutes. Fredrionna Adams is averaging 3.1 points and 1.4 rebounds a game while dishing out 32 assists. The leading assister is freshman Kaya Goldsby with 52 (3.5) and has 32 steals (2.1) to lead the team and is averaging 8.1 points and 3.7 rebounds.
Small Town Missouri
This season the Lions will have four members of the team from small towns in Missouri on the roster with
Layne Skiles from Purdy,
Madi Stokes from Cassville along with
Lacy Stokes and
Cameron Call hailing from Mount Vernon. Combined the three towns have a population of 8,728 which accounts for 16.8 percent of the population of Joplin (51,846). The towns are connected by a 50 minute drive going from Cassville-to-Purdy-to-Mount Vernon and are each under an hour and a half drive from Joplin.
3's Are Timeless
656 Straight games have been played by the Lions where at least one three was made, the streak began back in the 1999-00 season after the first weekend of the season where the Lions went 0-7 from deep on Nov. 20th, 1999 in Tahlequah, Okla against Southern Arkansas losing 68-53. During the streak the Lions have made one three in 25 games, two in 53 games, three in 68 games, four in 81 games, five in 89 games, six in 93 games, seven in 65 games, eight in 65 games, nine in 50 games, 10 in 35 games, 11 in 10 games, 12 in 11 games, 13 in eight games and 14 in three games.
Triple Digits Pt. 3
The Lions put up triple digits for the third time under Ronnie Ressel this time besting Central Christian College (Kan.) 100-32 on Nov. 26, 2022. The previous times the Lions went over 100 points during Ressel's tenure was against Lincoln (Dec. 18, 2021) 103-58 and Graceland (Dec. 30, 2017) 100-44 with every game occurring inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center. The win over Lincoln was also the most points scored by the Lions inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center since a 104-28 win over Ozark Christian on Dec. 6, 2005.
The Missouri Southern women's basketball season is presented by People's Bank of Seneca, a proud supporter of Lion Athletics.
