TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Jets looked to wrap up their Oklahoma road trip with a split as they took on Northeastern State Saturday afternoon inside the NSU Event Center. After NSU jumped out to an early 13-0 advantage, the Jets were able to fight back into the game, but would eventually fall to the Riverhawks 82-72.
 
The Riverhawks started off the game scoring the first 13 points to take a commanding lead early. Newman would be able to battle back in the first half getting the score as close as seven points on multiple occasions as the Riverhawks would take a 13 point lead, 39-26 into the intermission.
 
Newman would come out of the break and slowly chip away at the Riverhawks lead. The Jets eventually tied the game up at 58-58 with just over six minutes left in regulation on a layup from Branden Bunn assisted by Joel Boyce. Northeastern State would respond by immediately taking the lead back on the next possession. An Ian Lee old fashioned three point play within one point of the Riverhawks with just over four minutes to go, but NSU would close out the game by knocking down free throws, securing the 82-72 victory over Newman.
 
The Jets were led in scoring by Ian Lee with 19 points on 6-9 shooting, including 2-3 from three point range. Joel Boyce added in 17 points and Branden Bunn was right behind him with 15 points. The Riverhawks were led in scoring by Christian Cook with 20 points. NSU had three other players in double figures as well. Newman shot 25-60 from the floor for 41.8% and 7-18 from three point range for 38.9%, while Northeastern State shot 29-54 from the field for 53.7% and 6-16 from three point range for 37.5%.
 
The Jets will be back in action on Thursday, January 14^th as they host the Lincoln Tigers inside Fugate Gymnasium with tip-off coming at 7:30 pm.