No. 6 Midwestern State takes on Northeastern State in the Lone Star Conference Championship semifinals Friday night at Bruin Field House in Bartlesville, Texas.

Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.

Where to find the game

• 100.9 BOB FM - The broadcast features the play-by-play voice of former Lone Star Conference Broadcaster of the Year Bill Powers. The Taco Casa Pregame Show begins at 5:45 p.m.
• On the Web - BOB FM's audio broadcast simulcasts on bobradio.fm and on MSUMustangs.com.
• Streaming Video - The Lone Star Conference Championships will be broadcast in its entirety courtesy of LoneStarConference.org via Penn Atlantic Video Streaming. The service is free of charge.
• Live Stats - Live Stats are available on LoneStarConfernce.org free of charge.

In tournament play

Midwestern State improved to 5-1 in Lone Star Conference postseason play against Southwestern Oklahoma State with a 77-65 win in Wednesday's quarterfinal.

The Mustangs will face Northeastern State, a 66-58 winner over Angelo State, in the first semifinal matchup Friday night.

On the other side of the bracket, South No. 2 Tarleton State survived Texas A&M-Commerce 83-76 in overtime.

The Texans will face South No. 4 West Texas A&M, which upended North No. 1 Central Oklahoma  80-79, in the late semifinal contest Friday night at 8:30 p.m.

The winners batter for the conference title Saturday night at 7 p.m.

About the RiverHawks

Northeastern State had its six-game winning streak snapped in the final regular season game of the season by a score of 77-70 at Southwestern Oklahoma State.

The RiverHawks used a 27-point performance from senior guard Dominque Gaines to upend Angelo State 66-58 in Wednesday afternoon's quarterfinal contest.

Gaines, who became eligible for the spring semester, averages leads NSU at 18.9 points per game and has led the RiverHawks in scoring in 11 of the 20 games in which he has played.

The 6-2 junior guard pulls in 6.1 rebounds and dishes out 3.3 assists a game.

The second-part of Northeastern's quality 1-2 punch is senior forward Jason Jones.

The Drury transfer averages 15.5 points per game to go along with 9.3 rebounds and a block per contest.

Jones scores it well from inside and on the perimeter as shoots 48.9 percent from the field and has connected on 40 percent of his 3-pointers (48-for-120).

The senior guard Marlon Burnett gives the RiverHawks another quality scoring option at 11.9 points a game and pulls in 5.1 rebounds, while junior guard Antonio Branch pitches in 10.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists a game.

Northeastern State averages 68.2 points a game and allows 61.7.

Who's hot

There's not a hotter player in the Lone Star Conference than Midwestern State senior Craig Green.

The Keller product is averaging 24.8 points per game during the Mustangs' most recent five-game winning streak and has scored no less than 22 points in any of the contests.

Green came into the tournament by scoring 27 points in consecutive games against Abilene Christian and Angelo State before tying a career hight with six 3-pointers on his way to 25 points in MSU's opening round win over Southwestern Oklahoma State.

Green has hit 20 of his last 38 attempts from beyond the arc (52.6 percent) and is averaging 4.2 rebounds a game.

Green is just one of five Mustangs averaging double figures over the last five games.

Senior point man Jason Ebie has turned up his overall game even more down the stretch as he is averaging 14.2 points and stuffing the statsheet with 7.0 assists, 6.0 rebounds and 2.6 steals a game.

The TCU transfer and Houston Alief Elsik product has 9 of his last 18 3-pointers despite going 0-for-5 Wednesday night against Southwestern Oklahoma.

Junior guard Chris Hagan has poured in 14 points a game over the last five games and his hitting on 41.4 percent of his 3-point attempts.

Junior forward Charlie Logan continues his transformation into a top-of-the-line option for the Mustangs.

The 6-8 Wichita Falls native is averaging 10.6 points per game over the last five games and continues to lead the LSC in field goal percentage at 65 percent.

Senior forward Anthony Moore has got into the act with 10.6 points per game as well over the last five games to go along with 5.8 rebounds a game.

About the series

Midwestern State and Northeastern State clash for the 21st time on the hardwood Friday night at Bruin Field House in Bartlesville, Okla.

The Mustangs lead the series 12-8 and have won six of the last seven meetings, but the the teams have played in numerous tight games over the past 10 years.

Northeastern State got a pair of free throws with 2.8 seconds remaining from Aaron Arango to beat MSU 56-55 on Dec. 15, 2008 last season in Tahlequah, then MSU's Rashad Austin dropped in a pair of charity tosses with less than 3 seconds left to give the Mustangs a 78-76 victory earlier this season at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.

The teams have split their two meetings in postseason play.

Midwestern won on Terrance Thomas' buzzer-beat 3-pointer for a 91-88 win in the NCAA Division II South Central semifinals on March 10, 2000 in Joplin, Mo.

NSU got a buzzer-beating trey from Derek Cline to escape with a 64-62 win in the opening round of the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament on March 4, 2003 in Tahlequah.

MSU in the Lone Star Conference Championships

Midwestern State owns the highest winning percentage in Lone Star Conference postseason tournament games by peeling off a 15-5 (.750) in now its 10th tournament appearance.

The Mustangs can claim its fifth LSC championship in its 10th appearance in the LSC Championships. Only West Texas A&M has claimed more tournament titles with six in 18 showings.

MSU has won its last six games in the LSC Championships claiming titles in 2007 and 2009. The Mustangs missed the tournament in 2008.

Godwin in quest of third ring

Senior forward Michael Godwin can become a member of his third Lone Star Conference championship team if Midwestern is able to claim three wins this week at Bruin Field House.

Godwin was a true freshman when the Mustangs defeated Southeastern Oklahoma 89-80 for the league title in 2007 and a junior last season when MSU took Southwestern Oklahoma 66-60 in the championship game last season.

Central Oklahoma was the last team to win three titles in four seasons (1995, 1997, 1998), but no player was a member of the Bronchos for each of the titles.

Abilene Christian won three-straight titles from 1985-87, but a search of the through the LSC career basketball championship statistics yielded no player making appearances for the Wildcats in each of the three postseason appearances.

Godwin could be the first individual player to claim three titles.