Box Score POTEAU — With four games left until the Christmas break, Northeastern A&M's Golden Norsemen travel to the Mickey Thompson Fitness Center Tuesday for an 8 p.m. Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference clash with the Vikings of Carl Albert State College.


Coach Dustin Grover's Golden Norse are 1-1 in the conference and 8-4 on the season. Last Wednesday the Norsemen cruised to a 102-66 victory over the Missouri Valley College junior varsity in Marshall, Mo. 
The Golden Norsemen return to the NEO Field House Thursday to conclude the home portion of the first half of the season at 7:30 p.m. against Western State College. The Pioneers are 10-2 on the season and 1-1 in the OCAC.
"We're looking for consistent play in these last four games from guys that have been on the floor a lot this fall," Grover said. "We want to be more consistent on both ends of the floor, but especially on defense.
"At this point we still don't have our rotation set," Grover said. "We've got some freshmen that are really going to help us as soon as they understand, especially on the defensive end, the things we are trying to do."
Longtime head coach Mike St. John has guided the Carl Albert Vikings to a 1-8 season record and a 0-2 mark in the conference. The Vikings dropped a 93-73 decision last Saturday at Clarendon, Texas.
"Carl Albert is another one of these teams where their record really isn't indicative of how good a team they are," Grover said. "They played some pretty good Texas teams and have come close to winning some of those games."
Last season the Vikings finished 1-17 in the OCAC and 3-25 overall which included two losses to the Golden Norsemen during the regular season. 
NEO cruised to an 82-64 victory in the NEO Field House behind 18 points and 15 rebounds by forward Fred Santos while Ja'mill Powell added 19 points. Sophomore forward Jaymere Hadden tallied 29 points for the Vikings and Adrion Webber added 13. Sophomore forward Jaymere Hadden tallied 29 points for the Vikings and Adrion Webber added 13.
Connecting on a near-perfect 10 of 11 field goals, Santos scored 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Norsemen to a 71-61 victory in the Mickey Thompson Fitness Center. Webber scored 22 points and Hayden added 20 to lead the Vikings
"Our ability to put the ball in the basket has been pretty good so far," Grover said. "If we ever get to where we're hitting shots consistently on the perimeter, we'll be a well-balanced basketball team."
Sophomore guards Katrell Henry and Taylor Rains are the lone returnees for the Vikings.
Henry (6-5 from Upper Marlboro, Md.) has a 17.3 scoring mark and a 3.8 rebounding average with 33 assists and 11 steals.
Rains (6-1 from Hydro, Okla.) averages 1.3 points with 11 assists and 10 steals.
Freshmen guards Mariega Clark and Devin Spann along with forward De'Quan Doyle round out the starting lineup for the Vikings.
Clark (6-5 from Hollis, N.Y.) leads Carl Albert with an 18.3 scoring mark and a 5.1 rebounding average while recording 14 blocked shots.
Spann (6-2 from Marietta, Ga.) averages 11.3 points while leading the Vikings with 57 assists and 15 steals.
Doyle (6-6 from Fort Washington, Md.) leads Carl Albert with a 9.8 rebounding mark while scoring 12.3 points per game with six blocked shots.
Leading the Golden Norse in scoring is sophomore guard Christian Leach (6-4 from Washington, D.C.) with a 16.9 average with 42 assists and 25 steals.
Veteran guard Derrick Frye (6-5 from Atlanta, Ga.) has a 16.1 scoring mark and a 5.5 rebounding average with 18 assists and 13 steals.
Freshman center Igor Ibaka (6-9 from the Republic of Congo) leads the Golden Norse with a 9.8 rebounding average and a 13.4 scoring mark with 19 blocked shots. 
Sophomore forward Ja'mill Powell (6-7 from Bridgeport, Conn.) averages 13.2 points per game for NEO and 4.9 rebounds.
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Division
Connors State          11-1  .917     2-0
Seminole State         10-1  .910    2-0
Redlands                 10-2  .833     2-0
Eastern State             8-1 .888     1-1
Western State          10-2  .833    1-1
NEO                         8-4   .670    1-1
Murray State             1-10 .091    1-1
NOC-Enid                 8-3   .727    0-2
NOC-Tonkawa           5-5   .500   0-2 
Carl Albert                1-8    .111    0-2
*Arkansas Baptist       5-5    .500   0-0