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2020-21 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BASKETBALL Murray State (7-8, 4-6) vs. Southeast Missouri (6-10, 4-6) Follow the Redhawks Date ............................Monday, February 1, 2021 Head Coaches .........Brad Korn (6-10 overall, Game Radio .........................................Real Rock 99.3 FM Tip-Off ........................................................6 p.m., CT 6-10 at SEMO; 4-6 OVC). Matt McMahon (Erik Sean) Location ..............................Cape Girardeau, Mo. (117-59o overall; 117-59 at MSU). Video ...................................................................ESPN+ Arena ...........................Show Me Center (7,000) Live Stats .................................GoSoutheast.com Series ...........................................MSU leads, 60-21 Strategic Communications Twitter ................................................. @SEMOMBB Last Meeting ................MSU 96, SEMO 91 OT Jeff Honza, Assistant Director of Athletics 17 Office Phone ................................(573) 651-2933 (Jan. 18, 2020 | Cape Girardeau, Mo.) Mobile................................................(618) 528-1145 Schedule Email ....................................... [email protected] November (1-0) Redhawks Host Rival Murray State Back-to-Back Wins 28 at Kansas City ! W, 71-66 Southeast Missouri (6-10, 4-6) plays its fourth Southeast Missouri is on a winning streak for game in six days when it hosts rival Murray the first time this season. SEMO opened its December (1-6, 0-2 OVC) State (7-8, 4-6) Monday. Tip is set for 6 p.m., current homestand with a 64-62 win in the 2 Southern Illinois ESPN+ L, 79-87 OT CT at the Show Me Center. final second over SIU Edwardsville (Jan. 28) 7 Lipscomb ESPN+ W, 82-77 9 at Lipscomb ESPN+ L, 74-80 OT and a 75-44 drubbing of Eastern Illinois (Jan. 15 at Evansville ESPN3 L, 63-66 OT Follow the Redhawks 30). A win Monday will give the Redhawks 18 UT Martin* ESPN+ L, 67-69 Listen live on the radio at Real Rock 99.3 FM their first three-game conference winning 22 at Indiana State ESPN3 L, 66-72 with Erik Sean handling the play-by-play. streak since 2017-18. 30 at Tennessee Tech* ESPN+ L, 63-72 Watch on ESPN+. Live stats are available at GoSoutheast.com. Twitter updates provided Largest Victory January (4-4, 4-4 OVC) @SEMOMBB. The Redhawks put together a dominating 2 Tennessee State* ESPN+ W, 83-79 2OT complete game 75-44 victory over Eastern 7 at Belmont* ESPN+ L, 66-77 Series History Illinois (Jan. 30). Southeast Missouri won a ESPN+ 16 Morehead State* L, 50-64 Southeast Missouri and Murray State hook game by double figures for the first time this ESPN+ 19 at Tennessee State* W, 63-59 up for the 82nd time Monday. MSU leads the season. The 31-point victory marked the first 21 at Morehead State* ESPNU L, 65-76 all-time series, 60-21, and has won its last six time SEMO won an Ohio Valley Conference 26 at UT Martin* ESPN+ L, 66-69 games against the Redhawks. The Redhawks home game by more than 30 points since 28 SIU Edwardsville* ESPN+ W, 64-62 and Racers have gone to overtime three times 30 Eastern Illinois* ESPN+ W, 75-44 2016-17. SEMO beat Eastern Kentucky, 81-48, in their last seven meetings at the Show Me on Dec. 31 that year. February Center. The three overtime contests were 1 Murray State* ESPN+ 6 p.m. decided by a combined 10 points with MSU .500 January 4 Tennessee Tech* ESPN+ 8 p.m. going 2-1 in those matchups. Southeast Missouri finished January with a 6 Jacksonville State* ESPN+ 4 p.m. .500 record (4-4). SEMO ended the month on 11 at Murray State* ESPN+ 7:30 p.m. Longest Homestand a two-game winning streak with victories in 13 at Austin Peay* ESPN+ 4 p.m. The Redhawks continue their five-game three of its last five January matchups. The 16 Austin Peay* ESPN+ 6 p.m. homestand against Murray State Sunday. Redhawks scored 75 or more points for the ESPN+ 20 Eastern Kentucky* 5 p.m. Southeast Missouri is at the Show Me Center fourth time when it blew out Eastern Illinois, ESPN+ 22 Eastern Kentucky* 6 p.m. for eight of 10 games through Feb. 22. The ESPN+ 75-44, on Jan. 30. 25 at Eastern Illinois* 7:30 p.m. five-game stretch is Southeast Missouri’s 27 at SIU Edwardsville* ESPN+ 5 p.m. longest Ohio Valley Conference homestand in March program history. It also matches the longest 3 OVC Tournament First Round Evansville, Ind. homestand in SEMO’s NCAA Division I era. 4 OVC Tournament Quarterfinals Evansville, Ind. The other time the Redhawks played five 5 OVC Tournament Semifinals Evansville, Ind. home games in a row since moving to Division Southeast Missouri or SEMO is the 6 OVC Championship Evansville, Ind. I was in 1997-98 (vs. Central Methodist, vs. preferred reference for Southeast Bradley, vs. Oakland City, vs. Tennessee State, Missouri State University athletic teams. All games are broadcast live on the radio at Real Rock vs. Austin Peay). Southeastern Missouri State is not an 99.3 FM. All times Central and Subject to Change; acceptable reference. Home Games in Bold; * - Denotes Ohio Valley Conference Game; ! - Negro League Baseball Museum Tip-Off Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BASKETBALL NOTES // MURRAY STATE Makeup Date threat and ranks sixth in the OVC with 15.1 with seven rebounds. Nicholas is SEMO’s Southeast Missouri and Murray State were points a game. fourth-leading scorer with 9.3 points a game. initially supposed to play on Jan. 14, but that game was rescheduled for Monday. SEMO’s Taylor Misses First Game Five NCAA Division I Wins basketball activities were paused due to Forward Nolan Taylor missed his first game of Southeast Missouri picked up its sixth NCAA COVID-19 protocols at that time. the season vs. Eastern Illinois (Jan. 30). Taylor Division I win this season with its 75-44 victory was out with a knee injury. Manny Patterson over Eastern Illinois (Jan. 30). SEMO sur- Dominating the Glass made his first career Southeast Missouri passed its number of wins over NCAA Division In its latest win over Eastern Illinois (Jan. 30), start in place of Taylor. Patterson scored a I teams a year ago. Southeast Missouri outrebounded the season-high 11 points and had four rebounds Panthers, 50-25. SEMO’s +25 rebounding against the Panthers. Nice Defense margin was its largest in an Ohio Valley For the second time this season, Southeast Conference game since it outrebounded Rebounding Binge Missouri forced over 20 turnovers in a game Austin Peay, 50-26 (+24) at home on Point guard DQ Nicholas averaged eight when it smothered SIU Edwardsville into Jan. 26, 2012. rebounds per game in his last three starts. committing 21 on Jan. 28. SEMO forced 14 Nicholas, Southeast Missouri’s second-leading turnovers in the second half and turned those More on the Win Over Eastern Illinois rebounder with an average of 4.8 per contest, miscues into 15 points. At one time, the Red- The Redhawks 75-44 win was their grabbed a total of 24 rebounds in that span. hawks forced five turnovers in a span of 3:41. second-largest in 57 games against Eastern Illinois. Southeast Missouri took control of the Last Second Win Redhawks to Play Eastern Kentucky game early and never let up. SEMO Eric Reed, Jr. made two free throws with five Twice at Home in February man-handled the Panthers in points in the tenths of a second left to send Southeast Southeast Missouri will now host Eastern paint (32-2), points off turnovers (20-6), Missouri to a 64-62 win over SIU Edwards- Kentucky twice at the Show Me Center in late second chance points (17-3) and fast break ville Thursday. SEMO never led in the game February. SEMO faces EKU on Saturday, Feb. points (12-0). until Reed, Jr. made his big free throws. The 20 (5 p.m.) and Monday, Feb. 22 (6 p.m.) as Redhawks erased a 13-point deficit en route to part of the recent schedule change. Last Time vs. Murray State their fifth win of the season. SEMO’s three wins The Redhawks initial home date against the Southeast Missouri’s best performance of the in January are its most in a month this year. Colonels scheduled for Feb. 18 will move to 2019-20 season came against Murray State in Saturday behind SEMO’s women’s game vs. a 96-91 overtime loss at the Show Me Center Big Seven Morehead State. The Redhawks original road (Jan. 18). SEMO and MSU exchanged leads DQ Nicholas had seven huge points in the game at EKU on Jan. 23 that was postponed nine times and there were 10 lead changes second half in Southeast Missouri’s latest win due to COVID-19 protocols in the Colonels in the slugfest. At the end, the Racers pulled over SIU Edwardsville (Jan. 28). Nicholas made program has been rescheduled for Feb. 22 in away by scoring the first five points in the game-tying 3-pointer with 16 seconds left Cape Girardeau. overtime and outscored the Redhawks, 18-13, to set things up for Eric Reed, Jr.’s last second in the final five minutes. DQ Nicholas led free throws. Nicholas also led the Redhawks SEMO with 21 points and made 11-of-13 free throws. About Murray State 2020-21 OVC Standings (as of Jan. 30) Murray State is coming off a one-point 72-71 loss to Ohio Valley Conference leader Belmont. OVC Overall MSU heads to Cape Girardeau with an overall Record Pct. Home Away Streak Record Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak record of 7-8 and 4-6 in Ohio Valley Belmont 12-0 1.000 6-0 6-0 W12 18-1 .947 7-1 8-0 3-0 W15 Eastern Kentucky 7-1 .875 5-0 2-1 W6 13-2 .867 8-0 3-2 2-0 W8 Conference play.