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Southeast Missouri (6-18, 3-8 OVC) at Murray State (10-14, 6-5 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012
Tip-Off: 4:30 p.m., CT
Location: Murray, Ky.
Site: CFSB Center (8,500)
Series Record: Southeast leads 27-22 (Southeast is 0-1 vs. Murray in 2011-12)
Coaches: Ty Margenthaler (6-18 overall, 6-18 at Southeast); Rob Cross (55-61 overall, 55-61 at Murray State)

Media Coverage
Redhawks Radio Network: ESPN 1220 AM (KGIR), flagship; 930 AM (KWOC); 1470 AM (KMAL). Todd Bonacki, Play-by-Play;
Live Stats: GoRacers.com
Video Streaming: OVCSports.tv

Quick Hits
About Murray State – The Racers have won two of their last three games to move to 10-14 overall and 6-5 in Ohio Valley Conference play. MSU is fourth in the OVC in scoring (68.2 points per game), though it ranks eighth in the league in scoring defense (70.6 points per game). Murray State routinely dominates the turnover battle, topping all OVC teams with 10.7 steals per game and a +3.88 turnover margin per game. MSU struggles on the glass, however, ranking second to last in the conference with a -6.8 rebounding margin per game. The Racers boast two of the league's top 10 scorers in Erica Burgess (fifth; 16.0 points per game) and Whitney Robinson (10th; 14.6 points per game) while Kayla Lowe (20th; 10.7 points per game) also contributes double-digit points.

Swarming Defense – Southeast put together its finest defensive performance of the season last Saturday. The Redhawks held Tennessee State, who was averaging 76.7 points per game against OVC teams at the time, to 39 points on 22.4 percent shooting. The Tigers made only nine of their first 51 shots and missed their first nine shots of the season half on the Redhawks' defense. The last time Southeast shut down a team to that extent was the second game of the 2010-11 season when it held Jackson State to 37 points.

Roberts Coming On – Junior Bailie Roberts appears to be finding her second wind to the season of late. Roberts is averaging 11.8 points per game while cracking double figures in three of the last four games after being held under 10 points in three of four games prior to this stretch. This spurt started when she scored a career-high 19 points on a career-best 8-of-16 shooting at UT Martin on Jan. 28. She followed that up with her third career double-double in a win over Austin Peay on Jan. 30, scoring 10 points and grabbing a career-high 13 rebounds. She was back at it at Eastern Illinois on Feb. 1, tallying 11 points and hauling in eight more rebounds. The Maryville, Tenn., native is shooting 46.7 percent in this four-game span.

Shiffer Gets Going – Junior center Courtney Shiffer has hit her offensive stride recently as well. The Freeport, Ill., native has scored in double figures five times in her last nine games (four in the last five games) after doing so only three times in the first 15 contests of the year. In that span, she is shooting 47.1 percent (25.8 percent in the first 15). In her last six games, Shiffer is shooting 47.3 percent from the floor and averaging 11.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, up from her previous season average of 5.1 points and 4.9 rebounds in the first 18 games of the year.

Harriel Heats Up – Junior forward Brittany Harriel has been an offensive catalyst as of late. The Cincinnati, Ohio native has scored in double figures eight times and recorded five double-doubles in her past 12 games. This coming after notching only two double-doubles in her first two seasons. Harriel willed the Redhawks to a tight, 56-52, win over Longwood on Dec. 20 with 18 points while tying a career-high with 13 rebounds. She scored nine of Southeast's last 10 points and went 8-for-9 from the charity stripe to help secure the victory. Two games later, Harriel began a streak of three-straight double-doubles. She poured in a career-high 26 points to go with 12 rebounds as the Redhawks nearly erased an 11-point deficit in the second half against Murray State on New Year's Eve. In Southeast's win over Jacksonville State on Jan. 2, the junior scored 12 points and corralled a team-high 11 rebounds. She made it three straight with 11 points and 11 rebounds at Eastern Kentucky on Jan. 7 and tallied 13 points and 10 rebounds in Monday's contest against SIU Edwardsville. She also scored a team-high 12 points at Tennessee Tech on Jan. 21 while chipping in 15 points in a win over Austin Peay on Jan. 30. The Cincinnati, Ohio native tallied 11 points at Eastern Illinois on Feb. 1. While she just missed a double-double against Tennessee State, Harriel did add a career-high 15 rebounds to her eight points in the win.

Working Overtime – Southeast put a scare into preseason OVC favorite Tennessee Tech on Jan. 21, leading most of the way before falling just shy, 60-57, in overtime. That game marked the Redhawks' first overtime game in nearly three years. The last time Southeast went to overtime was an 80-74 loss at Austin Peay on Feb. 28, 2009. The last time the Redhawks won an overtime game was on Feb. 2, 2008 when it dropped UT Martin, 58-51.

Consistent Roberts – Since day one, no Redhawk has provided more offensive consistency than junior Bailie Roberts. The Maryville, Tenn., native leads the team with 14 games of 10 or more points, leading to her team-best 9.8 points per game scoring average. She also ranks second on the team with 6.1 rebounds per game. She also leads all active Redhawks with 32 games of double-figure scoring.

Need the D – Southeast has been inconsistent defensively since the tail end of its non-conference schedule. In the first nine games of the season, Southeast led the OVC in scoring defense at 59.7 points per game and did not allow any opponent to score 70 points. In the next six, the Redhawks allowed 72.3 points per game while allowing 70 or more points three times. Southeast picked it up in the next five games, allowing fewer than 60 points three times and yielding 58.2 points per game in that stretch, but allowed 88 points at UT Martin on Saturday. Southeast has gotten things on track the last three games, allowing 57.7 points per game on 34.5 percent shooting.

Offensive Slump –  After a promising start to conference play, the Redhawks have fallen victim to a prolonged offensive slump. Southeast averaged 66.0 points per game and shot 42.1 percent from the field in its first three league games while both Bailie Roberts and Brittany Harriel tied for the team scoring lead with 13.3 points per game. Its lowest point total in that span was 57 points. The Redhawks hit a collective funk in the next five games (all losses), averaging 46.0 points while shooting only 30.0 percent from the field. The Redhawks managed to pull out of that funk against Austin Peay on Jan. 30, scoring 69 points (their second best total of the year) in a victory over the Lady Govs. However, Southeast is averaging just 49.0 points per game in its last two games.

Road Troubles – Southeast is looking to make up some ground in the league standings down the stretch and it will have to do so on the road. Four of the Redhawks' last five games are on the road, where they are 0-11 this season. Southeast is looking to snap a 15-game road losing streak that dates back to a 64-57 win at Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 10, 2011.