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After taking a week off to take care of final exams, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team travels to Missouri State for an afternoon matinee Saturday at 2:05 p.m. The game features the Redhawks final nonconference game of the year.

The Redhawks last played Dec. 12, a 72-56 victory over Illinois-Springfield. Allyson Bradshaw and Patricia Mack each led Southeast with 12 points while Kara Wright added 11. Connor King came off the bench to secure a game-high nine rebounds as the Redhawks regained their winning form.
 
About Missouri State
The Bears enter Saturday's match-up 3-6 and riding a two-game win streak. Missouri State beat Lamar on Dec. 15 87-60 and followed that with a 67-53 victory over Missouri Thursday night.
 
Kenzie Williams leads Missouri State with 18 points per game and shots at a .434 clip. She leads teh team with 21 assists and is second with 15 steals. Tyonna Snow is second on the squad with a 11.2 point per game average. She leads the squad with 28 steals while Bry Snow is the leading rebounder at 5.1 per game.
 
In common opponents, Missouri State has played Arkansas and Missouri. The Bears fell 78-44 to Arkansas and beat Missouri 67-53. Against fellow OVC institution Eastern Kentucky, Missouri State fell 65-61.
 
Last Meeting
Southeast fell 69-55 on Dec. 21, 2012 in Cape Girardeau. Patricia Mack led Southeast with a double-double of 12 points at 10 rebounds while Kara Wright added 11 points.
 
Quick Hits
 
What a win will do
A win will give Southeast its third-ever victory over Missouri State and its first since Nov. 14, 2008.
 
A win also will give Southeast its first victory in Springfield.
 
Now Trending
Southeast is look to snap a six-game losing streak on the road dating back to a 62-57 loss at Missouri. The only road victory on the season was a 76-64 win at Alabama A&M.
 
All four of Southeast's wins have come after the Redhawks held a halftime lead.
 
All four wins have also happened with Southeast scoring at least 70 points in a game.
 
Active Leaders
Patricia Mack and Kara Wright have each led Southeast in scoring nine times in their career. After Wright briefly held the active team lead, Mack pulled even after co-leading at Saint Louis.
 
In 99 career games, Mack has led the Redhawks in rebounding 43 times, which is the active lead. The senior has a career average of 6.8 boards per game throughout her career.
 
Getting There
Fifth-year senior Patricia Mack is 7 points away from reaching 500 total points in her career. She currently sits at 493 points in 99 games.
 
In just 41 career games, sophomore Kara Wright is 20 points away from topping 400 in her career, putting her well on-pace to break the 1,000-point plateau in her career. 
 
Bench Warmers?
The Southeast bench has a knack for scoring points from the bench. Through the team's first nine games, the Southeast bench has outscored its opponents 258-168. Southeast has won the bench battle in eight games and tied Wichita State and Saint Louis. Southeast has only been outscored by its opponent's bench twice.
 
Chasing the Record Book
Junior Allyson Bradshaw moved into sixth place all-time on the made 3-point field goal list. With 98 in her career, she now trails Rusty Sowers (1997-99) who drained 110 shots from long range.
 
Senior Patricia Mack broke into the top-10 for all-time rebounds against Illinois-Springfield. She currently has 668 rebounds, trailing Kim Palmer (1993-98) who snagged 676 career rebounds.
 
A Thing for Boards
The Redhawks own the second-best rebound margin in the OVC at +2.0. Southeast ranks first grabbing 70.2 percent of all defensive rebounds while ranking second on the other end of the floor, securing 34.8 percent of available offensive rebounds.
 
Patricia Mack and Connor King have dominated the boards for the Redhawks, combining for nearly 40 percent of Southeast's rebounds. Mack accounts for 21 percent while King accounts for 18 percent of the available rebounds.
 
At 8.6 rebounds per game, Mack ranks second in the OVC in rebounds per game. She trails Jessica Winfrey of Murray State who grabs 10.6 per game.
 
Share the Ball
Senior Jordan Hunter ranks 10th in the OVC dishing out 3.5 assists per game. Jasmine Newsome of UT Martin leads the league with 5.9 assists per game.
 
Stop the Ball
Southeast owns the OVC's third-best scoring defense. The Redhawks give up 68.9 points per game. Eastern Kentucky leads the league, giving up 64.4 points per game. The league average sits at 71.65 points per game.
 
Preseason Accolades
After averaging 10.6 points in conference play (8.5 overall) as a freshman, Kara Wright was voted onto the preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference team by the league's coaches and sports information directors. The Louisville, Ky., native is the lone underclassman on the preseason all-conference team. She earned a spot on the OVC All-Newcomer team, the first Redhawks to earn postseason All-OVC honors since the 2008-09 season.
 
National Team Experience
Senior guard Jordan Hunter has represented her country, New Zealand, in international competition. The most recent experience game in the qualifying round for the FIBA World Championships this past August.
 
Smarts On and Off the Court
The Southeast women's basketball team had the fourth highest GPA in NCAA Division I basketball last season. The Redhawks had a cumulative GPA of 3.546.
 
Looking ahead to 2014-15
Head coach Ty Margenthaler announced Nov. 13 the signing of two student-athletes for the 2014-15 season. The Redhawks welcome Imani Johnson of Lee's Summit, Mo., and Kaley Leyhue of Martin, Tenn. Johnson enters her senior year of prep play as a two-time All-State honoree while Leyhue was named the Jackson Sun's Super Senior as she has drained 101 long-range baskets in high school