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Game Notes: Southeast Missouri | Saint Louis

The Southeast Missouri women's basketball team returns to action Tuesday night at Saint Louis. The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Chaifetz Arena.
 
About Saint Louis
Saint Louis enters Tuesday's contest with a 3-6 record and having lost five of its last six including a 74-65 loss at Northern Iowa Saturday.
 
The Billikens are led by Erin Nelson who scores 15.2 points per game while Desirae Ball and Jamesia Price each score in double figures at 13.6 points and 10.3 points per game, respectively. 
 
In common opponents, Saint Louis has played Missouri (L, 74-59) and Western Illinois (L, 87-85) this season. Against fellow OVC institutions, Saint Louis has played Eastern Illinois (W, 71-52) and Murray State (L, 85-69).
 
Last Meeting
Meeting in Cape Girardeau last season, Southeast prevailed 59-52 on Jan. 9, 2013. Jordan Hunter scored a team-high 14 points while Patricia Mack dominated to glass with 15 rebounds.
 
 
Quick Hits
 
What a win will do
A win will give Southeast its second-straight win over Saint Louis.
 
A win would give Southeast its fourth win of the year, a mark that would rank fourth in the OVC right now.
 
Scoring Threat
Although Southeast doesn't rank anyone in the top-10 scoring in the OVC, the Redhawks place two in the top 20 with Kara Wright at 11.7 points and Olivia Hackmann at 11.3 points per game.
 
Active Leaders
With her 15 points against New Mexico, Kara Wright became the active leader in most games in leading the team in scoring. She has accomplished this feat nine times in just her sophomore season. Wright surpassed Patricia Mack who has done it eight times in her career.
 
In 95 career games, Mack has led the Redhawks in rebounding 42 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 26 points away from reaching 500 total points in her career. She currently sits at 474 points in 97 games.
 
In just 39 career games, sophomore Kara Wright is 44 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 223-137. Southeast as won the bench battle in five games and tied Wichita State. Southeast has only been outscored by its opponent's bench twice.
 
Chasing the Record Book
Junior Allyson Bradshaw is currently ranked seventh all-time in made 3-point field goals with 92, trailng Yashika Sidbury (2002-04) who had 93 3-point field goals.
 
Senior Patricia Mack is 12 rebounds shy of breaking the top-10 all-time rebounds record. She enters the game against Saint Louis with 655 rebounds.
 
A Thing for Boards
The Redhawks own the second-best rebound margin in the OVC at +1.8. Southeast owns the top spot grabbing 70.2 percent of all defensive rebounds while ranking second on the other end of the floor, securing 35.2 percent of available offensive rebounds.
 
Patricia Mack and Connor King have dominated the boards for the Redhawks, combining for nearly 45 percent of Southeast's rebounds. Mack accounts for 21.71 percent while King accounts for 18.29 percent of the availble rebounds.
 
At 9.0 rebounds per game, Mack ranks second in the OVC in rebounds per game. She trails Jessica Winfrey of Murray State who grabs 10.9 per game.
 
Take a Freebie
Allyson Bradshaw is a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line. After an injury briefly sidelined her, she no longer qualifies for the OVC standings, but can re-enter in the future. Currently, not a single OVC athlete is perfect from the charity stripe.
 
Have yourself a night Kara Wright
Kara Wright had a career night at Missouri scoring 26 points and making four 3-point baskets. Her 9-made field goals was also a career-high.
 
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.
 
Preseason Polling
The poll tabbed Southeast to finish fifth in the OVC West Division. The Redhawks garnered 61 voting points.
 
Three-time defending OVC Tournament Champion UT Martin is the preseason favorite once again with 22 first-place votes and 132 voting points. SIU Edwardsville (103 points; two first-place votes), Eastern Illinois (85 points), Murray State (68 points), Southeast and Austin Peay (42 points) round out the predicted order of finish in the OVC West.
 
On the other side, Tennessee Tech grabbed 12 first-place votes and 119 voting points to lay claim as the preseason OVC East favorite. Belmont earned nine first-place votes and 115 points to check in at second. Eastern Kentucky (95 points; three first-place votes), Morehead State (66 points), Tennessee State (65 points) and Jacksonville State (32 points) make up the rest of the East poll.
 
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