Radio: ESPN 1220 AM | Live StreamingLive Video: OVC Digital NetworkLive Stats: GoSoutheast.comTwitter Updates: @GoSoutheastGame Notes: Southeast Missouri | Eastern IllinoisCAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - After spending its last two games on the road, the Southeast Missouri women's basketball team returns to the Show Me Center on Hall of Fame weekend to host Eastern Illinois. The game is scheduled for 3 p.m.
About Eastern IllnoisEastern Illinois enters Saturday's contest 8-10 overall and 3-4 in OVC action. After losing three-straight OVC games, the Panthers found a victory at Murray State, winning 80-74. The other EIU wins came against Tennessee State and Eastern Kentucky. All three OVC victories came on its home floor.
Sabina Oroszova leads the Panthers averaging a double-double. She drops in 17.9 points and grabs 10.8 rebounds per game. She is joined in double-digit scoring by Katlyn Payne and Jordyne Crunk who score 13.7 and 12.6 points per game, respectively. From there, the point per game average drops off significantly to 4.8 points per game by Moran Palombizio.
As a team, the Panthers have a -4.9 scoring margin and a +2.2 rebound margin. They knock ion 40.4 percent of their field goal attempts and 34.3 percent from long range. EIU averages 17.2 turnovers per game while forcing 11.4.
Last MeetingEIU and Southeast last met Feb. 9, 2013 in Cape Girardeau, where the Panthers picked up a 64-46 victory.
Quick Hits What a win will doA win snaps a nine-game losing streak to EIU. The last Southeast victory came Jan. 10, 2009, a 58-51 victory in Cape Girardeau.
A win snaps a three-game losing streak in OVC action.
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Jordan Hunter has been heating up over the last three games, averaging 17.8 points per game. She leads the squad during OVC play with 14.2 points per game. The New Zealand native has led the Redhawks in scoring four times this year and ten times over the last two seasons.
Active Team LeaderIn 105 career games,
Patricia Mack has led the Redhawks in rebounding 48 times, which is the active lead. The senior has a career average of 7.0 boards per game.
Mack is also the active leader with leading the Redhawks in points scored 11 times.
Allyson Bradshaw,
Kara Wright and
Jordan Hunter each rank second with nine times of leading Southeast in scoring.
Active OVC LeadersSenior
Patricia Mack is the active leader in the OVC with 738 career rebounds. She places ahead of Jessica Winfrey of Murray State who has corralled 721 rebounds.
Allyson Bradshaw is ranked seventh on the active 3-pointers made list in the OVC with 106. Heather Butler of UT Martin is ranked first with 333.
Chasing the Record BookJunior
Allyson Bradshaw is also making her mark in the record books. The Cape Girardeau native has made 106 3-point field goals in her career, which ranks sixth all-time. Rusty Sowers, who played from 1997-99, is next on the list 110 made 3-point field goals. At her current pace of making 1.4 3-point field goals per game, Bradshaw should threaten to be the most prolific long-range shooter in Southeast history, chasing a total of 174 set by Julie Meier from 1991-95.
Mack is climbing the record book at Southeast as well. As of Jan. 21, the senior ranks fifth in school history with 738 rebounds. Renee Rogliardi is fourth all time with 766 career rebounds from 1983-87.
Rebounds All AroundThe Redhawks own the fourth-best rebound margin in the OVC at +1.6. Southeast ranks third grabbing 69.7 percent of all defensive rebounds while ranking third on the other end of the floor, securing 34.3 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 22 percent while King accounts for 16 percent of the available rebounds.
At 9.6 rebounds per game, Mack ranks third in the OVC in rebounds per game. She trails Jessica Winfrey of Murray State who grabs 11.2 and Sabina Oroszoba of EIU who grabs 10.8 per game.
Classroom on the CourtThe Redhawks will host its second annual Classroom on the Court Feb. 3 at 11 a.m. against Austin Peay. The game features interactive games for area schools and students.
Pink Up NightSoutheast Missouri and Saint Francis Medical Center will host Pink Up Night on Feb. 22 to raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.
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