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Game Notes: Southeast Missouri | Austin Peay

The Southeast Missouri women's basketball team travels to Austin Peay for its first road Ohio Valley Conference contest of the year. The Redhawks are the first game of a double header, beginning at 5:15 p.m. in Clarksville, Tenn.
 
About Austin Peay
Austin Peay opens OVC play against the Redhawks after finishing its nonconference schedule 3-10. In their last game, the Lady Govs fell 99-69 to Ole Miss on Dec. 30.
 
APSU is led by Tiasha Gray who averages 14.6 points and 4.9 assists per game while Kristen Stainback drops in 10.9 points per game. Tearra Banks is the leading rebounder, snagging 5.7 boards.
 
Austin Peay was picked to finish sixth in the West Division of the Preseason OVC Poll after finishing last year, the same position it finished the 2012-13 season.
 
Last Meeting
Meeting twice last season in West Division play, the Redhawks swept Austin Peay with a 71-57 victory in Cape Girardeau with Jordan Hunter setting a career high with 21 points. A 69-51 win in Clarksville, Tenn., was paced by Kara Wright who set a then career-high 23 points.
 
Quick Hits
 
What a win will do
A win snaps a two-game losing streak and will give Southeast its first conference victory of the year.
 
Now Trending
Allyson Bradshaw has been on a tear since coming back full strength against Southern Illinois. The junior, who was limited due to injury in the early portion of the season, is the Redhawks leading scorer over their last six games. She is averaging 11.2 points per game, while hitting 35.9 percent of her long-range shots (14-39).
 
In that same span, senior Patricia Mack is averaging a double-double with 10.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.
 
Contrasting a Win Versus a Loss
In Southeast's four wins this year, the Redhawks place four players in double-digit scoring and average 74 points per game. In the 10 losses, just one Redhawk scores in double figures and the team scores just 55.1 points.
 
The wins also show a +12.0 rebound margin while a loss has Southeast at a -3.5 rebound margin.
 
Shooting the ball dramatically improves when the Redhawks prevail with a 44.8 clip compared to 33.3 percent in a loss.
 
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 Leader
In 101 career games, Patricia Mack has led the Redhawks in rebounding 45 times, which is the active lead. The senior has a career average of 6.9 boards per game. 
 
Mack is also the active leader with leading the Redhawks in points scored 11 times. Allyson Bradshaw and Kara Wright each rank second with nine times of leading Southeast in scoring.

Chasing the Record Book
Junior Allyson Bradshaw moved into sixth place all-time on the made 3-point field goal list. With 102 in her career, she now trails Rusty Sowers (1997-99) who drained 110 shots from long range.
 
After breaking into the top-10 for all-time rebounds, Patricia Mack is continuing her ascent up the list. She passed Kim Palmer for eighth all-time at Missouri State with 695 rebounds. She now has her sight set on Vera Roberts who corralled 719 rebounds from 1986-1990.
 
A Thing for Boards
The Redhawks own the third-best rebound margin in the OVC at +0.9. Southeast ranks fifth grabbing 68.9 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 22 percent while King accounts for 16 percent of the available rebounds.
 
At 9.3 rebounds per game, Mack ranks third in the OVC in rebounds per game. She trails Jessica Winfrey of Murray State who grabs 10.8 and Sabina Oroszoba of EIU who grabs 9.6 per game.
 
Share the Ball
Senior Jordan Hunter ranks 10th in the OVC dishing out 3.1 assists per game. Jasmine Newsome of UT Martin leads the league with 5.6 assists per game.
 
Stop the Ball
Southeast owns the OVC's fifth-best scoring defense. The Redhawks give up 70.4 points per game. Eastern Kentucky leads the league, giving up 63.6 points per game. The league average sits at 71.8 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.
 
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.
 
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.