Southeast Missouri (7-7, 0-1) at Tennessee State (3-8, 0-0)

Game Notes

Date: Saturday, Jan. 3
Tip-Off: 5:30 p.m. CT
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Arena: Gentry Center
Series History: Southeast Missouri leads 24-20
Last Meeting: Tennessee State won 75-67 on Jan. 11, 2014 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Coaches: Ty Margenthaler, Southeast Missouri; Larry Joe Inman, Tennessee State

Media Coverage
Radio: ESPN 1220 AM (Erik Sean)
Live Video: OVC Digital Network
Live Stats: TSUTigers.com
Twitter Updates: @SEMOWBB

About Southeast: The Redhawks are 7-7 overall and 0-1 in Ohio Valley Conference play after falling 62-39 at Belmont on Thursday. The Redhawks shot just 26.6% (17-for-64) from the floor and were just 1-for-19 from 3-point range in the contest. Jasmine Robinson scored a team-high 10 points and Connor King grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds in the game.
 
For the year, Southeast is shooting 37.4% from the field, 26.0% from 3-point range and 60.6% from the free throw line. Robinson leads offensively with 11.7 points and 2.3 assists per game. Allyson Bradshaw is averaging 7.6 points per contest and leads the squad with 20 baskets from beyond the arc. Olivia Hackmann is averaging 7.4 points per game. Erin Bollmann averages 7.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per contest off the bench, including three double-doubles, five double-digit scoring and six double-digit rebounding performances. Connor King leads the team with 9.0 rebounds per outing, which ranks third in the Ohio Valley Conference.
 
About Tennessee State: The Tigers are 3-8 overall and will be opening OVC play against the Redhawks. TSU is 1-5 at home and has lost two straight. Most recently, they fell 87-75 at No. 12 Kentucky on Dec. 28. They have split their last four contests. The Tigers are shooting 37.7% from the floor and 26.7% from 3-point range. Chelsea Hudson leads the team with 14.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Brianna Lawrence scores 8.3 points per contest while Rachel Allen and Imani Davis both average 7.6 points. Briana Morrow is tied with Hudson for the team's rebounding lead at 7.1 boards per contest.
 
Series History: Southeast leads 24-20. The Tigers won last year's meeting 75-67.
 
Robinson Voted OVC Newcomer of the Week: Senior guard Jasmine Robinson was
voted Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week on Dec. 16 after registering the first double-double of her Southeast career with 18 points and 12 rebounds in the victory over Detroit on Dec. 13 in the Glass City Classic. Robinson added 10 points and eight rebounds earlier in the week at UMKC and scored eight points with four boards, two assists and a steal vs. Idaho on Dec. 14.
 
For the week, she averaged 12.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists. She shot 33.3% (12-for-36) from the floor and 66.7% (6-for-9) from the free throw line. Her double-double vs. Detroit was her first since Nov. 19, 2012, when she set career-highs with 26 points and 13 rebounds vs. North Texas while competing for Alabama.
 
Bradshaw Climbing Triples Leaderboard: Senior guard Allyson Bradshaw ranks third in Southeast history with 144 made 3-pointers during her career. Julie Meier (1991-95) holds the record with 174 triples while Tarina Nixon (2005-09) ranks second with 169.
 
On Dec. 14 vs. Idaho, Bradshaw drained a season-best four 3-pointers in the second half and was also a perfect 5-for-5 from the free throw line during the final 20 minutes in setting a new career-high with 21 points.
 
Forwards Establish Rebounding Bests: Junior Connor King set a career-high with 14 rebounds at Belmont on Tuesday, topping her previous career-high of 13 set the game before vs. William Woods. Senior Hillary Lively set a new career-best with eight rebounds vs. Illinois-Springfield on Dec. 21.
 
Close Call at Ole Miss: The Redhawks dropped a heartbreaker by one point at Ole Miss on Nov. 25. After battling back from a 12-point deficit in the first half, Southeast took a 1-point lead with 1:11 remaining and held on to it before the Rebels inbounded the ball with 0.9 seconds left and scored on a layup at the final buzzer to win 58-57.