Southeast Missouri (9-16, 2-10) vs. Murray State (7-18, 2-10)

Game Notes

Date: Saturday, Feb. 14
Tip-Off: 3:30 p.m. CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Arena: Show Me Center (7,000)
Coaches: Ty Margenthaler, Southeast Missouri; Rob Cross, Murray State

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

About Southeast Missouri: The Redhawks are 9-16 overall, 2-10 in Ohio Valley Conference play and fell 78-60 against league-leading UT Martin on Wednesday evening. Southeast pushed the top team in the OVC as the Redhawks shot 42.1% (24-for-57) from the floor and drained six shots from 3-point range. Allyson Bradshaw tied a career-high with seven made field goals and finished with 18 points. She tied a season-high with four baskets from beyond the arc. Olivia Hackmann added 15 points while Jasmine Robinson also reached double figures with 10.
 
For the year, Southeast is shooting 37.9% from the field, 27.9% from 3-point range and 58.7% from the free throw line. Robinson leads the team with an average of 11.5 points per contest while Erin Bollmann scores 9.0 points per game. Hackmann adds 7.9 points per contest and has a team-high 21 blocks.
 
About Murray State: The Racers are 7-18 overall and 2-10 during conference play. Murray fell 78-69 vs. SIU Edwardsville on Thursday evening to snap a 2-game winning streak. For the season, they shoot 39.2% from the field and 31.7% from long range. Keiona Kirby leads offensively with 15.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game while Ke'Shunan James adds 15.3 points and 6.2 boards per contest. Netanya Jackson is the leading rebounder with 7.7 per outing.
 
Previous Meeting: The Racers defeated Southeast, 86-81, on Feb. 5 at the CFSB Center in Murray to earn their first OVC win of the season. Kirby scored 26 points off the bench to lead the Racers. She shot 7-for-12 from the floor, 3-for-5 from 3-point range and 9-for-10 from the foul line. James added 22 points and eight rebounds while LeAsia Wright had 15 points. Jasmine Robinson scored a Southeast career-high 24 points in that contest. Connor King scored 19 points.
 
Robinson Receives OVC Weekly Honor: For the second time this season, Jasmine Robinson earned OVC Newcomer of the Week recognition. She scored a Southeast career-high 24 points at Murray State on Feb. 5 and followed that up with another double-digit scoring effort vs. Eastern Illinois on Feb. 7. She averaged 17.0 points and 5.0 rebounds for the week and shot 59% from the field. She has now scored in double figures 19 times this season and in 18 of the last 22 contests.
 
Stingy Defense: Southeast ranks fourth in the OVC in scoring defense, allowing just 65.5 points per game. The Redhawks are best in the league in 3-point field goal defense, yielding just 29.1% (106-of-364) of shots from beyond the arc.
 
King Owns the Glass: Junior forward Connor King leads the team in rebounds with 8.4 boards per game, which ranks fourth in the OVC. She is sixth in the league with 2.9 offensive rebounds per contest. King has reached double-digits in boards on 11 occassions this season, including a string of five straight from Dec. 30 - Jan. 10.
 
Bradshaw Climbing Triples Leaderboard: Senior guard Allyson Bradshaw ranks third in Southeast history with 159 made 3-pointers during her career, including a season-high four on Wednesday night vs. UT Martin. Julie Meier (1991-95) holds the record with 174 triples while Tarina Nixon (2005-09) ranks second with 169.
 
Scholar-Athletes: As a team, the Redhawks recorded a 3.3 cumulative grade point average during the 2014 fall semester.
 
Looking Ahead: Southeast plays its final two road games of the regular season at Eastern Illinois on Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. CT and at SIU Edwardsville on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. CT.