Southeast Missouri (10-17, 3-11) at SIU Edwardsville (16-11, 11-3)

Game Notes

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 25
Tip-Off: 7 p.m. CT
Location: Edwardsville, Ill.
Arena: Vadalabene Center (4,000)
Coaches: Ty Margenthaler, Southeast Missouri; Paula Buscher, SIU Edwardsville

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

About Southeast Missouri: The Redhawks are 10-17 overall, 3-11 in Ohio Valley Conference play and are coming off of a 49-48 loss at Eastern Illinois on Saturday. The Redhawks erased a 12-point deficit and tied the game with 24 seconds left. Brianna Mitchell tied a career-high with 20 points, including a perfect 10-for-10 mark from the free throw line and 14 points in the second half. Jasmine Robinson scored 17 points, including 13 in the second half.
 
For the year, Southeast is shooting 38.0% from the field, 27.6% from 3-point range and 59.7% from the free throw line. Robinson leads the team with an average of 12.3 points per contest while Erin Bollmann averages 8.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. Olivia Hackmann adds 8.1 points per contest and has a team-high 21 blocks. Mitchell leads the team with 65 assists.
 
About SIU Edwardsville: The Cougars are 16-11 overall and 11-3 in OVC play, which ranks second in the conference. SIUE won nine league games in a row from Jan. 3 - 31. The Cougars are coming off of a 79-72 loss at home vs. league-leading UT Martin on Saturday afternoon. Shronda Butts leads offensively with 15.8 points per game. Tierny Austin averages 12.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game while Gwen Adams adds 10.8 points and a team-leading 6.5 boards per contest. Micah Jones contributes 8.9 points and 5.5 rebounds as part of the balanced attack.
 
Previous Meeting: On Jan. 20, SIUE defeated Southeast 60-48 at the Show Me Center. After leading by just two points at half, the Cougars outscored the Redhawks 35-25 in the second half. Erin Bollmann scored a game-high 14 points for Southeast while Tierny Austin led SIUE with 12 points, six rebounds and five assists. Donshel Beck added 11 points and nine rebounds.
 
Robinson Receives Consecutive OVC Weekly Honors: For the second time in as many weeks and third time this season, Jasmine Robinson earned OVC Newcomer of the Week recognition last week. She scored a Southeast career-high 27 points vs. Murray State on Feb. 14 and added 10 points vs. league-leading UT Martin on Feb. 11. For the week, Robinson averaged 18.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.0 block per contest.
 
Stingy Defense: Southeast ranks second in the OVC in scoring defense, allowing just 64.9 points per game. The Redhawks are best in the league in 3-point field goal defense, yielding just 28.8% (115-of-399) of shots from beyond the arc.
 
King Owns the Glass: Junior forward Connor King leads the team in rebounds with 8.3 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. She ranks second among current OVC players in career triples, trailing only Austin Peay's Kristen Stainback by one. Julie Meier (1991-95) holds the Southeast record with 174 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 game of the season Saturday with Senior Day at 3:30 p.m. CT vs. Austin Peay.