Southeast Missouri (0-0)
vs. Cincinnati (0-0)
Game Information
Date: Friday, Nov. 11, 2016
Tipoff: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Arena: Show Me Center
Series: First Meeting
Head Coaches:
   Rekha Patterson (15-15, second season)
   Jamelle Elliott (78-135, eighth season)
Media Information
Radio: SEMO ESPN 1220 AM | Listen Online
     Play-by-play: Clint Allen
     Analysis: Jess Bolen
Live Stats: GoSoutheast.com
Live Video: OVC Digital Network
 
Follow the Redhawks on Twitter for in-game updates @SEMOwbb
 
Complete Game Notes: Southeast Missouri
 
Tipping Off
The Southeast Missouri women's basketball team will open the 2016-17 season on Friday against the University of Cincinnati. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Show Me Center.
 
Follow the Redhawks
Friday's game will be streamed live and for free on the OVC Digital Network. Fans can listen to Friday's game live on the radio on SEMO ESPN 1220 AM with Clint Allen and Jess Bolen. The broadcast can also be streamed live at SEMOESPN.com and on the SEMO ESPN app. Live stats are available at GoSoutheast.com. Twitter updates will be available at @SEMOwbb.
 
Opening Night Promos
• The first 250 students in attendance to Friday's season opener will receive a women's basketball t-shirt courtesy of Plato's Closet.
• In observance of Veteran's Day, all veterans and active military will receive free admission to Friday evening's match.
 
A Look at What's Ahead
The Redhawks will continue their season-opening homestand on Monday when Hannibal-LaGrange comes to the Show Me Center. Monday's tip is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Southeast will host Western Illinois on Wednesday in this year's Classroom on the Court game. Over two thousand school children from the area are expected to be in attendance. The game is set to begin at 11 a.m. from the Show Me Center.
 
Opening at Home
This will be the first season since 2012-13 that the Redhawks have opened at the Show Me Center. Southeast opens the season with three-straight home games in 2016-17. It's the first time the Redhawks open with three home games since 2008-09. SEMO won all three games against Missouri State, Central Arkansas, and UALR that year. Southeast has also opened with three home games in 1993-94 and 1994-95. Southeast is 10-4 all-time in season openers at home. In all-time season openers, the Redhawks are 12-13. The Redhawks have won three of the last four season openers.
 
Scouting Cincinnati
Cincinnati defeated Kentucky Wesleyan, 79-50, in exhibition action last Thursday. Junior guard Ana Owens registered 19 points while Angel Rizor picked up a double-double with 10 points and 15 rebounds. Cincinnati features six returning letterwinners and seven newcomers. UC returns a pair of starters in senior guard Bianca Quisenberry and Owens. Owens led the team in scoring (13.1 points) and assists (2.9) the last two seasons. Cincinnati has a highly ranked recruiting class, which includes NJCAA Division II JUCO Player of the Year Shanice Johnson (Monroe Community College) and Top 65 ESPN guard Tinee'sha Coleman (Marshall). Cincinnati finished last season with an overall record of 8-22 and 4-14 in American Athletic Conference play, finishing ninth. UC is returning 49.8 percent of its scoring and 44.1 percent of rebounding from last year.
 
Exhibitions Recap
The SEMO women's basketball team defeated Culver-Stockton in its lone exhibition game of the preseason on Tuesday, 83-51. The Redhawks hit 12 3-point shots in the competition en route to the exhibition victory. Hannah Noe guided SEMO totaling 21 points, hitting six shots from beyond the arc. Including Noe, Southeast saw four players top double-digit points. Bri Mitchell knocked down 17 points including hitting three 3-pointers. Olivia Hackmann and Adrianna Murphy each turned in 13 points. Deja Jones pulled down eight total rebounds to lead the Redhawks on Tuesday. Close behind was Hilma Mededovic and newcomer Mandy Madden with six each. Hackmann also worked the glass, pulling in five boards. Aside from rebounding, Madden and Hackmann each had two blocked shots.
 
OVC Preseason Poll
Southeast Missouri women's basketball was picked to finish tied for fifth in the 12-team league, garnering 146 total points. Belmont picked up 21 of 24 first-place votes en route to a preseason favorite pick. Eastern Kentucky's Jalen O'Bannon was named the OVC Preseason Player of the Year. The 2016-17 season will be the second under head coach Rekha Patterson. Under Patterson's leadership, the Redhawks finished the 2015-16 season with an even overall record of 15-15 and an 8-8 mark in conference play. Southeast, who was picked to finish last in the league a year ago, finished tied for fifth.
 
Mitchell Named Preseason All-OVC
Senior guard Bri Mitchell was named to the Preseason All-OVC Team. Mitchell earned Second Team All-OVC accolades following her junior campaign last season. Mitchell played in 27 games, averaging 31.4 minutes per game. Her 13.5 points per game was a team-high among active players. Mitchell turned in a team-best 20 double-digit point games including five 20-point games. Mitchell is the first Redhawks since 2008-09 to earn All-OVC accolades.
 
Super Senior
The Redhawks will have Olivia Hackmann back in a SEMO uniform for her redshirt-senior season. Hackmann led the team with 16.4 points per game before suffering a season-ending injury nine games into the season. Hackmann will look to become Southeast's first member of the 1,000-point club since Sonya Daugherty (2005-09) and Tarina Nixon (2005-09). She has 792 career points.
 
Come Fly With Us!
The Redhawks bring six newcomers to the 2016-17 roster with an even split of transfers and incoming freshmen. University of Missouri transfer Carrie Shephard headlines the newcomers; however, Shephard will sit out this season due to NCAA transfer rules. Junior college transfers Mandy Madden (Hutchinson CC) and Lakyn Gulley (Owens CC) will be eligible to play immediately.