Southeast Missouri (10-9, 5-3 OVC) at Belmont (14-5, 7-1 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2019
Tip-off: 5 p.m., CT
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Arena: Curb Event Center
Series: Belmont leads, 8-4
Last Meeting: SEMO 57, Belmont 67 (Dec. 28, 2017 | Show Me Center)
Head Coaches: Rekha Patterson (52-58, Fourth Season),  Bart Brooks (45-9, 25-1 OVC, Second Season).
 
Media Information
Video: ESPN+
Radio: SEMO ESPN 1220 AM (Erik Sean)
Live Stats: BelmontBruins.com
Twitter: @SEMOWBB

Tipping Off
The Southeast Missouri women's basketball team continues Ohio Valley Conference play at Belmont Thursday. Start time is set for 5 p.m., CT, at the Curb Event Center.

Follow the Redhawks
Fans can listen to Thursday' game live on the radio at SEMO ESPN 1220 AM with Erik Sean calling the action. The broadcast is also streamed live at SEMOESPN.com and on the SEMOESPN app. Video is available on ESPN+. Live stats can be accessed at BelmontBruins.com. Twitter updates provided at @SEMOWBB.

Series History
Belmont leads the all-time series against Southeast Missouri, 8-4, and is 4-1 against the Redhawks at the Curb Event Center. It has been 399 days since the Redhawks last faced the Bruins of Belmont. The Bruins traveled to the Show Me Center where SEMO fell, 67-57, on December 28, 2017. SEMO is 1-3 against Belmont since head coach Rekha Patterson took over the program during the 2015-16 season. The Redhawks won one game in their last seven matchups with the Bruins.

How We Got Here
The Redhawks are currently 10-9 this season and are 5-3 in OVC play. Southeast Missouri enters the week on a three-game winning streak. SEMO swept SIUE with a 65-62 win in Edwardsville (Jan. 3) and 63-58 victory in Cape Girardeau (Jan. 24). It was the fifth Ohio Valley Conference sweep under head coach Rekha Patterson and first against SIUE since t2013-14. Tesia Thompson leads the team with 17.6 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. Adrianna Murphy averages 3.9 assists and 2.9 steals per contest. SEMO has forced 15-plus turnovers in 17 contests during the 2018-19 season, totaling 374 forced turnovers for the year. In OVC play, SEMO has forced 136 total turnovers as opponents are committing 17 per contest against the Redhawks.

Scouting the Bruins
The Bruins are 14-5 overall and 7-1 in conference play. Belmont is 18-1 in OVC play under head coach Bart Brooks, with the lone loss to undefeated Tennessee Tech (Jan. 5, 77-72). This was Belmont's first conference loss since February 15, 2016 when it fell, 81-79. to UT Martin. Senior Jenny Roy recorded a triple-double (10 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) in Belmont's 80-62 victory over Austin Peay. OVC Preseason Payer of the Year Darby Maggard averages 15.3 points per game for Belmont and is a perfect 27-of-27 at the free throw line. The Bruins average 70.5 points and 42.1 rebounds per game.