Tennessee State (9-19, 6-10 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri (9-20, 4-12 OVC)

Date: Thursday, February 28, 2019
Tip-Off: 7:45 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Arena: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series History: TSU leads, 27-21
Last Meeting: TSU 79, SEMO 50 (Feb. 2, 2019 / Nashville, Tenn.)
Head Coaches: Rick Ray (80-139 overall; 43-79 at SEMO; 23-43 OVC). Brian "Penny" Collins (9-19 overall; 9-19 at TSU; 6-10 OVC).

Media Coverage
Radio: Real Rock 99.3 FM and ESPN 1220 AM (Erik Sean, Jess Bolen)
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoSoutheast.com
Twitter: @SEMOMBB
Southeast Missouri Notes

Two-Game Home Stand
Southeast Missouri (9-20, 4-12) closes out Ohio Valley Conference and regular-season play with a two-game home stand. The Redhawks first host Tennessee State (9-19, 6-10) Thursday. Tip-off is set for 7:45 p.m., CT, at the Show Me Center.

Follow the Redhawks
Fans can listen to Thursdays game live on the radio at Real Rock 99.3 FM and ESPN 1220 AM. Erik Sean will call the action. Watch live on ESPN+. Live stats can be accessed at GoSoutheast.com. Twitter updates provided @SEMOMBB.

T-Shirt Thursday
Southeast Missouri's last installment of "T-Shirt Thursday" is this week against Tennessee State. T-shirts will be given to the first 1,000 fans.

Series History
Thursday marks the 49th meeting between Southeast Missouri and Tennessee State. The Tigers hold a 27-21 advantage in the overall series. SEMO won two of the last three matchups and four of the previous seven meetings between these teams.

Final Stretch
This week marks the final week of regular-season play. After Thursday's game, Southeast Missouri hosts Ohio Valley Conference leader Belmont Saturday. The Redhawks will honor seniors Jonathan Dalton, Mark Laros and Donnie Lewis prior to tipoff Saturday.

About Tennessee State
Southeast Missouri met Tennessee State during its first game in February and will face the Tigers during its final game of this month. TSU beat SEMO, 79-59, on Feb. 2 in Nashville. The Redhawks went over 12 minutes without a field goal in the early going of that contest. Since their win over the Redhawks, the Tigers have gone four of six games with a loss. TSU recently ended a four-game losing skid vs. Eastern Illinois (75-60) on Feb. 23. Donte Fitzpatrick-Dorsey leads the Tigers with 14.5 points per game.

Caldwell Out for Season
Freshman guard Alex Caldwell is out for Southeast Missouri's final four games of the season. Caldwell sprained his MCL and ACL during the team's practice on Feb. 19. He is SEMO's third-leading scorer with 8.7 points a game in 24 games and five starts this year.

Back Home
The Redhawks play at home for the first time in 19 days. Southeast Missouri is coming off a season-long four-game road stretch where it went 1-3. SEMO closes out a season at home for the third-straight year in 2018-19.

Mr. Double-Double
Freshman Gabe McGlothan recorded a double-double in three of his last six games. McGlothan finished with with 27 points and 16 rebounds vs. Tennessee Tech (Feb. 7), 13 points and 10 boards against Jacksonville State (Feb. 9) and 13 points and 10 rebounds at Eastern Illinois (Feb. 16). He has a team-high four double-doubles this season and became the first Redhawk to get a double-double in back-to-back games since Antonius Cleveland accomplished the feat vs. Belmont (13 pts., 11 reb.) and Tennessee State (21 pts., 10 reb.) in 2015-16.

Russell Nabs New Season-High
Nygal Russell put up a season-high 12 points in Southeast Missouri's loss at Murray State (Feb. 23). Russell made 4-of-7 field goals and 4-of-5 free throws. He scored double figures for the fifth time this year. It also marked the first time in Russell's career where he scored double figures in back-to-back contests.

Climb to 100
Jonathan Dalton is just three assists away from reaching 100 in his career. Dalton has 97 assists and averages 3.3 per game this season. If he hits the mark, it will be the second year in a row where Dalton has dished out 100 assists.

Home Record
Southeast Missouri is 5-7 at home this season. Its wins came against non-Division I opponents Quincy (102-66, Nov. 12) and Missouri S&T (72-69, Nov. 27), and Ohio Valley Conference foes UT Martin (74-69, Jan. 5),  Eastern Illinois (74-69, Jan. 26) and Tennessee Tech (71-66, Feb. 7). The Redhawks lost to Western Illinois (70-63, Dec. 1), Southern Illinois (83-73, Dec. 8), Abilene Christian (70-68, Dec. 21), Austin Peay (78-60, Jan. 10), Murray State (85-67, Jan. 12), SIU Edwardsville (87-86, Jan. 24) and Jacksonville State (81-64, Feb. 9).

Against the Ohio Valley
Southeast Missouri is 23-43 in Ohio Valley Conference play under head coach Rick Ray. The Redhawks best OVC record with Ray at the helm was 9-7 in 2016-17. That year was also the last time SEMO made the OVC Tournament.