Tennessee Tech (7-16, 3-7 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri (7-16, 2-8 OVC)

Date: Thursday, February 7, 2019
Tip-Off: 7:45 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Arena: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series History: TTU leads, 33-16
Last Meeting: TTU 76, SEMO 65 (Jan. 25, 2018 / Cookeville, Tenn.)
Head Coaches: Rick Ray (78-135 overall; 41-75 at SEMO; 21-39 OVC). Steve Payne (117-127 overall; 117-127 at TTU; 59-65 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

Redhawks Return Home
Southeast Missouri (7-16, 2-8) returns home to host Tennessee Tech (7-16, 3-7) Thursday. Tip-off is set for 7:45 p.m., CT, at the Show Me Center. 

Follow the Redhawks
Fans can listen to Thursday's game live on the radio at Real Rock 99.3 FM and ESPN 1220 AM. Erik Sean and Jess Bolen 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 third installment of "T-Shirt Thursday" is this week against Tennessee Tech. T-shirts will be given to the first 1,000 fans for every Ohio Valley Conference Thursday home game this season.

Series History
Thursday is the 50th meeting between Southeast Missouri and Tennessee Tech. The all-time series currently stands at 33-16 in favor of TTU. The Redhawks beat the Golden Eagles in three-straight matchups at the Show Me Center and won four of the previous six meetings in the series.

Looking Ahead
After this week's home games against Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State (Feb. 9), the Redhawks hit the road for four-straight contests. Southeast Missouri makes trips to UT Martin (Feb. 14), Eastern Illinois (Feb. 16), Austin Peay (Feb. 21) and Murray State (Feb. 23) during its longest road stretch of the season.

Brewer Takes Over
For the first time in his career, guard Ledarrius Brewer scored over 20 points in three-straight games when he netted 24 against both SIU Edwardsville (Jan. 24) and Eastern Illinois (Jan. 26), and 22 at Belmont (Jan. 31). Brewer scored 23.3 points per game in that stretch and increased his team-high scoring average to 14 points per contest. He has led Southeast Missouri in scoring 10 times this year.  

McGlothan Rises in Starting Role
Freshman Gabe McGlothan averaged a double-double 13.5 points and 14 rebounds in his first two career starts last week. McGlothan shot 52.4 percent (11-of-21) from the field and pulled down 28 rebounds, while dishing out three assists for the week. He scored a season-high 18 points to go along with 16 rebounds in his first career start vs. SIU Edwardsville (Jan. 24). Two days later, McGlothan just missed a double-double when he scored nine points and tallied 12 boards. He has started each of the last four contests.

All 23 Starts
Sophomore Isaiah Gable is the only Redhawk who has started every game this season. Gable is fourth on the team in scoring with 8.3 points per game and is the team's second-leading scorer in Ohio Valley Conference games (12.2 ppg).

Draining 3s
The Redhawks matched a season-high 14 three-pointers at Florida State (Dec. 17). Southeast Missouri shot 14-of-37 behind the arc with seven treys in each half. SEMO made 11 or more 3-pointers in nine contests. The Redhawks are averaging 8.7 three-point field goals made per game.

More from the Arc
Southeast Missouri ranks third in the Ohio Valley Conference in 3-pointers made through 23 games this season. The Redhawks drained 200 three-pointers in 562 attempts. 

Defending the Three
The Redhawks rank second in the Ohio Valley Conference and 30th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense. Opponents are shooting 30.3 percent from beyond the arc against Southeast Missouri this year. Murray State leads the OVC with a .274 three-point field goal percentage defense.

About Tennessee Tech
Tennessee Tech marks the third-straight Tennessee school the Redhawks face. TTU comes to Cape Girardeau on a two-game losing streak and has dropped six of its last seven contests. Currently, the Golden Eagles rank one spot ahead of Southeast Missouri in the Ohio Valley Conference standings. Jr. Clay leads TTU with 13.9 points per game and is averaging 17.4 in league play. Hunter Vick follows with 10.7 points per contest. The Golden Eagles are last in the OVC in scoring with 69.5 points a game.

Against the Ohio Valley
Southeast Missouri is 21-39 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.