Belmont (24-4, 15-2 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri (10-20, 5-12 OVC)

Date: Saturday, March 2, 2019
Tip-Off: 7 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Arena: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series History: Belmont leads, 7-0
Last Meeting: Belmont 97, SEMO 71 (Jan. 31, 2019 / Nashville, Tenn.)
Head Coaches: Rick Ray (81-139 overall; 44-79 at SEMO; 24-43 OVC). Rick Byrd (802-399 overall; 710-344 at Belmont; 96-19 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 End Season
Southeast Missouri (10-20, 5-12) ends its 2018-19 season at home when it hosts Ohio Valley Conference leader Belmont (24-4, 15-2) Saturday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m., CT, at the Show Me Center.

Follow the Redhawks
Fans can listen to Saturday's 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.

Series History
Belmont is undefeated at 7-0 in its all-time series against Southeast Missouri. The Bruins are 4-0 in Nashville and 3-0 in Cape Girardeau. Belmont won, 97-71, during the last meeting between these teams on Dec. 31. This year marks the first time since Belmont joined the Ohio Valley Conference that the teams play each other twice.

Redhawks Eliminated 
Southeast Missouri and Tennessee Tech were both eliminated from this year's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Thursday. Austin Peay, Belmont, Jacksonville State and Murray State have clinched spots and will be top four seeds. Eastern Illinois and Morehead State have secured berths in the eight-team tournament.

Senior Night
The Redhawks will honor seniors Jonathan Dalton, Mark Laros and Donnie Lewis prior to tipoff Saturday. Dalton played three years at Southeast Missouri and started the last two seasons at point guard. He averaged 4.6 points and 3.4 assists in 91 games and 59 starts in his career. Dalton accumulated 311 assists and went over 100 in each of the last two seasons of his career. He ranks ninth all-time in career assists at SEMO. Laros saw action in 57 games and made seven starts in two years with the Redhawks. He averaged 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per contest and shot 60.5 percent from the field in his career. Lewis, a walk-on, played in 53 games and made two starts in two seasons at SEMO.

Hot From Downtown
Southeast Missouri shot a season-high 73.7 percent from 3-point range against Tennessee State (Feb. 28). The Redhawks knocked down 14-of-19 threes with five players making two or more. The .737 three-point field goal percentage is SEMO's highest in a game since it shot 81.8 percent (9-of-11) at Southeastern Louisiana on Dec. 1, 2012.

Season-High in Free Throws
To go along with its strong shooting performance from long range, Southeast Missouri made a season-high 27 free throws in its win over Tennessee State (Feb. 28). It was the fourth time this season where the  Redhawks made 20 or more free throws in a game.

Dalton Does it Again
Jonathan Dalton dished out five assists against Tennessee State (Feb. 28) and went over 100 assists for the second-straight season. Dalton leads the Redhawks with 102 assists and averages 3.4 per game this year. He has a total of 311 assists in his career.