Southeast Missouri (9-3, 1-0 OVC) at Murray State (7-5, 0-1 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Saturday, January 4, 2020
Tip-off: 5:00 p.m., CT
Location: Murray, Ky.
Arena: CFSB Center
Series: SEMO leads, 39-29 
Last Meeting: MSU 82, SEMO 72 | February 23, 2019 | CFSB Center
Head Coaches: Rekha Patterson (64-68, Fifth Season). Rechelle Turner (31-41, Third Season).
 
Media Information
Video: ESPN+
Radio: SEMO ESPN 1220 AM (Erik Sean)
Live Stats: GoSoutheast.com
Twitter: @OffiicialSEMOWBB

Tipping Off 
The Southeast Missouri women's basketball team continues Ohio Valley Conference play on the road at Murray State Saturday. Start time is set for 5 p.m., CT, at the CFSB Center. The Redhawks have a 33-36 OVC record under head coach Rekha Patterson.

Follow the Redhawks 
Fans can listen to Saturday's game live on the radio at SEMO ESPN 1220 AM with Erik Sean calling the action. The broadcast will also be streamed at SEMOESPN.com and on the SEMO ESPN app. Video can be accessed at ESPN+. Live stats are available at GoSoutheast.com. Twitter updates will be available at @OfficialSEMOWBB. 

Series History 
Southeast Missouri leads its all-time series against Murray State, 39-29. The most recent matchup was at the CFSB Center where the Redhawks dropped a 82-72 decision on Feb. 23, 2019. The Racers currently hold a two-game winnin streak after sweeping the Redhawks last season for the first time since the 2011-2012 season and just the fifth time since SEMO joined the league.

Scouting the Racers
The Racers are 7-5 this season with a 0-1 mark in conference play. The Racers recently dropped an 89-64 decision to UT Martin to open OVC play. MSU averages 67 points and 40.7 rebounds per contest. The Racers have been outrebounded by their opponents by an average of three rebounds per game. Sophomore Macey Turley leads the Racers in points per game (18.1), assists (60), steals (29) and free throw percentage (.909, 60-66). Turley is ranked eighth in the nation in free throw percentage (.909). Last season, Turley was named OVC Freshman of the Year after being named Freshman of the Week seven different times. The Murray, Kentucky native became just the fifth freshman in school history to record 30-plus points in a game with 32 on Jan. 12 at SEMO. 

Redhawks Nationally Ranked
The Redhawks are ranked nationally in rebounds per game (10th, 44.83), offensive rebounds per game (18th, 16.2) and rebounding margin (22nd, 9.9). SEMO leads the OVC in field goal percentage (42.7), offensive rebounds per game (16.2), scoring offense (75.7), rebound margin (9.9), rebounds (538) and rebounds per game (44.83). Individually, Carrie Shephard ranks third in the nation in 3-point field goals per game (3.58) and ninth in 3-pointers made (43). Shephard is also ranked first in the OVC in both of those categories. 

Non-Conference Play
The Redhawks finished their non-conference slate with a 8-3 record. SEMO dropped games to Eastern Michigan (64-69, Nov. 19), Saint Louis (76-61, Dec. 3) and Western Illinois (97-91, Dec. 17). The Redhawks blew past SEC's Ole Miss (70-53, Dec. 14) and Harris-Stowe (106-64, Dec. 29), and beat Evansville (83-60, Nov. 10), Arkansas State (79-67, Nov. 13), Purdue-Fort Wayne (58-48, Nov. 21), Southern Illinois (79-65, Dec. 7) and Indiana State (68-55, Dec. 21). Carrie Shephard leads the team with 18.4 points and 3.7 three-pointers per game. SEMO was undefeated when leading at halftime and forced 15-plus turnovers in all but one contest during its non-conference season.

1,000 Point Club
Junior Tesia Thompson became just the 10th Redhawk in the Division I era to surpass 1,000-career points. She reached this milestone at Ole Miss (Dec. 14) in the first quarter. In her career, Thompson averages 15.8 points per contest. She was sidelined for three games this season due to a concussion.  Olivia Hackmann (2012-2017) was the last Redhawk to score over 1,000 points.

SEMO Holds Off Austin Peay
Carrie Shephard scored a game-high 19 points and Southeast Missouri used a key run down the stretch to hold off Austin Peay in a 79-66 Ohio Valley Conference opening win Jan. 2 at the Dunn Center. SEMO handed APSU its first home loss of the season and locked down on the defensive end to bury the Governors. This is the first time the Redhawks have defeated the Governors at home under head coach Rekha Patterson. SEMO won its third game in a row and has gone 5-1 in its last six contests.

Redhawks Topple Ole Miss
Southeast Missouri recorded a dominating 70-53 win over SEC member Ole Miss for its first road win over an SEC school in program history. The win was SEMO's second all-time against a SEC foe and first since the Redhawks beat Missouri, 90-71, at home on Nov. 24, 1998. The Redhawks started a season with wins in six of their first eight games for the first time since 1993-94.