Southeast Missouri (20-5, 12-2 OVC) vs Jacksonville State (11-14, 7-7 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020
Tip-off: 5:15 p.m., CT
Location: Jacksonville, Ala.
Arena: Pete Matthews Coliseum
Series: SEMOleads, 15-7
Last Meeting: SEMO 79, JSU 52 | Feb. 6, 2020 | Show Me Center
Head Coaches: Rekha Patterson (75-70, Fifth Season). Rick Pietri (321-269, 19th Season).
 
Media Information
Video: ESPN+
Radio:  ESPN 93.5 FM & 1220 AM (Erik Sean)
Live Stats: GoSoutheast.com
Twitter: @OffiicialSEMOWBB

Tipping Off 
The Southeast Missouri women's basketball team heads to Jacksonville State Thursday. Tip-off is set for 5:15 p.m., CT at Pete Matthews Coliseum.

Follow the Redhawks 
Fans can listen to Thursday's game live on the radio at ESPN 93.5 FM & 1220 AM with Erik Sean calling the action. 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 Jacksonville State, 15-7. SEMOdefeated JSU, 79-52, in the last meeting at the Show Me Center on Feb. 6. This is the second meeting between the two teams this season. The last time the two teams met up twice in the regular season was in 2012 and the Redhawksswept the Gamecocks that year. 

Scouting the Gamecocks
The Gamecocks are 11-14 this season with a 7-7 mark in conference play. Jacksonville State is coming off a 61-49 loss to Belmont. The Gamecocks swept Eastern Kentucky and were swept by Morehead State earlier this season. JSU also recorded OVC wins over Murray State (Jan. 9), SIUE(Jan. 18), Tennessee State (Jan. 30), Belmont (Feb. 1), and Tennessee Tech (Feb. 13). As a team, JSU averages 60.6 points, 38.6 rebounds and 6.8 three-pointers per game. Taylor Hawkes is the only Gamecock to start every game. Hawks averages 11.9 points and 4.3 rebounds. She leads the team with 74 assists and 41 steals. 

Redahwks Ranked 24thin CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Top 25
Southeast Missouri's women's basketball team was ranked 24thin the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll released Tuesday. The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, Western Athletic.The CollegeInsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its 10thseason of existence. 

Shephard Breaks Records
Carrie Shephard has made 77 three-pointers this season, setting the single-season record in 3-pointers made. Shephard holds the top two single-season marks after draining 73 made 3-pointers a year ago. Shephard made 150 three-pointers in her career thus far and stands fourth on SEMO's all-time career list. Julie Meier (1991-1995) holds the record with 174 three-pointers made.

Redhawks Nationally Ranked
The Redhawks rank in the top 20 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (5th, 16.4), rebounds margin (10th, 9.4), rebounds (6th, 1,107), and rebounds per game (8th, 44.28). SEMOleads the OVC in assist/turnover ratio (1.05), offensive rebounds per game (16.4), rebound margin (9.4), rebounds (1,107), rebounds per game (44.28), scoring margin (12.1), scoring offense (74.2), and won/lost percentage (80.0).

Shephard Reaches Top 20
Guard Carrie Shephard ranks among the top NCAA women's basketball players in various categories. The Steele, Missouri native is ranked in 3-point field goals per game (10th, 3.08), 3-point field goals made (9th, 72), 3-point field attempted (16th, 196), steals (42nd, 59) and steals per game (52nd, 2.36). Shephard leads the OVC in each of these categories.

11-Game Winning Streak
Southeast Missouri is on a season-long 11-game winning streak going into Thursday's matchup. The streak began with a 83-54 win over Tennessee State on Jan. 11. SEMO is 10-1 at home this season. The 11-game winning streak is currently the longest in the Ohio Valley Conference and is tied for the seventh longest streak in Division I women's basketball. The last time the Redhawks held a winning streak this long was during the 2007-08 campaign. SEMO won 12-straight games and finished with a 17-3 mark in OVC play to win the regular-season title that year. 

Ohio Valley Conference Tournament
The OVC Basketball Championship will be held at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana again this year. The Championship will feature 14 games of basketball action spanning four days as teams compete to capture the OVC title and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The opening rounds of the 2020 OVC Basketball Championships begin on Wednesday, March 4. The championship games will be played on Saturday, March 7, 2020. 

Play4Kay 
SouthastMissouri is participating in the 2020 Play4Kay National Free Throw Challenge. Fans can support the Redhawks by pledging for every free throw made during the month of February or with a one-time donation. For more information about SEMO'sPlay4Kayvisit GoSoutheast.com/Play4Kay. All proceeds benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. To learn more about Kay Yow Cancer Fund, please visit www.kayyow.com.

Block Party
Redshirt-junior LaTrese Saine registered 39 blocks this season, landing her eighth among the school's single-season leaders. Chandra Brown holds the record with 49 blocks in a single season. Saine has 100 blocks in her career, putting her fourth among SEMO's career leaders. Vera Roberts holds the career record with 115 blocks. 

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 earlier this season due to a concussion. Olivia Hackmann (2012-2017) was the last Redhawk to score over 1,000 points. 

Thompson Scores Big
Junior Tesia Thompson has 1,325 points in her career at Southeast Missouri. Thompson is eighth all-time on the school's career scoring list. Gray C. Harris (1992-1996) holds the scoring title with 2,176 career-points. Thompson currently has 398 points this season, averaging 17.9 per contest. 

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.

SEMO Sweeps 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. It was the first time the Redhawks defeated the Governors in Clarksville under head coach Rekha Patterson. The Redhawks then forced a season-high 25 turnovers, resulting in a season-best 15 steals in an 81-43 victory over the Governors on Jan. 16. SEMO held APSU to a season-low 23 points in the first half of that game. It was the second-straight game SEMO held its opponent to 23 first-half points. 

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.