Eastern Illinois (14-14, 7-9 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri (7-22, 3-13 OVC)

Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020
Tip-Off: 7:15 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Arena: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series History: EIU leads, 31-24
Last Meeting: EIU 61, SEMO 59 (Jan. 25, 2020 | Charleston, Ill.)
Head Coaches: Rick Ray (87-162 overall; 50-102 at SEMO; 27-57 OVC). Jay Spoonhour (213-170 overall; 107-133 at EIU; 58-74 OVC).

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

Redhawks Host Eastern Illinois
Southeast Missouri (7-22, 3-13) hosts Eastern Illinois (14-14, 7-9) in its final home game of the season Thursday. Tip-off is set for 7:15 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. Erik Sean and Jess Bolen will call the action. Video is available at ESPN+. Live stats can be accessed at GoSoutheast.com. Twitter updates provided @SEMOMBB.

Series History
Southeast Missouri meets Eastern Illinois for the 56th time Thursday. EIU holds a 31-24 lead in the all-time series. The Redhawks won four of their last five matchups with the Panthers. EIU edged SEMO, 61-59, during the last meeting on Jan. 25 in Charleston.

Senior Night
The Redhawks will honor seniors Skyler Hogan and Quatarrius Wilson prior to tip-off of Thursday's game against Eastern Illinois. Hogan has spent three years with the Southeast Missouri program after transferring from Embry-Riddle. He started 55 of 59 games and averaged 9.8 points per contest with 33 steals and 60 assists in his career. Hogan also made 88 three-pointers and scored double figures 29 times as a Redhawk.  Wilson, who sat out the 2018-19 campaign after transferring from McNeese State, averaged 6.7 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Redhawks this season. He scored double figures 10 times and turned in three double-doubles.

Redhawks Eliminated from OVC Tournament
With its 71-62 loss to Tennessee Tech (Feb. 22), Southeast Missouri was eliminated from this year's eight-team Ohio Valley ConferenceTournament. SEMO, UT Martin and SIU Edwardsville are officially out of the OVC Tournament race. The Redhawks last made the OVC Tournament in 2016-17. 

February Update
The Redhawks are currently 3-4 in February. Southeast Missouri closes out its 2019-20 season with a home game against Eastern  Illinois (Feb. 27) and road contest at UT Martin (Feb. 29) this week.

Wilson Delivers
Quatarrius Wilson has scored double figures in four-straight games. Wilson is recently coming off a season-high 16-point effort at Tennessee Tech (Feb. 22). He also had 12 rebounds in that game for his team-high third double-double this year.

Hogan Steps Up
Skyler Hogan has also scored double-digits in four-consecutive games. Hogan dropped in a career-high 21 points and tied a season-high with four 3-pointers against UT Martin (Feb. 13). He followed that up with 17 points against SIU Edwardsville (Feb. 15), 11 points at Jacksonville State (Feb. 20) and 15 points at Tennessee Tech (Feb. 22). Hogan has scored double figures a total of 29 times in his career.

Gable Approaching 100 Threes
Isaiah Gable, who scored a season-high 13 points at Tennessee Tech (Feb. 22), is approaching 100 three-pointers made in his career. Gable has made 91 threes and ranks third on the team with 27 three-pointers made this year.

Last Time Out
Tennessee Tech scored nine of the game's final 12 points to get by Southeast Missouri, 71-62, on Feb. 22. SEMO and TTU exchanged leads 11 times and battled to six ties before the game was decided in the last 3:28. The Redhawks trailed, 62-59, following a jumper by Skyler Hogan. After that, TTU built a double-digit lead before Isaiah Gable buried a 3-pointer for the game's final basket.

Redhawks at Home
The Redhawks are 6-6 at the Show Me Center with wins over Purdue Fort Wayne (79-78, Nov. 10), Missouri S&T (72-71, Nov. 22), Missouri Baptist (74-59, Dec. 29), Jacksonville State (76-72, Feb. 6), UT Martin (74-72, Feb. 13) and SIU Edwardsville (75-71, Feb. 15). SEMO is on a two-game winning streak at the Show Me Center.

All Twenty-Nine
Forward Sage Tolbert is the only player who has started all 29 games for Southeast Missouri this year. Tolbert  logged 37-consecutive starts dating back to last season.

About Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois comes to Cape Girardeau with momentum after knocking off Murray State and Austin Peay, the top two teams in the Ohio Valley Conference. Both wins featured sizeable second-half comebacks. The Panthers rallied from a 50-23 deficit with 11:45 remaining in the game to defeat Murray State, 63-60. It was just the seventh time in Division I history that a team overcame a deficit of 27 or more points in the second half to win. EIU then erased a 13-point deficit midway through the second half to beat Austin Peay, 83-80, in overtime. For its efforts, EIU was named NABC Team of the Week.