Game #11
Southeast Missouri (4-6)
vs. Illinois-Chicago (8-2)
Game Information
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022
Tip-off: 11:00 a.m., CT.
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.  
Arena: Show-Me Center
Series: Tied 3-3 
Last Meeting: SEMO won 67-52 | Dec. 1, 2012  
Head Coaches: Rekha Patterson (105-113, Eighth Season at SEMO);
Ashleen Bracey (8-2, First season at UIC)
 
Follow The Game:
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Twitter: @officialSEMOWBB | @SEMORedhawks
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Stats:
SEMO WBB Stats (PDF)
 
 Redhawks Return Home To Take On Illinois-Chicago Tuesday to Conclude Non-Conference Play 
 
Southeast Missouri (4-6) will have a quick turnaround from Sunday's game with Evansville, as they are set to host the Illinois-Chicago Flames (8-2) on Tuesday morning, Dec. 20. Tip-off is slated for 11 a.m., CT. from the Show-Me Center here in Cape Girardeau, Mo. 
 
Series History
The all-time series between the Ohio Valley Conference member and one of the newest Missouri Valley Conference members is deadlocked at 3-3. The last time the Redhawks and Flames met on the court came on Dec. 1, 2012 resulting in a 67-52 SEMO victory here in Cape Girardeau. Tuesday's contest will mark just the seventh time these two programs have faced off in women's basketball. 
 
Scouting the Opponent 
Flames
Illinois-Chicago, led by first year coach Ashleen Bracey, are currently 8-2 in the 2022-23 campaign having just narrowly lost to the Big 10's Northwestern on Wednesday (12/14) by a final score of 66-62. 
 
Previous to that, the Flames were 8-1 with two impressive victories back-to-back over Loyola (45-36) and on the road versus American Athletic Conference member, Cincinnati (66-58). 
 
Following Wednesday's game for the Flames, UIC is led in scoring by forward Josie Filer. Last time out she had just eight points in 36-minutes of gametime for UIC for just her second lowest scoring total on the season. Filer is averaging 12.6 points per game along with 6.7 rebounds per game. 
 
She also leads the team in minutes played with 318 for a 31.8 average minutes per game mark.
 
Junior guard/forward Jaida McCloud is third on the team with 102 points (10.2 PPG) and second on the team in rebounds with 63 total (25 Off., 38 Def., 6.3 RPG). Against Northwestern, McCloud went for 15 points in just 25-minutes of gametime. She was also a near-perfect from the free throw line going 9-of-10 in the contest. 
 
Last Time Out
Rahmena Henderson scored 12 points and Kennedi Watkins added 10 as Southeast Missouri (4-6) fell to Evansville (5-3), 64-53, Sunday afternoon at Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
 
SEMO trailed, 13-11, after the first quarter before UE used a 22-9 second-quarter surge to take a 35-20 lead at the intermission.
 
UE used a 10-0 run to extend its lead to 29-13 when Abby Feit knocked down a 3-pointer with just under three minutes to go.
 
Feit scored 15 of her game-high 23 point in the first half alone.
 
SEMO held a five-point lead (8-3) with 7:22 remaining in the first quarter following a Watkins basket on a fast break.
 
The Redhawks made it a two-possession game (59-53) when Sophie Bussard buried a 3-pointer at the 1:32 mark, but that was as close as they would get. 
 
Henderson and Watkins each shot 5-of-7 from the field. Bussard added six points and six rebounds for SEMO which shot 35.5 percent (22-of-62).
 
UE outrebounded the Redhawks, 45-33. 
 
Feit was one of three double-digit scorers for the Purple Aces. She made 7-of-13 field goals and did not miss a free throw going 7-of-7. Feit completed her double-double with 12 rebounds.
 
Jossie Hudston followed with 13 points and Kynidi Mason Striverson chipped in 10. UE led for all but 6:11 of the contest.
 
Looking Ahead
Tuesday's contest will conclude the 2022 Non-Conference portion of the schedule. The Redhawks will be back in action on Thursday, Dec. 29, in Evansville, Ind. When they take on Southern Indiana. Tip-off is slated for 5 p.m., CT.