Game #12
Southeast Missouri (5-6, 0-0 OVC)
vs. Southern Indiana (6-5, 0-0 OVC)
Game Information
Date: Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022
Tip-off: 5:00 p.m., CT. 
Location: Evansville, Ind.   
Arena: Screaming Eagles Arena
Series: SEMO leads the series 11-1
Last Meeting: USI won 94-86 | Dec. 1, 1992 | Cape Girardeau, Mo. 
Head Coaches: Rekha Patterson (106-113, Eighth Season at SEMO);
Rick Stein (411-237, 23^rd Season at USI)
 
Game #13
Southeast Missouri (5-6, 0-0 OVC)
vs. SIUE Cougars (1-10, 0-0 OVC)
Game Information
Date: Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022
Tip-off: 12:00 p.m., CT.
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.  
Arena: Show-Me Center
Series: SEMO leads 29-19 
Last Meeting: SEMO won 63-52 | Feb. 27, 2021 | Edwardsville, Ill. 
Head Coaches: Rekha Patterson (106-113, Eighth Season at SEMO);
Samantha Quigley Smith (14-27, second season at SIUE)
 
Follow The Game:
Video: ESPN+
Listen: SEMO Radio (Erik Sean)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
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Twitter: @officialSEMOWBB | @SEMORedhawks
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Stats: 
2022-23 SEMO WBB Stats (PDF)
 
 
Southeast Missouri Will Begin Conference Play On the Road Thursday Against Southern Indiana, Return Home Saturday for SIUE. 
 
Southeast Missouri women's basketball (5-6, 0-0 OVC) will begin the 2022-23 Ohio Valley Conference portion of the schedule when the Redhawks travel to Evansville, Ind. for the second time in 10 days to take on OVC-newcomer Southern Indiana (6-5, 0-0 OVC) on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Tip-off is slated for 5 p.m., CT. from Screaming Eagles Arena.
 
The Redhawks will then return home to ring in the New Year, with a Saturday afternoon matchup with longtime OVC-foe, SIUE (1-10, 0-0 OVC). Tip-off is set for 12 p.m., CT. from the Show-Me Center in Cape Girardeau. 
 
Series History
USI
Thursday's contest will mark the 13^th time that these two schools have faced off in basketball, however, it will be just the first time that both schools will be competing as Division-I institutions against each other. 
 
The last time that these two squared off, came on Dec. 1, 1992 in Cape Girardeau. The Screaming Eagles won by a final score of 94-86. Southern Indiana most recently joined the Ohio Valley Conference beginning this season.
 
SEMO leads the all-time series record by a lopsided 11-1 mark. 
 
SIUE Cougars
A familiar foe to the OVC and the Redhawks in general. Saturday's contest will be the 49^th time that these two have played each other in women's basketball with SEMO holding a slight 29-19 advantage over the Cougars. 
 
These two teams met last on February 27, 2021 in Edwardsville, Ill. To conclude the OVC regular season. The Redhawks won by 11 points for a final score of 63-52. 
 
Scouting the Opponent
USI
The Screaming Eagles (6-5, 0-0 OVC) come into Thursday's contest riding a one-game win streak following a 90-48 drubbing of Brescia University (Ky.) before the holiday break. 
 
USI and SEMO share a common opponent having both beaten Western Illinois earlier in the season. Southern Indiana defeated the Leathernecks by a final score of 88-75. 
 
Two quality wins over Eastern Michigan (66-60, Dec. 10) and Wright State (76-66, Dec. 17) have the Screaming Eagles one-game above .500 heading into their first season in the Ohio Valley Conference.
 
Hannah Haithcock and Meredith Raley lead USI in scoring heading into conference play. 
 
Haithcock, a junior from Washington Courthouse, Ohio, currently sits at 345 points for the season (12.3 Points Per Game). She is also third on the team in rebounding (132) and fifth on the team in free-throw percentage shooting an impressive .805-percent. 
 
Raley, a 6-0 forward, has tallied 341 points thus far for USI which stands at a mark of 11.8 points per game. She is currenty second on the team in field-goal percentage at .479 (126-263). 
 
As a team, USI is scoring 77.7 points per contest, and has an average scoring margin of 12.0 points per game. 
 
Cougars
SIUE (1-10, 0-0 OVC) picked up their first win of the season on Dec. 17, defeating the Northern Illinois Huskies, in DeKalb, Ill., to halt an eight-game losing streak to pick up the first win of the campaign. 
 
The Cougars are led by second year Head Coach Samantha Quigley Smith. 
SIUE will begin their 2022-23 conference campaign on Thursday, at home in Edwardsville, Ill., when they play host to Tennessee Tech.
 
The contest will be the only game played before SIUE visits Cape Girardeau on Saturday morning. 
 
The Cougars are currently shooting .330 from the field as a team (210-637) which has amassed to 604 points, thus far, for a 54.9 points per game-mark.
 
Sophomore guard Sofie Lowis currently leads the Cougars in scoring with 98-points on the season. Lowis, a Springfield, Ill.-native, has knocked down 14 three-pointers this season (.233) for an 8.9 points per game average 
 
Molly Sheehan leads the team in three-point field goals made, having made 20 on the season. Sheehan is currently shooting .377 from behind the arc and is second on the team in points with 93 (8.5 ppg). 
 
The Sophomore guard also holds an impressive .905 free-throw percentage on the season, having only missed two attempts from the charity stripe. 
 
The Cougars game versus TTU will be on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 5 p.m., CT. 
 
Last Time Out
Southeast Missouri (5-6) buried a season-high 10 three-pointers and made a huge defensive stop to edge Illinois-Chicago (8-3), 56-55, Tuesday morning at the Show Me Center.
 
The win marked SEMO's fifth-straight game at home where they are undefeated (5-0) this season.
 
Neither team scored for the final 2:12 of the game and UIC had the ball with 43 seconds left following two missed free throws by Kennedi Watkins. 
 
Sara Zabrecky missed a 3-pointer and Kristian Young grabbed the offensive rebound to extend the Flames' possession. After a 30-second timeout, Julia Sion stole the ball from Danyel Middleton and time expired.
 
SEMO knocked off a strong UIC team and overcame a double-digit deficit to pull off its exciting come-from-behind victory.
 
Down, 28-17, with 5:14 remaining in the second quarter, the Redhawks put together a ferocious 16-0 run to take a five-point advantage.
 
Kiyley Flowers, Alecia Doyle and Jaliyah Green each made a 3-pointer to kickstart the surge. Doyle later tied the game at 28-28 on a jumper and Michaela Mayfield drained a 3-pointer to put the Redhawks ahead, 31-28, on their ensuing possession.
 
Two free throws by Green widened SEMO's lead to 33-28 with 1:30 to go before the Redhawks led, 33-32, at the half.
 
Less than 30 seconds into the third quarter, Kristian Young made two free throws to regain a 34-33 lead for UIC. That, however, was the last time the Flames would be ahead.
 
SEMO took its biggest lead when Doyle splashed in a 3-pointer off a turnover to make it a 49-43 game with a little over two minutes left. 
 
Then, late in the fourth quarter, UIC scored five-straight points to cut SEMO's lead to 56-55 and did not score again after that.
 
SEMO shot 56 percent (10-of-18) from 3-point range with seven different players making a three. The Redhawks last had 10 or more 3-pointers made in a non-conference game vs. Illinois-Springfield (11) on Dec. 4, 2018. At one time, SEMO made seven 3-pointers in a row.
 
Flowers paved the way with 11 points on 3-of-5 field goals and 3-of-4 free throws. Two of her field goals came from long range.
 
Doyle followed close behind with 10 points. She, too, hit a pair of 3-pointers.
 
Defensively, SEMO forced 19 turnovers and converted those into 28 points. The Redhawks held a +16 margin (28-12) in points off turnovers.
 
Josie Filer topped UIC with 15 points and nine rebounds.
 
Next Up
The Redhawks will continue Ohio Valley Conference play, this time in the year 2023, when they head out on the road to take on UT-Martin and Little Rock, January 5 & 7, respectively.