Game #14
Southeast Missouri (5-8, 0-2 OVC)
vs. UT Martin (5-8, 1-1 OVC)
Game Information
Date: Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023
Tip-off: 5:30 p.m., CT.
Location: Martin, Tenn.   
Arena: Kathleen & Tom Elam Center 
Series: UTM leads 44-32 
Last Meeting: UTM won 70-49 | Feb. 4, 2022 | Cape Girardeau, Mo.  
Head Coaches: Rekha Patterson (106-115, Eighth Season at SEMO);
Kevin McMillan (252-160, 14^th season at UTM)
 
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Redhawks Trek To UT Martin To Continue OVC Play Thursday
Southeast Missouri (5-8, 0-2 OVC) will look for their first Ohio Valley Conference win of the season on Thursday when they make the short trip to take on UT Martin (5-8, 1-1 OVC) at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m., CT.
 
Series History
Thursday's meeting between the Redhawks and Skyhawks marks the 77^th meeting between both schools in women's basketball. UTM won the last matchup which came on Feb. 4, 2022, by a final score of 70-49 in Cape Girardeau. 
 
The Skyhawks have won four-straight in the matchup with SEMO's last victory over UTM coming on March 7, 2020 in the 2019-20 OVC Tournament by a final score of 67-47 in Evansville, Indiana. 
 
Scouting the Opponent
Skyhawks 
UTM comes in to Thursday's matchup off the back of a 63-48 victory over Morehead State in Martin, Tenn. on Dec. 31. 
 
The Skyhawks shot 40-percent from the field in the contest, including an impressive 38-percent clip from behind the arc to secure their first conference win of the season. 
 
UTM forced Morehead State into 20 turnovers, including 16 steals, and converted the mistakes into 23 points. The Skyhawks also won the battle of the boards by nine (35-26) and did not miss a foul shot in the contest. 
 
The Skyhawks had four players score in double-figures in Saturday's contest, led by Freshman guard Josie Storey. Storey had 15 points, including four three-pointers. 
 
Seygan Robins (13 points), Shae Littleford (13 points), and Sharnecce Currie-Jelks (12 points) were the other Skyhawks that found double-digits in the contest. 
 
Thus far, UTM is averaging 60.9 points per game (792 points) as a team which places them fifth in the Ohio Valley for that category. 
 
The Skyhawks have also shot an impressive 40-percent from the field so far on the season and puts them at fourth-place in the conference in shooting percentage. 
 
Sharnecce Currie-Jelks highlights this UTM team. Currie-Jelks has started in all 13-games for the Skyhawks so far this season, and leads the team in scoring with 170 points to her name (13.1 PPG). 

She is also the team leader in field goal percentage connecting on 73-out-of-145 attempts (.503). Currie-Jelks is also the team leader in rebounds for UTM, hauling in 86 total rebounds (25 off., 61 def.) in 13-games. 
 
She leads the team in blocks with 11. 
 
Last Time Out
SEMO women's basketball dropped their last contest to SIUE on Saturday, Dec. 31, in Cape Girardeau, losing their second-straight game by a final score of 76-61. 
 
Sophomore guard Jaliyah Green notched a career-high with 18 points to lead the Redhawks but an eventual comeback bid fell short in Saturday's contest. 
 
Green scored 17 of her points in the third quarter where SEMO outscored SIUE, 27-9, and shot 64.7 percent with 11 makes on 17 field goal attempts.
 
She buried all three of her 3-pointers and missed just once (7-of-8) from the floor. Green's jumper at the buzzer got SEMO within seven at 55-48 at the end of three quarters.
 
SIUE heated up to shoot a scorching 66.7 percent from the field in the first half.
 
SEMO, meanwhile, started slow missing its first six shots and turning the ball over five times in the opening 3:29. SIUE capitalized on the misfortune with a 9-0 run and scored 12 of the first 14 points to build a 12-2 lead with 5:34 remaining in the first quarter. Kiyley Flowers' fastbreak layup was the Redhawks only basket in that stretch.
 
SIUE later used a 7-0 surge to increase its lead to 24-9 before closing out the first quarter ahead, 26-14.
 
The Cougars continued their hot shooting making eight of their 10 field goals at an 80 percent clip in the second period. SEMO did not score for the final 4:43 of the quarter as SIUE headed into the intermission with a big 46-21 lead.
 
SEMO shot just 23.7 percent (7-of-30) and had 15 turnovers in the first half. Those miscues led to 18 points for SIUE.
 
Doyle's fastbreak jumper again got the Redhawks within seven (57-50) early in the fourth quarter before SIUE answered with six-straight points to grab a 63-50 advantage at the 7:25 mark.
 
SEMO continued to battle and managed to make it an eight-point game when Kennedi Watkins scored to trim SIUE's lead to 64-56 with just under five minutes left. That, however, was as close as the Redhawks would get the rest of the way.
 
Green shot 7-of-12 from the field, 3-of-5 from 3-point range and 1-of-2 at the free throw line to lead SEMO. Doyle and Watkins followed with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Watkins added nine rebounds, as well.
 
SEMO finished the day shooting 35.4 percent (23-of-65) from the field and turned the ball over 21 times. The Redhawks had just six turnovers in the second half though.
 
Additionally, the Redhawks pulled down a season-high 16 offensive rebounds.
 
Where We Rank
Just two games into the Ohio Valley Conference season, here is where SEMO ranks in the conference. 
 
SEMO currently ranks eighth in the conference scoring just over 56-points a game (56.5), Eastern Illinois sits at the top spot with 70.7 points per game. 
 
The Redhawks sit in ninth place in the conference in field goal percentage. SEMO has made 262 field goals on 731 attempts for a 35-percent clip.  
 
On the defensive side, SEMO ranks fourth in the conference in opponent's field-goal percentage. Teams have only shot 39-percent against the Redhawks this season. 
 
Southeast has found success from the three-point line this season, ranking fifth in the conference (30-percent) from behind the arc. The Redhawks were 10-of-18 against Illinois-Chicago on Dec. 20. 
 
Double-Digit Performances
Alecia Doyle and Jaliyah Green have recorded double-digit scoring in two-straight games. 
 
Doyle, a Freshman from Herrin, Ill., scored 14 points against USI (12/29) to open conference play, and registered 13 more against SIUE on Saturday afternoon (12/31). 
 
Jaliyah Green registered a career-high in Saturday's contest against SIUE with 18 points, that included 17-points in the third quarter. She was 7-of-8 from the field in the contest including a perfect 3-of-3 from three-point land. 
 
Against USI, Green scored 12 points to open OVC play. 
 
Looking Ahead
Following Thursday's contest, SEMO will be back in action on the road to take on Little Rock. Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m., CT in Little Rock, Ark.