Game #15
Southeast Missouri (4-10, 1-2 OVC)
Vs. Lindenwood (2-10, 0-2 OVC)
Game Information
Date: Thursday, January 11
Tip-off: 5:15 p.m., CT. 
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.       
Arena: Show Me Center
Series: SEMO leads 3-0
Last Meeting: SEMO won 67-62 | February 23, 2023, | St. Charles, Mo.
Head Coaches: Rekha Patterson (121-132, Ninth Season at SEMO);
Amy Eagan (2-10, 1st season)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: SEMO ESPN Radio (Erik Sean)

Game Notes (PDF)
 
Redhawks Ready for In-State Rival Lindenwood Thursday Night
Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (4-10, 1-2 OVC) will return to Ohio Valley Conference play on Thursday, January 11, when they host in-state rival Lindenwood (2-10, 0-2 OVC) at the Show-Me Center. Tip-off is set for 5:15 p.m., CT. in Cape Girardeau.
 
Series History 
The 2022-23 season marked the first season for Lindenwood in the Division I era and was the first time that the Redhawks and Lions met as D-I opponents. The Redhawks swept the regular season series with Lindenwood, capping it off with a 67-62 victory in St. Charles on February 23, 2023. SEMO now maintains a 3-0 series advantage. 
 
Top Scorer
Junior guard Jaliyah Green is SEMO's top scorer this season through the first 14 games. Green, a Wentzville, Mo.-native, averages 14.7 points-per-game for Coach Rekha Patterson and has started all 14 games in 23-24. Green is currently ranked sixth overall in the OVC in scoring. Forward Raegan McCowan of WIU is in first place (17.9 PPG). 
 
Game of Quarters
The Redhawks have had success in all four quarters of the season, but the third quarter has been the Achilles heel so far in 23-24. In the first half, SEMO is trailing their opponents 460-467 on the season. In the second half, the Redhawks are winning the fourth quarter by a margin of 260-241. However, the third quarter has been where opponents have taken advantage leading the quarter 264-175 all season long. Overall, SEMO trails the season scoreboard 972-895. 
 
Turnover Margin
Southeast Missouri has done a great job of reducing turnovers as the season has progressed and in Thursday's contest against Western Illinois (1/4) they had a season-low seven turnovers. The Redhawks currently have a +2.9 turnover margin advantage over their opponents which ranks them third in the OVC in that category. 
 
Stealing Flowers
Junior guard Kiyley Flowers is currently leading the Ohio Valley Conference in steals with 34 total. Last season, Flowers finished runner-up to Morehead State's guard Veronica Charles who now trails Flowers this season. The Raymore, Mo.-native averages 2.6 steals-per-game and has played in 13 games after missing time due to an injury.
 
Last Time Out
The Redhawks picked up their first road win of the 2023-24 season and their second victory over a fellow Division I member last Thursday, downing league-leading Western Illinois by a final score of 72-66 in Macomb, Ill. 
 
Alecia Doyle and Jaliyah Green led the way offensively for the Redhawks with 17 and 16 points, respectively, as the duo has now scored double-digits in two straight games. 
 
As a team, SEMO finished the game going 26-for-72 (36-percent) and 4-for-19 from behind the three-point line. The Redhawks did most of their damage in the paint as SEMO finished with a 30-24 advantage over WIU. 
 
SEMO forced 19 WIU turnovers and converted them into 20 points as the Redhawks finished with a season-low seven turnovers as a team. 
 
The Redhawks utilized their bench as they have all season, scoring 20 points from the reserves compared to just 13 from the Leatherneck bench. 
 
Indiya Bowen contributed 14 points for SEMO in her highest total since November 28.
 
Kiyley Flowers started the second half with a three-pointer on the Redhawks' first possession of the half to make the score 41-32. 
 
The game featured a two-minute scoring draught before WIU's Raegan McCowan made 1-of-2 free throws with 7:53 left in the quarter. 
 
Midway through the quarter, an Addi Brownfield layup got the Leathernecks to within four, but Jaliyah Green would respond with a layup of her own to give SEMO a six-point lead with 4:50 to go before the final quarter.
 
The Redhawks would score three more points before the end of the quarter and led 49-46 as the game headed to the final 10-minutes. 
 
Amiyah Buchanan got the scoring going in the final quarter with a nice layup in the post to give SEMO a 51-46 lead with 9:21 left. 
 
A back-and-forth quarter, WIU failed to take the lead once, but got it to within three points with just a minute left in the contest. 
 
SEMO, out of the timeout, set up a beautiful play to get Alecia Doyle into open space and she connected on a reverse layup to give SEMO a 69-66 lead with just 30-seconds left. 
 
Jaliyah Green iced the game with a pair of free throws as SEMO held on for the 72-66 victory in Macomb.
 
Scouting The Opponent
Lindenwood
The Lions come to town coming off a 58-74 loss to Western Illinois where they shot 35.5% from the field. Following that loss to Western Illinois, the Lions are on a four-game losing streak.
 
Against Western Illinois Ellie Brueggemann led the lions with 13 points. Brueggemann also added two rebounds, one block, and one steal. 
 
Brueggemann is averaging 14.4 points per game (8th OVC), 41.7 FG% (5th OVC), 37.6 3-PT FG% (3rd OVC), 3.2 3-pointers per game (1st OVC).
 
Freshman Guard Mykayla Cunningham also notched double-digit points against the Leathernecks with ten points, going 4-8 from the field. 
 
Makayla Wallace recorded six points but had five rebounds, five steals, and five assists. Wallace currently leads the team in assists with 36 and in steals with 23. 
 
Lindenwood is averaging 67 points per game which is the fifth best in the conference but allowing 75.9 points per game, second worst in the OVC. The Lions are currently shooting 39.7% from the field, 28.3% from behind the arc, and 63.8% from the charity stripe. 
 
The Lions are in tenth place in the current OVC standings at 0-2 but are right behind Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech who are 1-3 in the conference.  
 
Looking Ahead
The Redhawks will head out on the road this weekend as they take a trip to Cookeville, Tenn. for an afternoon date with the preseason OVC-favorite Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m., CT. at the Eblen Center.