Kansas City (4-4) vs. Southeast Missouri (2-4)

Game Information
Date: Saturday, November 30, 2024
Tip-Off: 7:30 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Facility: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series: SEMO leads, 9-4
Last Meeting: KC 74, SEMO 44 | 11/30/23 | Kansas City, Mo.

Head Coaches
Kansas City: Marvin Menzies (276-198 overall; 31-41 at KC; 17-17 SUMMIT)    
Southeast Missouri: Brad Korn (55-77 overall; 55-77 at SEMO; 31-42 OVC)

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Redhawks Welcome Kansas City
•    Southeast Missouri hosts Summit League member Kansas City over the Thanksgiving weekend Saturday. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m., CT at the Show Me Center Saturday.
•    Saturday marks the third home game for the Redhawks this season.
•    SEMO faces KC on the final day of November coming off a eight-day layoff.
•    The Redhawks were last in action for two games in Conway, Arkanasas. SEMO split those contests beating Central Arkansas (Nov. 21) and falling to UNC Asheville (Nov. 22).
•    SEMO defeated KC the last two times it came to Cape Girardeau in 2015-16 and 2022-23.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Series Notes
•    Saturday marks the 14th meeting between Southeast Missouri and Kansas City.
•    SEMO holds a 9-4 lead in the all-time series.
•    The Redhawks beat the Roos in four of the last six matchups.
•    KC, however, won last year's meeting by a score of 74-44 in Kansas City on Nov. 30, 2023.
•    The Roos return the trip to Cape Girardeau on the backend of a home-and-home series.
•    This will be the seventh time KC plays at the Show Me Center. The Roos are 3-3 against the Redhawks in Cape Girardeau.

3-Pointer Streak
•    The Redhawks have made at least one 3-pointer in 495 consecutive games.
•    The last time Southeast Missouri did not make a 3-pointer was vs. Western Illinois (0-of-6) on Dec. 10, 2008.
•    SEMO has made 52-of-163 threes at a 32 percent rate this season.
•    The Redhawks drained 11 or more threes in three of their first six contests.

About Kansas City
•    Summit League member Kansas City is even at 4-4 this season.
•    The Roos were most recently in Puerto Rico for three games, where they fell to both Albany (67-65) and American University (64-60) and beat Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (88-55).
•    KC has four players scoring double figures with Jayson Petty and Jamar Brown leading the way with 15.3 points per game. Kasheem Grady II and Anderson Kopp follow with 11.9 and 11.1 points per contest, respectively.

Arkansas Rewind
•    The Redhawks were last in action for two games as part of the Central Arkansas Classic Nov. 21-22.
•    Southeast Missouri picked up its first win over a NCAA Division I opponent this season with a 77-73 overtime win over Central Arkansas (Nov. 21).
•    SEMO matched a season-high with 12 three-pointers against the Bears.
•    BJ Ward scored 19 points and nailed a big 3-pointer in the closing minute of overtime to seal the victory.
•    A day later, SEMO dropped a 72-64 decision in its first-ever meeting with UNC Asheville.
•    The Redhawks shot a season-low 34.9 percent (22-of-63) from the field against the Bulldogs.

Washington, Jr. Heating Up
•    Newcomer Teddy Washington, Jr. has scored double figures in five-straight games.
•    Washington, Jr. went over 20 points for the first time this season when he finished with 25 against Chattanooga (Nov. 17).
•    He turned in a double-double in back-to-back starts with 18 points and 12 rebounds vs. Crowley's Ridge (Nov. 13) and 25 points and 10 boards against Chattanooga (Nov. 17).
•    Washington, Jr. followed that up with 19 points at Central Arkansas (Nov. 21) and 15 vs. UNC Asheville (Nov. 22).
•    Washington, Jr. is Southeast Missouri's leading scorer with 16.7 points per game and tops the Redhawks with 7.5 rebounds per contest and nine steals.

Martin Pours it On
•    For the first time this season, point guard Rob Martin reached double figures in the scoring column. 
•    Martin tied a career-high 29 points to lead Southeast Missouri against Chattanooga (Nov. 17).
•    It was the 20th double-digit game of his career and fourth game with 20 or more points. 
•    Martin scored double figures in each of his last three starts and is SEMO's third-leading scorer with 12.5 points per game.

Double-Digit Threes
•    Southeast Missouri made 11 or more 3-pointers in a game three times this year.
•    SEMO drained a season-high 12 threes at Vanderbilt (Nov. 10) and followed that up with 11 three days later vs. Crowley's Ridge College (Nov. 13). Most recently, the Redhawks had 12 three-pointers at Central Arkansas (Nov. 21).
•    The Redhawks are second in the Ohio Valley Conference with 8.67 three-pointers made per game through six contests.
•    BJ Ward (17), TJ Biel (7), Damarion Walkup (9) and Teddy Washington, Jr. (11) have combined for 44 of SEMO's 52 made threes.
•    In 2023-24, SEMO made 10 or more 3-pointers just four times in 31 games. The Redhawks are already halfway to that mark in only three contests.

Korn at the Show Me Center
•    Brad Korn finished with a winning record at home each of his first four years as Southeast Missouri's head coach.
•    Korn is 33-223all-time at the Show Me Center.
•    The Redhawks went 7-6 (2020-21), 8-5 (2021-22), 9-4 (2022-23) and 8-7 (2023-24) at home since Korn took over as head coach.
•    SEMO is 1-1 in Cape Girardeau this year.

Lowndes Cracks Starting Five
•    John A. Logan College transfer Elliot Lowndes started each of Southeast Missouri's last two games.
•    Lowndes grabbed eight rebounds in 15 minutes during his first career NCAA Division I start at Central Arkansas (Nov. 21).
•    The next day, he scored five points and had four boards vs. UNC Asheville (Nov. 22).
•    So far, SEMO has used three different starting lineup combinations through six games.

Ward Starts Strong
•    BJ Ward is off to a nice start this 2024-25 season after scoring double figures in all six games..
•    Ward was in the starting lineup the last five contests.
•    He began the year with 17 points off the bench at Bradley (Nov. 4) and followed that up with a career-high 22 in his first start of the season at Vanderbilt (Nov. 10). Three days later, Ward registered 11 points and 10 rebounds for his first career double-double vs. Crowley's Ridge College (Nov. 13). He scored 13 vs. Chattanooga (Nov. 17), 19 at Central Arkansas (Nov. 21) and 10 vs. UNC Asheville (Nov. 22).
•    Ward's six-game double-digit scoring streak is the longest of his career.
•    He ranks second on the team in scoring with 15.3 points per game.
•    He is shooting an Ohio Valley Conference best 51.5 percent (17-of-33) from 3-point range.
•    Ward knocked down a career-best six 3-pointers against the Commodores.