St. Mary of the Woods (5-3) vs. Southeast Missouri (2-6)

Game Information
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Tip-Off: 6:30 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Facility: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series: SEMO leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: SEMO 93, SMWC 56 | 12/15/24 | Cape Girardeau, Mo.

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Coaches
St. Mary of the Woods: Maverick Harris (5-3 overall; 5-3 at SMWC; 0-0 RSC)
Southeast Missouri: Brad Korn (76-91 overall; 76-91 at SEMO; 46-47 OVC)

December Begins
•    Southeast Missouri (2-6) remains home to face St. Mary of the Woods (5-3) in midweek action Tuesday. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m., CT at the Show Me Center.
•    St. Mary of the Woods College is the second non-Division I opponent SEMO plays this season.
•    Two of the Redhawks final three non-conference games are against non-Division I foes
•    SEMO also welcomes Saint Xavier for its final tune-up before Ohio Valley Conference play on Dec. 14.

Series Notes
•    The Redhawks meet St. Mary of the Woods for the second-straight season.
•    Southeast Missouri won the first matchup between the teams, 93-56, on Dec. 15, 2024.
•    That game was played at the Show Me Center.
•    Tuesday is an exhibition game for the Pomeroys.

Non-Division I Opponents
•     Southeast Missouri is on a 41-game winning streak against non-Division I opponents.
•     Head Coach Brad Korn is 12-0 all-time in such games.
•     Korn is 2-0 vs. Missouri Baptist, 1-0 vs. William Woods, 1-0 vs. Harris-Stowe, 1-0 vs. Lindsay Wilson College, 2-0 vs. Webster, 1-0 vs. Lyon College, 1-0 vs. Crowley's Ridge, 1-0 vs. Bethel (Tenn.), 1-0 vs. St. Mary of the Woods         and 1-0 vs. Westminster.
•     The Redhawks have not allowed more than 61 points in each of their last 10 meetings with non-Division I teams. SEMO outscored its opponents by a combined 868-490 (+378) in that span.

First Month is Done
•    Southeast Missouri wrapped up its first month of the 2025-26 campaign with an 88-77 home loss to Lipscomb (Nov. 29).
•    SEMO finished November with a 2-6 record that includes wins over Webster University (Nov. 12) and Cal Poly (Nov. 25).
•    The Redhawks outscored their opponents, 339-330, in the second half through their first eight games this year.

Battle Tested
•    SEMO curently has the 21st toughest schedule in the country eight games into its 2025-26 season.
•    The Redhawks past Division I opposition, which included Saint Louis (6-1), Missouri (8-0), Iowa (7-0), St. Thomas (6-3), Cal Poly (4-5), Northern Arizona (4-2) and Lipscomb (4-4) is a combined 39-15 (.722). 
•    SEMO ranks behind Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, UTEP, Florida Atlantic, Michigan, Eastern Kentucky, Nevada, Ohio, Kansas State, Tennessee State, Middle Tennessee, St. John's, BYU, Oral Roberts, UConn, New Mexico, Furman, USC, Alabama A&M and Florida A&M.
•    Chattanooga (Dec. 6) is the final Division I opponent on the Redhawks non-conference slate.

Stacker is Rolling
•    Braxton Stacker scored double figures in seven of his first eight starts of the 2025-26 campaign.
•    Stacker opened the year with 12 points at Saint Louis (Nov. 3) and followed that up with a career-high 26 points four days later at Missouri (Nov. 7). He then finished with 10 points vs. Webster (Nov. 12), 11 at Iowa (Nov. 18), 18 vs. Cal Poly (Nov. 25), 15 at Northern Arizona (Nov. 26) and 24 vs. Lipscomb (Nov. 29). 
•    He has scored double figures a team-high 25 times in his career.
•    Stacker ranks first on the team in scoring (15.1 ppg) and leads the Redhawks in steals (12) and free throw percentage (25-of-27, .926).

About St. Mary of the Woods
•    St. Mary of the Woods comes to Cape Girardeau on a two-game winning streak.
•    SMWC scored 97 points in both of those wins which came against Saint Xavier (Ill.) (97-91) and East-West University (97-67).
•    The Pomeroys are under the direction of first-year Head Coach Maverick Harris.
•    Taray Howell leads SMWC with 19.3 points a game.