Redhawks Complete Sweep of Tennessee State with Thrilling 89-87 OT Win - Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Saturday, February 1

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

3:45 PM

Southeast Missouri State University

13-10,8-4OVC

Tennessee State

10-13,6-6OVC

Team	1	2	OT 1	F
Tennessee St.	31	46	10	87
Southeast Mo. St.	32	45	12	89

Final Statistics

2/1/2025 6:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Final Statistics

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Rob Martin scored 22 points, Brendan Terry added 20 and Teddy Washington, Jr. made the game-winning shot with two seconds left in overtime sending Southeast Missouri (13-10, 8-4) to an 89-87 win over Tennessee State (10-13, 6-6) Saturday afternoon.

Washington, Jr.'s shot ended TSU's four-game winning streak and gave SEMO its ninth home victory of the season. The nine home wins tie for the most in a season under Head Coach Brad Korn.

TSU scored the first six points of the extra period behind a free throw by Brandon Weston, 3-pointer by Travis Harper and layup from Carlous Williams.

The Tigers were ahead by six a second time when Aaron Nkrumah made two free throws to make it an 85-79 game with 2:54 left to play.

SEMO got within one when Washington, Jr. splashed in a 3-pointer to drop TSU's lead to 87-86 with 1:20 remaining.

Braxton Stacker split two free throws to tie the game with 36 seconds.

Following a jump ball that gave SEMO possession, Washington, Jr. drained his game-winner.

SEMO and TSU locked up in yet another tight battle.

Down, 32-31, at halftime, the Tigers scored 13 of the first 20 points in the second stanza to build a 44-39 lead. Nkrumah's driving layup capped the surge with 16 minutes left.

Martin drained a 3-pointer to get the Redhawks within one, 47-46, two minutes and 19 seconds later.

TSU began to create some separation when Antoine Lorick drove in for a layup giving the Tigers a nine-point advantage (62-53) with 8:21 left to play.

Another layup, this time by Ronald Jessamy, put TSU up by nine again.

After Jessamy's hook shot gave the Tigers a nine-point lead once more, SEMO trimmed TSU's lead to 71-68 on a second-chance layup by David Idada. Idada put back a missed 3-pointer by Troy Cole, Jr. with 4:13 on the clock.

Stacker hit a step back 3-pointer and Martin followed with a layup to tie the game at 73-73 with 2:27 remaining.

On SEMO's next possession, Washington, Jr. gave the Redhawks a 75-73 edge with 1:53 left.

Williams countered with a layup of his own to tie things up at 75-75 a quick 20 seconds later.

Then, Martin knocked down a step back jumper with 12.4 seconds to grab SEMO 77-75 lead before the Tigers sent the game to overtime on Nkrumah's turnaround jumper with three seconds on the clock.

Neither team led by more than four points in a first half that included seven ties and seven lead changes.

The Redhawks led, 14-10, on Terry's free throw with 13:33 left to play.

TSU answered with a 7-0 run to get a 17-14 edge while SEMO went over five minutes without scoring. Martin's mid-range jumper on a fast break ended the drought with 8:13 to go.

A second-chance layup by Terry later gave the Redhawks another four-point cushion at 27-23 with 2:40 remaining.

Nineteen seconds after Nkrumah regained a 31-29 lead for the Tigers, Martin pulled up for a 3-pointer with one second to put SEMO ahead by one at the intermission.

SEMO, which had 10 turnovers in the first half, did not turn the ball over for the final 15:35 of the game.

Martin made 9-of-15 field goals en route to his team-high effort. It was his eighth-straight double-digit scoring performance.

Terry made 5-of-10 from the field to go along with a near-perfect 10-of-11 free throws. His 20 points marked a new career-high.

Cole, Jr. followed with 14 points and Washington, Jr. added 13.

The Redhawks shot 52.6 percent (30-of-57) and made 23-of-30 free throws for the afternoon.

Nkrumah finished with a game-high 26 points to lead TSU.

SEMO completed a two-game sweep of the Tigers this season with a pair of two-point victories.

The Redhawks hit the road to face Ohio Valley Conference leader Morehead State on Feb. 6.