UT Martin (15-4, 7-1 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri (9-10, 4-4 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Tip-Off: 7:30 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Facility: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series: SEMO leads, 52-40
Last Meeting: SEMO 90, UTM 79 | 1/30/25 | Cape Girardeau, Mo.

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Coaches
UT Martin: Jeremy Shulman (29-23 overall; 29-23 at UTM; 16-12 OVC)
Southeast Missouri: Brad Korn (83-95 overall; 83-95 at SEMO; 50-51 OVC)

Redhawks Host OVC Leader UT Martin
•    Southeast Missouri (9-10, 4-4) continues its home stand when it hosts Ohio Valley Conference leader UT Martin (15-4, 7-1) in midweek action Tuesday. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m., CT at the Show Me Center.
•    SEMO is halfway through a tough season-long four-game home stretch. 
•    The Redhawks finish off that stand against OVC preseason favorite Little Rock on Jan. 22. 

Series Notes
•    Tuesday marks the 93rd meeting between Southeast Missouri and UT Martin, Ohio Valley Conference rivals located less than two hours apart.
•    SEMO leads the all-time series by a count of 52-40.
•    The Redhawks have played the Skyhawks more than any team in the conference.
•    The all-time series dates all the way back to 1962.
•    SEMO is 38-9 against UTM at the Show Me Center and ended a five-game losing streak in the series with its 90-79 victory at home on Jan. 30, 2025.
•    The Skyhawks have won nine of the last 11 meetings between the teams.

Tale of Two Halves
•    The Redhawks trailed by more than 20 points at halftime in each of its last two games.
•    Southeast Missouri was down, 45-18, against Lindenwood on Jan. 15 and fell behind, 43-21, against SIU Edwardsville on Jan. 17. 
•    The Redhawks, however, won the second half against each of those teams.
•    SEMO outscored LU, 58-43, and SIUE, 34-25, in the final 20 minutes of those contests.

Without a Lead
•    Southeast Missouri last led in a game with 17:50 left in the first half against Lindenwood (Jan. 15). 
•    Marqueas Bell's layup gave SEMO a 5-4 edge at that time.
•    Since then, the Redhawks went the rest of that game and all 40 minutes against SIU Edwardsville (Jan. 17) without a lead.

Longest Home Stand
•    The Redhawks are halfway through their longest home stand of the season.
•    After Tuesday's game vs. UT Martin, Southeast Missouri closes out its four-game stretch against preseason Ohio Valley Conference favorite Little Rock (Jan. 22).
•    It is SEMO's longest home stand in OVC play since the Redhawks played five-straight home games vs. SIUE (Jan. 28), Eastern Illinois (Jan. 30), Murray State (Feb. 1), Tennessee Tech (Feb. 4) and Jacksonville State (Feb. 6) during the 2020-21 campaign.
•    That year was Brad Korn's first as SEMO's head coach.

OVC Update
•    Southeast Missouri is now 4-4 and in a three-way tie for fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference standings.
•    SEMO is in that spot with SIU Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois.
•    UT Martin is atop the standings at 7-1, while Tennessee State and Little Rock are second with 6-2 records.
•    Lindenwood and Morehead State then follow with 5-3 marks.

Korn vs. UT Martin
•    Brad Korn is 2-8 all-time against UT Martin.
•    Both of those victories came at the Show Me Center.
•    Southeast Missouri beat the Skyhawks, 76-69, on Feb. 24, 2022 and, 90-79, on Jan. 30, 2025 for those wins with Korn at the helm.

Terry Playing Well
•    Brendan Terry put together his best game of the season to date when he poured in a career-high 30 points off the bench to lead Southeast Missouri to its 84-76 win at Southern Indiana (Jan. 8).
•    Terry, who scored 17 points in the first half, finished at 13-of-16 from the field. He also made two 3-pointers, grabbed a game-high eight rebounds, dished out two assists, had two blocks and two steals in 32 minutes.
•    He followed that up with a team-high 13 points at Morehead State (Jan. 10) and 10 points vs. Lindenwood (Jan. 15).
•    Terry was averaging under nine points before the Southern Indiana game on Jan. 8. Now, he is SEMO's third-leading scorer with 10.1 points per game.
•    He scored double figures in four of his last five games and returned to the starting lineup vs. Lindenwood (Jan. 15).

Ward Second in Free Throw Percentage in OVC Play
•    BJ Ward has missed only one free throw in Ohio Valley Conference play.
•    Ward is 20-of-21 (.952) at the free throw line.
•    He made 24 free throws in a row before his first miss in a conference game vs. Lindenwood (Jan. 15) with 10:02 left to play in the second half.
•    Ward is Southeast Missouri's top free throw shooter at 86 percent (37-of-43) this season.

About UT Martin
•    Ohio Valley Conference leader UT Martin comes to Cape Girardeau on a seven-game winning streak.
•    UTM is 15-4 overall and 7-1 in the OVC. Its 15 wins lead the conference.
•    The Skyhawks have 13 players represented from 11 different countries on their roster.
•    UTM leads the OVC in scoring defense (64.1 ppg allowed), scoring margin (+9.8), field goal percentage defense (.385), 3-point field goal percentage defense (.272), rebounding offense (41.6 rpg), rebounding margin (+8.7) and blocks (4.8 bpg).
•    Andrija Bukumirovic leads UTM and ranks ninth in the OVC in scoring (15.1 ppg). Bukumirovic is the league's top rebounder with 8.4 per game, as well.