Little Rock (9-10, 6-2 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri (10-10, 5-4 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Tip-Off: 7:30 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Facility: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series: LR leads, 6-5
Last Meeting: SEMO 78, LR 59 | 3/7/25 | Evansville, Ind.
Last Meeting in Cape Girardeau: LR 73, SEMO 71 | 1/14/25

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Coaches
Little Rock: Darrell Walker (155-141 overall; 110-123 at LR; 58-62 OVC)
Southeast Missouri: Brad Korn (83-95 overall; 83-95 at SEMO; 50-51 OVC)

Redhawks Close Out Home Stand
•    Southeast Missouri (10-10, 5-4) closes out its season-long four-game home stand against Little Rock (9-10, 6-2) Thursday. Tip off is set for 7:30 p.m., CT at the Show Me Center.
•    SEMO is coming off a big 66-50 win over Ohio Valley Conference leader UT Martin Tuesday night.
•    Thursday's game marks the Redhawks fourth in seven days.

Series Notes
•    Thursday's game marks the 12th meeting between Southeast Missouri and Little Rock.
•    LR holds a slight 6-5 edge in the overall series.
•    SEMO won the last two matchups in the series with a 57-45 victory in Little Rock on Feb. 11, 2025 and a 78-59 win over the Trojans in the semifinals of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament on Mar. 7, 2025.
•    The Redhawks took over sole possession of first in the Ohio Valley Conference with their win at Little Rock in 2024-25.
•    LR won in each of its last two trips to Cape Girardeau.

Redhawks Take Down OVC Leader UT Martin
•    In the only Ohio Valley Conference game Tuesday, Southeast Missouri ended a three-game losing streak with a dominating 66-50 win over league-leading UT Martin.
•    SEMO led wire-to-wire and at one time held a 31-point advantage in the impressive win.
•    The Redhawks forced a season-high 21 turnovers and limited the Skyhawks to a season-low in points. 

First Half of OVC Play
•    Thursday marks the halfway point in Southeast Missouri's 20-game Ohio Valley Conference slate.
•    SEMO is presently 5-4 in OVC games and stands fourth in the league standings.
•    UT Martin (7-2), Tennessee State (6-2), Little Rock (6-2), Lindenwood (5-3) and Morehead State (5-3) are ahead of the Redhawks.
•    SEMO ended UTM's seven-game winning streak with its victory over the Skyhawks Tuesday.

Current Home Stand
•    The Redhawks are 1-2 during their current home stand entering Thursday's matchup with preseason Ohio Valley Conference favorite Little Rock.
•    The four-game home stand is Southeast Missouri's longest 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.

Korn vs. Little Rock
•    Brad Korn is 4-3 all-time against Little Rock.
•    Seven of the first 11 games of the series were played with Korn at the helm.
•    Southeast Missouri's last win over Little Rock at the Show Me Center was a 99-98 victory on Feb. 2, 2023.

Almodovar Paves the Way
•    Luke Almodovar scored a game-high 22 points and made a career-best six 3-pointers to lead Southeast Missouri to its latest win over UT Martin (Jan. 20).
•    Almodovar shot 8-of-13 from the field and 6-of-10 from 3-point range.
•    It was his team-high fifth 20-point game of the season.

Season-High in Threes
•    Southeast Missouri buried a season-high 11 three-pointers in its win over UT Martin (Jan. 20).
•    SEMO made six of those in the first half with five coming from Luke Almodovar.
•    It was the first time the Redhawks had more than 10 three-pointers made in a game since they finished with 11 at Eastern Illinois (Mar. 1, 2025).

10 Wins
•    The Redhawks became the fifth Ohio Valley Conference team to reach 10 wins this season following its 66-50 victory over UT Martin (Jan. 20).
•    Southeast Missouri (10-10), UT Martin (15-5), Tennessee State (12-6), Lindenwood (11-8) and SIU Edwardsville (11-8) have 10 or more wins this year.

About Little Rock
•    Little Rock is currently the hottest team in the Ohio Valley Conference.
•    The Trojans bring a four-game winning streak to the Show Me Center Thursday.
•    At 9-10 overall and 6-2 in the OVC, LR is tied for second in the conference standings with Tennessee State.
•    The Trojans lead the OVC in 3-point field goal percentage (36.5 percent). LR has made 124-of-340 threes this year.
•    LR is also second in the league in assists with 15 per game.
•    The Trojans have been playing the 2025-26 season without guard K.K. Robinson who sustained a season-ending injury during the team's preseason workouts. Robinson, who also missed the 2024-25 campaign due to injury, has not played since he earned All-Ohio Valley Conference honors in 2023-24.
•    Johnathan Lawson leads LR and ranks third in the OVC in scoring with 16.7 points a game.
•    Lawson ranks second among league leaders in free throw percentage (.844), 3-point field goal percentage (.373) and tops the conference with 53 three-pointers made and 35.7 minutes per contest.