Southeast Missouri (15-11, 10-5 OVC) at Lindenwood (16-10, 10-5 OVC)
Game Information
Date: Saturday, February 14, 2026
Tip-Off: 3:30 p.m., CT
Location: St. Charles, Mo.
Facility: Hyland Arena (3,270)
Series: Tied, 5-5
Last Meeting: LU 88, SEMO 76 | 1/15/26 | Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Last Meeting in St. Charles: LU 72, SEMO 68 | 1/23/25
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Coaches
Southeast Missouri: Brad Korn (89-96 overall; 89-96 at SEMO; 56-52 OVC)
Lindenwood: Kyle Gerdeman (85-112 overall; 85-112 at LU; 29-42 OVC)
Redhawks Face Lindenwood Saturday
• Southeast Missouri (15-11, 10-5) stays on the road to face in-state rival Lindenwood (16-10, 10-5) Saturday. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m., CT at Hyland Arena.
• Saturday is the second of four-straight road games for the Redhawks, their longest road stretch of the season.
• SEMO will turn around quickly to play Ohio Valley Conference leader UT Martin (Feb. 17) before closing out its lengthy road trip at Little Rock (Feb. 21).
• The Redhawks are on the road for three of their final five games of the regular-season.
Series Notes
• Saturday will be the 11th meeting between Southeast Missouri and Lindenwood, schools located a little over two miles apart.
• The series stands tied at 5-5.
• Four of SEMO's five wins over the Lions came at the Show Me Center.
• LU won each of the last two games of the series, including an 88-76 victory in Cape Girardeau on Jan. 15.
• SEMO and LU are the only Division I schools in Missouri that are conference rivals.
Happy Valentine's Day
• The Redhawks play on Valentine's Day for the first time with Brad Korn as their head coach.
• This year marks the 10th time Southeast Missouri plays on Valentine's Day during its NCAA Division I era.
• SEMO is 2-7 in such contests.
Here is a list of those previous results on Valentine's Day:
at UT Martin (L, 72-81, 2018-19)
vs. Murray State (L, 92-94 OT, 2014-15)
at Morehead State (L, 67-79, 2008-09)
vs. Eastern Illinois (L, 70-80, 2007-08)
at Tennessee State (L, 86-90, 2003-04)
vs. UT Martin (W, 78-51, 2001-02)
vs. Morris Brown College (W, 83-50, 2000-01)
vs. Murray State (L, 71-82, 1997-98)
at Middle Tennessee (L, 68-94, 1993-94)
Six of Seven
• The Redhawks won six of their last seven games.
• Southeast Missouri saw its season-long six-game winning streak end at SIU Edwardsville (Feb. 12).
• SEMO upended OVC leader UT Martin, 66-50, on Jan. 20 and second-place Little Rock, 70-65, on Jan. 22.
• The Redhawks snapped UTM's seven-game winning streak and ended LR's four-game winning streak.
• SEMO followed that up by handing Western Illinois its 11th-straight loss with a score of 78-74 on Jan. 29 and took down Eastern Illinois, 77-59, on Jan. 31.
• The Redhawks then beat Morehead State, 82-70, on Feb. 5 and Southern Indiana, 90-65, on Feb. 7 for their other victories.
Korn vs. Lindenwood
• Brad Korn is 3-5 all-time against Lindenwood.
• Korn (0-3) has not beaten the Lions at Hyland Arena.
• Southeast Missouri dropped all three games in St. Charles with Korn at the helm by four or less points.
• SEMO fell to the Lions, 105-102, in double overtime (Feb. 23, 2023), 58-54 (Jan. 30, 2024) and, 72-68 (Jan. 23, 2025) in those matchups.
Last Time vs. Lindenwood
• Southeast Missouri scored 58 points in the second half, but it wasn't enough in an 88-76 loss to Lindenwood on Jan. 15 at the Show Me Center.
• SEMO and LU locked up in a nationally televised ESPNU matchup, the first of the Ohio Valley Conference's linear TV package this season.
• The Redhawks trailed by 31 (53-22) with 17:09 left to play but made a big push down the stretch to get within single digits.
• SEMO outscored LU, 58-43, in the second half.
• The Lions put the Redhawks in a big hole early in the game after scoring on 12 of their first 14 possessions of the game.
• LU used a 22-2 run to take a 26-7 lead.
Ward Clears 100 Assists
• Point guard BJ Ward went over 100 assists this season at SIU Edwardsville (Feb. 12).
• Ward has 101 assists in 26 starts this season.
• He had a total of 15 assists to only two turnovers combined in games at Western Illinois (Jan. 29) and Eastern Illinois (Jan. 31).
• SEMO has had a player get 100 or more assists in a season three-straight years.
• Ward, Phillip Russell (174, 2022-23) and Rob Martin (108, 2023-24; 147, 2024-25) reached that mark in those seasons.
Redhawks Go Cold in Second Half at SIUE
• It was a tale of two halves for Southeast Missouri in its 74-56 setback at SIU Edwardsville (Feb. 12).
• SEMO heated up to shoot 52.9 percent from 3-point range in the game's opening 20 minutes burying 9-of-17 threes along the way.
• The second half, however, was a different story.
• SEMO fell into a cold spell shooting only 18 percent (4-of-22) from the field.
• Meanwhile, the Cougars capitalized, outscoring the Redhawks, 40-16, in the second stanza to come away with the win.
• SIUE swept the home-and-home series between the teams this season.
Ward Drops in 20 at SIU Edwardsville
• BJ Ward scored 18 first-half points and finished with a team-high 20 at SIU Edwardsville (Feb. 12).
• Ward made four 3-pointers in the first half against the Cougars.
• He shot 8-of-17 from the field, 4-of-8 from 3-point range and dished out two assists.
• It was Ward's third 20-point game this season and fourth of his career.
About Lindenwood
• Lindenwood won four of its last five games and enters Saturday's contest coming off a 75-74 win over Ohio Valley Conference leader UT Martin.
• Mekhi Cooper made the game-winning shot with 4.5 seconds to sink the Skyhawks Thursday.
• Two of LU's last three victories were by one point.
• The Lions lead the OVC in field goal percentage (.467), blocks (119) and assists (400).
• Anias Futrell and Jadis Jones are ranked among the league's top four scorers with 17.1 and 16.6 points per game, respectively.
• Jones, from nearby New Madrid, Missouri, is shooting an OVC-best 62.7 percent from the field.
• Sikeston native Dontrez Williams is third on the team in scoring with 15.3 points per contest.
