Game #25
Southeast Missouri (8-16, 4-11 OVC) at Lindenwood (19-7, 11-4 OVC) 
 
Game Information: 
Date: Saturday, Febraury 14
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Venue: Hyland Arena
Series: Tied 4-4
 
Head Coaches: 
SEMO: Briley Palmer (91-81 overall; 14-41 at SEMO; Second Season)
LU: Amy Eagan (Third Season)
 
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Game Notes (PDF)
Media Guide (PDF)
 
Redhawks Trek to Lindenwood for Saturday Afternoon Matchup
Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (8-16, 4-11 OVC) will stay on the road to take on Lindenwood on Saturday, February 14, in St. Charles, Mo. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m., CT. from Hyland Arena.
 
Series History
The Redhawks and Lions meet for the ninth time in women's basketball Saturday afternoon with the series deadlocked at 4-4. Saturday's meeting marks the second matchup this season with the first one resulting in a 78-66 LU victory in Cape Girardeau. SEMO won the first four games of the series but have since found themselves on a four-game losing skid. The Redhawks' last victory in St. Charles, Mo. came in an 80-63 victory on January 11, 2024. 
 
Thursday Night
SEMO Women's Hoops suffered a setback on Thursday night, their first-of-four-straight road games, with a 69-61 loss at SIUE. The Redhawks could not get their offense going until the fourth quarter where they shot a game-high 57-percent from the field. Center Ainaya Williams came off the bench and played 16 minutes, scoring 21 points on 9-13 shooting. Guard Carmen Taylor was the only other Redhawk to join Williams in double figures with 13 points in 32 minutes of action. 
 
Bench Scoring
The Redhawks did get major production off the bench last night from four players in Ainaya Williams, Lexi McCully, Zoey Rixter, and Charmen Taylor. Williams led the bench scorers with 21 points, followed by McCully (4), and Rixter and Taylor each scoring two. The SEMO bench outscored SIUE's bench by a 29-2 mark. 
 
Solid at the Line
The Redhawks outshot SIUE at the charity stripe in last night's contest. SEMO finished the game 15-19 at the line (79%) while SIUE missed eight foul shots going 13-21 (62%) from the line. Four Redhawks were a perfect 100% at the line including Carmen Taylor (1-1), Raissa Nsabua (4-4), Da'Kariya Jackson (2-2), and Lexi McCully (4-4). 
 
Leading Rebounder
Senior Da'Kariya Jackson led the Redhawks in rebounding last night as she hauled in a team-high six rebounds. Jackson has led the Redhawks in rebounding four different times this season and has 56 total rebounds on the year for a 3.7 RPG mark. 
 
Back-to-Back
Center Ainaya Williams has scored double figures in two straight games in just 28-minutes of action. Williams has scored 34 points in those two games and is averaging 17.0 PPG over that span. She is averaging 10.1 PPG on the season in 18-minutes of action per game. 
 
In Fifth
The Redhawks enter Saturday's contest with the fifth highest team field-goal percentage in the OVC and the fifth scoring offense in the league. From the field this season, the Redhawks are shooting 40.9-percent and are averaging 65.5 PPG. Western Illinois leads the league in scoring averaging 77.6 PPG through 25 games. 
 
Top 10
Graduate Raissa Nsabua leads the Redhawks in free throw percentage and finished Thursday's game with a perfect 4-4 mark at the stripe. The Ottawa, Ontario-native is shooting 76.6-percent from the foul line and ranks 10^th in the league in free throw percentage.