Southeast Missouri (16-11, 11-5 OVC) at UT Martin (20-7, 12-4 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Tip-Off: 7:30 p.m., CT
Location: Martin, Tenn.
Facility: Elam Center (4,300)
Series: SEMO leads, 53-40
Last Meeting: SEMO 66, UTM 50 | 1/20/26 | Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Last Meeting in Martin: UTM 66, SEMO 63 | 1/4/25

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Coaches
Southeast Missouri: Brad Korn (90-96 overall; 90-96 at SEMO; 57-52 OVC)
UT Martin: Jeremy Shulman (34-26 overall; 34-26 at UTM; 21-15 OVC)

Tuesday Night Showdown
•    Southeast Missouri (16-11, 11-5) plays its third game in six days when it visits Ohio Valley Conference leader UT Martin (20-7, 12-4) Tuesday. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m., CT at the Elam Center.
•    SEMO is a game behind UTM in the OVC standings.
•    Tuesday's matchup is SEMO's third-straight road contest as part of its season-long four-game road trip.

Series Notes
•    Southeast Missouri and UT Martin meet for the 94th time on the back end of their home-and-home series this season.
•    SEMO leads the all-time series by a count of 53-40.
•    The Redhawks have played the Skyhawks more than any team in the Ohio Valley Conference.
•    The all-time series dates all the way back to 1962.
•    SEMO defeated UTM, 66-50, in Cape Girardeau on Jan. 20. The Redhawks ended the Skyhawks seven-game winning streak at the time.
•    The Redhawks are 13-31 all-time at the Elam Center. SEMO fell to the Skyhawks in each of their last seven trips to Martin, Tennessee.
•    SEMO's last win over UTM in Martin was  on Feb. 10, 2018 (81-77 ^OT).

Wild OVC Race
•    With its win over SIU Edwardsville, UT Martin took over sole possession of first in the Ohio Valley Conference standings.
•    UTM (20-7) became the first team in the league to reach 20 wins and holds a 12-4 conference record.
•    Southeast Missouri (11-5), Tennessee State (11-5) and Morehead State (11-5) are all one game behind the Skyhawks.
•    If SEMO beats UTM, the Redhawks will move into first-place in the OVC.

Love It
•    In its first game on Valentine's Day with Brad Korn as its head coach, Southeast Missouri took down Lindenwood, 73-61, at Hyland Arena.
•    Overall, it marked the 10th time SEMO actually played on Valentine's Day during its NCAA Division I era. 
•    The Redhawks improved to 3-7 in those contests.

Seven of Eight
•    The Redhawks won seven of their last eight games.
•    Southeast Missouri saw a 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, Southern Indiana, 90-65, on Feb. 7 and Lindenwood, 73-61, on Feb. 14 for their other victories.

Korn vs. UT Martin
•    Brad Korn is 3-8 vs. UT Martin as Southeast Missouri's head coach.
•    All three of Korn's wins against the Skyhawks came at the Show Me Center.
•    Korn is 0-5 all-time at the Elam Center.

Last Time vs. UT Martin
•    The Redhawks stormed out to a 20-2 lead behind four 3-pointers from Luke Almodovar in its 66-50 win over UT Martin on Jan. 20.
•    Almodovar finished with a game-high 22 points and buried six 3-pointers.
•    Southeast Missouri never trailed in the game and held the Skyhawks to their lowest point total of the season.

Bell Keys Road Win at Lindenwood
•    Marqueas Bell scored a career-high 25 points off the bench to lead Southeast Missouri in its 73-61 road victory over Lindenwood (Feb. 14).
•    Bell shot 8-of-10 from the field and made a career-best 9-of-14 free throws in 28 minutes.
•    The game involved 14 ties and 19 lead changes.
•    SEMO used a 9-0 run to start pulling away with less than nine minutes to go.
•    The Redhawks avenged a loss to LU earlier this season and gave Brad Korn his first career victory over the Lions in St. Charles, Missouri.

Idada Steps Up
•    David Idada, who made his 10th start of the season at Lindenwood (Feb. 14), grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds.
•    All 11 rebounds came on the defensive end.
•    For Idada, it was the third double-digit rebound game of his career.

February Games
•    The Redhawks are 3-1 in February with home wins over Morehead State (Feb. 5) and Southern Indiana (Feb. 7), a road loss at SIU Edwardsville (Feb. 12) and a road victory at Lindenwood (Feb. 12).
•    Southeast Missouri is outscoring opponents 79-53 (+26) at the free throw line this month.
•    Each of its first four February games were decided by double-digits.

Home Attendance Leader
•    Southeast Missouri leads the Ohio Valley Conference in home attendance this season.
•    SEMO's total home attendance is 24,835 in 13 games.
•    SIU Edwardsville is second with 22,158 in 13 home contests.

11 OVC Wins
•    The Redhawks picked up their 11th Ohio Valley Conference win with a 73-61 road victory at Lindenwood (Feb. 14).
•    For the third time, Southeast Missouri has         won 10 or more OVC games with Brad Korn as its head coach.
•    SEMO also went 10-8 in 2022-23 and 15-5 in 2024-25 against league opponents.     
•    The 15 OVC wins last season were a SEMO program record.
•    SEMO (11-5), UT Martin (12-4), Tennessee State (11-5), SIU Edwardsville (10-6), Lindenwood (10-6) and Morehead State (11-5) are the six teams with 10 or more conference wins.

About UT Martin
•    UT Martin has the best home record of any Ohio Valley Conference team this season.
•    UTM is 11-1 at the Elam Center with its only home loss vs. Morehead State (61-55) on Feb. 7.
•    Overall, the Skyhawks are 20-7 and 12-4 in league action.
•    UTM leads the OVC in scoring defense (63.5 ppg allowed), scoring margin (+9.0), field goal percentage defense (.387), 3-point field goal percentage defense (.286), rebounding offense (40.6 rpg), rebounding margin (+8.2), offensive rebounds per game (14.0) and 3-pointers made (8.3 per game).
•    Andrija Bukumirovic is the Skyhawks top scoring threat with 14.3 points a game.