Game 26
Southeast Missouri (9-17, 5-12 OVC) at Little Rock (14-13, 10-7 OVC) 
 
Game Information: 
Date: Saturday, February 21 
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Little Rock, Ark.
Venue: Jack Stephens Center
Series: LR leads 11-3
 
Head Coaches: 
SEMO: Briley Palmer (92-82 overall; 15-42 at SEMO; Second Season)
LR: Steve Wiedower (28-23 overall; Second Season)
 
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Redhawks Head to Little Rock for Final Road Contest of Regular Season
Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (9-17, 5-12 OVC) will play its final road game of the 2025-26 regular season on Saturday, February 21, when they take on Little Rock (14-13, 10-7 OVC) for the second time this season. Tip-off is set for 1:00 p.m., CT. from the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. 
 
Natural Rivalry
Saturday's matchup will mark the 9th time in women's basketball that the Redhawks and Trojans meet on the basketball court as conference opponents. Southeast Missouri picked up its first victory against Little Rock since they joined the Ohio Valley Conference (2022-23) earlier this season with a 67-57 victory in the Show Me Center on January 22. The Redhawks have not won in Little Rock since the Trojans joined the conference and have not won in LR since the 2000 season. 
 
Huge Tuesday
Southeast Missouri picked up a gigantic win on Tuesday night when they defeated UT Martin by a 62-52 score in Martin, Tennessee. The Redhawks had three players finish in double-digits led by Lexi McCully. McCully finished with a game-high 18 points followed by Ainaya Williams (12) and Carmen Taylor (11). The Redhawks outshot the Skyhawks by a 38.6 to 32.1-percent advantage and got 30 more points from the bench compared to UTM's two points to pick up their fifth OVC victory of the season. 
 
Milestone Achieved
Graduate Raissa Nsabua reached a career milestone on Tuesday night after she dished out five more assists against UT Martin. Nsabua surpassed 200 assists for her career, and recorded assist number 100 in a Redhawk uniform. This season, Nsabua is averaging 4.0 APG and has dished out five assists in back-to-back games. 
 
First One
Second year head coach Briley Palmer added another OVC foe to her list as she defeated UT Martin for the first time in her career. Palmer led the Redhawks to their first win in Martin, Tenn. since the 2016-17 campaign while the Skyhawks are the sixth team that Coach Palmer has defeated in the league. 
 
Control the Glass
SEMO absolutely dominated the glass on Tuesday night outrebounding the Skyhawks by a staggering 49-28 difference. The +21 advantage was the largest margin of the season versus a Division I opponent. The 49 rebounds in a single-game also marked the most rebounds the Redhawks have had in a game against a DI opponent and missed their season-high by just two boards (51, vs. Harris-Stowe). 
 
Holy Freshman
Freshman Zoey Rixter had a career day on Tuesday evening as she hauled in a game-high 14 rebounds for the Redhawks. Following the performance, Rixter has the most rebounds in a game against a DI opponent this season for the Redhawks which marks her second game this year with double-digit rebounds. Rixter also now has four games this season with eight or more rebounds, second on the team. 
 
Season-High
Senior Da'Kariya Jackson was instrumental in Tuesday's win as she had one of her best performances of her career from behind the three-point line. Jackson, a Jacksonville, Arkansas-native, was a near-perfect 3-4 from behind the three-point line which. Marked a career-high for three-pointers made in a game at SEMO. Her .750 shooting-percentage marked the second-highest three-point percentage in a conference game this season for the Redhawks. 
 
Best Performance in OVC Play
Southeast Missouri shot an impressive 45-percent from behind the three-point line last night. The Redhawks finished 9-20 from behind the arc, including a perfect 2-2 in the fourth quarter at UT Martin. SEMO's 45-percent is the best three-point percentage as a team in OVC play this season as Lexi McCully led all scorers from three-point range (4-9). 
 
Affect in Other Ways
Sophomore forward Kearra Jones did not register a point on Tuesday night, but she did a great job of affecting the game in other ways. Jones registered three blocks, marking the third time this season she has recorded 3+ blocks in a game. She also hauled in five defensive rebounds and recorded a steal in 19-minutes of action. 
 
Down the Stretch
The Redhawks victory at UT Martin marked the fifth conference win of the season, and the most in two seasons under Head Coach Briley Palmer. The final three games will be massive as the Redhawks eye for their first OVC Tournament berth under Palmer, sitting currently one-game behind SIUE. The Cougars (6-11) defeated Tennessee Tech on Thursday night (7-10) in Cookeville, Tenn. SEMO needs to pick up a gigantic win at Little Rock Saturday to keep pace in the race. 
 
Thank You, Lex
Lexi McCully returned to her normal form on Tuesday night as she scored a game-high 18 points inside the Elam Center where she led the Redhawks in threes made (4) and shot 6-14 from the field (42.9%) to power past UT Martin. She has now scored double digits in back-to-back games for the first time in three games and is averaging 11.3 PPG on the season. 
 
In the Post
Center Ainaya Williams has been on an absolute heater over the last four games as she has scored 12 or more points in four-straight contests. Williams, a native of St. Louis, Mo., has come off the bench in all four of those games and has raised her average back to 10.3 PPG. She has done this while averaging just 16:25 minutes-per-game over the course of the four games.