Tennessee Tech (13-17, 8-11 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri (18-12, 13-6 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026
Tip-Off: 3:45 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Facility: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series: TTU leads, 40-24
Last Meeting: TTU 85, SEMO 74 | 12/18/25 | Cookeville, Tenn.
Last Meeting in Cape Girardeau: SEMO 83, TTU 69 | 2/15/25

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Coaches
Tennessee Tech: John Pelphrey (228-262 overall; 79-136 at TTU; 52-78 OVC)
Southeast Missouri: Brad Korn (92-97 overall; 92-97 at SEMO; 59-53 OVC)

Regular-Season Finale
•    Southeast Missouri (18-12, 13-6) hosts Tennessee Tech (13-17, 8-11) in its regular-season finale Saturday. Tip-off is set for 3:45 p.m., CT at the Show Me Center.
•    SEMO will honor its seniors at the conclusion of the Redhawks women's basketball game vs. the Golden Eagles. 
•    The Redhawks wrap up their regular-season at home for the first time since 2021-22.

What We Know
•    Southeast Missouri will be either the #2, #3 or #4 seed in next week's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
•    If SEMO wins and UT Martin beats Tennessee State Saturday, the Redhawks will claim the #2 seed. In that scenario, SEMO, UTM and TSU would all be 14-6 and the Redhawks would win the tiebreaker based on their composite 3-1 record against those teams.
•    Morehead State (15-5) earned at least a share of the OVC regular-season title with its win at Little Rock Thursday.
•    SIU Edwardsville is the #5 seed and Lindenwood is the #6 seed.
•    Morehead State, Tennessee State, SEMO, Lindenwood, SIU Edwardsville and UT Martin are in the tournament. The final two spots will go to either Eastern Illinois, Little Rock or Tennessee Tech.
•    This year will be the Redhawks 20th OVC Tournament appearance in program history and fifth in six years under Head Coach Brad Korn.

Series Notes
•    Southeast Missouri and Tennessee Tech meet for the 65th time on the backend of their home-and-home series.
•    TTU holds a 40-24 lead in the all-time series that began in 1991-92.
•    SEMO won three of the last four matchups between the teams.
•    The Redhawks started Ohio Valley Conference play and will end league action against the Golden Eagles this year.
•    TTU beat SEMO, 85-74, in Cookeville on Dec. 18, 2025.
•    SEMO is 17-12 against the Golden Eagles at the Show Me Center.
•    TTU lost in its last four trips to Cape Girardeau.
•    Saturday will be SEMO's final game against TTU which is leaving the OVC for the Southern Conference at the conclusion of the 2025-26 campaign.

Farewell Seniors
•    Seven seniors will take the court for their final time at the Show Me Center vs. Tennessee Tech Saturday.
•    Troy Cole, Jr., Blaize Sagna, Brendan Terry, David Idada, Saxton Hoepker, Elliot Lowndes and Braxton Stacker along with student  manager Steven Creaghan will be recognized.
•    That group will be honored at the conclusion of SEMO's women's basketball game against TTU.

Korn vs. Tennessee Tech
•    Brad Korn is 6-5 against Tennessee Tech as Southeast Missouri's head coach.
•    Korn is 4-0 vs. the Golden Eagles at the Show Me Center.
•    SEMO beat TTU in the championship game of the 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament giving Korn his first OVC title as a head coach.

About Tennessee Tech
•    Tennessee Tech is fighting for one of the final two spots left in this year's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
•    The last two spots will go to either TTU, Eastern Illinois or Little Rock.
•    The Golden Eagles have won six of their last nine contests and, like Southeast Missouri, saw a three-game winning streak end Thursday.
•    TTU is second in the OVC in free throw percentage (.755).
•    Mekhi Cameron is the Golden Eagles' top scorer with 11.4 points a game.