Southeast Missouri State University
#6 Lindenwood
#3 Redhawks Face Winner of #6 Lindenwood & #7 Little Rock in OVC Tournament Quarterfinals Thursday
3/3/2026 11:29:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Quarterfinals
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2026
Tip-Off: 8:30 p.m., CT
Location: Evansville, Ind.
Facility: Ford Center (11,000)
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OVC Tournament Quarterfinals
• #3 Southeast Missouri (19-12) begins postseason play against the winner of #6 Lindenwood (17-14) and #7 Little Rock (12-19) in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Thursday. Tip-off is set for 8:30 p.m., CT at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
• SEMO is in the OVC Tournament for the fifth time in six years with Brad Korn as its head coach.
This Year's Field
• The eight-team 2026 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament field consists of #1 Tennessee State (21-9), #2 Morehead State (19-12), #3 Southeast Missouri (19-12), #4 UT Martin (21-10), #5 SIU Edwardsville (19-12), #6 Lindenwood (17-14), #7 Little Rock (12-19) and #8 Eastern Illinois (12-19).
• Tennessee State and Morehead State shared this year's OVC regular-season title.
• Morehead State is on a seven-game winning streak as the hottest team entering this week's OVC Tournament.
OVC Tournament Appearances
• This year marks Southeast Missouri's 20th Ohio Valley Conference Tournament appearance all-time.
• SEMO made the tournament in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026.
• The Redhawks make the tournament for the fifth time since it moved to the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
• This year marks the ninth-straight the OVC Tournament will be held in Evansville.
OVC Tournament Record
• Southeast Missouri is 17-17 all-time in Ohio Valley Conference Tournament games.
• SEMO is 6-3 in OVC Tournament games at the Ford Center.
• The Redhawks won two OVC Tournament titles in their program history. SEMO won the event in 1999-2000 under Gary Garner and 2022-23 under Brad Korn.
• In 2022-23, SEMO became the only #5 seed to win the OVC Tournament after winning four games in four days.
Postseason Experience
• Seven Redhawks, including Marqueas Bell, Troy Cole, Jr., David Idada, Elliot Lowndes, Braxton Stacker, Brendan Terry and BJ Ward make their second trip to the Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championships in their careers.
• Luke Almodovar, Landren Blocker, PJ Farmer, Jay Reynolds, Trace Sadler and Blaize Sagna will experience the OVC Tournament for the first time this year.
As the #3 Seed
• Southeast Missouri is the #3 seed in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament for the first time in program history.
• SEMO was at one time seeded in each of the other seven positions during its 19 trips to the OVC Tournament prior to this season.
Against the #6 and #7 Seeds
• The Redhawks will face either #6 Lindenwood or #7 Little Rock in their first game of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Thursday.
• Southeast Missouri is undefeated against both the #6 and #7 seeds in its OVC Tournament history.
• SEMO is 2-0 vs. the #6 seed and 4-0 vs. the #7 seed .
• The Redhawks last faced a #7 seed (Eastern Illinois) in 2014 and last played a #6 seed (Eastern Kentucky) in 2011. Both of those tournaments were played at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
• This year marks the first time SEMO plays a #6 or #7 seed in Evansville.
SEMO's OVC Tournament Records
• Here is a breakdown of Southeast Missouri's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament records vs. this year's field:
vs. Tennessee State 3-0
vs. Morehead State 1-3
vs. UT Martin 1-0
vs. SIU Edwardsville 0-1
vs. Lindenwood 1-0
vs. Little Rock 1-0
vs. Eastern Illinois 3-0
Korn vs. Lindenwood & Little Rock
• Brad Korn is 4-5 vs. Lindenwood and 6-3 vs. Little Rock as Southeast Missouri's head coach.
• Korn beat Lindenwood in St. Charles, Missouri for the first time in his career on Feb. 14.
• He defeated Little Rock twice in a season for the second time in his career.
• Korn has one win against both Lindenwood (2023) and Little Rock (2025) at the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
Almodovar, Terry and Ward Earn All-OVC Honors
• Guards Luke Almodovar and BJ Ward, and forward Brendan Terry earned All-Ohio Valley Conference honors for the 2025-26 season.
• Almodovar garnered first-team honors, while Terry and Ward were named second-team. Almodovar also made the league's All-Newcomer Team during his first year
with the Redhawks.
• Almodovar leads Southeast Missouri in scoring with 14.2 points in 31 games and 21 starts this season. He tops the Redhawks with 64 three-pointers made and has scored double figures 22 times in 2025-26.
• Ward is tied for second on the team with 11.5 points per contest as one of just two players who started every game. He leads SEMO with 114 assists and is the team's top free throw shooter (51-of-63, 81 percent).
• Terry is close behind with 11.3 points per game and a team-high 5.5 rebounds. He has scored double figures in 13 of his last 16 contests.
All-OVC Guards Under Korn
• The addition of Luke Almodovar and BJ Ward makes seven All-Ohio Valley Conference guards Brad Korn has coached at Southeast Missouri in his career.
• No head coach in program history has coached more All-Conference guards than Korn.
• Teddy Washington, Jr. (2024-25), Rob Martin (2024-25), Phillip Russell (2022-23), Chris Harris (2022-23) and Eric Reed, Jr. (2021-22) are the others.
Bypassing the First Day
• For the third time in its last four Ohio Valley Conference Tournament appearances, Southeast Missouri will bypass the first round.
• SEMO goes to the quarterfinals as the #3 seed this season.
• Prior to that, the Redhawks were in the quarterfinals of the 2022 tournament as the #4 seed and had a double bye to the semifinals of the 2025 tournament as the #1 seed.
• SEMO played in the first round of the 2023 tournament as a #5 seed when it won four games in four days to claim its last OVC Tournament title.
Records vs. Seeds
• Here are Southeast Missouri's records vs.seeds in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament:
vs. #1 Seed 2-3
vs. #2 Seed 1-5
vs. #4 Seed 2-4
vs. #5 Seed 1-1
vs. #6 Seed 2-0
vs. #7 Seed 4-0
vs. #8 Seed 3-0
Closing in on 20 Wins
• One more victory will give Southeast Missouri 20 wins this season.
• If that happens, it will be the fourth time SEMO has won 20 or more games in a season during its NCAA Division I era (since 1991-92).
• It will also mark only the second time the Redhawks get 20 or more wins in back-to-back seasons since their move to the NCAA Division I ranks.
• SEMO's other 20-win seasons include 1998-99 (20-9), 1999-2000 (24-7) and 2024-25 (21-12).
• The Redhawks won 19 or more games for the third time with Brad Korn at the helm.
10 of 12
• The Redhawks concluded their 2025-26 regular-season with 10 wins in their final 12 games.
• Southeast Missouri was on a winning streak of three or more games four times this year.
• SEMO's longest winning streak was six games from Jan. 20-Feb. 7.
Five Sweeps
• Southeast Missouri completed five two-game sweeps of Ohio Valley Conference opponents this season.
• SEMO swept Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Southern Indiana, UT Martin and Little Rock in those home-and-home series this year.
Another Strong February
• The Redhawks went 6-2 in February with home wins over Morehead State (Feb. 5), Southern Indiana (Feb. 7) and Tennessee Tech (Feb. 28), a road loss at SIU Edwardsville (Feb. 12), road victories at Lindenwood (Feb. 12), UT Martin (Feb. 17) and Little Rock (Feb. 21) and a home loss vs. Tennessee State (Feb. 26).
• Five of Southeast Missouri's February games were decided by double-digits.
• Since 2024-25, SEMO has gone 14-2 in February.
• SEMO went undefeated (8-0) for Head Coach Brad Korn's best February record a year ago.
