#3 Southeast Missouri (20-12) vs. #2 Morehead State (19-12)

Semifinals
Date: Friday, March 6, 2026
Tip-Off: 9:30 p.m., CT
Location: Evansville, Ind.
Facility: Ford Center (11,000)

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2026 OVC Basketball Championships Information
Southeast Missouri OVC Tournament Semifinals Notes Package
Southeast Missouri OVC Tournament Guide
2025-26 SEMO Basketball Media Guide
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Head Coaches
Southeast Missouri: Brad Korn (94-97 overall; 94-97 at SEMO; 60-53 OVC)
Morehead State: Jonathan Mattox (34-29 overall; 34-29 at MSU; 25-15 OVC)

OVC Tournament Semifinals
•    #3 Southeast Missouri (20-12) moves on to face #2 Morehead State (19-12) in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinals Friday. Tip-off is set for 9:30 p.m., CT at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
•    Friday's game will be televised live on ESPNU with Robert Lee and Richie Schueler calling the action courtside.

Back in the Semifinals
•    The Redhawks make their fourth Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinals appearance in five trips to the league's postseason event under Head Coach Brad Korn.
•    Southeast Missouri made the semifinals in 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026 with Korn as its coach. All of those tournaments were played at the Ford Center. 
•    This season is the Redhawks third trip to the OVC Tournament semifinals in four years.
•    Overall, this is SEMO's seventh OVC Tournament semifinal appearance in program history.

Down to Four
•    The top four seeds are in the semifinals of this year's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
•    #1 Tennessee State will face #4 UT Martin in the first semifinal matchup Friday (7 p.m.).
•    #2 Morehead State and #3 Southeast Missouri will meet in the nightcap (9:30 p.m.).
•    Both contests will be televised live on ESPNU.

OVC Tournament Record
•   Southeast Missouri is 18-17 all-time in Ohio Valley Conference Tournament games.
•    SEMO is 7-3 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.
•    Korn coached in every one of SEMO's OVC Tournament appearances in Evansville. 

Series Notes
•    Southeast Missouri and Morehead State meet for the 64th time Friday.
•    MSU holds a 40-23 lead in the all-time series.
•    SEMO and MSU split their two-game regular-season series with the Eagles winning, 71-69, in Morehead on Jan. 10 and the Redhawks winning, 82-70, on Feb. 5.
•    Since losing to SEMO at the Show Me Center on Feb. 5, MSU has won seven-straight games.

OVC Tournament Appearances
•    The 2026 campaign is 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 are in 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 is in Evansville.

As #3 Seed
•    Southeast Missouri is 1-0 as the #3 seed in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
•    This year, SEMO is the #3 seed for the first time in its OVC Tournament history.
•    The Redhawks were seeded in the other seven positions during their previous 19 trips to the OVC Tournament.

Stacker Nails Game-Winner
•    Braxton Stacker buried a baseline jumper with 3.1 seconds left to give #3 Southeast Missouri a thrilling 68-66 come-from-behind win over #6 Lindenwood in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals Thursday.
•    Stacker also made two free throws to give the game its 11th tie with 39 seconds remaining.
•    He finished with 16 points four the 40th double-digit scoring game of his career.
•    SEMO overcame a 13-point deficit to beat the Lions.
•    With the win, the Redhawks remained undefeated against the #6 seed at the OVC Tournament with an all-time record of 3-0.

Vs. the #2 Seed 
•    The Redhawks are 1-5 against the #2 seed in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
•    Southeast Missouri's only win at the OVC Tournament vs. a #2 seed came in the championship game of the 2023 tournament.
•    SEMO, then seeded #5, knocked off #2 Tennessee Tech, 89-82, in overtime during the championship game on Mar. 4, 2023.

Another Semifinal Matchup 
•    Southeast Missouri and Morehead State square off in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinals for the second time.
•    SEMO upended then-#1 seeded MSU in the 2023 tournament at the Ford Center.
•    The Redhawks beat the Eagles, 65-58, on Mar. 3 that year.
•    SEMO became the only #5 seed to win the OVC Tournament when it won four games in four days during the 2022-23 campaign.

SEMO's OVC Tournament Records 
•    Here is a breakdown of Southeast Missouri's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament records vs. the teams left in this year's tournament:
vs. Tennessee State    3-0
vs. Morehead State    1-3
vs. UT Martin    1-0

Last Time vs. Morehead State
•    Southeast Missouri led for all but 11 seconds of the game en route to its 82-70 victory over Morehead State (Feb. 5). 
•    SEMO had four starters with double figures in the scoring column led by BJ Ward's game-high 21 points.
•    For the game, the Redhawks shot 50.9 percent (29-of-57) from the field, 45 percent (9-of-20) from downtown and outrebounded MSU, 30-25.
•    SEMO split its two games against Morehead State this season after dropping a close 71-69 contest in Morehead on Jan. 10.
•    The victory gave Brad Korn his first home win over MSU in his career. Prior to that victory, Korn was 0-5 against the Eagles at the Show Me Center.

Korn vs. Morehead State
•    Brad Korn is 5-9 against Morehead State as Southeast Missouri's head coach.
•    Three of Korn's victories came in Morehead, one was in the semifinals of the 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament and the other was in Cape Girardeau.
•    MSU was the only OVC team Korn did not have a win against at the Show Me Center until this year.
•    SEMO beat the Eagles, 82-70, on Feb. 5 to end Korn's five-game losing streak against MSU in Cape Girardeau.