Southeast Womens Basketball

Powered by a 17-point performance by junior Tesia Thompson, the fourth leading scorer in the Ohio Valley Conference, the Southeast Missouri women’s team won its fourth in a row Thursday, defeating struggling host SIU-Edwardsville, 66-56. “It was not a pretty game,” said fifth-year head coach Rekha Patterson, “but as someone once said – it’s not how but how many.”...

Southeast, the highest scoring team in the Ohio Valley Conference to-date, finished off a four-game homestand with a convincing 88-73 win over Murray State Saturday. The Redhawks 12-5 (4-2, OVC) were down 10, 41-31, at halftime and looked flat heading into the locker room...

After allowing Austin Peay to get off to a scorching offensive start in Thursday’s Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball game at the Show Me Center, Southeast Missouri State locked down the visiting Governors defensively in the second quarter and ultimately prevailed easily 81-43.

Southeast expected to win Saturday and delivered a dominating wire-to-wire lopsided home win over Tennessee State, 83-54. Before a crowd of 560 at the Show Me Center, the Redhawks (10-5, 2-2 Ohio Valley Conference) dominated the conference cellar-dweller Tigers (2-12, 0-4)...

Belmont continued its dominance of Southeast women's basketball with a 57-45 win at the Show Me Center. Southeast has not won this season when trailing at halftime, and the trend continued Thursday as Belmont (8-6, 3-0 Ohio Valley Conference) held a two-point edge after 20 minutes, 28-26...

The Redhawks women’s basketball team (9-4, 1-1 Ohio Valley Conference) is off to its best season in coach Rekha Patterson’s five years with the program. Southeast is 4-0 at home and about to begin a four-game homestand at the Show Me Center. Arguably the greatest test of Patterson’s 2019-20 squad so far comes today as Southeast plays host to OVC foe and multiple conference champ Belmont (7-6, 2-0)...

Rekha Patterson likes to say it’s difficult to win on the road. It certainly was Saturday, as the Redhawks (9-4, 1-1 Ohio Valley Conference) fell at rival Murray State, 70-62, snapping Southeast’s three-game win streak. Southeast had a five-point lead at half, 31-26, but couldn’t sustain for the win...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Overcoming a first-quarter deficit, Southeast Missouri State (9-3, 1-0) roared back to defeat Austin Peay, 79-66, to begin Ohio Valley Conference play Thursday. The Redhawks had three players in double figures, led by redshirt senior Carrie Shephard, who had 19 points, including two three-pointers...

Taelour Pruitt says Southeast’s 106-64 home win over Harris Stowe Sunday – the first time the Redhawks women eclipsed the century-mark in scoring this season – is about one thing for her. Confidence. Pruitt led all scorers with 21 points, including three from beyond the arc. She also logged the most minutes with 29...

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana - Southeast Missouri State (7-3) goes into Christmas with a 10-point win on the road, besting Indiana State, 68-58.

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Southeast Missouri State coach Rekha Patterson said she was worried about her opponent's 3-point shooting coming into the Western Illinois game. She was right to be concerned. The Leathernecks rained down 17 3s on Southeast Missouri State (6-3) on Tuesday, en route to a 97-91 victory in Macomb, Illinois...

Fresh from the the program’s historic win Saturday over SEC opponent Ole Miss, junior Tesia Thompson – who now has more than 1,000 career points on the hardcourt for Southeast - leads the Redhawks into Western Illinois today to face the Leathernecks (5-5)...

Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball coach Rehka Patterson paused a moment to reflect on what had happened earlier in the day on Saturday.

Southeast Missouri State women's basketball got offensive balance Saturday in beating Southern Illinois 79-65 at the Show Me Center.

The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team ended an 11-day layoff Tuesday night with a 76-61 road loss to Saint Louis University at Chaifetz Arena.

Less than four minutes into the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball game Thursday at Purdue Fort Wayne, senior wing Jessie Harshberger ran up the court and took a pass from freshman guard Sophie Bussard and drained a 3-pointer.

The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team scored the game’s first basket, but never led again in sustaining its first loss of the season, a 69-64 setback Tuesday to Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball program wasted little time in showing its dominance at Arkansas State Wednesday.

Despite a slow beginning and a foul-laden finish, the Southeast women’s basketball team overpowered visiting University of Missouri-St. Louis on Tuesday, winning their season opener 70-56 at the Show Me Center.

Southeast defeated St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 91-45, Wednesday in exhibition play at the Show Me Center. Three Redhawks scored in double figures, with sophomore Trelour Pruitt leading all scorers with 21 points, including three 3-pointers. Junior guard Tesia Thompson added 20 points for the Redhawks...

In four years of Rekha Patterson’s guidance of the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball program, the Redhawks have been consistently competitive.

Fifth-year Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball coach Rekha Patterson watched her team lose eight games last season by single digits, including seven within the Ohio Valley Conference portion of play. When a team finishes one game below .500 (8-10) in its league, those narrow defeats tend to stick with a coach.

Summers are supposed to be centered on beaches, baseball, and barbecue, but certainly NOT biology. However, when you are a student-athlete at Southeast Missouri State, summer may mean several things, but classwork IS a part of it.

Carrie Shephard has endured quite the journey. The Southeast Missouri State graduate student has seen the highest of highs, as she was named as the Miss Show-Me Basketball Award winner following an outstanding career at South Pemiscot High School. But she has also had to battle through low points such as multiple injuries and – at times – skepticism regarding her ability.

It may be June, but that isn't slowing fifth-year Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson from drumming up interest in not only Redhawk basketball among the youth of southeast Missouri, but the sport of women's basketball, in general...

The start of the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball season is months away, but Southeast, in conjunction with the Ohio Valley Conference, is already strategizing on how to get fans interested in the upcoming campaign and beyond.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Southeast Missouri's women's basketball team had top-seeded Belmont on the ropes during Wednesday's first-round Ohio Valley Conference matchup. No matter that the Bruins are three-time defending champions and the Redhawks were the overlooked eighth seed. They led by eight in the third quarter and had a chance to pull an improbable upset...

Trailing by 17 points with 3 minutes, 34 seconds remaining in the third period, and with a berth in next week's Ohio Valley Conference tournament securely in its hip pocket, it would have been easy for the Southeast women's basketball team to fold its tent and wait for Wednesday's tournament opener...

In a game Southeast Missouri State needed to win to stay in the race for an Ohio Valley Conference Tournament berth, the Redhawks put on a dominating performance against the Tennessee State Tigers, leading wire-to-wire in a 81-57 victory. It was a first half to remember for Southeast as they put up 48 points on the way to a 48-18 halftime lead. The Redhawks shot 20-of-32 from the field (62.5 percent) in the half while holding the Tigers to 7-of-29 shooting (24 percent)...

Southeast Missouri State women's basketball sophomore Tesia Thompson was named Ohio Valley Conference Co-Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday. Thompson averaged 26 points and 12.5 rebounds in two close losses this past week, recording double-doubles in both games. She now has 12 double-doubles this season...

Tesia Thompson went under the screen, and Losmie Lutaya backed away to prepare for a drive. Except one never came. Given the space to set her feet, Murray State's Janika Griffith-Wallace knocked down the open 3-pointer to give the Racers the lead with under five minutes remaining...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team went cold late and dropped a crucial Ohio Valley Conference contest Thursday. Southeast scored two points in the final 2 minutes, 56 seconds, and fell 56-54 to host Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tennessee. Tesia Thompson turned the ball over with eight seconds left, Southeast's 21st turnover of the game, and Adrianna Murphy missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team opened its season Saturday, but still has yet to complete a game. The Redhawks' opener was originally scheduled for Friday, but inclement weather pushed the game back a day. Then, the Redhawks, along with other athletic teams at the university and the Western Michigan team it faced, had to spend Saturday morning and early afternoon clearing snow from Capaha Field...

The Southeast Missouri women's basketball team did enough on defense to win Thursday. But not enough on offense. The Redhawks held UT Martin 20 points under its season average, but struggled to score in a physical contest and fell 61-50 to the host Skyhawks in Martin, Tennesssee...

Forgive Rekha Patterson if she appears somewhat bewildered. Patterson’s Southeast women’s basketball team followed up Thursday’s thrilling victory over powerful Tennessee Tech with a stunning 56-39 loss Saturday afternoon to lowly Jacksonville State at the Show Me Center...

The shot-clock buzzer was a sound heard often on the Tennessee Tech offensive end as Southeast was superb defensively en route to a 62-53 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles on Thursday night. The Redhawks shut down the Golden Eagles, holding them to 14 of 52 from the field (27 percent) and 4 of 23 from 3-point-range. ...

A slow start doomed the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball to a second consecutive loss. The Redhawks were unable to overcome an 11-point first-quarter deficit and fell 62-59 to host Tennessee State on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. It was just the third win of the season for TSU (3-17, 3-7 Ohio Valley Conference)...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team got a reality check Thursday. The Redhawks entered on a three-game winning streak but were dominated from start to finish as reigning conference champions Belmont cruised to a 91-57 win in Ohio Valley Conference action in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the most points the Bruins had scored all season and the most Southeast had given up...

Southeast Missouri state sophomore guard Tesia Thompson was named the Ohio Valley Conference player of the week after averaging 24 points in a pair of home wins last week. Thompson scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 63-58 victory over SIU Edwardsville on Thursday, then netted 26 points in a 72-57 victory over Eastern Illinois on Saturday...