Southeast Womens Basketball

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team suffered a season-ending loss Thursday morning, falling to third-seeded Morehead State in straight sets in an Ohio Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinal in Clarksville, Tennessee. The third-seeded Redhawks lost 25-23, 25-10, 25-19, and ended the season with a 16-14 record...

Southeast Missourian A fast start wasn't enough to propel the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team to its first win of the season Wednesday. SEMO scored 15 of the game's first 18 points, but struggled to score for the rest of the contest and fell 60-40 to rival Southern Illinois in Carbondale, Illinois...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team looks for its first win of the season at noon today against rival Southern Illinois in Carbondale, Illinois. The Redhawks are 0-2 after losing to No. 6 Mississippi State and Bradley last week. Southern Illinois and Bradley are both members of the Missouri Valley Conference. Bradley was picked to finish sixth in the conference while Southern Illinois was tabbed for a fourth-place finish...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team coughed up a fourth-quarter lead in a 85-79 loss to Bradley on Saturday in Peoria, Illinois. With the loss SEMO drops to 0-2. The Redhawks lead 63-58 with 9 minutes, 13 seconds remaining in the game, but the Braves (1-0) responded with a 10-0 run to take the lead for good...

Facing the No. 6 team in the nation, Southeast Missouri State women's basketball was simply out-matched Tuesday in the season opener. Mississippi State, which reached the national championship game last season, cruised to an 88-53 win over SEMO in Starkville, Mississippi...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team opens the season with perhaps its toughest games on the schedule as the Redhawks play a Power Five conference team in the opener for the second straight year. Last season it was Louisville of the Atlantic Coast Conference. This time, it's the Southeastern Conference's Mississippi State. The Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA championship game last year before losing to Notre Dame and are ranked No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team completed exhibition play with an 82-50 victory over Lindenwood-Belleville on Tuesday at the Show Me Center. The Redhawks scored the first eight points of the contest and led throughout, moving to 2-0 in exhibition play...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team beat Division II program Southwest Baptist 85-78 on Saturday in exhibition action at the Show Me Center. Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference guard Ledarrius Brewer scored 25 points and was 10-of-11 from the free throw line...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team was picked to finish ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference, the league announced Tuesday at its media day. In the coaches and communication directors poll, SEMO finished ahead of Morehead State, UT Martin and SIU Edwardsville in the 12-team conference. Belmont was tabbed as the preseason favorites with eight first-place votes and 227 points...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team was picked to finish ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference, and the women's team was picked to finish sixth in the preseason OVC media poll, the league announced Friday. The media panel, made up of 12 voters from around the conference, tabbed Belmont's Dylan Windler and Darby Maggard as the OVC Preseason Players of the Year on the men's and women's side, respectively...

With the first official practice of the season less than 24 hours away, Rekha Patterson could hardly sleep Monday, she was so excited. It felt so much like Christmas Eve to the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach she tweeted out those exact words...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team announced Wednesday its 31-game schedule for the upcoming season. SEMO's 2018-19 slate will include 14 home games and non-conference matchups against in-state foe Saint Louis and ACC member Florida State...

Southeast Missouri State announced Tuesday that it has agreed to a two-year contract extension with women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson, extending her deal through the 2021-22 season. Patterson has been at the helm of the Redhawks for three seasons, earning berths in the Ohio Valley Conference in each of those years. SEMO had not made the OVC tournament for six years prior to Patterson's hiring...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball has welcomed a transfer signing into the fold, the program announced via Twitter on Monday. The Redhawks announced Celeste Akoro will be transferring in following one season at Virginia Tech. The 6-foot-2 forward did not appear in any games as a freshman with the Hokies and will have to sit out the 2018-19 season, per NCAA transfer rules...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

Is the glass half full or half empty? The 2017-18 season was that kind of campaign for a Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team with rising expectations. Offseason personnel losses left the squad looking a little different than perhaps what was anticipated, and as the team battled to a 14-17 record, it found itself on the end of more than one tough loss -- seven of its losses came by five points or less, and SEMO never suffered a defeat of worse than 11 points in Ohio Valley Conference play, where it finished 9-9, finished seventh in the standings and made a third consecutive trip to the OVC Tournament.. ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Southeast Missouri State women's basketball out-rebounded, out-shot and virtually out-played UT Martin in every facet of Wednesday's Ohio Valley Conference quarterfinal in Evansville's Ford Center. But the seventh-seeded Redhawks -- mired in a litany of close losses this season -- found themselves on the tough end of a season-ending 63-60 defeat to UT Martin, despite strong efforts from seniors Ashton Luttrull (20 points, 7-for-13 shooting) and Deja Jones (14 points, 11 rebounds) and a near triple-double from Adrianna Murphy (seven points, eight rebounds, eight assists).. ...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball guard Denzel Mahoney earned first team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors, freshman Ledarrius Brewer was named to the OVC All-Newcomer team, and two Southeast women's players earned Player of the Year awards, the league announced Tuesday...

Deja Jones can pull a car. At least, that's what her Southeast Missouri State women's basketball teammates say about her. Hyperbole, perhaps, but when it comes to banging in the paint in the Ohio Valley Conference the past four years for Southeast, the senior has been a sturdy presence...

The struggles of Southeast Missouri State women's basketball went on long enough that three consecutive trips to the Ohio Valley Conference -- what the Redhawks are embarking on this week -- aren't enough to consider the postseason old hat just yet...

On a day designed for seniors, it was the freshmen who, in many ways, stole the show. Saturday marked Senior Day for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team, and while the four Redhawks playing their final home game were recognized before the game, a pair of freshmen proved the future is bright for SEMO...

It was the finish that hurt, but it was the start that did the damage. The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team allowed visiting UT Martin to inflict that damage from outside the 3-point line early in the game, and that proved to be too much to over come, as the Redhawks fell to the Skyhawks 69-68 on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center...

If the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball is looking to be playing its best basketball heading into the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, Thursday night was a good way to keep the positive momentum going. momentary The Redhawks got off to a momentary slow start but settled in and used a second-quarter swing to take a lead and roll to victory, 66-52, on the road at Eastern Kentucky...

Kaley Leyhue still has the letters. Every single one. The Southeast Missouri State senior is proud to be a college basketball player, and she honors her lifelong dream and reminds herself of the hard work it took to get here with her collection of recruiting letters...

The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team has been in its fair share of close games this season. In fact, virtually every Ohio Valley Conference contest this season has been there for the taking going into the game’s final five minutes. The Redhawks ability to come out on the better side of those final minutes has been a mixed bag...

A month ago, the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team watched a seven-point fourth-quarter lead dissolve on the road at SIU Edwardsville, undone by a program with a tradition of winning. On Saturday afternoon, the Redhawks proved that they’re closer to breaking into that realm...

On Valentine's Day, Ashton Luttrull slung an arrow that sailed as true as Cupid's. Tied at 48-all with 0.6 seconds remaining in the game, Luttrull received an inbounds play and knocked down a turnaround 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Southeast Missouri State women's basketball to a critical 51-48 home victory over Eastern Illinois on Wednesday night at the Show Me Center...

With the calendar flipped to Feb. 14 and love in the air, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team donned pink on Wednesday. But it was not a mere tribute to Valentine's Day. Instead, the fashion choice was made to recognize breast cancer survivors and raise awareness for advances in fighting the disease...

Basketball is supposed to be fun. Not so fun? Surgery. Chronic pain. Losing. Southeast Missouri State senior Ashton Luttrull has been through all of that. Now the elder statesmen of the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team -- predating any of the coaches or current players -- and with just weeks remaining in her career, the Lewistown, Missouri, native seems to have rediscovered the joy that sent her down her sometimes bumpy path...

MARTIN, Tenn. — The formula for failure was a straight forward one for the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team. Turnovers and poor free-throw shooting don’t tend to mix with victory on the road, and the Redhawks struggled with both as they fell to UT Martin 72-65 on Saturday afternoon at the Elam Center in Martin, Tennessee...

A three-point lead in overtime was never safe and sound for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team on Thursday night. Miranda Crockett hit a go-ahead jumper right in front of the basket with 30 seconds remaining, as the Morehead State Eagles went on a 6-1 run in the final minute of overtime to claim a 60-58 win over the Redhawks at Ellis Johnson Arena in Morehead, Kentucky...

In the aftermath and frustration, the analysis was straightforward. The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team didn’t win the effort battle, and the result was it didn’t win the game. The Redhawks were significantly out-done on the boards, struggled for stretches offensively and had no answer for Brianne Alexander as Austin Peay stole home court away from SEMO with a 61-50 win in Ohio Valley Conference play Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center...

This wasn't always Mandy Madden's path, as she stands in the Show Me Center getting ready to begin practice Friday ahead of a Saturday home game against Austin Peay. Playing Division I women's college basketball? That was hardly a thought even a few years ago...

Last year, a season sweep of Murray State was a big part of the reason the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team made the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. It's too early to know how the postseason picture will play out this year, but it's likely the Redhawks again have done themselves a big favor by repeating the first part of the equation...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team has a chance to gain some ground on conference foes over the next two games, starting Thursday. Southeast hosts Murray State at 5:15 p.m. Thursday and will go for the season sweep, having already beaten the Racers on Jan. 4...

Against the best defense in the Ohio Valley Conference, the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team was always going to need to figure out how to generate points. But on Saturday evening, it was Jacksonville State that got extra opportunities to score...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team hopes this is a sign that things are rolling in the right direction. The Redhawks found themselves in yet another tight game in the fourth quarter on the road Thursday night, and this time they answered the call, picking up a 70-66 Ohio Valley Conference win over Tennessee Tech at the Hooper Eblen Center in Cookeville, Tennessee...

CHARLESTON, Ill. — If there’s been one thing you can count on for most of the past three seasons of Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball, it’s Adrianna Murphy walking onto the court and running the show for the Redhawks. ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Three days after coming apart in the fourth quarter on the road and in yet another close game in the final period, the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team got just what it needed. The Redhawks dominated the fourth quarter on Saturday, out-scoring Eastern Illinois 24-6 and pulling away for a critical 77-54 road victory in Ohio Valley Conference play at Lantz Arena...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson likes to talk about "winning time" -- the critical late stretches of a game that have at times bitten the Redhawks this season. The teeth were out again Wednesday night...

A year ago, Erin Bollmann was taking on what she called the hardest challenge of her life. At 22 years old and just eight months removed from the last time she pulled on a basketball jersey for Southeast Missouri State, she was coaching girls basketball at her alma mater, Meadow Heights...

Southeast Missouri State women's basketball guard Tesia Thompson was named Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week for the second time this month, the league announced Tuesday. In two games last week, Thompson averaged 22.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game. She also led the team in scoring in both contests...

The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team knew it was going to need extra contributions from secondary places on Saturday. With two starters unavailable, it was a necessity. It got those contributions, including a strong performance from sophomore Jessie Harshberger, in the 69-55 Ohio Valley Conference win over Eastern Kentucky at the Show Me Center...

After back-to-back poor starts led to games the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team could have won and didn’t, the message was simple coming in to Saturday’s contest against Eastern Kentucky. “Use that fuel from the last game, from not having that energy in the start and not having that passion there,” Southeast junior point guard Adrianna Murphy said. “That was our main concern: to come out with that energy and passion to play.”...

It's a little bit early to start calling games "must win," but there are plenty of reason's to consider Saturday's Southeast Missouri State women's basketball game against Eastern Kentucky hugely critical. For one, it's an opportunity for the Redhawks to trend in the right direction after losing their last two games by a combined four points...

For the second game in a row, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team lost by one possession, and for the second straight game the Redhawks had no one to blame but themselves for a poor start. Southeast turned the ball over 14 times through 20 minutes and found itself in a 10-point hole at halftime, battling back to erase that deficit but still haunted by it when Morehead State got a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from Eriel McKee to snatch the game away from SEMO 59-56 in an Ohio Valley Conference contest Thursday at the Show Me Center.. ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team is the type of squad for which the small things are going to be difference makers this season. They were on Saturday, and not in SEMO’s favor. The Redhawks failed to execute basic tenants of their defensive game plan both early and late, didn’t dominate the boards as hoped and finished minus-8 in turnover margin as they fell to Austin Peay 66-65 in a foul-plagued Ohio Valley Conference contest on the road at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tennessee.. ...

MURRAY, Ky. -- Senior guard Ashton Luttrull had done her fair share of carrying the load for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team in Thursday's game at the CFSB Center. Unable to walk off the court under her own power after an injury she sustained in the final minute, it was time for someone else to carry the load...

On Saturday, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team found a way to win. It wasn't pretty, but the Redhawks scratched and clawed to a 71-66 home win over Tennessee State. Now the trick will be finding a way to translate that into success on the road tonight...

Southeast Missouri State women's basketball standout Tesia Thompson was named Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week on Tuesday. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Thompson finished with a team-high 23 points and nine rebounds in the Redhawks' 71-66 win over Tennessee State on Saturday at the Show Me Center. ...