Southeast Womens Basketball

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...

Tesia Thompson leapt into the air, arms extended as she reached for the basketball. When the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball sophomore came down, there was no hesitation as she sped down the court. With a defender on her hip, Thompson cut into the lane and weaved through traffic for the coast-coast layup. ...

In a game that followed much the same script as their previous meeting this season, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team improved to 2-0 this season against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville with a 63-58 win Thursday night at the Show Me Center...

Coming off a 28-point loss, a short-handed Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team picked up a bounce back victory Saturday. Tesia Thompson notched her fifth double-double of the season, and the Redhawks held on for a 52-42 win over Eastern Kentucky in Richmond, Kentucky...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team never led Thursday, suffering a 28-point defeat. Morehead State opened the scoring 33 seconds in and didn't relinquish that lead as Southeast fell 82-54 in Morehead, Kentucky. By the end of the first quarter, the Eagles held a 13-point lead and by halftime that advantage was 20 points. The Redhawks never got closer than 14 in the final two quarters...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team was unable to contain Macey Turley on Saturday, and it cost the Redhawks. Turley, a freshman, poured in a game-high 32 points, and the Racers led the entire fourth quarter in a 64-59 win over host Southeast at the Show Me Center...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team made its last three shots from the field, pulling away late to pick up its second conference win. The Redhawks outscored Austin Peay by 10 points in the final five minutes to turn a tie game into a 64-54 Ohio Valley Conference win Thursday at the Show Me Center...

When Jessie Harshberger knocked down a jumper from the right elbow early in the fourth quarter, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team appeared in control once more with a double-digit lead. It was just a mirage. That Harshberger bucket seven seconds into the final period proved to the Redhawks' final field goal of the game as the offense went cold down the stretch. ...

It wasn't pretty, but the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team did enough to win its Ohio Valley Conference opener. The Redhawks overcame 17 turnovers and subpar free-throw shooting to defeat SIU Edwardsville 62-52 on Thursday in Edwardsville, Illinois. It's SEMO's first road win against SIUE in Rekha Patterson's four-year tenure...

Tesia Thompson recorded the fifth double-double of her young college career, but the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball faltered in the second half and fell 69-57 to Memphis on Monday in Memphis, Tennessee. Thompson, who hails from Memphis, Tennessee, finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds...

Southeast Missouri State women's basketball guards Adrianna Murphy and Carrie Shephard were named Ohio Valley Conference Player and Newcomer of the Week, respectively, the league announced Tuesday. Murphy, a senior, averaged 17 points, 8.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 4 steals in two wins last week to earn the Player of the Week award. The Fishers, Indiana, native had her first double-double of the season against Division II Illinois-Springfield, scoring 24 points and grabbing 11 rebounds...

Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson had kept a low profile for most of the game, sitting on the bench next to her assistants, instead of pacing the sideline, but late in the third quarter, the fourth-year coach sprang out of her seat and clapped her hands emphatically in appreciation of her team's defense...

Both teams struggled to hold onto the ball Thursday, but Indiana State did enough to deal Southeast Missouri State women's basketball another loss. The Redhawks committed 35 turnovers in a 62-51 home defeat to the Sycamores on Thursday at the Show Me Center. ISU wasn't much better, but shot 40 percent from the field to overcome 28 turnovers...

Tesia Thompson scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team pulled away late and beat New Jersey Institute of Technology 68-58 in the NJIT Classic on Sunday in Newark, New Jersey. Thompson was one of four double-digit scorers for SEMO (2-4), which went 1-1 in the NJIT Classic. Adrianna Murphy added 14 points and four steals, and Carrie Shephard and Jocelyn Taylor both had 11 points. Taylor also had eight rebounds...

The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team fell into a double-digit halftime deficit and couldn’t recover in an 80-67 loss to North Alabama in both teams’ opening game in the NJIT Classic in Newark, New Jersey. UNA (6-0) led by 24 points with 4:38 left in the third quarter and did enough to hold on for the win...

Sophomore Tesia Thompson posted game-high totals of 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team notched its first win of the season, an 81-71 victory over Western Illinois on Tuesday at the Show Me Center. Adrianna Murphy added 20 points for the Redhawks, who improved to 1-3 on the season...

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...