Southeast Womens Basketball

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. ...

The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team has been in close games this season, so when it found itself in another, Southeast knew what to do. The Redhawks let a double-digit second-half lead slip away but, tied at 66 with 47 seconds to go, they made plays on both ends of the floor to escape a choppy, whistle-ridden contest with a 71-66 victory over Tennessee State in Ohio Valley Conference action on Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center...

It was clear that the start of Ohio Valley Conference play was going to be a challenge for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team. It began, after all, against the defending regular-season and tournament champions Belmont, which is, again, the favorite to top the league...

In many ways it was encouraging. And in many ways it wasn't. The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team pushed Ohio Valley Conference favorite Belmont, but in a five-point game in the fourth quarter the Redhawks had too many lapses and let a prime opportunity slip away, falling 67-57 in the teams' conference opener on Thursday evening at the Show Me Center...

When the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team defeated Evansville 74-65 on Tuesday, it was one final chance to get a look at things in a game situation before the results matter. The next time the Redhawks step on the court, it will be to begin jockeying for position in the Ohio Valley Conference and, ultimately, to gain entry to the postseason tournament...

It sure feels good to be home. Twenty-four days after it last played a game on its own court, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team returned to the Show Me Center, getting a career performance from junior point guard Adrianna Murphy and a cohesive team effort on both ends of the floor to drop visiting Evansville 74-65 in the final non-conference contest of the season Tuesday afternoon...

For three years, Hannah Noe made a living as one of the best 3-point shooters to ever pull on a Southeast Missouri State uniform. Which is why, after the Redhawks dispatched Evansville 74-65 on Tuesday afternoon, there was a courtside crowd waiting to give the Dexter, Missouri, native hugs...

Nine days have passed since the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team last took to the floor. Now, after a week to focus on final exams, the players have nothing to worry about but basketball for a few weeks, and that starts today in an afternoon contest against Evansville as Southeast gets its final non-conference warmup before the start of Ohio Valley Conference play...

If fans feel like they haven't seen the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team in a while, it's because they haven't. The Redhawks last played at home on Thanksgiving weekend. In the interim, they've undergone a road gauntlet that could, in the long term, go a long way in shaping the 2017-18 season...

It was nearly the type of result that would help put a little shine on a rough road trip. Instead, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team had to settle for a valiant but ultimately losing effort, as the Redhawks fell on the road, 51-50, at Kansas on Sunday night at Phog Allen Field House in Lawrence, Kansas...

A lopsided second quarter was too much for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team to overcome on Thursday night. Junior guard Adrianna Murphy recorded a career-high 25 points, but it wasn't enough as Ball State had four players reach double-digit scoring in a 69-56 win over the Redhawks in Muncie, Indiana...

After two tough losses, the immediate future gets no easier for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team. The Redhawks continue a road stretch of non-conference games when they travel to Ball State to take on the Cardinals tonight at Worthen Arena in Muncie, Indiana...

Western Illinois charged out to a 17-2 lead to begin the game and the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team never recovered as it fell 87-59 on the road Tuesday night in Macomb, Illinois. A bad start turned worse for the Redhawks (4-4) when they were outscored 25-8 in the second quarter and faced a 52-25 deficit at halftime...

A slow start doomed the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team on the road Thursday night in Cincinnati. Shanice Johnson had a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds, as Cincinnati jumped out to an early lead and led from wire to wire in a 65-52 victory over the Redhawks at St. Ursula Academy...

After sweeping a pair of games in its own SEMO Thanksgiving Classic, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team prepares for a tough week and a half to wind down the non-conference portion of the schedule. The Redhawks (4-3) kick off a four-game road stretch at 6 p.m. tonight against Cincinnati at St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio...

It was never likely the night would go as smoothly for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team as it did for the first 15 minutes of the game; it was never likely Bradley was just going to roll over. The Braves' charge came, leaving the Redhawks utterly shell-shocked, but Southeast was able to lean on what it does best -- defense -- to claw back on top, getting just enough big plays to defeat Bradley 57-53 to close out the SEMO Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday at the Show Me Center...