Southeast Womens Basketball

Southeast Missouri State student-athletes combined to post a 3.20 grade point average for the 2016-17 academic year. The women's tennis team led the way with a 3.79 cumulative GPA, while women's cross country and women's soccer were close behind with a 3.75 and a 3.70 GPA, respectively...

A couple of months ago, Southeast Missouri State women's basketball assistant coach James Arnold got a phone call from his realtor -- a family was moving to Cape Girardeau and was interested in purchasing his house. Except his house wasn't for sale...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team announced Wednesday that it has completed its 2017-18 signing class with the addition of Losmie Lutaya, a 6-foot-2 forward. Lutaya comes to Cape Girardea from Pensacola (Fla.) State College. She is originally from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

It's hard to make comparisons. Even when you think you're matching apples to apples, they might be two different varieties of apples with their own unique undertones. So the 2016-17 season -- Year 2 of the Rekha Patterson era -- had its own set of challenges for Southeast Missouri State women's basketball...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team extend its winning streak to seven games with two wins Saturday at the We Back Pat tournament. The Redhawks defeated Missouri State 2-1 in Game 1 and University of Missouri-Kansas City 4-2 in Game 2 in Kansas City, Missouri. They are the fifth Ohio Valley Conference school to reach 10 wins this season...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- There was a fearlessness to Bri Mitchell's game that couldn't be denied. The first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference guard didn't expect Wednesday's game to be the last of her illustrious career with the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team, but that didn't stop her from performing like the end was in sight...

It's the last Monday in February, and the start of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament in Nashville, Tennessee -- and all of March Madness -- is just days away. As Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson sits in the program's conference room, she talks about her two seniors, Bri Mitchell and Olivia Hackmann, both of whom are preparing for their final moments of college basketball, and both of whom are, at that moment, sitting in Patterson's office next door...

It's not how anyone wants to reach their goals. Not by pounding their fists in frustration at missed opportunities before wondering and waiting and staring at their phones. But even when Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson raised her arms in celebration -- and relief -- in the upper reaches of the Show Me Center, and her players high-fived each other in the stands more than an hour after their game had ended in defeat on Saturday afternoon, the taste was sweet...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team's regular-season finale Saturday doubled as Senior Day for SEMO's pair of upperclassman -- Bri Mitchell and Olivia Hackmann. The pair, both whom were 1,000-point scorers for the Redhawks, was honored in a pregame ceremony...

MURRAY, Kent. -- Right now it's hard to make heads or tails of the jumbled, chaotic Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball standings. So the simple option for Southeast Missouri State is to just win. Which is why Wednesday night's result, the first of the season's final two games, was so important...

It's the return of grimy. Or, at least, that's what Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson hopes. A month ago, the Redhawks defeated Murray State thanks to a renewed commitment to getting gritty and playing tougher. Now, with a second matchup against the Racers set for 6 p.m. today in Murray, Kentucky, it's again an emphasis...

There could have been some things worth smiling about, but the final scoreboard overshadowed it all. On a day when the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball mounted a late rally, saw a spectacular second-half performance by junior Ashton Luttrull and featured a number of career highs and a school record, the Redhawks lacked the edge they needed to secure a massive Ohio Valley Conference victory and fell at home to UT Martin, 82-73, on Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center...

When the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team picked up an 82-79 conference road win over UT Martin back on Jan. 14, it was a big moment for a program that hadn't defeated the Skyhawks in years. But now, with end of the regular season fast approaching and the Ohio Valley Conference standings a muddled mess, UTM is playing better basketball, having won three in a row and five of its last six as it makes a stop at the Show Me Center on Saturday for a huge OVC showdown with the Redhawks.. ...

The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments are moving to the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, the league announced Thursday. The OVC Board of Presidents awarded the tournament to the city. The tournament has been held in Nashville, Tennessee, for the last 14 years and for 23 of the last 24 seasons. The Municipal Auditorium will host this year's tournament, which runs from March 1-4...

Erin Bollmann won four district titles at Meadow Heights High School and battled through knee problems to help lead Southeast Missouri State women's basketball to its first conference tournament appearance in seven years as a senior. But it's her latest endeavor, which involves watching not playing, that Bollmann deems the biggest challenge she's ever encountered...

CHARLESTON, Ill. -- The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team had a lead before the clock even started, and when the clock did start -- eventually -- things were no different, as the Redhawks got a career performance from junior guard Hannah Noe and rolled to a 107-65 win over Eastern Illinois for an important Ohio Valley Conference victory on Saturday at Lantz Arena in Charleston, Illinois...

Nearly every time Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson opened her mouth after Wednesday night's game, the same refrain spilled out. "We just found ways," the coach said. Despite losing the rebounding battle, despite getting hurt by some of SIU-Edwardsville's go-to scorers and despite facing a nine-point deficit in the third quarter, the Redhawks got tough, attacked the basket and pulled out a 78-74 home win over the same Cougar team that staked their hearts three weeks ago with a buzzer-beating victory.. ...

Less than three weeks ago, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team walked off the floor in Edwardsville, Illinois, shocked by a wild, buzzer-beating 3-pointer by SIU-Edwardsville that sank the Redhawks 70-69. Southeast will have an opportunity to avenge that defeat today, when the two teams tip off at 6:30 p.m. at the Show Me Center...

One of the bright spots for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team in an 82-72 loss to Morehead State on Saturday was the play of junior post Deja Jones. A week and three games into her return from injury, the 5-foot-11 Jones scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds against the Eagles, making a sizable impact in what was one of her best performances of the season...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team had a chance to take another scalp of an upper tier Ohio Valley conference opponent, and it let the opportunity slip away. Tied at 57 after three quarters, Morehead State went on a 10-2 run to begin the final period, finding extra toughness when it mattered most -- and when the Redhawks failed to find it -- to defeat Southeast 82-72 on Saturday at the Show Me Center...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team knew exactly where Jacksonville State could hurt it -- in the paint. The Gamecocks ended up doing damage in other areas instead, but by following the game plan the Redhawks were able to do enough to find a way to pick up a critical Ohio Valley Conference road win, 65-58, on Wednesday in Jacksonville, Alabama...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team has lost three of its last four games, but sandwiched in there is a quality victory over Murray State. With just seven Ohio Valley Conference contests left in the regular season, the Redhawks (9-13 overall, 3-6 OVC) are trying to bottle their formula from that result and apply it more consistently...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team was already lacking offensive weapons heading into Saturday's Ohio Valley Conference matchup against Austin Peay, and the situation was only compounded by having to deal with the presence of Tearra Banks...

The Southeast Missouri State athletics department recognized 220 student-athletes who achieved a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or higher during a banquet Wednesday night at the Show Me Center. For the second year in a row, more than 60 percent of the school's student athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher...

Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson wanted grime, and on Wednesday she got it. Hannah Noe hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2 minutes left to play and a strong defensive effort forced a shot-clock violation in the late seconds of the game, as Southeast snapped a two-game losing streak and got its first Ohio Valley Conference victory at the Show Me Center with a 79-70 win over Murray State...

As the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team enters the heart of Ohio Valley Conference play looking for some answers, it can take some solace in the fact the standings currently look like a grimy mess, and that's an adjective Redhawks coach Rekha Patterson is comfortable with...

Earlier this season, Olivia Hackmann reached 1,000 points for her career. On Saturday, prior to the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball game against Eastern Illinois, she was honored for that achievement. Less than two hours later, Bri Mitchell joined the club...

When Rekha Patterson led the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team to the Ohio Valley Conference tournament a year ago for the first time since 2009, then-senior Olivia Hackmann could only sit on the sideline and watch. With her year ended by a fracture in her right foot a month into what appeared to be her final season with the Redhawks, Hackmann was rendered a spectator...

Key personnel is still missing for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team and will be for some time, and it's clear the Redhawks are still figuring out how to adjust. Southeast was out-rebounded and out-worked at critical points in its game Saturday afternoon, as Eastern Illinois went on a decisive 10-2 run early in the fourth quarter and the Redhawks fell 71-62 at the Show Me Center...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- The longest nine-tenths of a second ever. That's what Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson called it. After fighting back from 17 points down in the waning moments of the third quarter, Adrianna Murphy drained a 14-foot jumper from the left side with 0.9 seconds in the game to give Southeast a 69-67 lead over SIU Edwardsville...

Coming off a confidence-boosting win over UT Martin over the weekend -- the first such result in nearly eight years -- the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team wants to maintain that positive trend. Southeast wraps up a four-game road stretch tonight at SIU-Edwardsville with a chance to go 3-1 in that swing and begin to leave a slow start to Ohio Valley Conference play in the rear-view mirror...

MARTIN, Tenn. -- The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team hadn't won against UT Martin in the last 14 meetings. And based on the way the Redhawks played in the first quarter, they knew it. But Southeast flipped the game in the second and third quarters, erasing a 16-point deficit and then hanging on to weather a serious Skyhawks charge in the final period to grab its second Ohio Valley Conference win, 82-79, on Saturday at the Elam Center in Martin, Tennessee...

When the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team hits the road Saturday to take on UT Martin, it will see a team struggling to match expectations -- at least, those from the outside. The defending-champion Skyhawks -- who have won four of the last five Ohio Valley Conference regular-season titles -- were picked to finish second in the league's preseason poll. The early returns on that vote of confidence have fallen short...

Against the Ohio Valley Conference front-runner, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team fought and battled. But in the decisive moments, it saw recent struggles reemerge. The Redhawks led with just over four minutes remaining in the third quarter but again saw their shots miss the mark, as Belmont grabbed momentum late in the period, carried it into the fourth and walked away with an 89-77 win on Saturday at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee...

As soon as Ashton Luttrull caught fire, there wasn't much that could slow her down. The junior guard scored 15 of her career-high 20 points in the second half and provided crucial buckets down the stretch, leading the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team to a 75-67 victory Thursday over Tennessee State at the Gentry Center in Nashville, Tennessee...

As the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team embarks on its first road trip of the conference schedule, it hopes it can leave recent struggles behind as it heads to Nashville, Tennessee. After opening Ohio Valley Conference play 0-2 and dropping four of their last five games, the Redhawks (6-9) open up a stretch of four straight road games by traveling to the Gentry Center to take on Tennessee State today...

It was a nightmare of a second quarter. One that haunted the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team on Saturday. An 0-of-17 shooting stretch that almost defies description sunk the Redhawks, as they scored just two points in the second quarter and then could not get back over the hump, falling to Eastern Kentucky 74-63 at the Show Me Center...

Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson knew that Ohio Valley Conference play would be a different beast. She had just hoped her team would be more prepared to handle it. On Thursday night it was not. Visiting Tennessee Tech shot 52.6 percent from the floor and got 30 points and 12 rebounds from star Yaktavia Hickson, as the Redhawks let a halftime lead slip away and fell 74-63 to the Golden Eagles to open conference play at the Show Me Center...

Coming out of the Christmas break, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team sits at 6-7 on the season. But that's not the record that matters. Entering the team's conference opener today, the only record of importance is 0-0 -- the Redhawks' mark in the Ohio Valley Conference...

Her signature move might be a spin move in the lane, but Bri Mitchell is no one-trick pony. As a veteran guard for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team and a preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference pick, Mitchell was expected to be a major source of points for SEMO's offense this season after averaging 13.4 points per game as a junior. But she's also been an excellent distributor...

It wasn't always pretty, but the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team overcame a slow start and 22 turnovers, exploding in the third quarter and rolling to a 75-47 win over Alabama A&M in the Redhawks' final non-conference game of the season Monday at the Show Me Center...

After going on the road and coming up just short twice in the last 10 days, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team gets an opportunity to return home and close out its non-conference schedule with some positive vibes. The Redhawks (5-7) host Alabama A&M today at 11 a.m. at the Show Me Center...

For a second straight game, the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team went on the road and battled hard, only to lose a close game at the wire, as the Redhawks fell to Memphis 65-63 on Friday night at the Elma Roade Fieldhouse in Memphis, Tennessee...

It's the type of game that seems like it should be an annual occurrence -- a quick jaunt down Interstate 55 to face a regional foe in fertile recruiting ground -- but when the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team travels to Memphis tonight, it will be the first meeting between the two programs in 40 years...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The opportunities were there. The Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team just didn’t take them. The Redhawks managed a 15-point lead in the second quarter but too many missed layups, missed free throws and defensive errors saw that advantage vanish, as Southeast fell to Southern Illinois 77-70 on Friday afternoon in Carbondale, Illinois...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team will try to push its record over .500 for the first time this season as it travels to Southern Illinois today. Tipoff is scheduled for noon. The Redhawks (5-5) trail SIU (3-4) in the all-time series 4-9; Southeast is 0-5 in Carbondale, Illinois...

It's been a season full of surprises for Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson, and on Tuesday, her team pulled another trick out of its sleeve. On a night when the Redhawks couldn't get shots to fall, they dominated the boards, out-rebounding Lipscomb 59-25 -- 32-2 on the offensive boards -- and used that to carry them to a 79-63 win at the Show Me Center...

When the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team walked off the floor after a 107-59 win over Stephens College on Sunday, it felt like a kind of fresh beginning. Not only did the victory provide a positive jumping off for the final stretch of the non-conference schedule, but also the starting point for a new approach to what the team does on the floor...

Continued development of a new offensive system will be a major focus for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team when it returns to the floor tonight hosting Lipscomb, but so will attempting to win back-to-back contests for the first time this season...

If the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team was looking to get an injection of confidence coming off last week's loss to Saint Louis, it was mission accomplished on Sunday afternoon. The Redhawks matched a pair of offensive records as they streaked past NAIA Stephens College 107-59 at the Show Me Center...