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Somber split sees both Southeast basketball squads miss conference tournament (3/3/24)In a high-stakes season finale for both Redhawk basketball teams, Southeast Missouri State grabbed a split on Saturday night – but not in the way it may have hoped. With a tournament berth on the line, Southeast women’s basketball couldn’t come up with the plays late to knock off Southern Indiana with its season on the line...
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Redhawk women staying alive as Southeast squads split road battle in Morehead (3/1/24)Against two tough Morehead State squads, Southeast got a big split on Thursday, going on the road and grabbing a big win in the Bluegrass State. The Redhawk women inched closer to securing their spot in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament while the men officially dropped out of the race with a tough loss...
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Basketball: SEMO vs UT Martin (2/24/24)
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Little Rock controls paint, downs Redhawks at Show Me Center (2/23/24)An inability to stop the Little Rock Trojans in the paint proved to be the demise of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks as they fell 83-61 on Thursday. Some early three-point-range success gave the Trojans an early 10-4 advantage. “I thought some guys tried,” Redhawks coach Brad Korn said. “I just didn’t think the defensive intensity and the physicality was there as a collective group. You can’t just have one or two guys doing it, you have to have all five doing it.”...
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Men’s late-game collapse sees Redhawk basketball split Edwardsville doubleheader (2/18/24)Making the trip to Edwardsville, Illinois, for the second half of a two-game road trip in the Land of Lincoln, Redhawk basketball nearly had a doubleheader sweep, but couldn’t wrap it up late. Both the men and women grabbed big early leads against the Cougars, dominating the first halves – but the second halves told two totally different tales...
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Southeast drops two at Eastern Illinois, Bowen and Bell make scoring waves (2/16/24)Another road doubleheader ended in another pair of losses for Southeast Basketball. Both the women’s and men’s squads traveled for a road tilt at Eastern Illinois on Thursday night. When the early goings turned sour, they never sweetened as both squads lost by nearly 20 points...
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Cape Central alum Kinyon Hodges leads TSU to road win over Redhawks (2/10/24)Back in his hometown, Cape Cenreal alum and Tennessee State’s Kinyon Hodges led the way to a 77-74 Tigers win over the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks. Hodges poured in 18 points on 8-for-12 shooting and also hauled in 7 rebounds in the win. “It feels good,” Hodges said. “It’s always a good feeling when you come back to your hometown and you play in front of your fans and the people that watched you play in high school. It’s always a good feeling and it feels good to get the dub.”...
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Red-hot Redhawks trounce Tennessee Tech (2/9/24)To think that just a year ago, Southeast Missouri State and Tennessee Tech were playing in an epic overtime thriller for the Ohio Valley Conference championship and to put an end to a March Madness drought. Now when both teams played on Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Show Me Center, it was to keep the hopes of returning to the conference tournament alive...
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Freshmen guards score career-highs in SEMO loss (2/4/24)During Southeast Missouri State's 76-55 home loss against Western Illinois on Saturday, a pair of freshmen capitalized on the newfound opportunity and established career highs in scoring. Both BJ Ward and Marqueas Bell scored 11 points to lead the Redhawks. Both guards arrived at SEMO as true freshmen and spent the majority of the season coming off the bench. While Ward has seen plenty of action, Saturday was the first time Bell was on the floor for more than 20 minutes...
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SEMO Men's Basketball vs. Western Illinois (2/3/24)Western Illinois defeated Southeast Missouri State 76-55 on Saturday at the Show Me Center.
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Redhawks eyeing big home win when they welcome Western Illinois (2/1/24)For the second time in a month, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks will square off with the Western Illinois Leathernecks. The two teams met on Jan. 4 in Macomb, Ill. where the Leathernecks emerged victorious with a 68-61 win over the Redhawks. Southeast enters this matchup now 7-15 overall and 2-7 on Ohio Valley Conference play...
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Column: SEMO basketball is down, but thankfully, I have a solution (1/31/24)Here is my problem: I’ve had waaaaay too many unfathomable, yet incredibly positive things happen in my life. The reason this is a problem is because it has caused me to ONLY dream in color and NEVER accept that something can not be achieved, somehow or someway.
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All-important Lindenwood doubleheader on docket for Redhawk basketball (1/29/24)With both teams on two-game losing streaks, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks are preparing for a fierce doubleheader at Lindenwood on Tuesday night. Last time out against the Lions, the Show Me Center bore witness to a dominant win for the Redhawk women, routing the visitors en route to their second consecutive conference victory...
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Redhawk basketball drops two at Little Rock, further extend league slump (1/27/24)Going on the road for another conference doubleheader matchup, both Southeast Missouri State Redhawk basketball squads had opportunities to win late but came up short in the end. For the women, it was long stretches of offensive ineptitude that kept the Redhawks off the scoreboard and the W column...
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Southeast Missouri State gearing up for Saturday doubleheader tilt at Little Rock (1/26/24)Coming off a doubleheader loss on Thursday night, Southeast Missouri State men’s and women’s basketball teams look to make the most of their tight turnaround before taking on two more road duels with the Little Rock Trojans on Saturday. With another tough tilt in Little Rock, Arkansas, the women’s game is set for a 1 p.m. tip while the men are set to follow at 3 p.m...
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Tennessee-Martin doubleheader ends in sweeping loss for Redhawks (1/26/24)Matching up with two tough Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks teams on the road, both the Southeast Missouri State men and women came up short in a Thursday night doubleheader. With a chance for both teams to make a statement, neither could come up with the firepower...
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Redhawk men, women to face tough doubleheader test in Martin (1/25/24)With two win streaks on the line, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawk basketball teams are gearing up for a critical doubleheader at Tennessee-Martin on Thursday night with big Ohio Valley Conference implications. Once again facing a conference doubleheader, the women’s 5:30 p.m. game followed by a men’s 7:30 p.m. game see both teams’ one-game winning streaks on the line...
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Josh Earley’s big day leads Redhawks to win over SIUE (1/20/24)Timely buckets and tenacious defense down the stretch powered the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks to a 52-47 win over the SIUE Cougars. From the opening tip, it was a back-and-forth affair as it was the Cougars jumping out to a quick 5-2 lead, but the Redhawks went on a 10-4 run to take a 12-9 lead following the under 16 timeout...
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SEMO Men's Basketball vs SIUE (1/20/24)
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Three keys for SEMO men as they get set to host SIUE (1/18/24)While the 2023-24 campaign hasn’t been kind to the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks, they will look to get back on track when they host SIUE at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday. The Redhawks, currently sitting at 6-12 overall and 1-4 in OVC play, are desperate for wins...
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COLUMN: Media advice from Cardinal to Redhawks (1/17/24)After spending a year in Cape Girardeau, the one thing that has pleasantly surprised me about this place is how many athletes currently competing at Southeast Missouri State who have aspirations for a career in journalism. Chandler Davis plays on the SEMO women’s basketball team and recently covered the football team as a reporter for the student newspaper, the Southeast Arrow. ...
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SEMO men's basketball vs. Lindenwood (1/17/24)Lindenwood defeated the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 74-68 on Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Show Me Center.
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Feuerborn breaks own record in Redhawk Invite (1/15/24)Southeast Missouri State's Parker Feuerborn set a new school record in the weight throw as the Redhawks placed first on both the men's and women's side in their home opener on Saturday, Jan. 13. Feuerborn, a graduate student who transferred from St. Thomas University leading up to the 2023 track season, initially broke the record last year. Now, he raised the ball with a throw of 73' 4.75" for a new personal best...
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COLUMN: Redhawks finishing games fast for the wrong reasons (1/12/24)The Southeast Missouri State mens basketball team enters a pivotal matchup on the road at Tennessee Tech on Saturday, Jan. 13, looking to correct a troubling tend. The Redhawks fell to in-state rival Lindenwood 74-68 but went on a 12-5 run to pull within four points in the final seconds after being down 11 points with 2:22 left in the game. ...
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Keenon Cole scores 42 as Lindenwood gets revenge on SEMO (1/12/24)Lindenwood’s season ended against Southeast Missouri State in the Ohio Valley Conference last year with Keenon Cole not making a single basket. He waited for this moment and got revenge by scoring a career high 42 points to lead the Lions past the Redhawks 74-68 on Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Show Me Center...
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Redhawks to welcome rival Lindenwood to town on Thursday (1/10/24)The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks are set to host the Lindenwood Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Show Me Center. Losers of three of their last five, the Redhawks will look to get to 2-2 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Last time out, the Redhawks downed Bethel 71-61, and while it wasn’t easy, a win is a win no matter how it came...
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SEMO gets Korn 50th win, beats Bethel 71-61 (1/7/24)Brad Korn earned his 50th win as Southeast Missouri State head coach as the Redhawks defeated the Bethel Wildcats 71-61 on Jan. 6, at the Show Me Center. Josh Early led the Redhawks with 14 points, followed by 13 from Evan Eursher and 12 from Rob Martin...
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COLUMN: Why does SEMO schedule NAIA teams? (1/7/24)Southeast Missouri State entered Saturday’s game with Bethel having won 36 straight games against non-Division 1 teams. The Redhawks were in danger of breaking that streak in the first half, but went on to defeat the Wildcats 71-61 on Jan. 6, at the Show Me Center. The Redhawks are 6-10 this season. They're also 6-2 at home and 4-0 against NAIA teams this season...
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Redhawks MBB 'out-glassed' in OVC road loss (1/5/24)The Western Illinois men’s basketball team makes no pretense about what its plans are for its opposition.
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Redhawks need to improve rebounding against Bethel (1/5/24)The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team will have a chance at home on Saturday, Jan. 6, against NAIA opponent Bethel to work on addressing what has clearly been a clear weakness so far during the conference slate of the schedule. “Defense, toughness and rebounding,” SEMO head coach Brad Korn said. “If we don't have those things, it's gonna be hard for us.”...
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SEMO MBB to face tough task in OVC road test (1/4/24)Moments following his team’s recent 93-91 overtime victory against Southern Indiana, fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn clearly stated just how difficult what his group had just done was to do. “We talked about it in the locker room,” Korn said, “about just how hard it is to win in college basketball.”
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Rob Martin's confidence "sky high" in first year with Redhawks (1/1/24)The first weekend of the Ohio Valley Conference portion of the season could be best described by the famous line from “A Tale of Two Cities.” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” After defeating Southern Indiana on a buzzer beater in overtime on Friday, Dec. 29, Southeast Missouri State was overwhelmed by Morehead State 83-64 on Sunday, Dec. 31 at the Show Me Center. If the first weekend has shown anything, it’s that the Redhawks will likely go where their backcourt takes them...
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SEMO Men's basketball vs. Morehead State (12/31/23)Southeast Missouri State fell to Morehead State on Sunday. Dec. 31 at the Show Me Center.
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Season’s buzzer-beatings: Rob Martin drains game-winner for SEMO in overtime (12/30/23)There’s no better way for the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks to begin their Ohio Valley Conference title defense than with a 93-91 overtime win over Southern Indiana on Friday, Dec. 29, at the Show Me Center. Rob Marin was the star of the show for the Redhawks. The sophomore guard scored 29 points and made the buzzer-beater in overtime to seal SEMO its first conference win of the season...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball vs. Southern Indiana (12/30/23)Southeast Missouri State won 93-91 in overtime over Southern Indiana on Friday, Dec. 29, at the Show Me Center.
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SEMO hoops falter on road at Illinois State in familiar fashion (12/22/23)The story of the 2023-24 Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad – so far – has been that it is a good enough group to compete with its like opposition, but not for 40 minutes.
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Evolving SEMO hoops squad to be tested on road tonight (12/21/23)The cynics of Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball (4-7) will point to the fact that the Redhawks' 3-1 record in their past four games has been achieved against three non-Division I programs, and they would be correct. However, the fact is, SEMO also played well in the one recent loss at Purdue Fort Wayne, which is 11-2 on the season.
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Ball movement, superb shooting leads SEMO to victory (12/18/23)The SEMO Redhawks men’s basketball team defeated NAIA opponent Lindsey Wilson College 87-59 on Sunday at the Show Me Center. The Redhawks used 50% or better shooting from the field and the three-point line while totaling 20 assists. SEMO head coach Brad Korn said he likes the team to focus on assisting because of how much it helps the offense...
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SEMO Men's Basketball vs. Lindsey Wilson College (12/17/23)
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SEMO FCA fundraiser is sure to be 'a great catch' for a lot of people (12/14/23)Have you ever wanted to learn how to camp and fish with an “elite tent camper,” who also serves as the head football coach at Southeast Missouri State (Tom Matukewicz)?
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SEMO hoops shows growth in competitive road L (12/10/23)FORT WAYNE - Fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn has said, at times, this season that his team was improving, even as the losses piled up. On Saturday, that growth was very evident, even though the final outcome was another Redhawk defeat.
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SEMO mbb at Purdue Fort Wayne (12/9/23)FORT WAYNE - Southeast Missouri State men's basketball battled at Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Redhawk hoops to have hands full with one of Midwest's best (12/8/23)Without question, 10th-year Purdue Fort Wayne men’s basketball coach Jon Coffman is going to be less sympathetic to his Southeast Missouri State counterpart, fourth-year Redhawk coach Brad Korn, at 6 p.m. on Saturday (ESPN+) when the two teams meet at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.
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COLUMN: SEMO needs Larson's sharpshooting to improve by OVC slate (12/6/23)One of the chief reasons behind the early optimism going into the new Southeast Missouri State men's basketball season was among the returnees and incoming transfers was a 6-9 sophomore forward who can shoot three-pointers and provide the occasional energy-infusing dunk...
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SEMO hoops looking for someone, anyone to 'step up' and lead (12/5/23)There hasn’t been a great deal to cheer about throughout this men’s basketball season for the followers of the Southeast Missouri State men’s program. However, the Redhawks are coming off a victory over NAIA program Missouri Baptist, and they’ll host another NAIA program in Harris-Stowe on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Show Me Center (ESPN+), so a two-game win streak may be in the works. “We’ve got to reset mentally,” Korn said of returning to the Show Me Center recently after playing five road games in November. “We’ve got to get back in the gym and find something that we can hang our hats on with both sides of the ball.
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SEMO Men's Basketball vs. Missouri Baptist (12/5/23)Southeast Missouri State defeated Missouri Baptist 84-56 on Sunday afternoon at the Show Me Center.
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Third program is the charm for Redhawks guard Aquan Smart (12/4/23)Southeast Missouri State is Aquan Smart's third college basketball program but the 2023-24 season is the first time in his career he's spending a second season with a team. Not only that but they have been the best years, better than his freshman season at Maryland, and better than his sophomore season at Florida International...
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SEMO hoops needs to get 'Smart' at the offensive end (12/3/23)With his team struggling mightily at the offensive end of the floor so far this season, fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn has pleaded with his players for one of them to step up and seize the ability to produce.
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SEMO hoop struggles reach zenith in blowout loss to Kansas City (12/1/23)Following a recent 16-point loss at Chattanooga, which lowered his team’s record to 1-5 this season, fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn was relatively positive in his assessment of his squad, despite the contrarian statistical measures.
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SEMO hoops seeking to be more offensive with its play (11/30/23)To win a college basketball game, a team certainly has to play well defensively in order to keep its opponent from outscoring them. However, if you can’t score the ball yourself, then it really puts pressure on a team to have to play close to near-perfect basketball at the defensive end of the court in order to prevail.
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SEMO MBB coach sees progress despite another road L (11/26/23)Fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn wasn’t thrilled with his team’s opening half performance in a 19-point loss to Evansville on Saturday, but despite numbers contrary to what most would think, he was fairly pleased with the Redhawk's performance in a 72-56 loss to Chattanooga in the finale of the Coke Zero Sugar Classic in Chattanooga on Sunday.
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SEMO MBB falls to Evansville again and in similar fashion (11/25/23)In every one of its five games this men’s basketball season, thus far, Southeast Missouri State has managed to dig itself a double-digit hole to climb out of, and Saturday’s 93-74 loss to Evansville in the Coke Zero Sugar Classic in Chattanooga, Tenn. was no different.
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Young SEMO hoopsters put in the work last year to reap rewards this year (11/24/23)From a coaching perspective, fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn deserves a good amount of credit for his team’s dramatic rally for a victory against Central Arkansas earlier this week – as do the Redhawk players. However, sitting a long way down the Redhawk bench was a curly-haired coach that no one, besides Korn and the SEMO players, realized played a very significant role in the 70-68 win.
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Redhawk hoops bounce back with impressive 2H vs. Central Arkansas (11/21/23)Following up, what fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn deemed the most disappointing – in many regards – performance of his team’s four years since he arrived in Cape Girardeau, the Redhawks bounced back with a very impressive 70-68 thrilling victory over Central Arkansas on Monday at the Show Me Center.
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SEMO MBB coach looking for a Redhawk 'to emerge on this team' (11/20/23)Fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn had some degree of positive expectations entering this season, most of which have not come to fruition as of yet.
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SEMO Mens Basketball vs. Central Arkansas (11/20/23)Josh Earley scored a career-high 19 points and Aquan Smart made the game-winning shot with seven seconds left to send Southeast Missouri State to a 70-68 win over Central Arkansas on Monday, Nov. 20, at the Show Me Center.
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Redhawks turn in poor performance in home-opening L to Aces (11/16/23)The fans of Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball got to see the two extremes of the program on Wednesday at the Show Me Center.
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Competition for PT is prevalent on SEMO hoops early on (11/15/23)Putting together an advance scout on any college basketball squad these days can prove to be a challenge, as every roster in the country is in some degree of flux due to the proclivity of student-athletes to transfer – sometimes multiple times. However, for the opponents of Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball, the task is made even more difficult because every one of the 14 Redhawk players is, so far, seemingly pretty close in ability and production.
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SEMO Men's Basketball vs. Evansville (11/15/23)Southeast Missouri State opened the home slate of the 2023-24 season with a 76-57 loss against Evansville on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Butler blows out Redhawk hoops from opening tip (11/13/23)INDIANAPOLIS - The positive of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program is that it is finished for the 2023-24 season having to deal with “guarantee games” played on the road.
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Redhawk hoops to 'experience' history in tonight's game (11/10/23)There are a number of things that fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn wants his student-athletes to get out of being a Redhawk, none more important than growing intellectually and maturing into successful adults. However, he also wants his players to gain experiences in life through their time in Cape Girardeau, and tonight will be the latest example of such.
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SEMO MBB at Butler (11/10/23)INDIANAPOLIS - Southeast Missouri State men's basketball battled Butler on Friday at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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Redhawk hoops rolled on the road in 2023-24 opener (11/7/23)One game does not a season make, so despite the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad getting beat 87-66 in its season-opening game on Monday at Grand Canyon, fourth-year Redhawk coach Brad Korn felt there were positive aspects for his team to build upon.
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Long, athletic Biel brings a lot to Redhawk hoops, as season opens (11/6/23)When Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball fans walk outside into 77-degree sunshine today, hoop season may be the furthest thing from their minds. However, the fact is, as strange as it may seem, basketball season is actually here.
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Lots of new faces, roles highlight balanced SEMO MBB W (10/24/23)The unveiling of the 2023-24 Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad took place on Monday at the Show Me Center, as the Redhawks took care of NCAA Division II program Henderson State 76-61 in an exhibition game.
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SEMO Men's Basketball vs. Henderson State (10/24/23)Southeast Missouri State defeated Henderson State in an exhibition game on Monday, Oct. 23, at the Show Me Center.
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Aquan Smart ready to 'step up' his role with SEMO hoops at both ends (10/23/23)A year ago, there was no more offensively productive men’s basketball squad in the Ohio Valley Conference than eventual OVC Tournament champion Southeast Missouri State. However, nearly 1,700 of those points, including the Redhawks’ top three scorers, are not back this season, which begs the question: Who will put up points this season for SEMO?
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Defending OVC Tournament champions dismissed by the uninformed (10/17/23)There are few things in life as useless as sports polls. Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz, whose team is ranked 20th in this week’s poll, doesn’t have a clue as to whether Tulane should be ranked 23rd (which it is) or 18th or 15th or ranked at all.
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SEMO hoops 'starts with Dylan' in 2023 (10/17/23)The men’s basketball programs throughout the Ohio Valley Conference will gather in Evansville today for the league’s annual Media Day festivities, and fourth-year Redhawk coach Brad Korn and fourth-year SEMO guard Dylan Branson will be in enjoyable, and familiar territory in the ‘Pocket City.’
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No shortage of enthusiasm, chemistry on Redhawks' opening day of hoop season (9/26/23)In this era of college athletics where players transfer with abandon, it’s a difficult task for coaches to have to build team chemistry and instill a program culture on an annual basis. However, on the opening day of college basketball (practice) season on Monday, leadership, communication, and enthusiasm were in abundance within the Southeast Missouri State men’s squad.
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SEMO Men's Basketball preseason practice (9/25/23)
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Architect of Catfish, SEMO baseball success reels in another honor (7/30/23)At any given Cape Catfish game, you can find the architect of success for the franchise standing atop the hill glancing over a baseball diamond that he has carried in his heart since he was a boy.
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Redhawk hoops 'continues to build excitement' with public events today, Saturday (7/27/23)The 2022-23 men’s basketball season at Southeast Missouri State was an historic one, in that, the Redhawks won the 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, and thus, advanced to the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in the program’s NCAA Division I history.
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Korn's new deal with SEMO hoops makes a lot of people feel better (7/27/23)There are several people that feel positively about Southeast Missouri State extending Redhawk men’s basketball coach Brad Korn through the 2026-27 season with a new contract on Wednesday.
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Redhawk rebounder is rehabbing his way through 'long, long process' (7/21/23)Following a season-ending knee injury to Southeast Missouri State sophomore forward Kobe Clark last January, the Redhawks lost six games throughout the remainder of their season. Of those defeats, four were by six points or less, including a double-overtime loss at Lindenwood.
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Revamped SEMO MBB roster should be improved defensively (7/19/23)At the end of the day, it is difficult to find fault with the 2022-23 edition of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball season. After all, it was an historic year that culminated in the 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship, and the subsequent berth into the NCAA Tournament.
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Former Cardinal Ritter star brings 'elite athleticism' to Redhawk hoops (7/13/23)The numbers put up by Murray State freshman guard Braxton Stacker last season won’t set anyone’s heart aflutter. However, if you ask fourth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn about Stacker, who transferred to the Redhawk program this spring and will be eligible this coming season, he can hardly contain his excitement.
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Character, diligence emphasized in latest SEMO basketball hire (7/7/23)If you speak to any of the employees within the Southeast Missouri State athletic department regarding its hiring process, the first thing that is mentioned is the quality of people.
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SEMO MBB coaches hit the road today with judicious eyes (7/6/23)The coaching staff for Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball finds itself in an advantageous position today.
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New Madrid star has a lot on his mind as summer progresses (6/30/23)It might be a good idea for New Madrid County Central senior-to-be, Jadis Jones, to hire not just a travel agent, but a business manager, as well.
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Trailblazer to icon: Legendary basketball coach Lennies McFerren honored with Semoball’s Lifetime Achievement Award (6/20/23)SIKESTON — In the rolling hills of southeast Missouri, where the Mississippi River winds its way through sleepy towns and fertile farmland, a legend lives on. Lennies McFerren is a trailblazer, the first black high school basketball coach in southeast Missouri and across a wide stretch of land from St. Louis to Memphis when he took over the Charleston Bluejays program in 1977...
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SEMO fans, enjoy this moment, because few colleges ever reach this point (6/12/23)There rarely is a shortage of negativity in the daily news cycles, and intercollegiate athletics is never immune to such.
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Southeast Missouri State wins OVC Commissioner’s Cup (5/31/23)For the second time in three years, Southeast Missouri State has won the OVC Commissioner's Cup. The Redhawks won eight Ohio Valley Conference championships during the 2022-23 school year. The football team took a share of the championship after defeating rival Murray State 52-22. The Redhawks won the coin flip that determined whether SEMO or UT Martin would receive the automatic berth to the NCAA FCS Playoffs...
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SEMO basketball rounds out roster (5/25/23)It was announced on Thursday that the SEMO men’s basketball team added three new players to the final roster for the 2023-24 season. These players include Rob Martin, Braxton Stacker and TJ Biel. Martin comes to SEMO as a sophomore after spending last season at Indiana State out of the Missouri Valley Conference. ...
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Russell makes it official, commits to Western Athletic’s UT-Arlington (5/11/23)After a breakout second season at Southeast Missouri State University, junior guard Phillip Russell entered the transfer portal and committed to the University of Texas-Arlington on Wednesday, per his social media. Russell, on the heels of his third overall season of college basketball after a freshman stint at Saint Louis University, helped to guide the Redhawks to their first Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship since 2000, leading the team in both points and steals to become a two-way leader.. ...
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COLUMN: Don't hate the player for transferring, embrace the game and get more transfers (3/25/23)Southeast Missouri State's rare run in the NCAA Tournament ended before it began in the First Four. The aftermath was met with Phillip Russell's announcement on social media to enter the transfer portal, compounding the natural departure of Chris Harris, who will likely go down as one of the greatest players in Redhawk history...
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SEMO’s Phillip Russell enters transfer portal (3/20/23)Southeast Missouri State guard Phillip Russell announced via Twitter on Monday that he has entered the transfer portal. Russell is coming off a season where he averaged 18.1 points per game and 5.1 assists a game leading the Redhawks to their first Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship since 2000...
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Column: Chris Harris caps Hall of Fame-worthy career (3/16/23)The common themes enveloping Southeast Missouri State athletics in recent years have been two things: Elite student-athletes achieving greatness. Anyone that follows Redhawk athletics can point to the never-ending list of championships won throughout the athletic department, all of which took student-athletes who are certainly worthy of future consideration as SEMO Hall of Famers.
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SEMO fans show up in a big way in Dayton (3/15/23)DAYTON, OHIO - Over the two-day stretch in Dayton you wouldn’t have a hard time seeing the support the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks had. That was true as Redhawk fans and alumni met at Warped Wing Brewing Company in Dayton to get set for the First Four matchup...
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SEMO's magical postseason ends in Dayton (3/15/23)DAYTON, OHIO - A late comeback was not enough as the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks fell 75-71 to the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders on Tuesday at UD Arena. The Redhawks were led by Chris Harris who had 23 points in the loss. Harris was key in orchestrating a run that tied the game at 64 after the Redhawks trailed by 9 in the 2nd half...
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Experiencing March Madness through the eyes of Rowdy (3/15/23)As we’ve all been realizing, March Madness is a phenomenon that involved not just the Southeast Missouri State players but fans, band, administrators, and cheerleaders. Even the mascot, Rowdy the Redhawk had to enter the court and compete in a fierce dance battle against the mascot of the Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Izzy the Islander...
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SEMO's Vargas hopes NCAA Tournament has lasting impact on university, future enrollment (3/14/23)As the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks play on Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio, it will be in front of a national audience as March Madness tips off with the Redhawks First Four matchup against the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders at 5:40 p.m. Southeast president Dr. Carlos Vargas said seeing the run the Redhawks have made has been fun to watch...
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Brad Korn experiencing Big Dance as a head coach (3/14/23)DAYTON, OHIO - Experience in March can be crucial for a team hoping to make some noise. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks head coach Brad Korn has been a part of March Madness as a player, an assistant coach and now a head coach. Korn made his debut in the big dance in 2002 with the Southern Illinois Salukis where they made a Sweet 16 run with wins over Texas Tech and Georgia before losing to UConn...
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March Madness connects SEMO past with present (3/14/23)2000 seems like such a long time ago, and not at the same time. A lot has changed between Southeast Missouri State’s first run in the NCAA Tournament and the second. For starters, they were the Indians in 2000 and are returning to March Madness as the Redhawks...
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Southeast Missouri State vs. Texas A&M CC in NCAA Tournament First Four (3/14/23)
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Looking back on history as Redhawks look to make more (3/14/23)Southeast Missouri State is going dancing for the first time in 23 years, beginning on Tuesday night with a matchup against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Dayton, Ohio. A lot has changed over those 23 years, including a full-fledged mascot change taking place back in 2004...
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Column: For Steve Lutz, Brad Korn, opportunity comes from preparation (3/13/23)As the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program begins its historic quest tonight (5:40 p.m., TruTV) against Texas A&M Corpus Christi in the opening game of the 2023 NCAA Tournament at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, the Redhawk followers probably won’t have much familiarity with the No. 16-seed Islanders (23-10), who won both the Southland Conference regular-season titles, as well as the league tournament.
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SEMO First Four Practice in Dayton, Ohio (3/13/23)
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New faces, young talent lead Redhawks to new heights in OVC Tournament (3/8/23)The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks did the unthinkable this past weekend. The Redhawks rallied out of the first round as the five seed and danced all the way to the Ohio Valley Conference championship game for the first time since 2000 before taking down second-seeded Tennessee Tech to claim a guaranteed bid to the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament...
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COLUMN: SEMO wins OVC in the conference's most dramatic trilogy (3/5/23)The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks didn't just win the Ohio Valley Conference championship on Saturday in Evansville; they concluded what may be the most dramatic trilogy in conference history. The Redhawks won the rubber match against Tennessee Tech in overtime 89-82 to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament...