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The Raiders put together about as complete an effort as you’ll see Tuesday in their second consecutive win. Tallon Fonda led the Raiders with 29 points and 11 rebounds, and Austin Parker added 21 points and 13 boards on a perfect 8-of-8 from the floor as Three Rivers shot 54.7 percent from the field in a 96-80 win over Southern Arkansas University Tech...

Two months ago, Southeast Missouri State announced a contract extension for football coach Tom Matukewicz. Coming off a season in which the program tied the school record for wins and won a Football Championship Subdivision playoff for the first time, it seemed like a logical decision...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball continued its perfect start to the season, crushing Division II Harris-Stowe 13-0 on Tuesday afternoon at Capaha Field. Hunter Southerland smacked a grand slam and a double, one of three Redhawks who recorded two hits against the Hornets. It was Southeast's fourth consecutive victory to start the season, and fourth in three days, after recording all three victories against Western Michigan on Sunday. It's the program's first 4-0 start since 2013...

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Three Rivers center fielder Ty’Reik Thomas made a diving, over the shoulder, inning-ending catch to save keep two runs from scoring. It was one-upped when Three Rivers made a game-ending triple play with the potential tying run on second base...

VAN BUREN — It took all 32 minutes, but third-seeded Neelyville was able to hang on and advance to its second straight MSHSAA Class 2 District 2 Tournament championship Tuesday. The Tigers trailed by two points heading into the third quarter, but the defense buckled down and the offense continued to push forward for a 64-62 victory over second-seeded Van Buren...

PARK HILLS — During a season in which it seems like not many things have gone right for Three Rivers, the Raiders still have a chance to come away with the third seed in Region XVI and host a region tournament game. Those chances received a huge boost Saturday with a momentous win...

PAR HILLS — The 16th straight win. The 10-0 road record. The No. 24 ranking in the country. The list keeps going, and now, the top seed in the Region XVI tournament is added to it. Three Rivers overcame a huge run from Mineral Area in the third quarter to pull away from the Cardinals with an 82-68 win in Park Hills...

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...

With a 15-game winning streak under its belt, the No. 24 Lady Raiders are heading to Park Hills to take on Mineral Area in its biggest game of the season so far. Mineral Area is in the midst of its own winning streak. The Cardinals enter Saturday’s Region XVI matchup winners of seven straight games and sit a game and a half back of Three Rivers for the top spot in the region in what is essentially a two-team race for the top spot. ...

The Raiders have to get back on track, and Saturday is the perfect opportunity to do so. After dropping a heart-breaker to Arkansas Baptist Tuesday after a foul with 0.2 seconds left gave the Buffaloes the game-winning free throws, Three Rivers fell to 10-17...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team bounced back from an opening loss and earned a split in the first day of the Louisiana Tech Invitational on Friday. The Redhawks fell to Wichita State 8-0 in the opening game before earning a 10-2 win over Abilene Christian to improve to 5-2...

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...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball followed a familiar formula Thursday. It just isn't a winning formula. The Redhawks started slow on the road and never recovered, dropping an 81-72 decision to Ohio Valley Conference foe UT Martin in Martin, Tennessee...

Poplar Bluff wasted no time jumping all over Kennett in Thursday’s home victory. The Mules scored the first 13 points of the game and outscored the Indians 30-11 in the first half en route to a 52-19 victory at the Senior High Gym. Kennett was held scoreless for the first five minutes and 14 seconds of the game...

Fresh off the best season in school history, Three Rivers is getting set to try for another run at the NJCAA Softball National Championship. The Lady Raiders lost their top two pitchers, though. Summer Shockley, who finished last season with 26 wins, eight losses and two saves, transferred to Missouri. Macy Rogers, who had a 12-3 record a season ago, isn’t playing anymore...

Three Rivers was dealt a dose of heartbreak Tuesday against Arkansas Baptist. After Tallon Fonda knocked down a pair of free throws to put the Raiders ahead by a point with under 10 seconds remaining in the game, Fonda was whistled for a foul on the other end while trying to contest a shot and establish verticality with 0.2 seconds to go...

In an already troublesome season for Three Rivers, the Raiders will have to move forward without their top player. Sophomore Tristan Jarrett was dismissed from the team Monday for a violation of team rules. Jarrett was the second-leading scorer in the NJCAA and team’s leader in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks...

Three Rivers baseball was a couple of plays away from starting its season 2-0 in its first doubleheader of the season Saturday. Instead, a pair of late home runs made it 0-2. Three Rivers was locked in a 1-1 tie with Dyersburg State when a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning proved to be the Raiders’ undoing...

Opportunity came knocking for the Raiders with around seven minutes left in Saturday’s game at Missouri State-West Plains. Moments later, it was gone. Three Rivers had trimmed what was once a 16-point lead in the second half to three points, but Eric Lovett had the answer for the Grizzlies...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team entered Saturday’s home matchup with Jacksonville State hoping to build on the momentum created after Thursday’s thrilling overtime victory over Tennessee Tech. Unfortunately for the Redhawks, the visitors had an agenda of their own...

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...

Who do you stop on the Three Rivers roster? It’s a question every opponent asks but few have found the answer to. Jefferson College became the latest team to leave Gene Bess Court without an answer as the Lady Raiders keep piling up the wins. On Sophomore Day inside the Libla Family Sports Complex, both the sophomores and the freshmen got the job done for No. ...

Coming off a 19-28 season last year, Three Rivers is banking on versatility and its returning players to get the job done this season. The Raiders have been outside for practice less than 10 times in preparation for the season. Most of their preparation time has been spent inside the Bess Activity Center or in the team’s clubhouse because of the weather, and that could make the opening game Saturday even tougher than it already would’ve been...

Southeast Missouri State looked defeat in the eyes, but came out victorious over the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 71-66 in overtime Thursday night at the Show Me Center. Southeast freshman forward Gabe McGlothan had a monster game for the Redhawks, putting up 27 points, a career high, and 16 rebounds. Four of those points included the game-tying floater with 2.8 seconds remaining in regulation, and a putback dunk putting away the game for Southeast in overtime...

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. ...

This week, Three Rivers cracked the Top 25 of the NJCAA poll for the first time since the 2016-17 season. The Lady Raiders checked in at No. 25 in the most recent poll after knocking off Division II No. 19 St. Louis Community College, which was previously undefeated at home, for its 14th straight win...

National Signing Day doesn't carry quite the same significance as it has in the past with many recruits signing to a college program during the early signing period in December. Still, for fans across the country, including in Southeast Missouri, Wednesday represented the start of a new season...

ST. LOUIS — For 20 minutes of game time, it looked like the Lady Raiders were going to be locked in a close game for four quarters Wednesday against Division II No. 19 St. Louis Community College. They dismissed that notion in the second half. Despite missing freshman J’Kayla Fowler, who is out for about a week with an injury to both ankles, Three Rivers defeated St. ...

ST. LOUIS — The Raiders picked up their 10th win of the season in dominant fashion. After closing the first half with an 8-2 spurt to take a 40-30 lead into the break, Three Rivers began the final 20 minutes with a 12-3 run to take control on the way to an 81-51 win on the road against St. Louis Community College...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee has matched the longest winning streak of Rick Barnes' 32-year head coaching career. Admiral Schofield and Grant Williams scored 13 points each as the top-ranked Volunteers defeated Missouri 72-60 on Tuesday night to earn their 17th straight victory, extending a school record. Barnes' only other 17-game winning streak came in 2009-10 at Texas...

Approximately 2,000 people showed up to the Libla Family Sports Complex to watch Three Rivers basketball begin a new chapter in its history. Fans packed the outside of the building for the ribbon-cutting, and proceeded to fill the seats in anticipation of the first games in the new gym...

TENNESSEE ST. 79, SOUTHEAST 50 SOUTHEAST (7-16) Gable 3-4 0-0 7, McGlothan 3-6 0-2 7, Dalton 1-5 0-1 2, Hogan 1-6 2-2 5, Brewer 2-11 2-4 7, Tolbert 0-4 2-4 2, Laros 4-4 0-0 8, Lewis 0-0 0-0 0, Kao 0-2 0-0 0, Russell 0-3 5-6 5, Caldwell 3-5 0-0 7. Totals 17-50 11-19 50...

Coming off a 26-point loss, Southeast Missouri State men's basketball never got going in the first half and suffered its worst defeat of the season. Tennessee State dominated from start to finish, dealing the Redhawks a 79-50 road loss. Before this week, Southeast had lost one game by 20 points or more. In the span of three days, the Redhawks suffered two such losses. They fell to Belmont 97-71 on Thursday...

It’s hard to beat a team twice. It’s even harder when shots stop falling and the opponents are getting the key rebounds. That’s what the Raiders found out Saturday in their first game inside the Libla Family Sports Complex. The Raiders held a six-point lead against State Fair after Miganeh Jama knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers just over halfway through the second half. ...

The winning streak keeps getting bigger. Saturday, the Lady Raiders began a new chapter of their history, playing the first ever game inside the Libla Family Sports Complex. At the same time, they picked up right where they left off. They kept a tenacious defensive approach and combined it with torrid shooting in an 80-68 win against State Fair. The win is the 13th in a row for Three Rivers and their 20th of the season. It's Three Rivers' third consecutive 20-win season...

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)...

Three Rivers softball started its 2019 regular season in a big way. The Raiders hit the road to face Arkansas State Friday for a doubleheader. In the first of their two games, the Raiders broke through offensively for a 13-5 win in six innings. Three Rivers scored started its season with three runs right off the bat in the first inning. With the score tied at three in the third, Kristyn Carpenter, Gracie King and Lana Reed all scored runs to break the tie and start a rout...

A new era is set to begin at Three Rivers. Three Rivers will play its first games inside the Libla Family Sports Complex on Saturday. The Lady Raiders will tip off against State Fair at 5 p.m. following a 3 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony at the gym. The men will play State Fair at 7 p.m. Saturday marks the first time in three and a half decades that basketball games will be played on the Three Rivers campus in a building other than the Bess Activity Center...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Barry Odom had every reason to believe Missouri's football program was finally on the right track. The Tigers were coming off their second consecutive bowl appearance. He had just signed a contract extension to remain coach through 2024. Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant announced he would finish his career with the Tigers, joining arguably their best recruiting class in years...

As the defense goes, so does the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team. Thursday, the defense was nowhere to be found. The Redhawks, coming off just its second conference win of the season, fell to host Belmont 97-71 in Ohio Valley Conference action in Nashville, Tennessee...

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...

With a new facility comes new technology. At least that’s what Three Rivers athletic supervisor Willie Hilburn is figuring out. The opening of the Libla Family Sports Complex brings approximately double the seating capacity for fans as well as new ways to get them involved in the game...

HILLSBORO, Mo. — The Lady Raiders’ leading scorer was held scoreless for the first 34 minutes of Wednesday’s Region XVI matchup at Jefferson. Three Rivers still won by 28 points. In another balanced bout that featured stout defense and fast-paced offense, the Lady Raiders won their 12th straight game with an 83-55 rout of the Lady Vikings...

The opening of the Libla Family Sports Complex will bring a lot of change and a lot of movement for the Three Rivers basketball players and coaches. The coaches will get the chance to move their belongings from the Bess Activity Center to their new office spaces in the new facility...

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...

The Raiders played their final game at the Bess Activity Center on Tuesday and ended 36 years of Three Rivers games in the BAC with a double-digit win. The nerves showed in the beginning, but once they got settled, the Raiders started to take care of business and put away Nationwide Academy for a 95-74 win, snapping a five-game losing streak. With the win, the Raiders finished their time in the Bess Activity Center with a 432-75 record...

Three Rivers will play its final game inside the Bess Activity Center on Tuesday, and it hopes to give it a proper send-off. The Raiders are 431-75 inside the BAC since it opened in 1983, having won 85 percent of their games on the Three Rivers campus during that span...

Three Rivers put up a much better fight against Moberly Area Sunday than it did in a 26-point road loss Jan. 26 against the Greyhounds. Except for one area. The Raiders had a minus-31 rebounding differential, allowing the Greyhounds to snag 65 total rebounds and 31 offensive boards...

Rick Ray was adamant. Ledarrius Brewer needed to take the ball to the basket, no pull-up jumper or step-back 3-pointer. The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball sophomore heeded his coach's advice, catching the ball on the right sideline and driving baseline...

The Lady Raiders put on a defensive clinic Saturday against Moberly Area. Through 20 minutes, Three Rivers had forced 19 turnovers and scored 25 points off those turnovers. The Lady Greyhounds tallied 21 total points in the first half on 33 percent shooting from the field...