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St. Louis Ambush General Manager Brian Roth never played soccer in his childhood, yet he has helped found the National Women’s Soccer League, the St. Louis Ambush and the Kansas City Comets since his graduation from Southeast in 2000.

A last-second 3-pointer from sophomore guard Alex Caldwell was off-target for Southeast Missouri State, as the Redhawks fell 61-59 at Eastern Illinois in men’s basketball action. With the loss, Southeast (4-17, 0-8 Ohio Valley Conference) remains the lone winless program in the conference.

In the second and third quarters combined, Moberly Area scored four field goals. With a dominant defensive effort, Three Rivers beat the Greyhounds 86-57 on Saturday at the Libla Family Sports Complex after losing to the Greyhounds twice earlier this season...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Two weeks after allowing 63 points in the first half to Moberly Area, Three Rivers held the Greyhounds to 43 and were within 10 points at halftime. But the close game became anything but in the first 8 minutes of the second half as the Greyhounds went on to win 99-71 on Saturday at the Libla Family Sports Complex...

Powered by a 17-point performance by junior Tesia Thompson, the fourth leading scorer in the Ohio Valley Conference, the Southeast Missouri women’s team won its fourth in a row Thursday, defeating struggling host SIU-Edwardsville, 66-56. “It was not a pretty game,” said fifth-year head coach Rekha Patterson, “but as someone once said – it’s not how but how many.”...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad has followed a familiar script throughout most of its games this season.

When a men’s basketball program has lost 11 consecutive games against NCAA Division I competition, it takes a bit of research to find any nugget of positivity. However, something that is clearly a plus within the Southeast Missouri State program this season has been the continued development of sophomore forward Sage Tolbert.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Three Rivers picked up its fourth straight win, and fourth straight win by less than 10 points. The Raiders beat Arkansas Baptist 92-89 in overtime Tuesday, improving their record in games decided by 10 points or less to 9-4 and 6-1 dating back to Dec. 7...

As of Jan. 14, Kalyssa Hollis had made one 3-pointer all season. The 6-foot-2 forward was 1 for 9 through 19 games. The only person on the team who had attempted fewer 3s this year were fellow post players Brogan Jones and Jamiyah Thomas. That has changed...

WEST PLAINS, Mo. — Another day another close win for the Raiders. The Three Rivers men’s basketball team beat MSU-West Plains 89-83 Saturday for its third straight win by less than 10 points. “Felt pretty good about the group Saturday. I think we are ready to move on. ...

NEOSHO, Mo. — After 21 games, nobody has scored more points than the Three Rivers women’s basketball team in the nation. The Raiders held off a late charge from Crowder to win 84-72 Saturday. “They were putting some points on the board and we were struggling a little bit offensively,” Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk said. “It was a ballgame.”...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad did on Saturday what it has shown the ability to do – at times – this season, which is play competitive basketball.

Southeast, the highest scoring team in the Ohio Valley Conference to-date, finished off a four-game homestand with a convincing 88-73 win over Murray State Saturday. The Redhawks 12-5 (4-2, OVC) were down 10, 41-31, at halftime and looked flat heading into the locker room...

Rick Ray's squad can't seem to buy a break. Ahead by a basket with seven-tenths of a second left in the game, Murray State hit two free throws as time expired to send the contest into a decisive five-minute overtime period at the Show Me Center. The Racers (12-5, 5-0, Ohio Valley Conference) outscored Southeast 18-13 in the extra period en route to a 96-91 victory...

Of all the potential candidates for the inaugural Three Rivers College Hall of Fame class, five stood above the rest. Gene Bess, J.P. McLane, Paula Corder King, Matt Palmer and the 1979 National Champion Raiders basketball team. Coach, contributor, two players and the school’s first championship squad...

A pair of Southeast Missouri State gymnasts were recently recognized for their strong start to the 2020 season.

The high temperature in Cape Girardeau today is expected to reach 40 degrees, which hardly makes one think baseball season is near. However, for the Southeast Missouri State baseball squad, the season is not just coming soon, it is here.

After allowing Austin Peay to get off to a scorching offensive start in Thursday’s Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball game at the Show Me Center, Southeast Missouri State locked down the visiting Governors defensively in the second quarter and ultimately prevailed easily 81-43.

It was a near perfect start for the Raiders. The Three Rivers women’s basketball team scored the first 15 points in just 4 minutes and went on to beat Arkansas State Mid-South 109-52 Wednesday at the Libla Family Sports Complex. “Our defensive intensity coming out was some of the best its been all year long,” Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk said. ...

There hasn’t been a football team in the Ohio Valley Conference that has won more games (18) over the past two seasons than Southeast Missouri State. So it might be surprising to learn what seventh-year Redhawk coach Tom Matukewicz’s mindset is right now.

The recent construction of a $400,000 indoor baseball facility at Capaha Park will certainly impact the current Southeast Missouri State baseball players in a positive manner. However, it has already benefitted the Redhawks from a recruiting standpoint.

Dahlia Solorzano Caruso registered three career bests in leading Redhawks gymnasts to a 191.225-190.825 victory over Alaska Anchorage at the Alaska Airlines Center.

SEDALIA, Mo. — The fourth quarter was kind to Three Rivers on Sunday. The Raiders, ahead by two at halftime and five going into the final 10 minutes, outscored State Fair 36-19 in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 95-73 win in Sedalia. “The fatigue was a big factor in the fourth quarter for State Fair,” Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk said. “That’s the style we like to play to wear people down and were lucky enough to be able to do it yesterday.”...

SEDALIA, Mo. — With several key defensive stops, Three Rivers earned its fourth win of the season by five points or less. The Raiders were down by as much as 18 points in the first half before fighting back to beat State Fair 79-74 on Sunday. The Raiders are now 4-2 in games decided by five points or less...

The Southeast Missouri State women’s gymnastics team finished with a strong second-place showing at the Alaska Anchorage Tri-Meet held at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. The Redhawks overall score was 189.500 and they were led by Anna Kaziska, who took individual firsts in three events. She led the field in vault with a score of 9.675; in beam by matching her best-ever score of 9.875, and her total of 38.950 captured the title in all-around...

Let’s start with this: The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team has not quit on this season. That much was obvious in Saturday’s 75-73 loss at the Show Me Center to Tennessee State.

Carlos Marshall Jr. had 21 points, including a put-back layup with 6.6 seconds to play, as Tennessee State narrowly beat Southeast Missouri 75-73 on Saturday.

Southeast expected to win Saturday and delivered a dominating wire-to-wire lopsided home win over Tennessee State, 83-54. Before a crowd of 560 at the Show Me Center, the Redhawks (10-5, 2-2 Ohio Valley Conference) dominated the conference cellar-dweller Tigers (2-12, 0-4)...

Coming off of a winless 2019 season the Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team had nowhere to go but up entering 2020.

There were no unrealistic expectations as it related to the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad and its opening Ohio Valley Conference schedule.

MOBERLY, Mo. — Three Rivers allowed 100 points on Friday … and still had 9 minutes left in the game. Moberly Area went on to beat Three Rivers 128-93 in Moberly. It is the most points Three Rivers has allowed this season and the most since the Raiders allowed 149 points to Indian Hills in February 2014 in a season where the Indians were 34-3...

MOBERLY, Mo. — “I am glad I will never come back to Moberly again because you’ve got to beat eight people,” said Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk, who is retiring at the end of the season. Moberly Area attempted 54 free throws Friday as Three Rivers was called for 32 fouls. The Raiders, meanwhile, earned 15 free throws as the Greyhounds won 90-74...

Belmont continued its dominance of Southeast women's basketball with a 57-45 win at the Show Me Center. Southeast has not won this season when trailing at halftime, and the trend continued Thursday as Belmont (8-6, 3-0 Ohio Valley Conference) held a two-point edge after 20 minutes, 28-26...

Southeast lost to Belmont for the ninth consecutive time Thursday, 89-64, at the Show Me Center. The defeat is the third straight Ohio Valley Conference loss for the Redhawks (4-12, 0-3). Southeast battled Belmont (11-5, 2-1) to a four-point halftime deficit, trailing the Bruins 40-36...

The Redhawks women’s basketball team (9-4, 1-1 Ohio Valley Conference) is off to its best season in coach Rekha Patterson’s five years with the program. Southeast is 4-0 at home and about to begin a four-game homestand at the Show Me Center. Arguably the greatest test of Patterson’s 2019-20 squad so far comes today as Southeast plays host to OVC foe and multiple conference champ Belmont (7-6, 2-0)...

An expectation for every basketball team, at every level, is that its returning players will be better than they were the previous season. Thus, the purpose of the off-season. However, that has not been the case with the Southeast Missouri State men's program...

Three Rivers has decided freshman point guard Kevin Jones, a Sikeston alum, will redshirt this season due to an injury. In the third game of the season against Indian Hills, Jones injured his wrist going for a rebound. What was initially thought to be a sprain turned out to be a ruptured ligament...

Rekha Patterson likes to say it’s difficult to win on the road. It certainly was Saturday, as the Redhawks (9-4, 1-1 Ohio Valley Conference) fell at rival Murray State, 70-62, snapping Southeast’s three-game win streak. Southeast had a five-point lead at half, 31-26, but couldn’t sustain for the win...

The Southeast Missouri State women’s gymnastics squad opened the 2020 season by building on its high-mark of 2019 Saturday at the built on its high-mark in a tri-meet with No. 27-ranked Illinois at No. 16-ranked Missouri in Columbia.

A struggling season for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad continued Saturday in an 81-59 loss at Murray State.

PARK HILLS, Mo. - It took a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left for the seventh-ranked team in the country to beat the Raiders. Three Rivers had a four-point lead with 25 seconds left in the game, but missed a pair of key free throws late and lost 76-75 on Saturday in Park Hills, Mo...

A college basketball game is scheduled for 40 minutes; however, it hasn’t taken that long for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team to find ways to lose games during its recent stretch of struggling play.

PARK HILLS, Mo. - Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk thought a high-scoring game would favor the Raiders. It took a while for that to play out, but the Raiders scored 36 points in the third quarter to retake the lead and held on to beat Mineral Area 96-92 on Saturday in Park Hills...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Overcoming a first-quarter deficit, Southeast Missouri State (9-3, 1-0) roared back to defeat Austin Peay, 79-66, to begin Ohio Valley Conference play Thursday. The Redhawks had three players in double figures, led by redshirt senior Carrie Shephard, who had 19 points, including two three-pointers...

It’s nice for a basketball team to play good defense and force its opponent into missing a shot but if the defensive team doesn’t grab the rebound to close out that possession, all the effort in the world can be for naught.

Mineral Area has won 10 games so far this season. Half of those were against Region XVI teams. The Cardinals went undefeated in the Region XVI Showdown, including a 61-60 win over Three Rivers, making them the team to beat in coach Jeff Walk’s eyes heading into the official region calendar...

The Three Rivers men’s basketball team played a tough schedule during the first semester. It’s about to get even tougher. The Raiders travel to Mineral Area on Saturday for a 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. doubleheader, and though everyone is 0-0 in the region standings, the Cardinals are leading the pack right now...

The most misconstrued achievement in sports very well may be the proverbial “20-win season” in college basketball being a measuring stick for success.