Game #5 Southeast Missouri (2-2) vs. Rhode Island (3-1) Game Information Date: Saturday, Nov.
Game #5
Southeast Missouri (2-2)
vs. Rhode Island (3-1)
Game Information
Date: Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022
Tip-off: 11 a.m., CT
Location: Orlando, Fla.
Arena: Addition Financial Arena
Series: First Meeting in Program History
Head Coaches: (103-109, Eighth Season at SEMO);
Tammi Reiss (49-32, Fourth Season at Rhode Island)
Radio: (Rusty Hendricks)
Live Stats:
Game #6
Southeast Missouri (2-2)
vs. Central Florida (3-0)
Game Information
Date: Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022
Tip-off: 1 p.m., CT
Location: Orlando, Fla.
Arena: Addition Financial Arena
Series: First Meeting in Program History
Head Coaches: (103-109, Eighth Season at SEMO);
Sytia Messer (3-0 at UCF, First Season, 57-41 Overall Record in Four Career Seasons)
Video:
Radio: (Rusty Hendricks)
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Redhawks Trek to Orlando to Compete in UCF Thanksgiving Classic this Weekend
Southeast Missouri women's basketball (2-2) will travel to Orlando, Florida, to take on Rhode Island (3-1) and Central Florida (3-0) this weekend at the UCF Thanksgiving Classic. SEMO will face Rhode Island Saturday morning at 11 a.m., CT before wrapping the Classic against host UCF Sunday at 1 p.m., CT. The tournament will be held at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida.
Follow the Redhawks
Fans can listen to Saturday and Sunday's games live on the radio at SEMOESPN 93.5 FM & 1220 AM with Rusty Hendricks on the call. Sunday's game will also be televised live on ESPN+. Follow both games on Twitter @OfficialSEMOWBB .
Series History
This tournament will be the first time the Redhawks face Rhode Island and UCF in program history.
Scouting the Opponents
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (3-1) is currently on a three-game winning streak after beating Coppin State, Providence, and Dartmouth after losing their season opener against Harvard.
The Rams most recently edged Coppin State, 67-60, Tuesday at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island. Mayé Touré led four Rams in double-figures with 19 points, shooting 8-for-12 with 10 boards.
Rhode Island downed Dartmouth, 89-36, on Nov. 11 before overcoming Providence on Nov. 14, 74-72.
Sayawni Lassiter led the Rams in scoring against Dartmouth shooting 4-for-7 with 16 points, two rebounds, two assists, and two steals. She also went 4-for-6 from the three-point line.
Touré paced Rhode Island against Providence with 16 points, five rebounds, and two steals. She shot 8-for-14 in 27 minutes on the court.
Central Florida
UCF is undefeated this year, after beating Winthrop, 72-32, on Nov. 7 and Campbell, 62-60, on Nov. 15.
The Knights most recently dropped Louisiana-Monroe, 78-54, Tuesday at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida. Three UCF players had double-digits scoring, paced by Destiny Thomas (16 points, 7-for-11). Laila Jewett hauled down nine rebounds with four assists.
Bryana Hardy led the Knights in scoring against Winthrop with 14 points going 6-for-9 from the field. She also added seven rebounds and two assists. Laila Jewett was the Knights leading scorer against Campbell. She went 4-for-12 from the field and 2-for-4 from behind the arc. She had 12 points, three rebounds, six assists, and also added a steal.
Birthday Watch
Sophomore forward Halle Smith and junior forward Julia Sion will both celebrate Birthdays this weekend on the Redhawks trip to Orlando, Florida. Smith will celebrate her 20th Birthday on Friday and Sion will turn 22 on Sunday.
Smith, a Belle, Missouri, native, has played in all four games thus far for the Redhawks, averaging 3.8ppg and 1.5rpg. She has made two starts in 2022-23.
Sion, who hails from Port Arthur, Texas, made her SEMO debut in the season opener against UHSP on Nov. 7. Sion transferred to Southeast Missouri from North Alabama in January 2022. She grabbed seven rebounds with two blocks in SEMO's 76-45 win over LeMoyne-Owen College.
Redhawks Down LeMoyne-Owen to Improve to 2-0 at Home
Sophie Bussard scored 15 points and Jaliyah Green added 10 to lead SEMO to a commanding 76-45 win over LeMoyne-Owen College Nov. 18 at the Show Me Center.
Bussard shot 6-of-10 from the field to go with four rebounds and three assists. She made her second start of the 2022-23 campaign and was also 2-for-3 from the charity stripe.
Green made three field goals and went 4-of-6 at the free throw line. She pulled down five rebounds and dished out four assists, as well. Tamia Stallings and Julia Sion each paved the way with career best (at SEMO) seven rebounds.
Kennedi Watkins compiled 11 points, going 5-for-8 from the field with a pair of boards. She has now finished in double-digits in seven-straight games dating back to the 2021-22 season.
Kiyley Flowers finished with a career best (at SEMO) six assists to go with five rebounds and three steals. SEMO assisted on all but seven of its made field goals. Offensively, Flowers posted three points in her third-straight start as a Redhawk. This season, Flowers has posted three or more steals in each of the four Redhawk games to commence the season.
Chandler Davis added a season-best six points (2-for-4).
Alecia Doyle posted a career-best matching six points. Doyle shot 3-for-6 from the field and also grabbed a pair of rebounds in the victory. Doyle has now scored six points in each of the last three games for the Redhawks. She made her second career start as a Redhawk against LeMoyne-Owen.
Welcome Back Sophie Bussard !!
Redshirt junior Sophie Bussard returned to the hardwood Nov. 7 after suffering a season-ending injury prior to the 2021-22 campaign. The Silver Lake, Indiana, native, started in all 26 games as a sophomore in 2020-21 and was fourth on the Redhawks with 230 points (8.8 points/game) while leading the conference in court time.
Against UHSP, Bussard totaled eight points with six rebounds in 29 minutes off the bench. Bussard also recorded an assist, a block, and a steal in the contest while shooting 3-for-7.
She has started the last two Redhawk games and competed in all four games this season.
Redhawk Debuts
Six Redhawks made their program debuts over the opening week. Rahmena Henderson and Kiyley Flowers both made two starts over the three games while Alecia Doyle and Tamia Stallings each had a start.
Stallings finished with a SEMO career-best nine points in her second career game as Redhawk, going 4-for-7 from the field with four rebounds, two assists and two steals at Ole Miss on Nov. 10.
Flowers led SEMO at Missouri Nov. 13 with a career-high (at SEMO) eight rebounds, five steals, and a trio of assists in 25 minutes. She also had 11 points against UHSP (Nov. 7) and eight at Ole Miss (Nov. 10).
Tykara Harrison and Julia Sion also all saw action over the three games.
New Faces
Six SEMO student-athletes made their Redhawk debuts in the season opener Nov. 7 against University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy including freshman Alecia Doyle and junior Rahmena Henderson who were both featured in the Starting Five.
Doyle, a Herrin, Illinois, native, tallied five points (2-for-10) with five boards, two assists, and a steal in 22 minutes.
Tamia Stallings grabbed a pair of rebounds with a block.
Tyra Brown , Julia Sion and Kiyley Flowers also made their SEMO debuts in the win.
Oh Captains, My Captains
Head coach Rekha Patterson announced on October 31, Kori Tomlin , Sophie Bussard , and Tamia Stallings were selected as team captains for the 2022-23 season. This year is the first for the trio in the leadership roles.
Watkins Named to 2022-23 Preseason All-OVC Team
Sophomore forward Kennedi Watkins was named to the 2022-23 Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Team, the league announced Oct. 18.
For Watkins, a Ballwin, Missouri, native, the preseason OVC honor is the first in her career.
She was named OVC Freshman of the Week twice during the 2021-22 season and was fourth on the team offensively with 207 points (8.3ppg). Watkins led SEMO with 17 blocks and competed in 25 games with 13 starts as a true freshman. She hauled down 138 rebounds (5.5rpg) with 32 steals. Watkins shot .446 from the field and finished in double-figures scoring 12 times and had double-digit rebounds twice. She registered a career-high 14 points on three occasions in 2021-22 including both conference games against SIUE. In OVC contests, Watkins averaged 8.8 points with 5.3 boards.
Redhawks Eighth in OVC Preseason Poll
Southeast Missouri was selected to finish the season eighth in the OVC with 61 total points.
Tennessee Tech was picked to finish first overall in the league in 2022-23. The Golden Eagles earned 11 first place votes for 147 total points and had three players listed on the preseason team in Jada Guinn, Jordan Brock, and Anna Walker. TTU notched a 21-11 overall mark (14-4 OVC) in 2021-22 and finished as the OVC Tournament Runners-up to Belmont. The Golden Eagles competed in two rounds of the 2022 WNIT Tournament.
Lariah Washington of Eastern Illinois was named the 2022-23 Preseason OVC Player of the Year.
Team Makeup
The Redhawks return four starters from the 2021-22 season in senior guard Kori Tomlin along with sophomores Kennedi Watkins , Halle Smith , and Jaliyah Green .
The trio of Watkins, Smith, and Green combined for five OVC Freshman of the Week honors last season.
Other returners from the 2021-22 squad include redshirt junior Sophie Bussard , Chandler Davis , Julia Sion , Michaela Mayfield , and Diona Reed .
Sion will make her Redhawks debut after transferring to SEMO midseason (Jan. 2022) from North Alabama.
The Redhawks also added five newcomers including three transfers in Tamia Stallings from Alabama State, Rahmena Henderson from Kilgore College, and Kiyley Flowers from Grand Canyon.
The roster also features a pair of freshmen in Tykara Harrison and Alecia Doyle .
Head coach Rekha Patterson returns for her eighth season at the helm of the program.
SEMO went 6-23 in 2021-22 with a 2-16 OVC mark.
2022-23 Schedule
The Redhawks will compete in 29 total games including 14 at the Show Me Center this season.
SEMO's non-conference schedule features 11 games including five home matchups starting against UHSP (Nov.7), followed by LeMoyne-Owen College (Nov. 18), Rust College (Dec. 1), Western Illinois (Dec. 7) and Illinois-Chicago (Dec. 20).
The Redhawks take a trip to Oxford, Mississippi, on Nov. 10 to take on Ole Miss for their first road contest, before continuing the week at Missouri (Nov. 13).
SEMO celebrates Thanksgiving at UCF's (Central Florida) Tournament Nov. 26-27 in Orlando, Florida, playing Rhode Island and UCF.
Following that trip, SEMO will face Kansas (Dec. 4) and Evansville (Dec. 18).
The Redhawks will then play an 18-game double round-robin OVC schedule, starting at Southern Indiana on Dec. 29.
Looking Ahead
After the UCF Thanksgiving Classic, the Redhawks will be back home to host Rust College on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Show Me Center. Tip-off time set for 6:30 p.m., CT.
Southeast Missouri (2-2)
vs. Rhode Island (3-1)
Game Information
Date: Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022
Tip-off: 11 a.m., CT
Location: Orlando, Fla.
Arena: Addition Financial Arena
Series: First Meeting in Program History
Head Coaches: (103-109, Eighth Season at SEMO);
Tammi Reiss (49-32, Fourth Season at Rhode Island)
Radio: (Rusty Hendricks)
Live Stats:
Game #6
Southeast Missouri (2-2)
vs. Central Florida (3-0)
Game Information
Date: Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022
Tip-off: 1 p.m., CT
Location: Orlando, Fla.
Arena: Addition Financial Arena
Series: First Meeting in Program History
Head Coaches: (103-109, Eighth Season at SEMO);
Sytia Messer (3-0 at UCF, First Season, 57-41 Overall Record in Four Career Seasons)
Video:
Radio: (Rusty Hendricks)
Live Stats:
Follow the Redhawks
Twitter:
Game Notes:
Redhawks Trek to Orlando to Compete in UCF Thanksgiving Classic this Weekend
Southeast Missouri women's basketball (2-2) will travel to Orlando, Florida, to take on Rhode Island (3-1) and Central Florida (3-0) this weekend at the UCF Thanksgiving Classic. SEMO will face Rhode Island Saturday morning at 11 a.m., CT before wrapping the Classic against host UCF Sunday at 1 p.m., CT. The tournament will be held at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida.
Follow the Redhawks
Fans can listen to Saturday and Sunday's games live on the radio at SEMOESPN 93.5 FM & 1220 AM with Rusty Hendricks on the call. Sunday's game will also be televised live on ESPN+. Follow both games on Twitter @OfficialSEMOWBB .
Series History
This tournament will be the first time the Redhawks face Rhode Island and UCF in program history.
Scouting the Opponents
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (3-1) is currently on a three-game winning streak after beating Coppin State, Providence, and Dartmouth after losing their season opener against Harvard.
The Rams most recently edged Coppin State, 67-60, Tuesday at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island. Mayé Touré led four Rams in double-figures with 19 points, shooting 8-for-12 with 10 boards.
Rhode Island downed Dartmouth, 89-36, on Nov. 11 before overcoming Providence on Nov. 14, 74-72.
Sayawni Lassiter led the Rams in scoring against Dartmouth shooting 4-for-7 with 16 points, two rebounds, two assists, and two steals. She also went 4-for-6 from the three-point line.
Touré paced Rhode Island against Providence with 16 points, five rebounds, and two steals. She shot 8-for-14 in 27 minutes on the court.
Central Florida
UCF is undefeated this year, after beating Winthrop, 72-32, on Nov. 7 and Campbell, 62-60, on Nov. 15.
The Knights most recently dropped Louisiana-Monroe, 78-54, Tuesday at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida. Three UCF players had double-digits scoring, paced by Destiny Thomas (16 points, 7-for-11). Laila Jewett hauled down nine rebounds with four assists.
Bryana Hardy led the Knights in scoring against Winthrop with 14 points going 6-for-9 from the field. She also added seven rebounds and two assists. Laila Jewett was the Knights leading scorer against Campbell. She went 4-for-12 from the field and 2-for-4 from behind the arc. She had 12 points, three rebounds, six assists, and also added a steal.
Birthday Watch
Sophomore forward Halle Smith and junior forward Julia Sion will both celebrate Birthdays this weekend on the Redhawks trip to Orlando, Florida. Smith will celebrate her 20th Birthday on Friday and Sion will turn 22 on Sunday.
Smith, a Belle, Missouri, native, has played in all four games thus far for the Redhawks, averaging 3.8ppg and 1.5rpg. She has made two starts in 2022-23.
Sion, who hails from Port Arthur, Texas, made her SEMO debut in the season opener against UHSP on Nov. 7. Sion transferred to Southeast Missouri from North Alabama in January 2022. She grabbed seven rebounds with two blocks in SEMO's 76-45 win over LeMoyne-Owen College.
Redhawks Down LeMoyne-Owen to Improve to 2-0 at Home
Sophie Bussard scored 15 points and Jaliyah Green added 10 to lead SEMO to a commanding 76-45 win over LeMoyne-Owen College Nov. 18 at the Show Me Center.
Bussard shot 6-of-10 from the field to go with four rebounds and three assists. She made her second start of the 2022-23 campaign and was also 2-for-3 from the charity stripe.
Green made three field goals and went 4-of-6 at the free throw line. She pulled down five rebounds and dished out four assists, as well. Tamia Stallings and Julia Sion each paved the way with career best (at SEMO) seven rebounds.
Kennedi Watkins compiled 11 points, going 5-for-8 from the field with a pair of boards. She has now finished in double-digits in seven-straight games dating back to the 2021-22 season.
Kiyley Flowers finished with a career best (at SEMO) six assists to go with five rebounds and three steals. SEMO assisted on all but seven of its made field goals. Offensively, Flowers posted three points in her third-straight start as a Redhawk. This season, Flowers has posted three or more steals in each of the four Redhawk games to commence the season.
Chandler Davis added a season-best six points (2-for-4).
Alecia Doyle posted a career-best matching six points. Doyle shot 3-for-6 from the field and also grabbed a pair of rebounds in the victory. Doyle has now scored six points in each of the last three games for the Redhawks. She made her second career start as a Redhawk against LeMoyne-Owen.
Welcome Back Sophie Bussard !!
Redshirt junior Sophie Bussard returned to the hardwood Nov. 7 after suffering a season-ending injury prior to the 2021-22 campaign. The Silver Lake, Indiana, native, started in all 26 games as a sophomore in 2020-21 and was fourth on the Redhawks with 230 points (8.8 points/game) while leading the conference in court time.
Against UHSP, Bussard totaled eight points with six rebounds in 29 minutes off the bench. Bussard also recorded an assist, a block, and a steal in the contest while shooting 3-for-7.
She has started the last two Redhawk games and competed in all four games this season.
Redhawk Debuts
Six Redhawks made their program debuts over the opening week. Rahmena Henderson and Kiyley Flowers both made two starts over the three games while Alecia Doyle and Tamia Stallings each had a start.
Stallings finished with a SEMO career-best nine points in her second career game as Redhawk, going 4-for-7 from the field with four rebounds, two assists and two steals at Ole Miss on Nov. 10.
Flowers led SEMO at Missouri Nov. 13 with a career-high (at SEMO) eight rebounds, five steals, and a trio of assists in 25 minutes. She also had 11 points against UHSP (Nov. 7) and eight at Ole Miss (Nov. 10).
Tykara Harrison and Julia Sion also all saw action over the three games.
New Faces
Six SEMO student-athletes made their Redhawk debuts in the season opener Nov. 7 against University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy including freshman Alecia Doyle and junior Rahmena Henderson who were both featured in the Starting Five.
Doyle, a Herrin, Illinois, native, tallied five points (2-for-10) with five boards, two assists, and a steal in 22 minutes.
Tamia Stallings grabbed a pair of rebounds with a block.
Tyra Brown , Julia Sion and Kiyley Flowers also made their SEMO debuts in the win.
Oh Captains, My Captains
Head coach Rekha Patterson announced on October 31, Kori Tomlin , Sophie Bussard , and Tamia Stallings were selected as team captains for the 2022-23 season. This year is the first for the trio in the leadership roles.
Watkins Named to 2022-23 Preseason All-OVC Team
Sophomore forward Kennedi Watkins was named to the 2022-23 Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Team, the league announced Oct. 18.
For Watkins, a Ballwin, Missouri, native, the preseason OVC honor is the first in her career.
She was named OVC Freshman of the Week twice during the 2021-22 season and was fourth on the team offensively with 207 points (8.3ppg). Watkins led SEMO with 17 blocks and competed in 25 games with 13 starts as a true freshman. She hauled down 138 rebounds (5.5rpg) with 32 steals. Watkins shot .446 from the field and finished in double-figures scoring 12 times and had double-digit rebounds twice. She registered a career-high 14 points on three occasions in 2021-22 including both conference games against SIUE. In OVC contests, Watkins averaged 8.8 points with 5.3 boards.
Redhawks Eighth in OVC Preseason Poll
Southeast Missouri was selected to finish the season eighth in the OVC with 61 total points.
Tennessee Tech was picked to finish first overall in the league in 2022-23. The Golden Eagles earned 11 first place votes for 147 total points and had three players listed on the preseason team in Jada Guinn, Jordan Brock, and Anna Walker. TTU notched a 21-11 overall mark (14-4 OVC) in 2021-22 and finished as the OVC Tournament Runners-up to Belmont. The Golden Eagles competed in two rounds of the 2022 WNIT Tournament.
Lariah Washington of Eastern Illinois was named the 2022-23 Preseason OVC Player of the Year.
Team Makeup
The Redhawks return four starters from the 2021-22 season in senior guard Kori Tomlin along with sophomores Kennedi Watkins , Halle Smith , and Jaliyah Green .
The trio of Watkins, Smith, and Green combined for five OVC Freshman of the Week honors last season.
Other returners from the 2021-22 squad include redshirt junior Sophie Bussard , Chandler Davis , Julia Sion , Michaela Mayfield , and Diona Reed .
Sion will make her Redhawks debut after transferring to SEMO midseason (Jan. 2022) from North Alabama.
The Redhawks also added five newcomers including three transfers in Tamia Stallings from Alabama State, Rahmena Henderson from Kilgore College, and Kiyley Flowers from Grand Canyon.
The roster also features a pair of freshmen in Tykara Harrison and Alecia Doyle .
Head coach Rekha Patterson returns for her eighth season at the helm of the program.
SEMO went 6-23 in 2021-22 with a 2-16 OVC mark.
2022-23 Schedule
The Redhawks will compete in 29 total games including 14 at the Show Me Center this season.
SEMO's non-conference schedule features 11 games including five home matchups starting against UHSP (Nov.7), followed by LeMoyne-Owen College (Nov. 18), Rust College (Dec. 1), Western Illinois (Dec. 7) and Illinois-Chicago (Dec. 20).
The Redhawks take a trip to Oxford, Mississippi, on Nov. 10 to take on Ole Miss for their first road contest, before continuing the week at Missouri (Nov. 13).
SEMO celebrates Thanksgiving at UCF's (Central Florida) Tournament Nov. 26-27 in Orlando, Florida, playing Rhode Island and UCF.
Following that trip, SEMO will face Kansas (Dec. 4) and Evansville (Dec. 18).
The Redhawks will then play an 18-game double round-robin OVC schedule, starting at Southern Indiana on Dec. 29.
Looking Ahead
After the UCF Thanksgiving Classic, the Redhawks will be back home to host Rust College on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Show Me Center. Tip-off time set for 6:30 p.m., CT.
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