Southeast Mens Basketball

Can you imagine a scenario where Jadis Jones, PJ Farmer, and Jay Reynolds are playing together on the same court in a college basketball game? No, it’s not a local high school All-Stars Game, it could very well be the future of the Lindenwood-Southeast Missouri State rivalry...

SIKESTON — In a major boost for Southeast Missouri State and the Bootheel region, Sikeston High School standout PJ Farmer has committed to play college basketball for the Redhawks. The versatile 6-foot-2 rising senior guard is one of the most coveted recruits in the state. His commitment marks a significant victory for SEMO coach Brad Korn, who has been actively pursuing Farmer throughout his high school career...

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...

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...

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.”...

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...

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...

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.”...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Western Illinois men’s basketball team makes no pretense about what its plans are for its opposition.

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.”...

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.”

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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)?

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.