Southeast Mens Basketball

It’s the second-to-last road trip of the Ohio Valley Conference season for the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men’s basketball team, and there’s some serious firepower coming up on the schedule as we enter the home stretch. Perhaps most notable, for the moment, is a Thursday rematch with first-ranked Morehead State, plus a Saturday tilt with Southern Indiana and Tuesday at Little Rock...

Teddy Washington Jr. clinched a thrilling 89-87 overtime victory for Southeast Missouri State with a last-second jumper against Tennessee State on Saturday evening at the Show Me Center.

Backed by a balanced scoring effort, SEMO men's basketball defeated UT Martin 90-79 on Thursday. Five players scored in double digits, including Braxton Stacker's team-high 19 points, as SEMO avenged an early-January loss.

Coming back home after a mixed bag on the road trip, Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball is on a one-game winning streak and returning to the Show Me Center for a Volunteer State challenge over the weekend. Linking up with Tennessee-Martin and Tennessee State on Thursday and Saturday respectively, the Redhawks are looking to improve their conference outlook with two matchups against Tennesseean squads currently sitting below the hosts in league standing...

Southeast men’s basketball put an emphatic end to its road trip on Saturday, traveling to take a resounding 72-51 victory over Western Illinois to keep its Ohio Valley Conference contention hopes alive in a red-hot league. Fighting through a tense first half to take a 4-point lead at the break, Southeast broke out of its short slump beginning Thursday against Lindenwood to forge a near-perfect second half and a flattering 20-plus-point victory over the hosting Leathernecks...

Southeast men's basketball fell to Lindenwood 72-68, marking its fourth straight loss to the Lions. Despite outshooting Lindenwood from the free-throw line, Southeast's field goal struggles and fouls proved costly.

The Southeast men’s basketball team is trotting quickly into the thick of Ohio Valley Conference play, and much unlike last year, the Redhawks are in the running for one of the top spots in the league heading into late January. Where the Redhawks were just 7-12 and 2-4 in OVC play at this time last year, Southeast is now 10-9 with an impressive 5-3 mark in the conference 368 days later with a third-place standing in the league as of Wednesday...

SEMO men's basketball secured a huge 77-70 win over Tennessee Tech to mark the program's first victory at the Eblen Center since 2014. Key performances from Teddy Washington Jr. and Rob Martin helped the Redhawks withstand a second-half surge from the Golden Eagles.

SEMO's Rob Martin delivered a standout performance behind 19 points, but it wasn't enough as Little Rock edged out SEMO 73-71. Despite a late clutch 3 by BJ Ward, Johnathan Lawson's last-second jumper sealed the win for the Trojans.

Morehead State defeated SEMO 67-56 on Saturday in a key OVC matchup. Despite point guard Rob Martin's standout performance, the Redhawks struggled against Morehead's dominant rebounding and second-half surge.

Anchored by returners Rob Martin and BJ Ward, SEMO men's basketball bounced back with a 77-66 win over Southern Indiana. The Redhawks now improve to 4-1 in conference play.

MARTIN, TN — With the ball in their possession with 17.4 seconds left in the game, the Redhawks had their chance at a heroic moment to force overtime. The ball went to the right hands, twice, but neither Rob Martin nor Teddy Washington Jr. could sink the three-pointer needed to tie the game at the buzzer...

SEMO men's basketball edged out Tennessee State 67-65 in their OVC road opener on Thursday night, with Teddy Washington Jr. leading the team with 11 points. The Redhawks secured the win with a pair of clutch free throws in the final seconds.

The SEMO Men’s Basketball team defeated the Division 3 Westminster College Blue Jays 88-49 on Sunday, Dec. 29, at the Show Me Center. Five Redhawks scored in double figures, led by junior guard Rob Martin, scoring a career-high 17 points. Junior guard Braxton Stacker was tabbed Player of the Game with 16 points, five rebounds and three assists, compared to just one turnover...

The holidays have yet to begin but BJ Ward has already gifted himself and his Southeast Missouri State teammates with a big bounce-back game. After going five games with only single-digit scoring, and a dry spell from the three-point line, Ward scored 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting, including 4-of-9 from the arc...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team took full advantage of their first chance to prove themselves against a Big South-Ohio Valley Conference opponent. Teddy Washington Jr. posted his third double-double of the year behind 28 points and 10 rebounds and SEMO finished strong in a 79-72 win over Eastern Illinois on Thursday night at the Show Me Center...

As we do with every sport in Southeast Missouri State athletics (outside of football), we bemoan the Redhawks' shortcomings in the non-conference portion of the season and renew hope in time for the Ohio Valley Conference slate of the schedule. "We played a tough non-con," SEMO men's basketball coach Brad Korn said. "We'll always probably play a tough non-con."...

On Sunday, the SEMO men’s basketball team defeated NAIA opponent the Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College Pomeroys (SMWC) 93-56 at the Show Me Center. Led by Brendan Terry’s 17 points the Redhawks' offense rolled with five players scoring in double figures. Despite being an NAIA school the Pomeroys put up a good fight for the first ten minutes of the game before the Redhawks extended the lead...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team renewed their old rivalry with Murray State and fell 71-51 on Sunday, Dec. 8, in Murray, Kentucky. The Redhawks and Racers used to be Ohio Valley Conference rivals before Murray State moved to the Missouri Valley Conference in the 2022-23 season. Sunday was the first time the two teams met as non-conference opponents...

Transferring is a part of life in college football because not all places, and players, are created equal. Everyone who plays football or basketball at Southeast Missouri State does so because they are motivated by the opportunities that playing for the Redhawks presents them with...

Jacob Ognacevic scored 20 points and Gyasi Powell added 19 to lead Lipscomb to a commanding 78-60 win over Southeast Missouri State on Thursday, Dec. 5, in Nashville. Troy Cole Jr. led the Redhawks with 10 points off the bench. It was his second straight double-digit performance after scoring 13 against Kansas City on Nov. 30. Cole shot 4-for-9 from the field including SEMO’s first three-point basket of the game, which turned out to be the theme of the game...

Backed by four players scoring in double digits and a lights-out defensive performance, SEMO men's basketball showcased its prowess behind a dominant 80-59 victory over Kansas City on Saturday night.

UNC Asheville defeated Southeast Missouri State 72-64 on Friday night in Conway, Arkansas. The Redhawks shot a mere 34.9% from the field and were 5-of-19 from 3-point range.

SEMO edges out Central Arkansas 77-73 in a thrilling overtime game marked by 15 lead changes, as BJ Ward's clutch 3-pointer with 26 seconds to go sealed the win.

Moral victories may not be something any coach or player cares to tally up. But when you’re a college basketball team in a mid-major conference like Southeast Missouri State, the only way into March Madness is by winning the conference tournament title in March. So everything from here until conference play is about how improved and competitive a team looks...

SEMO's Rob Martin and Teddy Washington Jr. shine with career-highs in points, but it's not enough as Chattanooga won 87-82 on Sunday. The Redhawks will aim to rebound against Central Arkansas this Thursday.

SEMO adds local talent Southeast Missouri State added some local talent on Thursday, Nov. 14, as high school seniors across Missouri signed their letters of intent to play in college. The men's basketball team added more height for the future by signing Sikeston's 7-foot senior center Trace Sadler...

The story of SEMO men’s basketball so far this season has been the rise of sophomore BJ Ward. The St. Louis native has made a huge jump and quickly emerged as one of the conference’s future stars.

Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn said leading up to Wednesday’s home opener that starting the season at Bradley and Vanderbilt exposed the Redhawks’ early weakness. The Redhawks took out a first week of frustration with a landslide victory over NAIA member Crowley’s Ridge 93-38 on Nov. 13, at the Show Me Center...

The SEMO men's basketball team gears up for its home opener against Crowley's Ridge on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Can more players outside of star point guard BJ Ward emerge?

The SEMO Redhawks lost to SEC foe Vanderbilt 85-76 on Sunday afternoon to fall to 0-2 on the season. Despite the setback, sophomore BJ Ward posted a new career-high 22 points in the contest.

PEORIA, Ill. — BJ Ward had a career-high 14 points in the first half of his sophomore campaign Monday night, finishing with a trio of 3-pointers that showed the six-foot guard can be a beast from long range. The breakout performance was still not enough, though, as the SEMO Redhawks fell to Bradley 88-60 in the season opener at Carver Arena in Peoria, Ill...

CAPE GIRARDEAU – It’s probably fair to say Brad Korn enters the upcoming season with what looks on paper to be one of his deepest and more experienced teams in recent memory. It’s also fair to say Korn’s SEMO Redhawks have a lot of unknowns, a group picked by an Ohio Valley Conference poll of league head coaches to finish seventh in the conference this season...

After finishing 9-22 one year after making it to the NCAA Tournament for the second time as a program, Southeast Missouri State enters the 2024-25 college basketball season predicted to place seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Poll...

Last season’s SEMO men’s basketball team was a microcosm of the new norm. Battling inconsistencies and a deep league, the Redhawks – who were coming off an OVC title and NCAA tournament appearance in 2022-23 – suffered their worst single season finish since 2020 after falling to 9-22...

The 2024-25 men's college basketball season has officially begun in Southeast Missouri, as the Redhawks conducted their first official practice on Monday, Sept. 23, at the Show Me Center. Most importantly, it was Cape Central alum Jay Reynolds' first official day as an active member of the Redhawks...

SEMO Schedule out After a long wait, the non-conference portion of the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball schedule has been released. The road schedule is highlighted by the Redhawks' trip to Nashville to face a Vanderbilt team 9-23 season (similar to SEMO's 9-22 record in numbers only) and a new coaching era...

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...