Southeast Womens Basketball

Thursday begins the second-to-last road trip of the season for Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball, and ranked at the bottom of the Ohio Valley Conference standings, there’s never been a more important time than the present to put some wins together...

Kenley McCarn scored 23 points to lead UT Martin past Southeast Missouri State 78-54 on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Show Me Center. Shae Littleford scored 14 points and Anaya Brown added 13 points for three Skyhawks (8-14, 5-6 OVC). Notre Dame alum and UT Martin junior Lexi Rubel scored five points but led the team with nine rebounds...

Thursday night begins the back half of the Ohio Valley Conference season for Southeast women’s basketball, and with just a 2-8 record in league play so far, it begins “crunch time” as well. After dropping a Saturday matchup at Western Illinois deemed “crucial” on more than one account, Southeast sits in a three-way tie between 8 and 10 with a victory being all that’s separating it from a tournament spot...

When Western Illinois broke the game open with an explosive first quarter, Southeast women’s basketball tried to keep the pace. A 94-66 final ensued, with the hosting Leathernecks tearing apart a slumping Redhawks squad on 61 percent 3-point shooting...

Southeast women's basketball suffered a tough 84-76 loss to Lindenwood, struggling after a rough second quarter. Despite strong individual performances, the Redhawks extended their losing streak to six games.

We’re starting to get into the meat and potatoes of conference play, and Southeast women’s basketball is in a make-or-break spot of its Ohio Valley slate with the final two legs of a three-game road trip coming up. Over the next three days, the Redhawks travel to Lindenwood on Thursday and then take on the Leathernecks of Western Illinois on Saturday...

Despite standout performances from Lexi McCully and Ainay Williams, SEMO women's basketball fell to Tennessee Tech 79-66. The Redhawks have now dropped five straight games.

The first three-game homestand of 2025 at Southeast Missouri State featured a rarity in college basketball. Reinforcements. Thursday-Tuesday, Jan. 9-14, weren’t merely Da’Kariya Jackson’s first three games of the season. They were her first as a Redhawk...

Chrishawn Coleman scored 26 points to lead the Morehead State Eagles over the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 64-61 on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Show Me Center.  A last-second rebound and layup by Maia Rosarion gave the Eagles the go-ahead basket. A free throw afterward put her at the 20-point mark on the day. She also grabbed 15 rebounds for the double-double as the Eagles outrebounded the Redhawks 34-30...

The SEMO women’s basketball team was defeated by the Southern Indiana (USI) Screaming Eagles 93-69 on Thursday at the Show Me Center. The Screaming Eagles were picked to finish first in the Ohio Valley Conference and looked every bit like a team who could repeat their 2023-2024 regular season and tournament title...

MARTIN, TN — If any local athlete had a 2024 to remember, it was Notre Dame Regional High School alum Lexi Rubel. In her only year spent playing college basketball with her sister, Tori Rubel, the UT Martin Skyhawks returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014...

SEMO women's basketball extended its winning streak to three after edging Tennessee State 75-68 on Thursday night. Indiya Bowen shined with 25 points, while freshman Zoe Best added 18.

The SEMO Women’s basketball team defeated the NAIA William Woods Owls 102-50 on Tuesday afternoon at the Show Me Center. Four different Redhawks scored in double figures, and SEMO scored 100 or more points for the first time since the 2017 season. The Redhawks were led on offense by Skylar Barnes and Zoe Best who each finished with 22 points. Barnes said she took what the defense gave her and attacked the basket when she had open opportunities...

First-year head coach Briley Palmer earned her first Ohio Valley Conference win on Saturday afternoon as her Redhawks women’s basketball team defeated the SIUE Cougars 67-61. The Redhawks went down 4-0 early, but a 12-2 run put SEMO up 12-6 and forced the Cougar into a timeout. Offensive rebounds and fast-break offense, combined with holding SIUE to 21% shooting, gave the Redhawks a 20-10 lead after one quarter...

When Zoe Best was a high school basketball player at the St. Louis all-girls school, Incarnate Word Academy, she never lost a varsity game. The Red Knights girls basketball team has won 12 state championships since 2010, finished the previous four seasons undefeated, and is currently in a 124-game winning streak...

Southeast Missouri State opened the Ohio Valley Conference slate of the season with a 71-55 loss against Eastern Illinois on Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Show Me Center. Freshman Zoe Best led the Redhawks with 19 points on 7 of 18 shooting. Both Indiya Bowen and Skylar Barnes scored 10 points each for SEMO...

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."...

Southeast Missouri State unleashed the deafening screech of elementary school children across the area during their Monday morning matinee with in-state rival, Missouri State. The advantage from the atmosphere wasn’t enough as the Redhawks fell to Bears 77-49 on Dec. 16, at the Show Me Center...

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...

Chloe Williams scored 22 points and Keslyn Secrist added 13 as the Indiana State Sycamores snatched victory from the talons of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 68-65 on Saturday, Nov. 30, at the Show Me Center. Lexi McCully and Ainaya Williams each led the Redhawks with 12 points, followed by 11 points from Zoe Best and 10 from Indiya Bowen...

After stints at three colleges, SEMO women's basketball guard Lexi McCully is making her mark for the Redhawks. Overcoming challenges, she's now a key player under head coach Briley Palmer.

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Briley Palmer said she wanted to put her full attention on her team during a changing of the guard for Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball. Following a rocky 0-4 start, the Redhawks finally pulled through and got the win for their new head coach...

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.

Evansville defeated SEMO women's basketball 70-55 on Thursday night, despite a strong 16-point performance from freshman Zoe Best. SEMO struggled with long-distance shooting, going 2 for 21 from 3-point range in the game.

The SEMO women's basketball team was outlasted by Dayton 75-70 in Briley Palmer's coaching debut on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Freshman Zoe Best shined, dropping 25 points in her collegiate debut.

With a new roster and a new head coach, the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team is starting from the ground floor, as they were picked to finish 11th in the 2024-25 Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Poll. The Redhawks enter the first season under head coach Briley Palmer, who was hired from Mineral Area College this past spring to replace Rekha Patterson, who is now an assistant coach at Central Florida...

KENNETT, Mo. - Grecian Steak House was the meeting center for a Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) football event on Wednesday, July 10. SEMO’s head football coach Tom Matukewicz wanted an event where he can promote the upcoming season and inform residents in ‘the bootheel’ about Redhawk football. Bud Hilburn, who graduated from Kennett High School and played football at SEMO, agreed to organize the event for his alma mater and former coach. ...

With the departure of eight-year head coach Rekha Patterson, SEMO women’s basketball prepares to enter a new era this winter, the Briley Palmer era. Coach Palmer comes to the Redhawks by way of Mineral Area College where throughout four seasons compiled a 77-40 record and in 2024 spent 10 weeks in the NJCAA top 25 rankings...

With the hiring of former Mineral Area women’s basketball coach Briley Palmer to next lead the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team, the Cardinals had a big vacancy to fill. After a couple of weeks of searching, it was clear that South Pemiscot and Southeast alumna Carrie Shephard was the woman for the job...

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks welcomed Briley Palmer as the ninth women’s basketball head coach in program history with an introductory press conference on Thursday morning at the Show Me Center. Brady Barke, SEMO vice president for intercollegiate athletics, opened the press conference detailing the process that took 12 days from posting the position to hiring Palmer...

Mineral Area College’s Briley Palmer has been hired to become the new head coach of the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team, as announced on Wednesday, May 15, by Brady Barke, SEMO vice president for intercollegiate athletics. Palmer agreed to a five-year contract which will run through April 30, 2029. She will be the ninth head coach in program history after Rekha Patterson resigned to join Central Florida as an assistant coach...