Southeast Missouri State meets Little Rock in OVC Tournament

Little Rock Trojans (19-13, 13-8 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (20-11, 15-5 OVC)

Evansville, Indiana; Friday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Southeast Missouri State plays in the OVC Tournament against Little Rock.

The Redhawks have gone 15-5 against OVC opponents, with a 5-6 record in non-conference play. Southeast Missouri State ranks second in the OVC with 13.8 assists per game led by Rob Martin averaging 4.6.

The Trojans' record in OVC games is 13-8. Little Rock is seventh in the OVC with 31.7 rebounds per game led by Mwani Wilkinson averaging 7.2.

Southeast Missouri State makes 46.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.8 percentage points higher than Little Rock has allowed to its opponents (39.3%). Little Rock averages 6.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.5 more made shots on average than the 5.2 per game Southeast Missouri State gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Martin is averaging 14.5 points and 4.6 assists for the Redhawks. Tedrick Washington Jr. is averaging 14.3 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 42.1% over the last 10 games.

Johnathan Lawson is scoring 15.6 points per game and averaging 5.3 rebounds for the Trojans. Wilkinson is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Redhawks: 9-1, averaging 78.0 points, 29.8 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 7.9 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 50.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.0 points per game.

Trojans: 6-4, averaging 72.3 points, 29.1 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 10.1 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.2 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.