Saturday, March 7
Evansville, Ind.
2 p.m.
UT Martin
22-10
47
vs
67
Southeast Missouri
25-7
1
2
3
4
F
Southeast Missouri
17
15
12
23
67
UT Martin
9
10
14
14
47
UT MARTIN’S TITLE RUN FALLS SHORT TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IN OVC CHAMPIONSHIP
3/7/2020 6:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Tennessee at Martin women's basketball team could not overcome its offensive shortcomings on Saturday afternoon, falling in the Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championship to Southeast Missouri by a score of 67-47.
Despite the loss, UT Martin has clinched the program's ninth postseason appearance with an automatic berth into the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The team's selection and opponent will be officially released on Monday, March 16th.
The Skyhawks (22-10) struggled to get much going in its eighth trip to the championship game in the past 10 years. UT Martin shot just 33.3 percent from the field while failing to record a three-point field goal for the first time since Feb. 3, 2009. Meanwhile, the team shot just 50 percent (11-of-12) from the free throw stripe in a game which got away late.
OVC Player of the Year Chelsey Perry added to her postseason honors by earning her second spot on the OVC All-Tournament team after leading the team with 15 points while tallying six rebounds. Fellow junior forward Maddie Waldrop also scored in double figures with 12 points and seven rebounds in the setback.
Gallery: (3/7/2020) WBB vs. Southeast Missouri (OVC Finals)
"When you can't make shots or convert free throws and get outrebounded, you don't deserve to win and today we didn't," UT Martin head coach Kevin McMillan. "I told the girls in the fourth quarter that if we got some stops, we had a chance to win. We were able to get five stops in a row but we didn't score on any of the following possessions. For whatever reason, it just wasn't meant to be. When you look back at how these kids played all season, it is pretty amazing how they stepped up. Today just wasn't the day. This will sting for quite a while but now we need to spend the next couple days getting prepared to try and make a run in the WNIT."
Southeast Missouri (25-7) proved to be the hottest team in the field. After setting the OVC tournament scoring mark on Friday afternoon, the Redhawks continued their hot play by punching their first ticket to the NCAA Tournament since 2007. The Redhawks were led by All-Tournament MVP Tesia Thompson who tallied 25 points and 14 rebounds in the contest while fellow All-Tournament honorees Carrie Shephard (13 points) and Taelour Pruitt (four points) were also recognized.
Despite the loss, UT Martin has clinched the program's ninth postseason appearance with an automatic berth into the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The team's selection and opponent will be officially released on Monday, March 16th.
The Skyhawks (22-10) struggled to get much going in its eighth trip to the championship game in the past 10 years. UT Martin shot just 33.3 percent from the field while failing to record a three-point field goal for the first time since Feb. 3, 2009. Meanwhile, the team shot just 50 percent (11-of-12) from the free throw stripe in a game which got away late.
OVC Player of the Year Chelsey Perry added to her postseason honors by earning her second spot on the OVC All-Tournament team after leading the team with 15 points while tallying six rebounds. Fellow junior forward Maddie Waldrop also scored in double figures with 12 points and seven rebounds in the setback.
"When you can't make shots or convert free throws and get outrebounded, you don't deserve to win and today we didn't," UT Martin head coach Kevin McMillan. "I told the girls in the fourth quarter that if we got some stops, we had a chance to win. We were able to get five stops in a row but we didn't score on any of the following possessions. For whatever reason, it just wasn't meant to be. When you look back at how these kids played all season, it is pretty amazing how they stepped up. Today just wasn't the day. This will sting for quite a while but now we need to spend the next couple days getting prepared to try and make a run in the WNIT."
Southeast Missouri (25-7) proved to be the hottest team in the field. After setting the OVC tournament scoring mark on Friday afternoon, the Redhawks continued their hot play by punching their first ticket to the NCAA Tournament since 2007. The Redhawks were led by All-Tournament MVP Tesia Thompson who tallied 25 points and 14 rebounds in the contest while fellow All-Tournament honorees Carrie Shephard (13 points) and Taelour Pruitt (four points) were also recognized.
Team Stats
SEMO
UTM
FG%
.404
.333
3FG%
.333
.000
FT%
.714
.500
RB
46
36
TO
17
17
STL
8
8
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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