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Cape Girardeau, Mo. (February 28, 2003) - The Southeast Missouri State Otahkian basketball team will finish its regular season this Saturday as they travel to Nashville, Tenn. to take on the Lady Tigers of Tennessee State University.

Southeast is coming off its biggest win of the season as they won in Cookeville for the first time in seven years Thursday, 76-72. The win assured them of at least a tie for second in the OVC and no lower than a No. 3 seed in the conference tournament. Southeast got 18 points from junior guard Kenja White as she went 6-9 from the field and made all four of her free-throws. The team as a whole made 19-20 free throws on the night.

The Otahks are being led by White's 13.3 points per game. She is third on the team in three-point percentage with a 29 percent average. Senior forward Lori Chase is second in scoring and first in rebounds with 13.2 and 5.9 per game marks. She is second in three-point percentage with her 33 percent mark. Junior forward Carina Souza is fourth in scoring with a 12.0 per game average, as she, White, and Chase are the only Otahks to start every single game this season.

Junior forward Yashika Sidbury is fourth in scoring with 10.9 points per game and continues to lead the team in free-throw shooting averaging 85 percent from the line and is first in three-point shooting with a 38 percent mark.

Southeast leads the series 12-11 after defeating the Lady Tigers earlier this year in Cape, 77-64. Last season, Southeast won big at home, then lost in double overtime at Tennessee State. Overall, Southeast has won six of the last ten games.

The Lady Tigers are coming off an 84-80 loss at the hands of Eastern Illinois. Odessa Kelly had 15 points and 14 rebounds, while four other Lady Tigers scored in double figures, but they couldn't stop the hot shooting of the Panthers as EIU scorched the nets shooting 51 percent in the game. The loss eliminated Tennessee State from OVC Tournament action.

Tennessee State is being led by Aquanya McClain. McClain is averaging 12. 6 points per contest and 6.6 rebounds per game. Odessa Kelly is scoring nearly 11 points per game, while pulling down 6.4 rebounds per contest. LaToya Clay, Quanecia Fletcher, and Kisha Stewart average 9.7, and 8.6 points, respectively.

McClain, who has started in the last eight games, had 13 points and five boards in a loss to Eastern Illinois.

The Lady Tigers as a team average 65.6 points per game but give up 78.7 poitns per contest. They shoot 39 percent from the field and 25 percent from behind the arc, while averaging just 56 percent from the free-throw line.

The Otahkians will be in action next this Tuesday as they play host to an OVC Tournament first-round game at the Show Me Center at 7 p.m.