Southeast Missouri State REDHAWKS GAME MURRAY STATE (14-14, 8-6 OVC) VS. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (13-16, 8-6) Date ...................................................Thursday, February 23, 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE Tip-Off ...............................................................................6:30 p.m., CT Radio ...................SEMO ESPN 92.9 FM / Real Rock 99.3 FM Location ...........................................................Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Erik Sean, Jess Bolen) Arena ........................................................Show Me Center (7,000) Video .................................................................OVC Digital Network 30 Series History....................................................MSU leads, 54-20 Live Stats ..............................................................GoSoutheast.com Last Meeting ..................................................... SEMO 75, MSU 74 Social Media (Jan. 26, 2017 / Murray, Ky.) SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SPORTS INFORMATION @GoSoutheast Basketball Contact .......................................................Jeff Honza /GoSoutheastRedhawks ............(573) 651-2933 / [email protected] @SEMOMBB Head Coaches Phone / Email Rick Ray (55-100 overall; 18-40 at SEMO; 10-20 OVC) /GoSoutheast /GoSoutheast /SEMO_Football Matt McMahon (31-27 overall; 31-27 at MSU; 18-11 OVC) GOSOUTHEAST.COM 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OVC West First-Place Showdown Southeast Missouri (13-16, 8-6) hosts rival Murray State (14-14, 8-6) in a battle for November (3-3) first-place in the Ohio Valley Conference West Division Thursday. Tip-off is set for 7 Missouri S&T (exhibition) W, 84-77 6:30 p.m., CT, at the Show Me Center. 11 at Illinois Big Ten Network L, 62-81 13 Hannibal-LaGrange OVCDN W, 86-54 16 at Western Illinois ESPN3 W, 74-71 Follow the Redhawks 18 at Bradley ESPN3 L, 78-84 Fans can listen to Thursday’s game live on the radio at ESPN 92.9 FM and Real Rock 22 UT Rio Grande Valley OVCDN W, 83-72 99.3 FM with Erik Sean and Jess Bolen calling the action from the Show Me Center. 28 at UMKC L, 75-86 Video can be accessed online at the OVC Digital Network. Live stats are available at GoSoutheast.com. Twitter updates provided @SEMOMBB. December (3-7, 1-0 OVC) 1 Central Arkansas OVCDN W, 87-63 4 at #10 Indiana ESPN2 L, 55-83 $5 Tickets 7 Missouri State OVCDN L, 71-79 Southeast Athletics is offering $5 tickets for Thursday’s matchup between South- 10 Northern Kentucky OVCDN L, 66-80 east and Murray State. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are available for ESPN3 17 at Missouri State ! L, 66-71 sale by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at (573) 651-2113 or visiting 1221 Broadway 19 at DePaul ! FS1 L, 78-81 22 vs. Chicago State ! L, 65-74 (next to Imo’s Pizza). Tickets are also available online at GoSoutheast.com/five. 23 vs. Cornell ! L, 62-78 29 Henderson State OVCDN W, 89-75 OVC Tournament Spot 31 Eastern Kentucky* OVCDN W, 81-48 If Southeast wins Thursday, it will lock down a spot for this year’s Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. As of now, Belmont and Morehead State have clinched. January (5-3, 5-3 OVC) 5 at Tennessee State* OVCDN L, 62-65 Southeast, Murray State, UT Martin, Austin Peay, Jacksonville State, Tennessee Tech 7 at Belmont* OVCDN L, 75-87 and Tennessee State are all battling for the final six spots. Eastern Illinois, Eastern 10 Tennessee Tech* OVCDN W, 83-78 Kentucky and SIU Edwardsville are eliminated from postseason play. This year’s 14 at UT Martin* OVCDN L, 69-79 tournament is Mar. 1-4 in Nashville, Tennessee. 19 SIU Edwardsville* OVCDN W, 79-76 21 Eastern Illinois* OVCDN W, 83-71 26 at Murray State* OVCDN W, 75-74 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PROBABLE STARTERS 28 at Austin Peay* OVCDN W, 82-71 February (2-3, 2-3 OVC) 1 at Jacksonville State* OVCDN L, 62-74 4 Morehead State* $ OVCDN L, 81-89 9 at SIU Edwardsville* FOX Sports Midwest W, 71-67 11 at Eastern Illinois* American Sports Network L, 80-86 OT 18 UT Martin* American Sports Network W, 90-61 23 Murray State* OVCDN 6:30 p.m. 25 Austin Peay* OVCDN 4:15 p.m. March 1 2 12 13 34 1-4 OVC Tournament Nashville, Tenn. Antonius Cleveland Tahj Eaddy Jamaal Calvin Trey Kellum Denzel Mahoney G / 6-6 / 195 / Sr. G / 6-2 / 154 / Fr. G / 6-1 / 184 / Sr. F / 6-7 / 213 / R-Sr. G / 6-4 / 213 / Fr. All games are broadcast live on the radio at ESPN 92.9 FM and Memphis, Tenn. West Haven, Conn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Peoria, Ill. Oviedo, Fla. Real Rock 99.3 FM; All times are Central and subject to change; * - Denotes Ohio Valley Conference 17.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 7.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 7.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 11.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 14.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, Game; OVCDN - OVC Digital Network; ! - Las Vegas Classic; 2.1 apg 2.2 apg 2.3 apg 0.4 apg 1.3 apg $ - Hall of Fame Weekend OVC Champions • 1999-2000 OVC Tournament Champions • 2000 NCAA Tournament • 2000 Southeast Missouri State REDHAWKS 2016-17 BASKETBALL NOTES / MURRAY STATE • FEB. 23 Tight Race Belmont won its fourth Ohio Valley Conference 2016-17 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI REDHAWKS ROSTER Championship in five years and enters the No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) final week of the season at 14-1 in league play. 0 Dondre Duffus G 6-3 183 Jr. 3rd Palm Beach, Fla. (Boyd Anderson/St. Petersburg College) The Bruins will be the No. 1 seed (and receive 1 Antonius Cleveland G 6-6 195 Sr. 4th Memphis, Tenn. (Faith Baptist Christian Academy (Ga.) a double bye to the semifinals) for the OVC 2 Tahj Eaddy G 6-2 154 Fr. 1st West Haven, Conn. (Tennessee Prep Academy) 3 Ray Kowalski G 6-3 195 Fr. 1st Concord, N.C. (Concord) Tournament. The rest of the field is jumbled as 4 Milos Vranes F 6-7 200 Jr. 3rd Belgrade, Serbia (Third Belgrade/ND State College of Science) only one game separates second and eighth 5 Joel Angus III F 6-7 240 Sr. 4th Brooklyn, N.Y. (Putnam Science Academy/Monroe College) place entering the final week of play. 10 Jonathan Dalton G 5-10 155 So. 2nd New Orleans, La. (West Jefferson/Copiah-Lincoln CC) 11 Eli Sample* G 6-4 184 Sr. 4th Crystal City, Mo. (Crystal City/Southwest Baptist) 12 Jamaal Calvin G 6-1 184 Sr. 4th Chattanooga, Tenn. (McCallie Prep) OVC West Division Title in Sight 13 Trey Kellum F 6-7 213 Sr. 5th Peoria, Ill. (Peoria Central/Florida A&M) If Southeast beats Murray State (Feb. 23) and 15 Donnie Lewis* G 6-1 170 So. 2nd Lexington, Ky. (Paul Dunbar/Spalding University) Austin Peay (Feb. 25) this week, it will win the 22 Jaylen Benton G 6-3 180 Jr. 3rd Columbus, Ohio (Westerville North/Monroe College) Ohio Valley Conference West Division title 23 Daniel Simmons G 6-2 204 Jr. 3rd Biggersville, Miss. (Biggersville/East Mississippi CC) 34 Denzel Mahoney G 6-4 213 Fr. 1st Oviedo, Fla. (Hagerty) and grab the No. 2 seed (and receive a bye 35 William Tchiengang F 6-8 227 Jr. 3rd Yaounde, Cameroon (Midland College) to the semifinals) for the OVC Tournament. The Redhawks are currently in a three-way * Walk-on tie for first in the OVC West with Murray State Head Coach: Rick Ray, Second Year (Grand View College, 1994) and UT Martin as all three teams are 8-6. In Assistant Coach: Adam Gordon, Second Year (Tampa, 2006) the event that Southeast ties with UT Martin, Assistant Coach: Nick Lagroone, Second Year (Southern Wesleyan, 2011) the Redhawks own the tiebreaker with its 6-2 Assistant Coach: Chris Moore, Second Year (Kentucky State, 1991) record in OVC West Division play. Director of Operations: Tom Berryman, First Year (Alabama, 2010) Graduate Manager: David Potter, First Year (Clemson, 2010) Winning OVC Record Pronuncations Breakdown by Class The Redhawks are 8-6 in Ohio Valley Joel Angus III ................................joe-ELLE Total Squad Members ...................15 Conference play with two games remaining. William Tchiengang ................ chain-guh Seniors .....................................................5 Milos Vranes ..........mi-lowsh vrahn-esh Juniors .....................................................5 Southeast matched its most league wins in Sophomores ..........................................2 a season since the league split into divisions Freshmen ................................................3 in 2012-13. The Redhawks best conference records were 8-8 (2012-13, 2013-14) since that 2015-16 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDINGS (AS OF FEB. 20) time. Southeast last had a winning record in OVC play in 2011-12 (9-7). OVC Overall East Record Pct. Home Away Streak Record Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Game of Implication Belmont 14-1 .933 7-0 7-1 W2 20-5 .800 10-1 10-3 0-1 W2 Morehead State 9-5 .643 5-1 4-4 L2 13-14 .481 9-3 4-11 0-0 L2 Ironically, Southeast’s last game of major Jacksonville State 8-6 .571 3-5 5-1 L1 16-13 .552 5-5 9-8 2-0 L1 implication played at the Show Me Center was Tennessee Tech 8-6 .571 4-4 4-2 W2 12-17 .414 7-8 5-9 0-0 W2 against Ohio Valley Conference leading and Tennessee State 8-7 .533 4-4 4-3 W2 17-11 .607 7-5 8-6 2-0 W2 then-No. 14 Murray State on Feb. 12, 2000. Eastern Kentucky 3-11 .214 2-5 1-6 L5 10-19 .345 6-6 3-12 1-1 L5 That game was played in front of a sellout crowd of 7,241, the largest home attendance at West Record Pct. Home Away Streak Record Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak the Show Me Center in school history. Southeast Missouri 8-6 .571 5-1 3-5 W1 13-16 .448 9-3 4-11 0-2 W1 UT Martin 8-6 .571 5-1 3-5 L1 18-11 .621 11-2 7-9 0-0 L1 Although the Racers won that game, 77-60, Murray State 8-6 .571 5-3 3-3 L1 14-14 .500 10-4 3-9 1-1 L1 Southeast garnered a share of the OVC Austin Peay 6-8 .429 3-5 3-3 W2 10-18 .357 5-8 3-10 2-0 W2 regular-season title and went on to beat Eastern Illinois 6-9 .400 3-5 3-4 W1 14-14 .500 8-6 6-8 0-0 W1 Murray State in the championship game of the SIUE 0-15 .000 0-7 0-8 L14 5-24 .172 2-10 2-13 1-1 L15 OVC Tournament, and advance to the 2000 NCAA Tourney.