Jan. 3, 2002

Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002
Southeast Missouri at Eastern Illinois
Lantz Arena, Charleston, Ill., 7:10 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 7, 2002
Tennessee State at Southeast Missouri State
Show Me Center, 7:00 p.m.

Probable Starters

Southeast Missouri (2-9, 0-0 OVC)
				Ppg	Rpg
F  20  Tim Scheer, 6-7, Jr.	13.6	6.2
F  03  Brett Hale, 6-3, Fr.	9.4	3.4
C  23  Drew DeMond, 6-7, Jr.	9.4	6.3
G  33  Derek Winans, 6-2, Fr.	15.6	3.8
G  12  Kenny Johnson, 5-9, Jr.	 6.8	1.4

Eastern Illinois (7-7, 0-1 OVC)
F  44  Henry Domercant, 6-4, Jr. 24.6	6.1
F  42  Todd Bergmann, 6-8, Sr.	  3.8	2.9
C  55  Jessee Mackinson, 6-8, So  9.2	6.1
G  23  Ramon Taylor, 5-10, Jr.	  5.3	1.8
G  10  Chris Herrera, 5-9, So.	  4.9	2.0

Tennessee State (3-8)
F  25  Olashola Ajanaku, 6-5, Jr. 5.8	3.8
F  41  Kyle Rolston, 6-4, Sr.	 14.0	3.5
C  55  Arvid Caldwell, 6-7, Jr.   5.1	4.6
G  05  Josh Copperwood, 6-3, Jr. 12.0	1.5
G  31  Garrett Richardson, 6-4, So.13.0	3.6

The Teams: Southeast Missouri is 2-9 overall and 0-0 in the OVC. The Indians have wins over Lincoln and North Alabama and losses to Birmingham-Southern, Southwest Missouri State, Arkansas-Little Rock, Western Illinois (2), Vanderbilt, Saint Louis, Mississippi Valley State and Southern Illinois.

Eastern Illinois is 7-7, 0-1 in the OVC. The Panthers have lost four straight, but are 4-0 at home this season.

Tennessee State is 3-8 overall and 0-1 in the OVC going into games at Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky.

The Series: Southeast leads the EIU series 12-9. The TSU series is tied 10-10.

The Coaches: Gary Garner is 78-50 in his fifth season at Southeast. He is 325-213 in his 19th season as a collegiate head coach.

Rick Samuels is 329-299 in his 22nd season at Eeastern Illinois.

Nolan Richardson III is 13-27 in his second season at Tennessee State.

Winans Leads Scorers: Redshirt freshman Derek Winans, who had a career high 29 points vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, leads Southeast in scoring and assists. He averages 15.6 points and 3.0 assists per game.

Winans was honored as the OVC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 26 and Dec. 3.

Scheer Records Second Double-Double: Junior Tim Scheer recorded his second career double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds against Lincoln.

Scheer is second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 13.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. He leads the team in 3-point field goal percentage with 16-45 for .356.

Scheer had a career high 23 points against North Alabama.

DeMond Blocks: Drew DeMond is the active OVC career leader in blocked shots with 94. He had 26 blocks as a freshman, 48 as a sophomore and 22 this season. He had a season-high five blocks vs. Vanderbilt.

DeMond leads the Indians in rebounding with 6.3 per game.

Hale Top Free Throw Shooter: True freshman Brett Hale has hit 22-24 free throws for a team leading .917 from the line. He averages 9.4 points per game.

Hale had a career high 22 points vs. Vanderbilt. He was the OVC Rookie of the Week on Dec. 10.

Johnson Assists: Kenny Johnson, who became eligible at the end of the first semester has 27 assists in just five games played for an average of 5.4 per game.

Johnson, who averages 6.9 points per game, had a career high eight assists vs. Lincoln.

Hence Has Career High vs. MVSU: Sophomore Damarcus Hence, who missed the first three games this season, scored a career high 15 points in the Mississippi Valley State game. He was 6-12 from the field, 1-3 from three and 2-2 from the line.

King Is Instant Offense: Junior Demetrius King has been instant offense off the bench. He averages 8.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

King had a career high 17 points and nine rebounds at Vanderbilt. He had 15 points against Southern Illinois.

Gordon Returns To Action: Senior Monte Gordon, who was academically ineligible the first semester, saw his first action of the season in the Lincoln game and scored two points in four-minutes of play. He came back with eight points and two rebounds at Western Illinois.

Gordon has been slowed by a racing heart that forced him to be hospitalized on Dec. 14 and 15.

Smith Will Redshirt: Justin Smith, a transfer from Arkansas State, could have become eligible for the second semester this season, but coach Gary Garner has decided to redshirt Smith.

Co-Captains: Juniors Drew DeMond and Tim Scheer are co-captains for the 2001-2002 season. They are both two year letter winners.

OVC Honors:
11-26 - Derek Winans, Rookie of the Week
12-3 - Derek Winans, Rookie of the Week
12-10 -- Brett Hale, Rookie of the Week

At The Show Me Center: Southeast is 167-53 (.764) in games played at the Show Me Center which opened in 1987.

Winning Tradition: Only 42 of the nation's 311 Division I basketball teams won more games over the last three seasons than Southeast Missouri. The Indians had 63 wins over the last three years.

Early Signing: Southeast signed one player during the early signing period. Cole Grapperhaus, 6-8 junior from Breese Mater Dei High School in Breese, Ill., signed a national letter of intent to attend Southeast in the fall of 2002.

Grapperhaus averaged 15.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game last season for the Mater Dei team that was 23-10 and advanced to the Illinois sectional finals.

SID Streak: Ron Hines, Southeast sports information director has worked 615 consecutive basketball games at Southeast, the longest streak in Division I basketball. He has not missed a game since 1980.

Next Game: Following the Eastern Illinois and Tennessee State games, Southeast will host Eastern Kentucky on Thursday night at 7:30 and Morehead State on Saturday night at 7:30.