Jan. 22, 2007

BASKETBALL GAME INFORMATION

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. (CST)

Southeast Missouri @ Morehead State

Johnson Arena, Morehead, Ky.

THE TEAMS: Southeast Missouri State is 7-13 overall and 5-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Redhawks have won four of their last six games including a 92-78 win over Tennessee State on Thursday night and an 87-80 loss to Tennessee Tech on Saturday night.

Morehead State is 10-8 overall and 6-4 in the OVC. The Eagles have lost two straight games.

THE COACHES: Southeast Missouri is under the direction of new head coach Scott Edgar, an assistant at Tennessee last season, who has served as head coach at Duquesne and Murray State. He has also been an assistant at Tulsa, Arkansas and Alabama-Birmingham. His collegiate head coaching record is 115-108 in his eighth season. Edgar 8-2 vs. Morehead State.

THE SERIES: Morehead State leads the series 15-14.

LAST SEASON: Morehead State swept the two games, winning 60-55 at the Show Me Center and 62-59 in Morehead State.

**REDHAWKS NOTES**

FOUST AGAIN VOTED OVC NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: Junior Brandon Foust has been named the OVC Newcomer of the Week for the second straight week. He averaged 17.5 points per game while shooting .667 from the field, .833 from three and .667 from the line in games against Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech. Foust also added 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks. He scored 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting (including 4-of-4 from 3-point range) in the win over TSU.

Foust was the OVC Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 15 after averaging a double-double in games against Murray State and Austin Peay.

Foust averaged 19 points and 10.5 rebounds per game in contests against Murray State and Austin Peay. Fosut had 23 points and nine rebounds in a win at Murray State and 15 points and 12 rebounds in a one-point loss at APSU.

A transfer from Oklahoma, Foust leads the Redhawks in scoring and rebounding with 12.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.

WILLOUGHBY SIDELINED: Senior guard Terrick Willoughby is out with illness. He has mononucleosis like symptoms and is expected to miss from 10 days to two weeks with the illness. He did not play against Murray State, Austin Peay or Tennessee State. Willoughby is expected to return to limited action against Morehead State.

80 POINTS IS A KEY: The Redhawks are 5-1 when scoring 80 or more points. The Redhawks scored 81 points in a win over Tennessee-Martin, 88 at Eastern Kentucky, 80 vs. Eastern Illinois, 96 at Murray State and 92 vs. Tennessee State. Southeast leads the OVC in scoring in conference games only with 78.3 points per game.

10 TREYS HELP: Southeast has made 10 or more 3-pointers in six of its seven wins this season. The Redhawks had 13 3-pointers in Thursday's win over Tennessee State.

OVC STAT LEADERS: In OVC games only, Southeast Missouri State leads the league in six statistical categories. The Redhawks lead the OVC in blocked shots (3.9), steals (9.4), offensive rebounds (12.78), 3-point field goals made (9.4) and scoring offense (78.5). The Redhawks are second in assists (16.20), offensive rebounds (13.1) and 3-point field goals made (9.4)

In individual stats, Roderick Pearson leads in assist/TO ratio (2.7). Marcus Rhodes is second in 3-point field goal percentage at .500 and David Johnson is third in steals (2.0).

DOUBLE-DOUBLE FOR REMBERT: Junior Michael Rembert, a transfer from Bradley, had a double-double against Tennessee State with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Rembert averages 9.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per gme.

PEARSON VOTED OVC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Freshman point guard Roderick Pearson was voted the OVC Freshman of the Week on Jan. 8 after he recorded his first collegiate double-double at Eastern Kentucky with 22 points and 11 assists and came back with 10 points, five rebounds and three assists vs. Eastern Illinois.

For the two games, Pearson averaged 13 points and seven assists per game while shooting 63% from the floor, 60% from three and 90% from the line. He leads the OVC in assist/TO ratio for conference games only.

JOHNSON MOVES UP: Junior guard David Johnson is the Redhawks leading scorer in OVC games with an average of 14.5 points per game. He has fully recovered from hernia surgery that forced him to miss all but three games last season. Johnson, who had a career high 23 points and 10 rebounds in Saturday's loss to Tennessee Tech, averages 12 points and 3.6 rebounds per game on the season.

FRESHMEN CONTRIBUTE: Freshmen continue to gain more and more playing time. Freshmen average over 70 minutes per game out of a possible 200. Roderick Pearson leads the way, averaging 21.5 minutes per game.

RHODES STARTS: Freshman Marcus Rhodes got his first start against Murray State and has continued to start in place of Terrick Willoughby who has mono. Rhodes is the Redhawks fourth leading scorer in OVC games only with an average of 9.9 points per game. Against Murray State he had seven points on 2-4 shooting including 2-2 from three. He also had one assist, one block and one steal. In the OVC win at Eastern Kentucky, Rhodes was 3-4 from the field, 3-3 from three for nine points. He also had five rebounds. In OVC games only, Rhodes is shooting 47% from the field, 50% from three and 76% from the line.

HILL FINDS THE RANGE: Freshman guard Johnny Hill entered the Murray State game shooting just .195 from three, but against the Racers he connected on his first three treys and ended the night with a career high 16 points including 5-8 from the field and 3-5 from three. Hill currently averages 3.1 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.

RAYTOWN DUO: Roderick Pearson and JaJuan Maxwell are both from Raytown, Mo. (a suburb of Kansas City), but played at rival high schools. Pearson, a jet quick guard who started the Jacksonville State game, played at Raytown South while Maxwell, a versatile 6-6 player, played for Raytown High School.

Pearson averages 7.5 points per game with a high of 22 points at Eastern Kentucky, while Maxwell, who had a career high 15 points at Purdue, averages 5.8 points and 2,8 rebounds per game.

OVC HONORS: Roderick Pearson was named the OVC Freshman of the Week on Jan. 8 while Michael Rembert was voted Newcomer of the Week on Dec. 18. Brandon Foust was voted Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 15.

FOUST HONORED: Brandon Foust was named to the Top of the World Classic All-Tournament team. He currently leads the team in scoring with 11.6 points per game and is tied for the lead in rebounding with 5.4 rebounds per game.

AT THE SHOW ME CENTER: The Redhawks are 4-4 at the Show Me Center this season and are 204-86 (.703) since the facility opened in 1987.

REDHAWKS ADD ST. LOUIS RADIO STATION: The Southeast Basketball Network has added 1380 ESPN Radio in St. Louis. The network operated by Mississippi River Radio, will be anchored by 100,000 watt K-103 FM in Cape Girardeau. Other network stations include KSIM, Sikeston;, KWOC, Poplar Bluff and KMAL, Malden.

Erik Sean will be the play-by-play voice of Redhawks basketball with Todd Bonacki adding commentary at home games and Ron Hines adding color during the road games.

Scott Edgar RADIO SHOW: Scott Edgar will have a weekly radio show on KGIR, 1220 AM in Cape Girardeau. He will be on from 6-7 p.m. each Monday with host Erik Sean. They will talk Redhawks basketball and take calls from listeners.

REDHAWKS BASKETBALL WITH Scott Edgar: Edgar will have a weekly television show on WQWQ-TV, the Heartland's CW. The show will be seen at 11 p.m. each Monday night and will be hosted by Heartland Sports Director Todd Richards. The show will also be shown on Charter Cable, Channel 11, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at both 8 and 9 p.m.

LIVE VIDEO STREAMING: Southeast fans will be able to watch Redhawks OVC basketball games on the internet through the Ohio Valley Conference's new premium web site, OVCSports.TV.

OVCSports.TV can be accessed by logging on to the OVC Web site, www.ovcsports.com, and is made possible through a partnership with XOS Technologies,, a leading provider of sports technology. Subscriptions are available on an annual, seasonal and per-event basis.

SID STREAK: Southeast SID Ron Hines has worked 776 consecutive basketball games. He has not missed a game since 1980.

NEXT FOR THE REDHAWKS: The Redhawks go on the road to face Morehead State on Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. They return home Saturday night to host Murray State and will host league leading Austin Peay on Monday, Jan. 29.