Jan. 29, 2007

BASKETBALL GAME INFORMATION

Monday, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m.

Austin Peay @ Southeast Missouri

Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

THE TEAMS: Southeast Missouri State is 8-14 overall and 6-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Redhawks have won five of their last eight games inclding a 61-59 road win at Morehead State on Wednesday night.

Austin Peay is 13-6 overall and 10-1 in the OVC. The Governors lead t he league and have won 10 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 116-109 in his eighth season. Edgar is 8-3 vs. Austin Peay.

Dave Loos is 263-230 in his 17th year at Austin Peay and is 345-283 in his 21st year as a collegiate head coach. He is the winningest coach in Austin Peay history.

THE SERIES: Austin Peay leads the series 22-14.

EARLIER GAME: Austin Peay beat Southeast 68-67 on Jan. 10 at Clarksville. Brandon Foust led Southeast with 15 points and 12 rebounds.

**REDHAWKS NOTES**

WILLOUGHBY IS BACK: Senior guard Terrick Willoughby returned to action at Morehead State after missing four games with mononucleosis. He had six points in 24 minutes of action at Morehead. He made his first start since the illness on Saturday vs. Murray State when he played 26 minutes with seven points.

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 eight 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 five statistical categories. The Redhawks lead the OVC in blocked shots (3.9), steals (8.8), offensive rebounds (13.5), 3-point field goals made (9.1) and scoring offense (76.2).

OUST AGAIN VOTED OVC NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: 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 12.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.

2 DOUBLE-DOUBLES FOR REMBERT: Junior Michael Rembert, a transfer from Bradley, had a double-double against Tennessee State with 13 points and 10 rebounds. He had 19 points and 12 rebounds vs. Eastern Illinois.

Rembert averages 10.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. He had the game winning tip in with just one second remaining at Morehead State.

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.

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 7.6 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 3.0 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 4-5 at the Show Me Center this season and are 204-87 (.701) 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.

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 778 consecutive basketball games. He has not missed a game since 1980.

NEXT FOR THE REDHAWKS: Southeast will go on the road to play at Tennessee-Martin on Saturday, 6:30 p.m. The Redhawks return to the Show Me Center to host Morehead State on Thursday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m. and Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m. The Eastern Kentucky game will be televised nationally by ESPNU and locally by the Heartland's CW.