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Men's Hoops Look To End Slide With Trip To Morehead, Eastern Kentucky Game Notes
Game Information
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002 Southeast Missouri at Morehead State Johnson Center, Morehead, Ky. , 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002 Southeast Missouri at Eastern Kentucky Alumni Coliseum, Richmond, Ky., 6:30 p. m. Probable Starters Southeast Missouri (3-18, 1-9 OVC) Ppg Rpg F 20 Tim Scheer, 6-7, Jr. 13.8 5.3 F 24 Damarcus Hence, 6-6, So. 6.9 1.6 C 30 Monte Gordon, 6-5, Sr. 7.6 3.4 G 33 Derek Winans, 6-2, Fr. 14.6 4.3 G 03 Brett Hale, 6-3, Fr. 8.2 3.2
OVC Tournament Seeds at Stake: Southeast Missouri, 3-18 overall and 1-9 in the OVC., needs some wins down the stretch to gain a spot in the tournament while Morehead State (5-3 in the OVC and 11-8 overall) is attempting to secure a first round home game while Eastern Kentucky (2-6 in the OVC and 6-13 overall) is trying to stay ahead of Southeast for the final tournament berth. Morehead plays at Austin Peay on Monday night while Eastern Kentucky is at Tennessee Tech on Monday and at home vs. Eastern Illinois on Thursday. The Series: Southeast leads the Morehead series 13-8 and leads the Eastern Kentucky series 12-9. Earlier Games: Morehead State beat the Indians 59-53 on Jan. 12 at the Show Me Center. Ricky Minard led Morehead State with 17 points while Derek Winans had 20 points for Southeast. Southeast beat Eastern Kentucky 95-74 on Jan. 10 at the Show Me Center. The Indians had six players in double figures led by Drew DeMond's 22 points. Michael Haney came off the bench to lead the Colonels with 19 points. The Coaches: Gary Garner is 79-59 in his fifth season at Southeast and is 326-222 in his 19th year as a collegiate head coach. Garner is 8-1 vs. Morehead State and is 7-2 vs. Eastern Kentucky. Former Kentucky star Kyle Macy is 48-80 in his fifth year at Morehead State. He is 1-8 vs. Southeast. Another former Kentucky star, Travis Ford, is 13-42 in his second season at EKU. He is 1-2 vs. Southeast. Southeast Basketball Notes Hale is OVC Rookie of the Week: Freshman guard Brett Hale has been selected as the OVC Rookie of the Week after averaging 13 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in two games last week. In games against Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech, Hale shot .526 from the field . and .545 from three. It is the second time this season that Hale has been honored by the OVC. He was also Rookie of the Week on Dec. 10. Good Free Throw Shooters: Thursday's game with Morehead State will match two of the top six free throw shooting teams in NCAA Division I. In the latest NCAA statistics, Morehead ranked first in the nation with 79% from the line while Southeast ranked sixth with 77% from the line. In the two games since the national report, Southeast shot just .640 and .667 from the line to currently stand at .758. DeMond Probable: Junior center Drew DeMond is probable for the Morehead State game after missing the Austin Peay, Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech games last week because of a sprained knee and ankle suffered in the Jan. 24 home game with Tech. DeMond had six points and seven rebounds in the earlier game with Tech before he went down late in the first half with the knee and ankle injury Winans Leads The Way: Winans leads the Indians in scoring (14.6 ppg), 3-pointers (40), steals (30), minutes played (34.5 pg) and is second in assists (60), and third in free throw percentage (.800) and rebounding (4.4 pg). With 292 points scored, he is on course to become the top freshman scorer at Southeast since William "Bud" Eley scored 465 points during the 1995-96 season. Winans was honored as the OVC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 26, Dec. 3, Jan. 14 and Jan. 21. Perfect Grades: Winans and Brett Hale both had perfect 4.0 grade point averages for the fall semester. Winans also has a 4.0 cumulative grade point average for his three semesters at Southeast. Men's basketball had a 2.912 GPA in the fall and has a cumulative 2.743. Scheer Is Consistent: Junior Tim Scheer has scored in double figures in 14 of 21 games this season. He is second on the team in scoring, rebounding and 3-point percentage. Scheer averages 13.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game with 28-82 for .341 from three. Scheer, who had double-doubles against Western Illinois and Lincoln, had a career high 23 points against North Alabama and Tennessee State. DeMond Has 106 Blocks: Drew DeMond is the active OVC career leader in blocked shots with 105. He had 26 blocks as a freshman, 48 as a sophomore and 32 this season. He had a season-high five blocks vs. Vanderbilt. DeMond leads the Indians in rebounding with 5.9 per game and is fourth in the OVC in blocked shots with 1.9 per game. Hale Top Free Throw Shooter: True freshman Brett Hale has hit 33-36 free throws for a team leading .917 from the line. He is short of qualifying for the OVC rankings in free throws (2.0 made per game minimum) and has not shot a free throw in the last four games. The .917 would lead the OVC. Hale averages 8.2 points per game. Hale had a career high 22 points vs. Vanderbilt. Johnson Assists: Kenny Johnson, who became eligible at the end of the first semester, has a team-high 59 assists in just 15 games played for an average of 4.2 per game. Johnson, who averages 7.3 points per game, had a career high eight assists vs. Lincoln. Hence Back In Starting Lineup: Sophomore Damarcus Hence returned to the starting lineup for the Murray State game and produced 12 points, three rebounds two assists and two blocks. In the last five games, Hence has averaged 13.4 points per game. For the season, Hence averages 6.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. Crader Gets First Career Start: True freshman Adam Crader got his first career start on against Austin Peay. Replacing the injured Drew DeMond, Crader had two points and four rebounds in 17-minutes play. He averages 1.2 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. 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 has played in all but one game since. He averages 7.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game while playing an average of 17.6 minutes per game. Gordon got his first start at Tennessee Tech and responded with 15 points, five rebounds and two steals. 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 1-14 - Derek Winans, Rookie of the Week 1-21 - Derek Winans, Rookie of the Week 2-4 - Brett Hale, Rookie of the Week At The Show Me Center: Southeast is 168-57 (.748) in games played at the Show Me Center which opened in 1987. Southeast leads the OVC in attendance with an average of 4,072 per game. 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. It Doesn't Happen Often: The last time Southeast lost 18 games in a season was the 1996-97 team that finished 12-18. The last time a Gary Garner coached team lost 17 games was in 1983-84 when his Drake team finished 8-20. SID Streak: Ron Hines, Southeast sports information director has worked 625 consecutive basketball games at Southeast, the longest streak in Division I basketball. He has not missed a game since 1980. Next Game: Following the road games at Morehead State and Eastern Kentucky, Southeast will return to the Show Me Center for three straight games beginning with Tennessee-Martin on Feb. 14.
OVC Standings (Through Games of Feb. 2)GAMES THIS WEEK Monday, Feb. 4, 2002 Morehead State at Austin Peay, 7:30 p.m. Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m. Murray State at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 Southeast Missouri at Morehead State, 6:30 Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky, 6:30 p.m. Tennessee Tech at Murray State, 6:30 p.m. Tennessee State at Tennessee-Martin, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, February 9 Southeast Missouri at Eastern Kentucky, 6:30 Eastern Illinois at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m. Tennessee Tech at Tennessee-Martin, 7:30 p.m. Austin Peay at Murray State, 7:30 p.m. |
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