Feb. 9, 2004

Basketball Game Information

Eastern Illinois @ Southeast Missouri

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m.

Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Southeast Missouri @ Tennessee State

Saturday, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Gentry Center, Nashville, Tenn.

Probable Starters

Southeast Missouri State (10-11, 3-7 OVC)

Ppg Rpg

F 24 Damarcus Hence, 6-6, Sr. 6.0 2.7

F 01 Dainmon Gonner, 6-6, Jr. 12.1 5.7

C 22 Brandon Griffin, 6-8, Sr. 12.7 7.7

G 33 Derek Winans, 6-3, Jr. 14.5 2.5

G 05 Mike Nelke, 6-0, Jr. 5.8 0.9

THE TEAMS: Southeast Missouri is 10-11 overall and 3-7 in the OVC after ending a four game losing streak with an 89-78 win over Tennessee-Martin on Thursday night before losing an 8-74 decision to Murray State on Saturday.

Southeast has OVC wins over Eastern Illinois, Tennessee State and Tennessee-Martin with losses to Austin Peay twice, Tennessee Tech twice, Jacksonville State, Samford and Murray State.

The Indians completed non-conference play with a 77-75 road win at IPFW. The Indians have home wins over Wisconsin-Green Bay, Kentucky Christian, UMKC, Oakland City and North Texas. Southeast had a neutral court win over California Santa Barbara and the road win at IPFW.

Eastern Illinois is 4-16 overall and 2-8 in the OVC after ending an eight-game losing streak with an 83-79 overtime victory over Tennessee-Martin on Saturday when Josh Gomes poured in 40 points.

Tennessee State, which has games at Eastern Kentucky on Monday and at home on Thursday vs. Eastern Illinois, is 4-16 overall and 3-7 in the OVC.

THE COACHES: Gary Garner claimed his 100th victory at Southeast with the road win at IPFW and now stands 103-93 in his 7th season at Southeast and is 350-258 in his 21st year as a collegiate head coach. The 103 wins make him the third winningest coach in Southeast history.

Rick Samuels is 346-339 in his 24th season as head coach at Eastern Illinois.

Cy Alexander is 4-16 in his first season at Tennessee State. He is 281-218 in his 12th season as a collegiate head coach.

THE SERIES: Eastern Illinois leads the series 15-13 while Tennessee State leads the series 12-11.

EARLIER GAMES: Southeast beat Eastern Illinois 84-64 on Jan. 13 in Charleston, Ill. Derek Winans led Southeast with a seasonal high 29 points while Dainmon Gonner added 17 and Brandon Griffin 12. Aaron Patterson led EIU with 18 points.

Southeat beat Tennessee State 81-75 on Jan. 15 at the Show Me Center. Wiunans led Southeast with 22 points while Griffin had 12 points. Roshaun Bowens led Tennessee State with 33 points.

*** SOUTHEAST NOTES***

THE OVC RACE: Southeast is tied for ninth place at 3-7 with six OVC games remaining. A victory on Tuesday night would move Southeast up to as high as sixth place. Three of the final six OVC games are at the Show Me Center with road games at Tennessee State, Tennessee-Martin and Murray State.

WINANS TOPS 1,000: Junior guard Derek Winans has started 78 straight games at Southeast and has 1,165 career points. He hit a 3-pointer with 12:48 remaining in the Austin Peay game on Jan. 8 to go over 1,000 points. He is the 18th player in Southeast history to score 1,000 points. He is currently 11th on the all-time scoring list at Southeast and needs just 27 more points to move up to number 10.

Winans, who had 28 points on Thursday night vs. UTM, is averaging 14.5 points per game, shooting 48% from the field, 41% from three and 81% from the line.

GRIFFIN IS HOT: Senior Brandon Griffin had his second double-double of the season with 13 points and 14 rebounds vs. Murray State. He is shooting 66% from the field over the last eight games. He is 52-79 from the field and has averaged 15.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

Thursday night against Tennessee-Martin, Griffin had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Earlier this season, Griffin recorded a triple double against Oakland City with 12 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

He had a double-double at Arkansas with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Griffin leads the team in rebounding with 7.7 per game, in assists with 3.1 per game and in field goal percentage at .573.

GONNER BOUNCES BACK: Junior Dainmon Gonner broke out of a shooting slump on Thursday night when he had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists vs. UTM. He was 5-12 from the field and 4-5 from the line. Against Murray State on Saturday, Gonner hd 22 points, six rebounds four assists, one block and one steal.

For the season he is second on the team in rebounding and third in scoring. He averages 12.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. He has twice been named the OVC Newcomer of the week.

NELKE TOPS ASSIST/TO RATIO: Mike Nelke leads the OVC in assist/turnover ration in OVC games only at 4.12. He has 35 assists and just 10 turnovers in OVC games.

HALE DELIVERS IN CLUTCH: Junior guard Brett Hale hit the game winning shot at IPFW with just 0.8 seconds remaining in the game. It was his first game winning shot. For the game, Hale had 15 points on 5-6 from the field, 3-4 from three and 2-2 from the line.

Hale averages 6.9 points per game while shooting 38% from the field and 37% from three.

He is shooting just 71% from the line after leading the OVC with over 90% from the line last season.

HENCE WARMS UP: Damarcus Hence came off the bench to score 12 points at Samford on Jan. 31 and came off the bench to score 18 points on Thursday night vs. Tennessee-Martin. The senior from Memphis was 5-7 (.714) from the field, 4-5 (800) from three and 4-4 (100%) from the line vs. UTM.

Hence started against Murray State and contributed 11 points, two rebounds and two assists.

NATIONAL STATS: Southeast ranks 20th nationally in NCAA Division I in 3-point field goal percentage at .381. The Indians are 30th nationally in fewest turnovers per game with 12.6.

COPI-RITE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Copi-Rite, Inc. of Cape Girardeau will sponsor a Player of the Game after each Southeast home game. The game-by-game winners follow.

11-21 - Dainmon Gonner

11-24 - Brett Hale

12-6 - Derek Winans

12-13 - Brandon Griffin

12-22 - Dainmon Gonner

1-8 - Derek Winans

1-10 - Derek Winans

1-15 - Derek Winans

2-5 - Brandon Griffin

2-7 - Dainmon Gonner

OVC HONORS: The following players have been honored by the OVC.

12-9 - Dainmon Gonner, Newcomer of Week

12-16 - Brandon Griffin, Player of Week

1-5 - Dainmon Gonner, Newcomer of Week

1-19 - Derek Winans, Co-Player of Week

1-19 - Mike Nelke, Newcomer of Week

SOUTHEAST PICKED 4th IN THE OVC : In a preseason poll of league coaches and sports information directors Southeast was picked to finish fourth in the OVC behind Austin Peay, Morehead State and Murray State.

AT THE SHOW ME CENTER: Southeast is 7-3 at the Show Me Center this season and 184-68 (.732) since the 7,000 seat facility opened in 1987.

SID STREAK: Ron Hines, sports information director at Southeast Missouri State, has worked 685 consecutive basketball games. He has not missed a game since 1980. The streak is the longest in Division I basketball.

SOUTHEAST ON RADIO: All Southeast games are broadcast live on the Southeast Radio Network that reaches into five states. Network stations include K-103 FM in Cape Girardeau, KSIM in Sikeston and KWOC in Poplar Bluff. Erik Sean is in his third season as the play-by-play voice of Indian basketball. Todd Bonacki offers commentary on home games with Ron Hines as color analyst on road games. All games are available on the internet at gosoutheast.com.

Gary Garner RADIO SHOW: The Gary Garner Radio Show will be heard each Wednesday from 6:00 until 7:00 p.m. live from Buffalo Wild Wings on 1220 AM. Erik Sean will host the show.

Gary Garner TV SHOW: Southeast Missouri Basketball with Gary Garner will be seen each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on UPN-The Beat. Steve Sotak hosts the 30-minute show.

NEXT GAME: Following the EIU and Tennessee State games, Southeast returns to the Show Me Center to face Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 19 and Morehead State on Feb. 21.