Season Information

2001-2002 Season

Final Game Starters

Southeast Missouri (6-22, 4-12 OVC)
				Ppg	Rpg
F  20  Tim Scheer, 6-7, Jr.	13.4	4.9
F  24  Damarcus Hence, 6-6, So.	 6.1   	1.6
C  30  Monte Gordon, 6-5, Sr.	 7.2   	2.6
G  33  Derek Winans, 6-2, Fr.	14.9	4.6
G  03  Brett Hale, 6-3, Fr.	 9.3	2.9

Off the Bench
   11  Demetrius King, 6-4, Jr.	  7.0	2.7
   12  Kenny Johnson, 5-9, Jr.	  6.2	2.3
   14  Kevin Roberts, 6-3, Fr.	  1.7	0.9
   22  Adam Crader, 6-11, Fr.	  1.2	1.0
   23  Drew DeMond, 6-7, Jr.	 10.2	5.4
   44  Daniel Weaver, 6-8, Jr.	  3.0	2.2

The Team: Southeast Missouri won three of its last five regular season games to earn a berth in the OVC post-season tournament where they lost an opening round game to league champion Tennessee Tech. Southeast ended the season 6-22 overall and finished eighth in the OVC with a conference record of 4-12. Southeast had two league wins over Eastern Kentucky and also beat Eastern Illinois and Tennessee-Martin in OVC contests. The Indians were 5-9 at the Show Me Center and 1-13 in road contests.

The Coach: Gary Garner is 82-63 after five seasons at Southeast and is 329-226 after 19 years as a collegiate head coach. Known for having teams ready at tournament time, Garner has taken teams to the finals of conference tournaments in six of the last nine years and has won five of those title contests.

The Players: Tim Scheer was the only player to play in all 28 games and all 11 players on the Southeast roster started at one point during the season.

**Southeast Basketball Notes**

New School Record For FT%: The Indians shot a school record .764 from the free throw line to rank 8th nationally in the latest NCAA Division I rankings. The Indians, who hit 428-560 free throws, were second in the OVC behind Morehead State, the number one free throw shooting team in the nation.

Indians 2nd in OVC 3-Point %: A steady improvement moved Southeast into second place in OVC 3-point field goal percentage. The Indians were 183-512 for .357. Southeast ranked fourth in field goal percentage with .455.

Winans Is OVC Freshman of the Year: Southeast redshirt-freshman Derek Winans was voted the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and also earned third-team all-OVC honors. Winans is the first basketball player from Southeast to be named OVC Freshman of the Year. Winans led the Indians in scoring (14.9 ppg), 3-pointers (53), steals (45), assists (80), minutes played (34.8) and was third in free throw percentage (.797) and rebounding (4.6 pg). With 402 points scored, he ranks as the top freshman scorer at Southeast since William "Bud" Eley scored 465 points during the 1995-96 season. Winans was the Indians' rebounding leader in OVC games with an average of 5.3 per game. He had a career high 12 rebounds at Eastern Kentucky. In OVC statistics, Winans was ranked in nine different statistical categories. He was 8th in scoring 8th in free throw percentage, 20th in rebounding, 8th in assists, 9th in steals, 9th in 3-point field goal percentage, 8th in 3-point field goals made, 9th in defensive rebounds, and 7th in assist/turnover ratio. Winans was named OVC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 26, Dec. 3, Jan. 14 , Jan. 21, Feb. 18 and Feb. 25 Winans was also an OVC Medal of Honor winner with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Gordon Solid In The Middle: Senior Monte Gordon, who was academically ineligible the first semester, played in all but one game after becoming eligible and started the last eight games. Gordon averaged 7.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game while shooting .582 from the field, .400 from three and .710 from the line. He had a career high 15 points at Tennessee Tech and a career high seven rebounds vs. Tennessee State.

Scheer Was Consistent: Junior Tim Scheer scored in double figures in 19 of 27 games. He was second on the team in scoring, rebounding and 3-point percentage. Scheer averaged 13.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game with 36-100 for .360 from three. His .833 from the line was fourth best in the OVC. Scheer, who had double-doubles against Western Illinois and Lincoln, had a career high 23 points against North Alabama and Tennessee State.

DeMond Led In Rebounds and Blocks: Junior Drew DeMond, who missed four games with injuries, led the team in rebounding with 5.4 per game and in blocked shots with 38. For the season, DeMond averaged 10.2 points and a team-high 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. He had a career high 22 points vs. Eastern Kentucky and a career high 12 rebounds at Southwest Missouri State. DeMond is second on the active OVC career 0list in blocked shots with 112. He had 26 blocks as a freshman, 48 as a sophomore and 38 this season. He had a season-high five blocks vs. Vanderbilt.

Hale Solid As Freshman: True freshman Brett Hale was third on the team in scoring with 9.3 points per game and led the team in free throw shooting. Hale, who started 12 of 27 games played, hit 39-43 free throws for a team leading .907 from the line. He was short of qualifying for the OVC rankings in free throws (2.0 made per game minimum). Over the final five games, Hale hit 12-23 from three for .521. For the season he shot .439 from the field and .389 from three. Hale had career highs of 22 points at Vanderbilt, eight rebounds at Eastern Illinois and five assists at Western Illinois. He was selected as OVC Rookie of the Week on 12-10, 2-4 and 2-11.

Hence Started 16 Games: Sophomore Damarcus Hence started 16 of 23 games played and averaged 6.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game while shooting .406 from the field, .333 from three and .692 from the line. Hence had a career high 16 points against regular season OVC champion Tennessee Tech and had a career high five rebounds vs. Mississippi Valley State.

King Added Spark Off The Bench: Demetrius King was instant offense off the bench. King played in 27 games, starting 12. He averaged 7.0 points and 2.7 rebounds per game while shooting .442 from the field, .351 from three and .674 from the line. King had a career high 17 points and nine rebounds at Vanderbilt.

Weaver Provided Quality Minutes: Junior Daniel Weaver played in 26 games, started in four. He averaged 3.0 points and 2.2 rebounds while playing an average of 12-minutes per game. Weaver shot .443 from the field and .719 from the line. He had a career high 14 points vs. Birmingham Southern and a career high eight rebounds vs. Birmingham Southern and Tennessee State.

Johnson Assists: Kenny Johnson, who became eligible at the end of the first semester, was second on the team in assists with 72 in 19 games played for an average of 3.8 per game. He was also second on the team in steals with 22. Johnson, who averaged 6.2 points per game, had a career high eight assists vs. Lincoln. His top scoring game was 17 points at Eastern Illinois.

Crader Gained Experience: True freshman Adam Crader played in 22 games and started two. He averaged 1.2 points and 1.0 rebounds per game with a career high seven points vs. Birmingham Southern and a career high four rebounds against Birmingham Southern and in both games vs. Austin Peay.

Roberts Contributed: Walk-on freshman point guard Kevin Roberts played in 23 games and started two. He averaged 1.7 points, 0.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. Roberts had a career high seven points vs. Birmingham Southern and a career high six assists vs. Tennessee-Martin.

Perfect Grades: Winans and 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.

OVC Weekly  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
2-11 - Brett Hale, Rookie of the Week
2-18 - Derek Winans, Rookie of the Week
2-25 - Derek Winans, Rookie of the Week

At The Show Me Center: Southeast is 170-59 (.742) in games played at the Show Me Center which opened in 1987. Southeast, which has led the OVC in attendance for nine of 10 years in the league, again leads the OVC in attendance with an average of 4,123 per game.

Winning Tradition: Only 42 of the nation's 311 Division I basketball teams won more games over the prior three seasons (1998-2001) than Southeast Missouri. The Indians had 63 wins.

It Doesn't Happen Often: The 22 losses were the most in school history. The last time Southeast lost 21 games in a season was the 1975-76 team that finished 5-21. It was the first time a Gary Garner coached team had lost 22 games. His 1983-84 Drake team finished 8-20.

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.

SID Streak: Ron Hines, Southeast sports information director has worked 632 consecutive basketball games at Southeast, the longest streak in Division I basketball. He has not missed a game since 1980.