July 18, 2008

Las Vegas, Nev. - The Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational, one of the nation's premier early season basketball events, has announced that Southeast Missouri State will play Longwood in a third round game at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

In other games, the Kentucky Wildcats (18-13) will take on the Wildcats from Kansas State University (20-12) and the Mountaineers of West Virginia (25-11) will battle the University of Iowa Hawkeyes (13-19).

In addition Oakland (17-14) battles Delaware State (14-16) and Southeast Missouri (12-19) takes on Longwood (9-22) on Friday, Nov. 28. The Redhawks will play either Oakland or Delaware State on Saturday, Nov. 29.

Southeast beat Longwood 82-78 in the Chicago Challenge last season.

In the opening rounds of the tournament, Southeast will play at Kansas State on Sunday, Nov. 16 and will play at Iowa on Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Only a few hundred tickets remain for sale to the general public for the final rounds at the Orleans Arena November 28th & 29th. For ticket information please contact the Orleans Arena at (702) 284-7777 or on the web at www.orleansarena.com.