Dec. 17, 2008

Game Notes

THE TEAMS: The Redhawks will be trying to end a five-game losing streak. The Redhawks have wins over Longwood and Culver-Stockton with road losses to New Mexico, Kansas State, Iowa, Western Illinois and Bradley, a neutral court loss to Oakland and a home losses to Austin Peay and Tennessee State. Western Illinois is 4-6 with losses to Kenesaw State, Northern Illinois, Cincinnati, Florida State, Coastal Carolina and Eastern Illinois and wins over Eureka, Texas Pan American, IUPUI and Southeast Missouri.

THE COACHES: Zac Roman is 2-8 in his first season as Redhawks acting head coach. Jim Molinari is 4-6 in his first season at Western Illinois and is 227-192 in his 16th season as a collegiate head coach. EARLIER GAME: Western Illinois defeated Southeast 71-66 on Dec. 10 at Western Hall in Macomb, Ill. David DuBois led WIU with 25 points while David Nurse had 16 and Ceola Clark 14. The Redhawks were led by Kenard Moore with 20 points while Jaycen Herring added 19 and Calvin Williams 13.

THE SERIES: Western Illinois leads the series 5-4.

SHORT ROSTER: The Redhawks will have only four players in uniform who played on last year's team. Jaycen Herring, Kenard Moore, Calvin Williams and Johnny Hill all played last season. Jajuan Maxwell played for the Redhawks in 2006-2007 but missed last season with a knee injury. Three walkons will be including Marty Dames, 6-2, Jon Watson, 6-5, and Brandon Smith, 5-11.

REDHAWKS FROM THE LINE: Southeast is shooting .745 from the free throw line. LaMont Russell is shooting .833 from the line while Kenard Moore .838 and Jajuan Maxwell .769.

WILLIAMS NAMED ALL-TOURNAMENT: Junior Calvin Williams, 6-9, was named to the all-tournament team in Las Vegas. He had a career high 22 points against Longwood on Friday. He also had 11 rebounds to give him his first double-double of the season.

MOORE LEADS SCORERS: Kenard Moore, who had 20 points at Western Illinois and 19 points at Bradley has taken over the team scoring lead with 15.7 points per game. He is shooting .365 from the field, .286 from three and a team-high .838 from the free throw line.

TRIO ON THE BOARDS: The rebounding trio of Jajuan Maxwell, LaMont Russell and Calvin Williams is averaging over 21 rebounds per game. Maxwell, who comes off the bench, leads the team in rebounding with 7.4 per game, while Russell averages 7.2 per game and Williams 7.1 per gaame has taken over the team lead in rebounds with 7.3 per game

MOORE WARMS UP FROM THREE: Senior Kenard Moore had been struggline from 3-point range, but warmed up against Bradley with 5-11 from three on the way to a team-high 19 points. Moore is shooting .286 from three on the season.

RUSSELL HITS THE BOARDS: Junior college transfer LaMont Russell pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds against a big and physical Kansas State team. Russell, who has started the last six games, averages 7.2 rebounds per game.

HERRING LEADS VS. LOBOS: Senior Jaycen Herring, 6-5, led Southeast in the season opening loss at New Mexico. He had 21 points including 3-6 threes and 6-9 free throws. Herring, who had 17 points against Austin Peay, averages 14.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.

JONES AT THE POINT: Junior college transfer Bijon Jones played all 40-minutes in the loss at New Mexico. Despite playing at altitude, Jones went the distance with 8 points, 5 rebounds and a team-high 3 assists. Against Longwood, he clinched the game with two free throws with 9.0-seconds remaining. Jones averages 2.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and a team high 2.9 assists per game.

HILL DEFENDS AND SCORES: Junior Johnny Hill is the Redhawks top defender and draws the assignment of guarding the opponents top guard or forward. Hill, who had a career high 19 points vs. Tennessee State, averages 7.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

MAXWELL HAS CAREER HIGH: Jajuan Maxwell had a career-high 16 points against Bradley. He averages 7.7 points and a team-high 7.4 rebounds per game.

KIRK RETURNS: After missing two games with an ankle injury suffered at Kansas State, junior college transfer Israel Kirk, 6-7, played 13-minutes vs. Longwood with 4 points and 2 rebounds. He was the top rebounder against New Mexico with 8. Kirk averages 2.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Calvin Williams and Jajuan Maxwell have each had double-doubles this season. Williams had 22 points and 11 rebounds vs. Longwood and Maxwell had 13 points and 10 rebounds vs. Kansas State.

FOOT SIDELINES DREW: Junior Jimmie Drew has missed every game with a foot injury and remains day to day. He is doubtful for the Western Illinois game.

AT THE SHOW ME CENTER: Southeast is 1-2 at the Show Me Center this season, but is 206-92 (.691) since the facility opened in 1987.

GAME TIME CHANGE: The Southeast game on New Years Eve against SIU Edwardsville will be played at 5:30 p.m. instead of 7 p.m.

REDHAWKS IN THE PROS: Four former Southeast basketball players are currently playing professional basketball in Europe and another is playing for his home country. Roy Booker, 2005-2006, is playing with Etha of Greece in the top league of European basketball, Reggie Golson, 2003-2005, plays in Germany, Michael Rembert, 2006-2008, plays in Austria and William "Bud" Eley, 1996-2000, plays in Spain. Calvert White, 1996-1998, plays for the Virgin Islands national team.

SOUTHEAST PICKED 8th IN OVC: The Southeast Missouri State basketball team has been picked to finish eighth in the preseason poll by league coaches and sports information directors. Murray State was picked first with Tennessee-Martin second and Austin Peay third. Morehead State was chosen for fourth followed by Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Eastern Kentucky, Southeast Missouri, Eastern Illinois and Jacksonville State.

CHALK TALK: Southeast basketball coaches will host a Chalk Talk prior to all home games at the Show Me Center. Coaches will discuss the upcoming game and answer question from the fans. The Chalk Talk will be in the North Meeting Room at the Show Me Center and will be at 2:30 p.m. prior to the Western Illinois game. The Chalk Talk is open to the public.

REDHAWKS HAVE ST. LOUIS RADIO STATION: The Southeast Basketball Network includes Team 1380 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. HOME GAMES ON KFVS12.com: All Southeast home games are video streamed free of charge by KFVS12.com. The multi-camera WebCast will be presented live around the world at KFVS12.com, and then archived on the web site for users to watch at their convenience. Both the live presentation and the archived versions will be available free of charge. The archived version will be posted shortly after the end of coverage.

OVC SPORTS.TV: All Southeast OVC games will be video streamed on the Ohio Valley Conference's premium website, OVCSports.tv which can be accessed by logging on to the league's official website, OVCSports.com. Subscriptions are available on an annual, seasonal and per event basis.

REDHAWKS BASKETBALL WITH Zac Roman: Roman will have a weekly television show on WQWQ-TV, the Heartland's CW. The show will be seen at 11:05 p.m. each Monday night beginning on Dec. 1and will be hosted by Heartland Sports Director Todd Richards. The show will also be shown on Charter Cable Channel 11 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday's at 8 p.m. It will also be run on the KFVS-TV/Southeast Weather Channel (Charter Channel 113) on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY AT BEEF O'BRADY'S: Zac Roman will be featured on a live radio show each Tuesday noon at Beef O'Brady's in Cape Girardeau. The show on KGIR, 1220 AM, will run from noon until 1 p.m. and will be hosted by Erik Sean.

SID STREAK: Southeast SID Ron Hines has worked 832 consecutive men's basketball games. He has not missed a game since 1980.

NEXT FOR THE REDHAWKS: Southeast will play at Arkansas State on Tuesday, Dec. 23 and at home vs. SIU Edwardsville on Wednesday, Dec. 31 to close out the 2008 portion of the son. The SIU Edwardsville game on New Years Eve will begin at 5:30 p.m.