Southeast Missouri (10-9, 5-2 OVC) vs. Austin Peay (8-13, 5-3 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
Tip-Off: 7 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Site: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series Record: Austin Peay leads, 31-15
Coaches: Dickey Nutt (216-241 overall, 27-54 at Southeast, 14-29 OVC); Dave Loos (441-356 overall, 359-303 at APSU, 228-136 OVC)

Media Coverage
Redhawks Radio Network: K103 FM (KEZS), flagship; 1440 AM (KSIM); 903 AM (KWOC); 1470 AM (KMAL). Erik Sean, Play-by-Play; Todd Bonacki, Color Analyst.
WebCast: KFVS12.com, OVCSports.tv
Live Stats: GoSoutheast.com

Southeast Missouri Game Notes

Quick Hits

Homecourt Advantage
Southeast is undefeated (4-0) in Ohio Valley Conference play at home this season. The Redhawks have won four-straight games at the Show Me Center, where they are 8-2 on the year.

Redhawks in Second
The Redhawks enter Thursday's matchup at second-place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings behind undefeated and No. 9/11 Murray State (20-0, 8-0). Southeast went 5-1 in its first six conference games this season, posting its best league start since 1999-2000 (9-1). The Redhawks, however, are coming off a 77-62 loss at Tennessee Tech on Jan. 21.

Niemczyk Misses First Game
Junior guard Nick Niemczyk, who is Southeast's fourth-leading scorer with 9.1 points per game, did not play at Tennessee Tech (Jan. 21). Niemczyk was sidelined due to a concussion he sustained during the team's practice on Jan. 18. It marked the first game he missed this season and his status is day-to-day.

Southeast Looks to Cool Off Austin Peay
Preseason Ohio Valley Conference favorite Austin Peay comes to Cape Girardeau on a five-game winning streak, currently the league's second-longest. The Governors own a 31-15 advantage in the all-time series against Southeast. The Redhawks have lost each of their last seven meetings with APSU.

Smith Aims to Join 1,000-Point Club
Junior Marland Smith needs 61 more points to reach 1,000 in his Southeast career. Smith, who ranks as the Redhawks second-leading scorer with 12.1 points per game this season, has a total of 939 since joining the program in 2009-10. Derek Winans was the last Redhawk to score over 1,000 points in a career when he had 1,505 from 2001-05.

Sharp-Shooting Redhawks
Southeast shot 50 percent or better from the field in each of its first six Ohio Valley Conference games this season.The Redhawks made a combined 54.1 percent (164-of-303) of their attempts over that span. That stretch ended when Southeast made 48.2 percent (27-of-56) of its shots at Tennessee Tech (Jan. 21). The Redhawks lead the OVC and rank seventh in the nation with a .497 field goal percentage this year.