Southeast Missouri (5-6) vs. Ole Miss (7-3)

Jack Jones Classic
Date: Monday, Dec. 22
Tip-Off: 7 p.m., CT
Location: Southaven, Miss.
Arena: Landers Center (8,400)
Series History: First Meeting
Coaches: Dickey Nutt (Southeast Missouri), Andy Kennedy (Ole MIss)

Media Coverage
Radio: ESPN 92.9 FM and Real Rock 99.3 FM (Erik Sean)
Twitter Updates: @SEMOmbb
Game Notes: Southeast Missouri

Another SEC Foe
Southeast Missouri (5-6) faces its second SEC opponent in three days when it squares off against Ole Miss (7-3) in the Jack Jones Classic Monday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m., CT, at the Landers Center in Southaven, Miss.

Follow the Redhawks
Monday's game will be broadcast live on the radio at ESPN 92.9 FM and Real Rock 99.3 FM. Erik Sean will provide play-by-play. Live stats can be accessed online at OleMissSports.com.

Keeping it Neutral
Southeast plays its second-straight SEC opponent at a neutral site when it faces Ole Miss Monday. Two days earlier, the Redhawks met Arkansas at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock. Monday's matchup is the first college basketball game that will be played at the Landers Center since Dec. 21, 2011 (almost three years to the day). The Rebels fell to Middle Tennessee, 68-56, in that contest.

Jack Jones Classic
The Redhawks and Rebels hook up in the inaugural Jack Jones Classic named after John Paul Jones. A lifelong resident of Memphis, Tenn., Jones is a board member of the Benjamin C. Hooks Library, the Rock n' Soul Museum located in the FedExForum, the Tennessee Shakespeare Company, and a founder and past president of the Memphis Economic Club.

Happy Holidays
Southeast plays its final game prior to the Christmas holiday when it takes on Ole Miss Monday. The Redhawks are 4-1 in games right before Christmas under head coach Dickey Nutt. Interestingly enough, this year marks the fourth time Southeast plays on the Dec. 22 date with Nutt as its coach. Here is a list of the Redhawks pre-Christmas tilts under Nutt:
12/22/09    at Memphis                      L, 57-87
12/21/10    at Tennessee Tech          W, 77-75
12/22/11    at Sacramento State       W, 77-76
12/22/12    at UMKC                         W, 66-65
12/23/13    IUPUI                              W, 83-79 OT

Series History
Monday marks the first-ever meeting between Southeast and Ole Miss. These teams play three-straight years, beginning in 2014-15. The Rebels will make a trip to Cape Girardeau next season before the Redhawks round out that stretch with a trip to Oxford, Miss. in 2016-17.

Memphis Connection
The Jack Jones Classic will be played in Southaven, Miss., just 20 minutes away from Memphis, Tenn. It features a combined six players from the Blues City. Ole Miss has freshman forward Marcanvis Hymon (Whitehaven H.S.) and junior guard Martavious Newby (Booker T. Washington H.S.), and Southeast has senior forward Nino Johnson (White Station H.S.), sophomore guard Antonius Cleveland (Faith Baptist Christian Academy), senior guard/forward Jarekious Bradley (East H.S.) and freshman guard/forward Ladarius Coleman (White Station H.S.) from that area.

Against the SEC
Southeast is 1-19 all-time against the current SEC membership. The Redhawks only win was against Arkansas (28-21) in 1924-25. Southeast faced Alabama (0-1), Arkansas (1-8), LSU (0-1), Mississippi State (0-1), Missouri (0-7) and Vanderbilt (0-1). The Redhawks are 0-2 against SEC opponent this season after losing at Missouri, 65-61, on Dec. 2 and, 84-67, at Arkansas on Dec. 20.

Ole Miss Ties
Dickey Nutt's older brother, Houston, was the head football coach at Ole Miss from 2008-11. Houston is now an in studio college football analyst for CBS. Nutt's younger brother, Danny, previously worked as Ole Miss' Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development. He is presently the running backs coach at Eastern Illinois.

Redhawks Fall to Razorbacks
Dickey Nutt returned to his hometown of Little Rock, Ark. for the first time as Southeast's head coach on Dec. 20. There, the Redhawks dropped an 84-67 decision to Arkansas in front of a raucous crowd of 11,375 at Verizon Arena. Southeast trailed, 45-28, at halftime, but battled the Razorbacks to a 39-39 tie in the game's final 20 minutes.  Jarekious Bradley led the Redhawks with 17 points, his eighth double-digit scoring game this season.

Season-High Free Throws
The Redhawks shot a season-high 81.8 percent (18-of-22) at the free throw line against Arkansas (Dec. 20). Southeast missed only one free throw in the second half (11-of-12). The Redhawks shot no better than 69.2 percent at the free throw line in five-straight games prior to that contest.

Nutt vs the SEC?
Dickey Nutt has a 2-11 record against SEC schools. Nutt has faced Arkansas (0-2), Ole Miss (2-1), Mississippi State (0-2), Missouri (0-5) and Georgia (0-1) in his coaching tenure. He is 0-5 against the SEC as Southeast's head coach. Nutt's last win over an SEC school came against Ole Miss (70-68, on Dec. 1, 2004) when he was at Arkansas State.

Two-Game Skid
Southeast looks to snap a two-game losing streak when it faces Ole Miss Monday. The Redhawks lost each of their last two contests by double figures, falling to Missouri State, 73-61, on Dec. 13 and Arkansas, 84-67, on Dec. 20. It is currently Southeast's longest losing streak of the season.

100th Game
Forward Nino Johnson played his 100th career game at Southeast when the Redhawks took the court against Arkansas (Dec. 20). Johnson turned in his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds in that contest. He has played in 100 games and started 59 in his four-year stint. Johnson is tied for eighth in career field goal percentage (.573) and second in career blocks (144) at Southeast.

Starting Streak
Nino Johnson has started in 17-consecutive games dating back to last season, presently the longest streak among active players. Johnson scored double figures 12 times and pulled down double-digit rebounds on five occasions during that stretch. The last time Johnson wasn't in the starting lineup was vs. UT Martin on Feb. 12, 2014.

First Double-Double
Nino Johnson notched his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds against Arkansas (Dec. 10), the first time he faced the Razorbacks in his career. Johnson shot 5-of-7 from the field and 2-of-4 at the free throw line in that game. He also had four offensive rebounds, dished out one assist and had a steal in 30 minutes. Johnson had 10 or more rebounds and pitched in double figures during two of his previous three starts.

Cleveland On a Roll
Sophomore Antonius Cleveland has come on strong as of late, scoring double figures in four of his last five starts. Most recently, Cleveland dropped in 13 points against Arkansas (Dec. 20), his second-straight double-digit effort. He raised his scoring average to 10.2 points per game as the Redhawks third-leading scorer this year.

Scoring Spree
Southeast's leading scorer, Jarekious Bradley pitched in double figures in eight of his nine starts since returning from a quad contusion injury. Bradley, who averages 16.2 points a game, began the year by scoring 15 vs. Hannibal-LaGrange (Nov. 18) and 20 at Central Arkansas (Nov. 22). He turned in his first double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 boards at Bowling Green (Nov. 25) and followed that up with 17 points vs. Alabama A&M (Nov. 29) and 12 at Missouri (Dec. 2). More recently, Bradley had a game-high 21 points vs. Southeastern Louisiana (Dec. 6), added 17 points and the game-winning shot vs. Southern Illinois (Dec. 10) and had 17 points against Arkansas (Dec. 20). He leads the Redhawks with 20 three-pointers made and is the Ohio Valley Conference's top free throw shooter (.889, 24-of-27). Bradley enters the week ranked fourth in the OVC in scoring.

Career Snapshot
In two years at Southeast, Jarekious Bradley posted 35 double-digit scoring games, eight double-digit rebound performances, two 30-point efforts and twenty 20-plus scoring games. He also has seven double-doubles, currently second-most among the Redhawks active players. Bradley went over 700 (754) career points this season and is five treys away from reaching 100 career three-point field goals made.

Block Party
Nino Johnson leads Southeast with 24 blocks through 11 starts this year. Johnson had three or more swats in five of his last eight contests. Johnson is also second in the Ohio Valley Conference and 37th in the nation, averaging 2.2 blocks per game.

About Ole Miss
Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy goes for his 200th career win when the Rebels meet Southeast Monday night in the Jack Jones Classic. Ole Miss started the 2014-15 season strong with wins in five of its first six games. The Rebels, currently 7-3 on the year, are coming off a 71-68 home victory over Coastal Carolina (Dec. 18). Like the Redhawks, Ole Miss has three players averaging double figures in the scoring column. Stefan Moody leads the team with 14.8 points per game, while LaDarius White (13.6) and Jarvis Summers (12.1) follow. The Rebels also have a pair of former Ohio Valley Conference players on their roster in M.J. Rhett and Terence Smith. Rhett graduated from Tennessee State with a degree in human performance and sports science before joining Ole Miss this season. Meanwhile, Smith was a career 1,000-point scorer at UT Martin, where he graduated with a degree in marketing and management. Ironically, Smith's career-best 26 points came against the Redhawks on Feb. 16, 2013. As a team, Ole Miss leads the SEC in free throw percentage with a .775 (172-of-222) clip.