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Senior Isiah Jones plays his final home game at Southeast Saturday

Men's Basketball

Redhawks Host Eastern Illinois in Home Finale Saturday

Southeast Missouri (5-22, 2-12 OVC) vs. Eastern Illinois (11-16, 7-7 OVC)

Game Information
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016
Tipoff: 4:15 p.m., CT
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Arena: Show Me Center (7,000)
Series: Tied, 27-27
Head Coaches: Rick Ray (42-82 overall; 5-22 at Southeast; 2-12 OVC). Jay Spoonhour (157-103 overall; 51-71 at EIU; 8-9 OVC).

Media Information 
Radio: ESPN 92.9 FM, Real Rock 99.3 FM (Erik Sean) | Listen Live
Video: OVC Digital Network
Live Stats: GoSoutheast.com
Twitter Updates: @SEMOmbb
Game Notes: Southeast Missouri

Home Finale
Southeast Missouri (5-22, 2-12) hosts Eastern Illinois (11-16, 7-7) in its final home game of the season Saturday. Tip-off is set for 4:15 p.m., CT, at the Show Me Center.

Follow the Redhawks
Fans can listen to Saturday's game live on the radio at ESPN 92.9 FM and Real Rock 99.3 FM with Erik Sean calling the action from the Show Me Center. Video can be accessed online at the OVC Digital Network. Live stats are available at GoSoutheast.com. Twitter updates provided @SEMOmbb.

Faculty & Staff Appreciation
Saturday's basketball doubleheader is faculty & staff appreciation day. Admission is half-price for all Southeast Missouri faculty & staff with a valid ID.

Senior Salute
Isiah Jones, the lone senior on Southeast's roster, will be honored before tip-off against Eastern Illinois. A native of Pulaski, Illinois, Jones is averaging 10 points and 3.1 rebounds a game in his two years as a Redhawk. He started all 27 games during his final season at Southeast in 2015-16. Jones currently has 571 points, 176 rebounds, 137 assists, 62 steals and 114 three-pointers made in 57 games and 46 starts during his career. He ranks 10th all-time in career 3-pointers made and 3-pointers attempted, and tallied a total of 33 double-digit scoring games. Jones is tied for second on the team in scoring and leads the Redhawks in assists, steals and 3-point field goals made this season.

Call to the Hall
Six individuals form Southeast Missouri's 2015 Athletics Hall of Fame Class. This year's class was inducted during a special dinner and ceremony Friday night at the Show Me Center. David Means (Football, 1970-73), Jane Stacy (Friend of the Redhawks), Trae Hastings (Baseball, 1975-78), Lindsay Pickering (Soccer, 2005-07 / Softball, 2004-07), Willie Ponder (Football, 2001-02) and Mark Hogan (Baseball Coach, 1995-2012) will be introduced at halftime of Saturday's game.

Kellum Update
Starting forward Trey Kellum missed the last two games with a a concussion. Kellum suffered his injury during Southeast's road loss at UT Martin on Feb. 11. He ranks second on the team in scoring (10.3 ppg) and rebounding (5.7 rpg). Kellum played 23 games and made 22 starts this year. His status for Saturday is undetermined at this time.

Six More Equals 400
Antonius Cleveland needs just six more rebounds to reach 400 in his career. Cleveland has a total of 141 offensive rebounds and 253 defensive rebounds in his career. He is averaging 4.6 per game through 86 games and 74 career starts.

Road to 1,000
Junior Antonius Cleveland currently has 969 points in his Southeast career. Cleveland is 31 away from getting 1,000 points. He is averaging a team-high 14.8 points per game with double figures in 20 of his 23 starts this year. The Redhawks had a player join the 1,000-point club in three-straight seasons. Jarekious Bradley officially hit that mark in 2014-15 (vs. Austin Peay on Feb. 28), Tyler Stone did it in 2013-14 (vs. Ball State on Nov. 18) and Marland Smith accomplished the feat in 2012-13 (vs. UT Martin on Feb. 9). Stone and Smith were in the third year of their Southeast careers when they went over 1,000 points.

Jones Joins Top-10
Isiah Jones cracked Southeast's all-time career list in both 3-pointers made and attempted during Thursday's game against SIU Edwardsville. Jones is tied for 10th with Corey Wilford (2011-13) with 114 3-pointers made. He also surpassed Lucas Nutt (315, 2009-14) for the 10th-place spot in 3-point field goals attempted with 319.

Freshman Minutes
Southeast's five freshmen have logged a combined 1,668 minutes through 27 games this season, the most freshman minutes by any Ohio Valley Conference team. Redhawk freshmen are seeing an average of 61.8 minutes per contest and have accounted for a total of 407 points (15.1 ppg) and 207 rebounds (7.7 rpg) this year. Southeast presently ranks 16th in the nation among NCAA Division I teams with most freshman minutes. Bradley University, Washington, Northern Arizona, Boston College, Kentucky, Duke, Rice, Charlotte, Elon and Oregon State are in the top-10.

Six-Game Skid
The Redhawks look to end a six-game losing streak when they square off against Eastern Illinois. Southeast, which is on a losing streak of five or more games for the third time this season, fell to Austin Peay (86-80 on Jan. 30), Murray State (78-72 on Feb. 4) and SIU Edwardsville (72-69 on Feb. 18)at home, and EIU (78-69 on Feb. 6), UT Martin (77-64 on Feb. 11) and Murray State (83-56 on Feb. 13) on the road. The Redhawks currently have the longest losing streak in the conference.

Last Meeting vs. Eastern Illinois
Southeast and Eastern Illinois hooked up in a nationally-televised American Sports Network matchup at Lantz Arena on Feb. 6. Trae Anderson had a double-double 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead EIU to a 78-69 win. Anderson made his first eight shots of the game and notched 18 of his points in the first half alone. Southeast made only one 3-pointer and scored just 27 points during the game's final 20 minutes.

Eight in a Row
Antonius Cleveland scored double figures in eight-straight games. Cleveland's current double-digit game scoring streak is the longest of his career. He scored 20 or more points three times and turned in a pair of double-doubles during the recent stretch.

Anderson Makes First OVC Start
Freshman Tony Anderson made his first career Ohio Valley Conference start against SIU Edwardsville (Feb. 18). Anderson, who started for just the second time this season and first since Southeast's season-opener at Dayton (Nov. 13), scored nine points nad grabbed seven rebounds in 31 minutes. He is averaging 5.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game this season and boasts a 6.6 points per game average in league play.





 
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Players Mentioned

Jarekious Bradley

#23 Jarekious Bradley

G/F
6' 5"
Senior
Antonius Cleveland

#4 Antonius Cleveland

G
6' 6"
Junior
Isiah Jones

#2 Isiah Jones

G
6' 4"
Senior
Trey Kellum

#13 Trey Kellum

F
6' 7"
Redshirt Junior
Tony Anderson

#1 Tony Anderson

F
6' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jarekious Bradley

#23 Jarekious Bradley

6' 5"
Senior
G/F
Antonius Cleveland

#4 Antonius Cleveland

6' 6"
Junior
G
Isiah Jones

#2 Isiah Jones

6' 4"
Senior
G
Trey Kellum

#13 Trey Kellum

6' 7"
Redshirt Junior
F
Tony Anderson

#1 Tony Anderson

6' 9"
Freshman
F