Southeast Mens Basketball

Turnovers sunk the Southeast Missouri State men�s basketball team in an 86-74 loss to The Citadel on Saturday in Charleston, South Carolina. In the second half, The Citadel scored 15 points off turnover, 14 more than Southeast managed, to pull away and cruise to its sixth consecutive win. Poor free throw shooting also hurt the Redhawks, who were 4 of 11 from the charity stripe...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball junior Skyler Hogan was named the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week for the second time this season, the league announced Monday. The 6-foot-5 guard scored a season-high 25 points in a 77-57 win over Mississippi Valley State last week and totaled 14 points in a loss to rival Southern Illinois on Saturday despite a stomach illness...

Coach Barry Hinson informed his Southern Illinois men's basketball team before Saturday evening�s game at Southeast Missouri State that leading scorer Armon Fletcher had been suspended from the team. �We brought our players in and told them exactly what has happened,� Hinson said. �We told them there are no pity parties. There are no excuses. We expect to win.�...

Locked in a one-point game, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team reeled off 10 straight points in a stretch spanning the first and second half to pull away and secure its first road win of the season. Behind 25 points and four assists from Skyler Hogan, the Redhawks beat Mississippi Valley State 77-57 on Tuesday in Itta Bena, Mississippi...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team had struggled to put away its Division II opponent all game, and suddenly with less than 30 seconds left, the Redhawks trailed. A shocking upset was a distinct possibility. That's when Ledarrius Brewer took over. First, the sophomore guard drew a foul on a 3-point attempt and knocked down all three free throws. Then, he didn't allow Missouri S&T to get off a potential game-tying shot...

A three-game winning streak came to an end for the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team as it fell to South Alabama 79-58 on Monday at the South Alabama Tournament in Mobile, Alabama. It was the Redhawks' worst loss so far this season as they struggled on both ends, shooting 33.9 percent and allowing the Jaguars to shoot 47.4 percent from the field...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team claimed its third consecutive victory Saturday, cruising past Chattanooga 63-42 at the South Alabama Tournament in Mobile, Alabama. It was SEMO's second win at the tournament in as many days after the Redhawks (3-2) opened with a 77-71 win over Jacksonville on Friday...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team picked up its first win over a Division I opponent this season, beating Jacksonville 77-71 on Friday in the South Alabama Tournament in Mobile, Alabama. SEMO (2-2) went on a 12-2 run late in the second half to pull away and secured its second consecutive win. The Redhawks were coming off a 102-66 win over Division II Quincy University in the home opener Monday...

Alex Caldwell had shot the ball well during warmups, so when he caught the inbounds pass with an open look at the basket from behind the 3-point arc, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball freshman didn't hesitate. The shot was true, flying through the air and falling through the hoop for Caldwell's first points of the night two minutes after he entered the game. ...

As Jonathan Dalton drove toward the basket with seven minutes remaining in the first half, he saw Sage Tolbert streaking down the baseline. So the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball senior tossed the ball into the air. Tolbert rose above the Quincy defenders, caught the ball and dunked in one fluid motion, showcasing the gulf in talent between the two teams...

Another slow start on offense doomed the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team to a loss. The Redhawks again scored fewer than 25 points and couldn't overcome a halftime deficit, falling to Bradley 68-57 on Saturday in Peoria, Illinois. Sage Tolbert led the way with 13 points and eight rebounds, and Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference selection Ledarrius Brewer added 11 points, eight boards and three assists...

A youthful Southeast Missouri State men's basketball dug itself into a first-half hole, and despite a spirited comeback attempt, fell in the season opener Tuesday. SEMO was down by as much as 22 early in the second but battled back to within five in the final minute before suffering a 75-65 loss to host Saint Louis in front of 6,028 at Chaifetz Arena. Ledarrius Brewer, one of a handful of players with Division I experience, led the way with 18 points and seven rebounds...

The wait is over. For the first time tonight, fans will get to see the new-look Southeast Missouri State men's basketball compete in a regular-season game. Since last season ended with a 72-66 loss to UT Martin on Senior Day, there's been plenty of roster turnover with four players transferring away, including leading scorer Denzel Mahoney...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team beat Division II program Southwest Baptist 85-78 on Saturday in exhibition action at the Show Me Center. Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference guard Ledarrius Brewer scored 25 points and was 10-of-11 from the free throw line...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team was picked to finish ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference, the league announced Tuesday at its media day. In the coaches and communication directors poll, SEMO finished ahead of Morehead State, UT Martin and SIU Edwardsville in the 12-team conference. Belmont was tabbed as the preseason favorites with eight first-place votes and 227 points...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team was picked to finish ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference, and the women's team was picked to finish sixth in the preseason OVC media poll, the league announced Friday. The media panel, made up of 12 voters from around the conference, tabbed Belmont's Dylan Windler and Darby Maggard as the OVC Preseason Players of the Year on the men's and women's side, respectively...

In his three seasons at Southeast Missouri State, men's basketball coach Rick Ray has had his share of talented players. Antonius Cleveland played under Ray for two years and is currently in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls. Denzel Mahoney earned recognition as an Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and All-OVC first-team pick...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team announced Wednesday its 31-game schedule for the upcoming season. SEMO's 2018-19 slate will include 14 home games and non-conference matchups against in-state foe Saint Louis and ACC member Florida State...

It has been an offseason of change for the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team, but the Redhawks' roster for the 2018-19 season was filled out with Friday's announcement of the signing of Durham, North Carolina, product Jordan Love. A 6-foot-5 combo guard, Love averaged 20 points, 2.2 assists, 4.3 rebounds and two steals a game as a senior at Voyager Academy. ...

After three years as a Southeast Missouri State men's basketball assistant coach, Adam Gordon was elevated to associate head coach Wednesday. Gordon has worked under SEMO head coach Rick Ray for the past six years, including three seasons as director of operations when Ray coached at Mississippi State...

Heading into this offseason, the top priority for Southeast men's basketball coach Rick Ray was finding athletic big men who could compete in the Ohio Valley Conference. After signing a freshman that fit the bill, Ray has added another frontcourt player, and one has proven he can compete at the Division I level...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball added guard Oscar Kao to its 2018-19 roster, the program announced Monday. Kao, who is originally from Taiwan, spent last season at Marshalltown Community College in Iowa. As a freshman, he averaged 13 points per game, shooting 44.3 percent from the field and 39 percent on 3-pointers and earning second team all-region honors...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball took another hit this week, with the news that rising sophomore forward Justin Carpenter is transferring to Wabash Valley College. "He is transferring to get closer to home because his mother has health issues," Southeast sports information director Jeff Honza said in a text message to members of the media Monday...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team announced Tuesday that Keith Pickens has joined coach Rick Ray's staff as an assistant for the 2018-19 season. A St. Louis native, Pickens spent the previous two years as an assistant at Missouri State...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team suffered a major blow this week, as it announced Tuesday morning that standout Denzel Mahoney intends to transfer out of the program. According to a news release by the athletic department, Mahoney wishes to seek "opportunities that allow him to play at the highest level."...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Rick Ray knew what holes he needed to address in recruiting, and on the first day of the NCAA basketball signing period Wednesday, he attempted to do that. The Redhawks announced the addition of 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward Sage Tolbert to their 2018-19 roster...

The challenges facing the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team entering the 2017-18 season were clear. With just one returning starter, the graduation of 62 percent of the squad's point production and a postseason ban -- the result of a failure to reach the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR) standards -- there was a lot more inexperience and a lot less motivation...

After an injury-plagued two years at Southeast Missouri State, it's time for a new chapter for men's basketball player Dondre Duffus. The guard will transfer out of the program at the end of the year, the university announced Friday morning. Duffus joined the Redhawks prior to the 2016-17 season, transferring in from St. Petersburg (Fla.) College...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball player Denzel Mahoney was announced this week as a selection to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District First Team for the 2017-18 season. It's the second postseason honor for the standout sophomore, who also garnered All-Ohio Valley Conference first-team recognition...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball guard Denzel Mahoney earned first team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors, freshman Ledarrius Brewer was named to the OVC All-Newcomer team, and two Southeast women's players earned Player of the Year awards, the league announced Tuesday...

The frustrations continued to build for the Southeast Missouri State men�s basketball team, and coach Rick Ray couldn�t help but notice it. Matthew Butler wrapped up his college career with a game-high 25 points, as the UT Martin Skyhawks pulled out a 72-66 win over the Redhawks in Saturday�s season finale at the Show Me Center...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team won't have a winning season. The Redhawks let a 15-point first-half lead slip away and fell 91-88 to host Eastern Kentucky on Thursday in Ohio Valley Conference action. With the loss, SEMO drops to 14-16 overall and 8-9 in the OVC with just one game remaining. The Redhawks struggled to score late and couldn't stop EKU star Nick Mayo, who scored 25 points and on 8-of-16 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball guard Ledarrius Brewer was named Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week, the league announced Monday. Brewer, who averaged 29.5 points per game in two wins last week, was an unanimous selection. Brewer scored 34 points on 11-of-18 shooting in an 80-73 win over Eastern Illinois on Thursday, hitting seven 3-pointers in that road win, tied for second most in an OVC contest this season...

Being a freshman isn�t easy. Even while watching Southeast Missouri State men�s basketball freshman guard Ledarrius Brewer, do not let your eyes deceive you. It�s not easy, he�s just making it look that way. Just two days after posting a career-high 34 points on 11-of-18 (61 percent) shooting against Eastern Illinois, Brewer was back at it...

Ledarrius Brewer trusts his shot. After shooting 0 of 7 from 3-point range in the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team's come-from-behind win over UT Martin on Saturday, Brewer's confidence wasn't shattered. He simply went back to work. The 6-foot-5 freshman found his stroke early and often Thursday night, finishing with a career-high 34 points, as the Redhawks stormed away in the first half and held off Eastern Illinois' second-half push en route to an 80-73 win at the Show Me Center...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball sophomore Denzel Mahoney was named adidas Ohio Valley Conference Co-Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. It's the first time a SEMO player has won the award since 2014, when Tyler Stone claimed the honors...

MARTIN, Tenn. -- For a little more than 30 minutes, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team couldn't pull itself together to slow down the UT Martin Skyhawks on Saturday night. But then came the turning point, and the Redhawks made their run...

Justin Carpenter had no trouble getting back into the swing of things. The freshman forward returned from an injury on Thursday night and finished with a game-high 20 points and six rebounds, as the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team found a rhythm in the second half and cruised to a 78-62 victory over the Morehead State Eagles at Ellis Johnson Arena in Morehead, Kentucky...

In front of a season-high 2,234 people Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team couldn't find an answer for Austin Peay's two-headed monster. Averyl Ugba had a game-high 28 points and eight rebounds, freshman Terry Taylor added 19 points and 12 boards and the Governors completed a season sweep of the Redhawks, pulling away in the second half for a 96-81 victory...

For at least a half, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team showed it could hang with the upper echelon of the Ohio Valley Conference. But only for a half. Jonathan Stark scored 29 points as the Murray State Racers put together a dominant second half and came away with an 87-75 win over Southeast on Thursday night at the Show Me Center...

Coming off back-to-back double-digit losses, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team returns home ≈, but it doesn't get any easier with a matchup against one of the top teams in the Ohio Valley Conference. Southeast welcomes the Murray State Racers, second in the OVC, to the Show Me Center at 7:30 p.m. ...

Rebounding and shooting issues plagued the Southeast Missouri State men�s basketball team for the second straight game on the road. The Redhawks limped to 38.3-percent shooting from the floor and were out-rebounded 39-28, as the Jacksonville State Gamecocks cruised to a 78-60 win Saturday night at Pete Mathews Coliseum in Jacksonville, Alabama...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. � The result proved to be a rather simple breakdown for Southeast Missouri State men�s basketball coach Rick Ray. One team was tougher, and it wasn�t the Redhawks. Kajon Mack scored a game-high 22 points to go along with eight rebounds, as the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles put together a solid second half to knock off Southeast 76-65 on Thursday night at the Hooper Eblen Center...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Rick Ray announced Tuesday the addition of guard Nygal Russell to the team's 2017-18 roster. A native of Houston, Texas, Russell enrolled at Southeast and joined the team this week. He'll have four years of eligibility after redshirting this spring...

CHARLESTON, Ill. ��When Justin Carpenter took the floor for the Southeast Missouri State men�s basketball team on Saturday afternoon, it was an improbable sight for many in attendance. The 6-foot-9 freshman, who hails from Mt. Carmel, Illinois, chose to join the Redhawks� program over Eastern Illinois, a school that was favored by much of his family...

CHARLESTON, Ill. � Riding the hot hand wasn�t an option for the Southeast Missouri State men�s basketball team. Redhawks sophomore Denzel Mahoney was only two days removed from scoring a career-high 36 points, but on Saturday afternoon, Eastern Illinois was up to the challenge of shutting down the Ohio Valley Conference�s leading scorer...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- It became clear in the early going of Thursday night's game that Denzel Mahoney was going to have his way. On the same day he turned 20 years old, the sophomore Mahoney finished with a career-high 36 points to go along with seven rebounds, as the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team played stellar defense in the first half and scored 51 points in the second half to cruise to an 86-74 win over the SIU Edwardsville Cougars at the Sam M. Vadalabene Center...

A shaky offensive performance in the first half was simply too much for the Southeast Missouri State men�s basketball team to overcome. The Redhawks finished with a 50-percent clip from the field and rallied to take the lead with less than eight minutes remaining, but Eastern Kentucky weathered the storm and escaped with a 91-86 victory Saturday at the Show Me Center...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team didn't have any time to reconsider its individual roles heading into Thursday night's Ohio Valley Conference matchup against Morehead State. After all, there's hardly any luxury associated with misfortune...