Southeast Mens Basketball

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...

Ray Kowalski and Milos Vranes both had the flu, Isaiah Gable was in a walking boot, and Justin Carpenter willed himself onto the court Thursday night while battling a stomach bug. Before the opening tip even took place, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team could already feel the adversity with seven players at its disposal...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Rebounding hadn’t been an issue for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team all season. Until Saturday night. ...

MURRAY, Ky. -- Senior guard Jonathan Stark had everything working in his favor on Thursday night, and the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team couldn't come up with an answer to slow him down. Stark finished with a game-high 36 points, including 28 in the second half, as the Murray State Racers continued to roll through Ohio Valley Conference play with an 89-73 win over the Redhawks at the CFSB Center...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team got its first Ohio Valley Conference victory under its belt Sunday, snapping a four-game losing streak with a 77-65 win at home over Tennessee State. Now the Redhawks are tasked with trying to build on that -- something not easily done on the road at Murray State...

Things had to change, so Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray deviated a bit from how his team went about its preparation. Coming off Wednesday’s 94-72 loss against visiting Belmont, the Redhawks moved away from the rigors of their normal practice routine and instead opted to hold individual and team meetings, all of which were designed to help players have a better understanding of their roles...

It all came too easy for Nick Hopkins. The redshirt freshman scored all 21 of his points on 7-of-11 shooting from 3-point range, as the Belmont Bruins burst out of the gate and never looked back, defeating Southeast Missouri State 94-72 in Thursday's Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball opener at the Show Me Center...

ST. LOUIS -- The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team looked ready to head home for the holidays during Friday night's game at Chaifetz Arena. And the Saint Louis Billikens were relentless in taking advantage. Davell Roby scored a game-high 23 points, and the Bills finished with a 30-point advantage in the paint, cruising to a 78-48 rout of the Redhawks...

Seldom did the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team find clean looks on offense Wednesday afternoon against a Bradley team that entered the game ranked fourth in the nation in scoring defense, giving up just 58.5 points per game. Those struggles carried over to the defensive side, as Bradley opened up a 12-point lead at halftime and held on for a 75-67 win at the Show Me Center...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team didn’t have the energy to match a Kansas State squad that came out blazing Saturday night, determined to get back on track after dropping a seven-point decision to Tulsa one week earlier. The Wildcats scored 53 points in the first half and led from wire to wire, as the Redhawks’ four-game winning streak came to an end in an 89-71 loss at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Even before the scouting report for Saturday night’s game was devised, Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray knew what kind of challenge his team faced in the post against Southern Illinois. Junior center Kavion Pippen, the nephew of NBA great Scottie Pippen, was heavily recruited by Ray during his two-year stint at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, but he eventually signed with the Salukis...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray had been on his players about their résumé, or lack thereof. Ray’s young squad had yet to beat what he called “a sound, disciplined team,” and on Saturday night, the Redhawks found themselves up against just that...

There's nothing conventional about the way Daniel Simmons shoots the ball. But as the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Before joining the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team prior to last season, Simmons spent two years at East Mississippi Community College, where the evolution of his unorthodox shooting motion began...

Clinging to a two-point lead inside the final minute of Wednesday night's game, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team needed a good look to give itself some breathing room against a rally-minded Missouri-Kansas City squad. There was nothing good about the look it got, but it didn't matter...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team knew there was plenty to learn from its previous meeting with North Carolina Central. Only six days later, the Redhawks were able to exact revenge. Southeast led from wire to wire and rarely sputtered on Saturday, securing its first true road win of the season in an 86-77 victory over the Eagles at McDougald-McLendon Arena in Durham, North Carolina...

There isn't much that can shake the confidence of Denzel Mahoney. The standout sophomore had an atypical outing on Sunday when he was held scoreless in the second half of the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team's 77-70 defeat against visiting North Carolina Central...

Coming off a loss to North Carolina Central on Sunday, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team will try to turn things around when it hosts Hannibal-LaGrange on Tuesday at the Show Me Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. It's a familiar foe, as the two schools have met six of the last seven years (though one meeting was an exhibition contest). Southeast (2-4) has won ever one of those clashes, including an 86-54 result a season ago...

Offensive woes exacerbated the mounting frustration for a Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team that made it too easy for North Carolina Central in the first half of Sunday's game. And the Redhawks were never able to recover. Redshirt junior Raasean Davis recorded his third double-double of the season, finishing with 20 points and 11 rebounds, as the Eagles held on to defeat Southeast 77-70 at the Show Me Center...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team had no answer for Tyler Hall on Wednesday. Hall knocked down eight 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 34 points, and the Redhawks, despite shooting 56.9 percent from the floor, dropped an 88-82 decision against the Montana State Bobcats in the Mayan Division championship of the Cancun Challenge at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Cancun, Mexico...

Sooner or later, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team had to find a way to conquer its defensive struggles. So consider Tuesday's result a breakthrough of sorts. Redhawks freshman Ledarrius Brewer scored a game-high 20 points, and Southeast held the Cal State Northridge Matadors to 33.9 percent from the field to come away with a 74-59 win in the Cancun Challenge at Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Cancun, Mexico...

For the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team, its excursion to Cancun, Mexico, for the final two games of the Cancun Challenge is a business trip. Sometimes business is about expanding horizons. So on Monday, ahead of today's contest with Cal State Northridge, the Redhawks spent some time in decidedly un-basketball-ish company...

It wasn't a matchup that figured to be favorable for the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team. Ryan Taylor and Dru Smith each scored 17 points, and the Redhawks committed 18 turnovers and 24 personal fouls in a 66-50 defeat to the Evansville Purple Aces in the Cancun Challenge on Thursday at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana...

Following an impressive road appearance but a loss nonetheless, 96-95 in overtime to Louisiana Tech on Monday, the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team is back on the floor tonight to continue the Cancun Challenge. The Redhawks travel to Evansville to take on the Purple Aces at 7 p.m...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team is turning up the competition. The Redhawks will face their first Division I opponent of the season when they take the court at 6:30 p.m. today against Louisiana Tech at Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana...

An abundance of memories resurfaced for Karson King as he took the court for Friday's game at the Show Me Center. There was even an unusual roar when his name came across the speakers during Missouri Baptist's pre-game introductions. At some point, King reflected back to the last time he stepped foot on that same court nearly four years prior, when he was a senior on the Jackson boys basketball team celebrating a 59-55 win over Cape Central to claim the 2013-14 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament championship.. ...

Execution at the free-throw line was enough to separate the Southeast Missouri State basketball team from its opponent in Friday's season opener at the Show Me Center. As for the defense, Redhawks coach Rick Ray knows there's still plenty of work to be done...

Episode 21 of the Semoball Podcast features in-depth talk on Southeast Missouri State men's and women's college basketball, SEMO football and an interview with Redhawks alum Brian Roth, general manager of the St. Louis Ambush.