Southeast Mens Basketball

Southeast Missouri State sophomore guard Alex Caldwell scored a season-high 18 points and buried a career-best six 3-pointers, but it wasn't enough, as the Redhawks (3-6) fell at Drake Saturday 78-73.

There is a seismic misperception floating throughout the minds of young basketball players that veteran Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray would like to clarify.

Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray spent the past four days frustrated by his team’s anemic offensive perimeter play. So it wasn’t shocking to see the fifth-year coach replace his entire starting five less than two minutes into its game with Denver Saturday after watching his players take – and miss –a trio of 3-pointers.

The negative impact of Southeast Missouri State having to play without junior guard Chris Harris continued Friday, as the Redhawks fell in the Cable Car Classic at Santa Clara, Calif. 87-75 to the host Broncos.

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad headed out West for a three-day tournament at Santa Clara, Calif. and for its opening game, at least, the Redhawks appeared to have failed to pack their offensive punch. Southeast struggled to make shots, particularly in the second half, as it fell to Cal State-Fullerton 64-57 in the opening game of the Cable Car Classic Wednesday.

Southeast Missouri State came from behind in the final minute, with an Alex Caldwell 3-pointer ultimately sending the Redhawks to a 72-71 win over Missouri S&T on Friday at the Show Me Center. The Division II Miners had taken a 71-69 lead with 34 seconds left on a Dulan Scott jumper before Caldwell, who finished with 12 points, hit his game-winner with 17 seconds left...

The Citadel was cutting up the Southeast Missouri State defense Tuesday for much of its 74-69 men’s basketball victory over the Redhawks.

There is a multitude of ways in which a basketball team can be successful.

As Southeast Missouri State and The Citadel walked to the center-circle for the opening tip of their men’s basketball game Tuesday at the Show Me Center, it had to be painfully obvious to the 700-and-change in attendance what the Redhawks’ game plan for the night should have been.

Southeast Missouri State hadn’t played a basketball game in nine days.

The Southeast Missouri State men’ basketball program played SEC foe Vanderbilt with little fear to a tight game until the final minutes before falling on the road to start this season.

Some in the world of college basketball recruiting are curious how Southeast Missouri State was able to sign Chicago-land prep standout Ramean Hinton recently.

Nine games into the 2018-19 Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball season, the Redhawks had won five games.

On the night of Dec. 27, 2018, the Purdue Fort Wayne men’s basketball team sat in the O’Hare Airport in Chicago passing time. The Mastodons’ flight to North Dakota had been canceled due to a blizzard sweeping across the northern plains. As it turned out, it would be one of seven canceled flights the group would endure during its 2018-19 season.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - There was a stark difference between the play of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad in its Wednesday game at Vanderbilt when reserve guards Chris Harris and Nygal Russell were in the game and when they weren’t.

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball squad opens its 2019-20 season today at Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. Here is a look at the Redhawks and what you need to know about each of them.

Rick Ray knows exactly what those words mean when he reads them and he knows I do too when I type them.

The Southeast Missouri State men' basketball squad opens its 2019-20 season today at Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. The Redhawks are coming off a 10-21 (5-13 Ohio Valley Conference) season and were picked to finish last by the media in a preseason poll in the 12-team conference...

Fifth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray has enacted standards when it comes to the performance of his student-athletes and those expectations are considered even in games that don’t count.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The numbers don’t lie when recounting how the 2018-19 men’s basketball season went awry for Southeast Missouri State.

After living nearly 53 years in northern Indiana, I had been a Missouri resident this past summer for just a few weeks when I received an email asking me if I would be willing to participate as a voter in polls ranking (i.e. passing judgment) on MSHSAA athletic teams.

After watching Alex Caldwell have a more than solid freshman season for his Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad, fifth-year Redhawk coach Rick Ray didn’t hesitate in going out and signing a very similar player in Dequarius “DQ” Nicholas last spring.

There wasn’t a team in the Ohio Valley Conference last season that grabbed fewer rebounds than Southeast Missouri State.

When Southeast Missouri State forward Sage Tolbert put up seven points and five rebounds in his first collegiate game ever, and it was on the road at A-10 program Saint Louis, that was an early indication that he just may have some ability as a basketball player.

It’s easy to read the statistics from the 2018-19 Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad and realize the Redhawks have players who can shoot the ball from the perimeter.

None of the current Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball players were even alive when fifth-year Redhawk coach Rick Ray ran his first “3-man close-out” drill as a coach back in 1995. Having that amount of experience in the profession has led Ray to have a full comprehension of his professional situation.

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team opened its 2019-20 season Wednesday with an early morning practice. Sort of.

There has been no shortage of college basketball programs in pursuit of Chicago high school guard Ramean Hinton.

Fifth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray has instilled a successful culture off the court in his program. On Monday, he added a piece that will strengthen the success of the Redhawks off the court even further, but also on the court.

Summers are supposed to be centered on beaches, baseball, and barbecue, but certainly NOT biology. However, when you are a student-athlete at Southeast Missouri State, summer may mean several things, but classwork IS a part of it.

There are several things that Antonius Cleveland does well on a basketball court. You don’t end up making the NBA – even if it is for a mere 17 games – if you don’t have the size, athleticism, and skill to compete against the world’s best basketball players. However, his most valuable trait just might be his ability to keep an open and positive mind towards everything.

Through time, faith, perseverance and persistence, Aaron Adeoye has landed with a potential job in the NFL. The former Southeast Missouri State basketball player is hopeful a dream opportunity becomes a full-time reality and he'll soon be chasing quarterbacks for the Baltimore Ravens. He's recently completed the team's rookie mini-camp and is now gearing up for training camp. Rookies, like Adeoye, will report to camp today...

Quatarrius Wilson spent the past 12 months being a force on the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad – albeit, in the shadows.

In today’s game of position-less basketball, Nana Akenten fits the model for an athletic player with length and skill. “I’m super athletic,” Akenten said. “I feel like every time I get on the court, I am going to be the most athletic guy on the court.”

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball staff wrapped up its individual camp Thursday so its work teaching young athletes is over. With the opening of the next recruiting period being today, it is time for evaluating to now get underway.

During the summer of 1990, I was coaching a summer swim team (the Hilton Head Hurricanes) at the island’s recreation center when the facility director informed me that the gym was being reserved for a very special reason.

Each March, the nation turns its attention to the sport of college basketball and fans watch with envy as the coaches work the sidelines in front of thousands within the arena and millions more viewing at home.

In a world of “gotcha” headlines, capturing someone’s attention – if only for a moment – seems to be a daily goal for a number of media outlets. However, what deserves more substance is the context of those words.

When you take into account that the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program has endured 12 losing seasons in the past 15 years, there is no way to sugarcoat that Redhawk followers have reason to be frustrated.

For the second time this spring, the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program is down an assistant coach.

The optics of the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball program losing a pair of its top players from the 2018-19 roster this spring initially aren’t positive. However, if one studies the issue of college athletes leaving for other programs, the Redhawks simply aren’t immune to what is prevalent throughout the industry...

Forward Darrious Agnew signed with the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team, the university announced Monday. Agnew is a junior college transfer from East Mississippi Community College and averaged 10.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game for EMCC over two seasons...

Turns out Skyler Hogan is staying with the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball program after all. The starting shooting guard has removed his name from the transfer portal and will be returning to Southeast for his senior season, coach Rick Ray said Tuesday...

The other shoe has dropped. For the second consecutive season, Southeast Missouri State men's basketball is losing its top scorer. And this time, he's likely not headed to the Big East Conference. In fact, Ledarrius Brewer has yet to announce where he'll play next season...

This weekend marks a milestone of sorts for high school baseball teams across Southeast Missouri: the regular-season midpoint, or there about. About a month ago, March 15, teams opened play. In about a month, early to mid-May, these teams will begin postseason play...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball is losing another crucial piece. Freshman forward Gabe McGlothan has announced his intention to transfer, Southeast spokesperson Jeff Honza confirmed Friday afternoon. The news comes less than a month after it was announced starting guard Skyler Hogan was transferring...

Two years ago, coming off a win in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, Southeast Missouri State and men's basketball coach Rick Ray agreed to a two-year contract extension. The agreement tied the institution and coach together through the 2020-21 season, but contract terms were not revealed, until now. ...

The Southeast Missouri State University men’s basketball team entered Saturday evening’s season finale against Belmont with no hope of postseason play. They were primarily playing for pride. Would Belmont, with only two conference losses and a top-four seed in next week’s Ohio Valley Conference Tournament guaranteed, suffer a letdown against the Redhawks?...

If Southeast Missouri State men's basketball was going to have any chance of making the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, the Redhawks had to win Thursday night. They were up to the task, beating the Tennessee State Tigers 89-74 at the Show Me Center. It was a moneyball special for the Redhawks as they did their work from the 3-point and the free-throw lines. Southeast shot a blistering 14 of 19 (74 percent) from beyond the arc and 27 of 35 (77 percent) from the charity stripe...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team allowed Murray State to shot over 50 percent from the field and suffered its worst loss in three years on Saturday. MSU shot 57 percent, including 43 percent on 3-pointers, to blow out visiting Southeast 103-67 on Saturday in front of an announced crowd of 7,762 at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky. The last time the Redhawks lost by 36 points or more was Jan. 15, 2016, when they fell 91-55 to Tennessee Tech...