SIUE Cougars (7-13, 1-6 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri Redhawks (8-13, 3-4 OVC)

Saturday, January 29, 4:00 p.m.
Show Me Center (7,373)
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

LAST TIME
SIUE men's basketball dropped its fifth consecutive game Thursday, falling to Tennessee State 75-70 at First Community Arena. SIUE struggled to execute in the second half, hitting just 7-27 attempts (26 percent) after a lights-out first half saw the team shoot 55.6 percent (15-27) from the field. Ray'Sean Taylor tied his career high with 26 points, including 19 in the first half. DeeJuan Pruitt scored 24 and added seven rebounds. Courtney Carter led SIUE with 10 rebounds, a career-best nine assists and three steals while adding four points.

CONFERENCE CALL
SIUE is playing its 11th Ohio Valley Conference season. The Cougars are 54-122 in OVC play. Head Coach Brian Barone has a 13-30 record in OVC play. 

ROAD WARRIORS
SIUE plays three of its next four games on the road. The Cougars played eight of their first nine games away from home. SIUE has three road wins this season. Last season, SIUE set a new mark for road wins in a season in the Division I era with six.

GIMME FIVE
Taylor has won the OVC Freshman of the Week award five times this season, incuding for this past week. He is the first SIUE player to win more than three weekly OVC awards in the same season. 

DP AWARDED
DeeJuan Pruitt earned his first selection as OVC Newcomer of the Week for this past week, when he averaged 15.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game in three games. He connected on 59 percent of his shots for the week. 

CLAMPING DOWN
SIUE is one of the OVC's best defensive teams, allowing 69.3 points per game, which is third. Cougars' opponents shoot just .414 overall and .321 from three-point range. Both rank second in the league.

CRASHING THE BOARDS
The Cougars are second in the OVC at 38.4 rebounds per game, which is 57th in the NCAA. SIUE is third in total rebounds at 768. SIUE is second in the OVC in offensive rebounds at 13.1 a game, which is 22nd in the NCAA.