Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team set to play NAIA Harris-Stowe

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team's has its final tune-up before starting Ohio Valley Conference play today.

The Redhawks host NAIA Harris-Stowe at 2 p.m. at the Show Me Center and will try to take a winning streak into their conference slate, which begins Thursday vs. Belmont.

Southeast (1-10) avoided its worst start in program history and snapped an 11-game losing streak dating back to last season when it defeated Missouri State 78-74 on Tuesday night for its first win of the season.

The Redhawks have shot a season-high 48.3 percent from the floor in each of their last two games. Five Southeast players scored in double figures against the Bears -- Antonius Cleveland (18), Isiah Jones (17), Joel Angus III (14), Trey Kellum (10) and Eric McGill (10).

Harris-Stowe is 5-6 and has played a pair of Ohio Valley Conference schools already, losing 105-55 to Murray State on Nov. 13 and 83-57 to UT Martin on Nov. 25.

Southeast defeated Harris-Stowe 94-66 last year on Dec. 28. Cleveland and Jones were the only returners who scored in that last meeting -- Cleveland had 13 points and Jones had two.

Jalen Fletcher, a 6-foot-3 sophomore forward, had 17 points and 12 rebounds against the Redhawks last year while Trevor Roberts, a 6-3 junior G/F, had 19 points and was 4 of 4 from 3-point range.