Selection sort will assign a number thats not in the array to an additional element it creates

i cant get a number that's not in the array to trigger my cout statement that says its not in the array rather it assigns it to a new element that's more than what i have available, im all out of ideas

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 // This program performs a linear search on a character array


#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int searchList( const int[], int, int); // function prototype
void selectionSort(int[], int); // function prototype
const int SIZE = 8;

int main()
{
	int num[SIZE] = {3, 6, -19, 5, 5, 0, -2, 99};
	int found;
	int numb;


    selectionSort (num, SIZE);//To sort the array because its a binary search


	cout << "Enter a number to search for:" << endl;
	cin >> numb;


	found = searchList(num, SIZE, numb);
	
	if (found == -1)
		cout << "The number " << numb
             << " was not found in the list" << endl;
	else


	   cout << "The number " << numb <<" is in the " << found
	        << " position of the list" << endl;

	return 0;

}

//***********************************************************
//              Selection Sort
//***********************************************************

 void selectionSort(int num[], int SIZE)
{
    int startScan, minIndex, minValue;

    for (startScan = 0; startScan < (SIZE - 1); startScan++)
    {
        minIndex = startScan;
        minValue = num[startScan];
        for(int index = startScan + 1; index < SIZE; index++)
        {
            if (num[index] < minValue)
            {
                minValue = num[index];
                minIndex = index;
            }
        }
        num[minIndex] = num[startScan];
        num[startScan] = minValue;
    }
}




//*******************************************************************
//                      searchList
//
// task:	      This searches an array for a particular value
// data in:       List of values in an array, the number of
//                elements in the array, and the value searched for
//                in the array
// data returned: Position in the array of the value or -1 if value
//                not found
//
//*******************************************************************

int searchList( const int num[], int SIZE, int numb)
{
    int found = -1;
	for (int count = 0; count <= SIZE; count++)
	{
	   if (num[count] == numb)
        {
            found = count;
            return found;
        }
	}
	return found;
}

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