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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – True freshman Tim Hamm-Bey had two interceptions, one of which led to the go-ahead touchdown, to lead Southeast Missouri (2-5, 2-3) to a 17-13 win over Austin Peay (2-5, 2-3) Saturday on Homecoming at Houck Stadium.
 
Hamm-Bey returned his first career interception 36 yards after Philip Klaproth forced Jake Ryan to throw a bad pass.
 
On the next play, Renard Celestin scored on a 22-yard run to give Southeast a 14-10 lead with 11:55 left in the third quarter.
 
After that, the Redhawks would not trail again, scoring once more on a 31-yard field goal by Drew Geldbach to put the finishing touches on the 17-13 win at the 6:05 mark.
 
“Tim is a good student of the game,” said Southeast head coach Tony Samuel. “He has a great chance of doing some big things for us and it showed today.”
 
Southeast played well in all three phases of the game en route to recording its 11^th Homecoming win at the NCAA Division I level.
 
Defensively, the Redhawks only gave up three points in the second half, a 33-yard field goal by Stephen Stansell at the 12:57 mark of the fourth quarter. The three points were the least Southeast has allowed in the second half of a game this season.
 
Punter Joe Vucic also gave Southeast a big lift on special teams. Vucic averaged 45 yards per punt and pinned the Governors inside their own 10-yardline on three occasions.
 
“The fourth quarter and second half were huge,” said Samuel. “We had some big stops and did some really good things defensively. I was proud of the way we played today.”
 
APSU got on the board first, putting together 13-play, 95-yard drive on its opening possession.
 
Ryan White averaged 7.5 yards per carry and ran the ball eight times for 60 yards to lead the way. White later capped the drive with a 7-yard touchdown run to give the Governors a 7-0 advantage with just under four minutes left in the first quarter.
 
Southeast's freshmen tandem of Spencer Davis and AJ Cobb helped set up the Redhawks first score.
 
Cobb ran for a combined 11 yards on consecutive carries and Davis broke free for a 30-yard run down the near sideline to move Southeast to the APSU 13-yardline.
 
Matt Scheible's 18-yard completion to Aaron King and 12-yard pass to Art Mueller also helped key the 11-play, 76-yard drive which ended on a 3-yard run by Ron Coleman with 13:49 remaining in the second quarter.
 
After Southeast's defense stopped APSU on fourth down, the Redhawks turned the ball over when Rob Bryant recovered Celestin's fumble at the Governors 19-yardline.
 
APSU capitalized on the turnover with a 37-yard field goal by Stansell, as the Governors took a 10-7 edge at the half.
 
APSU used a fourth-down conversion and converted on back-to-back third-down plays to set up a 33-yard Stansell's late field goal that cut the Redhawks lead to 17-13 just a little over two minutes into the fourth quarter.
 
It was rather interesting to see how evenly APSU and Southeast matched up. Both finished with 16 first downs. The Governors held a 183-167 advantage in rushing yards, while the Redhawks had the upper hand in both passing yards (128-104) and total offense (295-287).
 
Scheible completed 9-of-12 passes for 128 yards and ran for 30 yards on 16 carries. He moved up two spots to fifth on Southeast's all-time career passing yards list with 4,229.
 
Celestin ran for a game-high 56 yards and a touchdown, while Foster added a game-high 81 yards on four catches. His 58-yard reception marked both the second-longest catch and fourth-longest play from scrimmage this season.
 
Blake Peiffer, Bryan Blanfort and Klaproth were Southeast's leading tacklers. Peiffer led the way with 10 tackles and needs only 25 more to reach 200 in his career.
 
Meanwhile, Blanfort and Klaproth followed with eight tackles each.
 
Southeast returns to action when it hits the road to face UT Martin on Oct. 29.