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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Jarekious Bradley scored a game-high 21 points and Southeast Missouri (4-4) hung on for a 63-59 win over Southeastern Louisiana (2-7) Saturday night at the Show Me Center.

Southeast improved to 3-0 at home this season and remained unbeaten at 6-0 in its all-time series against SLU.

The Redhawks shot just 38.1 percent (24-of-63), but used sound defense and a dominating effort on the boards to grind out the win.

"This was a big win for us. Our defense kept us in the game and rebounding was fantastic," said Southeast head coach Dickey Nutt. "We had a lot of deflections and that helped create some things for us."

Southeast had a season-high 50 rebounds and held a +22 advantage (50-28) on the boards. The Redhawks man-handled the Lions on the offensive glass, where they grabbed 20 of their rebounds.

The Redhawks, who never trailed in the game, got a scare in the last 1:43.

Former Murray State guard and SLU leading scorer Zay Jackson made a layup to cut Southeast's lead to 61-59.

From that point on, it was a two-point game until Bradley sunk a pair of free throws with a second left to seal the win.

Joshua Filmore's off-balance three-pointer from the top of the key came off the rim with 41 seconds left before Bradley missed a free throw 15 ticks later.

Jackson then missed a jumper with six seconds after Southeast turned the ball over.

Antonius Cleveland's missed free throw was rebounded by Aaron Adeoye with four seconds. Adeoye's rebound led to Bradley getting to the line in the final seconds.

Southeast was able to fight off the Lions despite being outscored, 35-27, and shooting 16.7 percent (2-of-12) from three-point range in the second half.

SLU had its share of struggles against Southeast's disruptive defense.
 
The Lions missed eight of their first nine field goals of the game and managed to shoot only 28.6 percent (8-of-28) in the game's opening 20 minutes.
 
Ahead 21-14 with under seven minutes left, the Redhawks strung together a 10-3 run to open a double-digit lead.
 
Cleveland, who missed his first 12 three-point attempts of the season, knocked down a trey. Nino Johnson then added a basket before Bradley followed with back-to-back jumpers to push Southeast's lead to 31-17 with 3:36 left to play.
 
Southeast later went into the locker room with a 36-24 advantage, its fifth halftime lead of the season. SLU's 24 points tied for the second-fewest scored in a first half against the Redhawks this year.

Bradley shot 8-of-21 from the field and 4-of-5 at the free throw line en route to his second 20-point performance of the season. He has scored double figures and led the Redhawks in scoring all six of his starts in 2014-15. Additionally, Bradley went over 700 points (711) in his two-year Southeast career.

Cleveland followed with 12 points and J.J. Thompson added 11. Adeyoe finished with a game-high 14 rebounds, as well.

Southeast shot a season-high 25 threes on the night.

Daniel Grieves led all SLU scorers with 14 points. Jackson and DeVonte Upson contributed 12 and 10, respectively.

The Redhawks continue their three-game homestand against regional-rival Southern Illinois on Dec. 10. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m., CT.