Box Score | Final Statistics

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri (10-12, 4-5) shot 57% from the field and 44% from 3-point range as the Redhawks earned a 70-64 win at Austin Peay Saturday night. Jarekious Bradley and Nino Johnson both scored a team-high 15 points to lead the way.
 
In a game that featured 11 lead changes and four tied scores, Johnson grabbed 10 rebounds to record a double-double and added three blocks and two steals. Antonius Cleveland contributed with nine points, four assists, three steals and a block. Jamaal Calvin and J.J. Thompson both reached double figures in scoring with 11 points each.
 
"I was really pleased with our team tonight," head coach Dickey Nutt said. "Our staff did a super job putting energy into our guys."
 
Southeast got out to an early 9-4 lead on a 3-point play by Johnson and back-to-back triples by Calvin, who made his first start of the season.
 
Austin Peay battled back and pulled within one at 18-17 with 11:41 left before halftime and took its first lead on a 3-pointer by Jeremy Purvis at the 8:22 mark, capping a 6-0 run.
 
Cleveland scored five straight points and converted a 3-point play to tie the score 27-27 with 5:02 remaining in the first half. Cleveland made it seven straight points to regain the lead for Southeast with 3:43 left before intermission.
 
The lead would change sides four times the rest of the half. Calvin drained his third shot from beyond the arc with five seconds on the clock to send the Redhawks to the locker room with a 38-36 halftime lead.
 
Southeast shot 60% (15-for-25) from the field and 42% (5-for-12) from long range in the first 20 minutes. Austin Peay shot 43% (12-for-28) from the field, 40% (4-for-10) from 3-point range and 89% (8-for-9) from the free throw line in the opening half.
 
Calvin paced the Redhawks with 11 first-half points. Cleveland had seven points and Johnson added six at the break.
 
Ed Dyson and Chris Horton both led APSU with seven points at intermission.
 
Southeast continued the hot shooting early in the second half as the Redhawks went on a 7-2 run to begin, which opened up a 45-38 lead with 16:46 left. The lead grew to 53-42 on a layup by Thompson with 13:20 remaining.
 
After Austin Peay trimmed the lead to 56-52, Johnson made a driving basket at the 10:03 mark.
 
Dyson drained a 3-pointer for the Govs to cut the lead to three at 58-55 with 8:36 left. Horton added a dunk on a follow-up to pull within one with 7:51 left.
 
Bradley converted a crucial 3-point play after driving baseline and scoring to give the Redhawks a 62-57 lead with 7:20 remaining.
 
Southeast would increase the margin to 66-59 with 4:27 left following a layup by Thompson and two successful free throws from Johnson. That score would hold until Purvis drained a triple with 2:58 remaining to make the score 66-62.
 
Thompson scored on another driving layup with 2:25 left to push the lead back to six points. Horton answered on the ensuing possession with a layup.
 
Following a steal by Damarius Smith, Purvis and Horton missed layups and Cleveland grabbed the rebound at the 1:39 mark.
 
From there, the Redhawks defense would not allow another point and Johnson clinched the game with two additional points from the charity stripe.
 
Horton finished with a double-double as he registered game-highs with 23 points and 18 rebounds. Dyson scored 12 points while Chris Freeman scored 10.
 
Defensively, Southeast held APSU to a 38% (22-for-58) shooting line. The Governors shot 33% (6-for-18) from beyond the arc.
 
The Redhawks return to action at league-leading Murray State on Thursday evening. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the CFSB Center.