EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Jamaal Calvin scored 15 points and made six big free throws in the final 41 seconds of the game to lead Southeast Missouri (5-16, 2-6) to a 58-51 victory over SIU Edwardsville (4-17, 1-8) Thursday night at the Vadalabene Center.

In a low scoring affair, Southeast overcame a season-low .286 field goal percentage with excellent defense and a mammoth second-half effort at the free throw line to eke out its third-straight win.

"I don't know if a team has shot 28 percent on the road and won," said Southeast head coach Rick Ray. "Our guys played hard and competed, and our guards did an unbelievable job of rebounding the basketball."

Southeast made only three field goals in the first 10:29 of the second half. After Antonius Cleveland's dunk narrowed SIUE's lead to 28-26 at the 17:29 mark, the Redhawks went almost eight minutes without a field goal. The Cougars capitalized on the drought, stringing together a 15-4 run to build their biggest lead at 41-32 with 11:34 remaining.

After Calvin's free throw closed SIUE's lead to three at the 8:07 mark, the Cougars managed to get back up by seven (45-38) right before Southeast's decisive rally down the stretch.

Isiah Jones stole the ball and pitched it ahead to Eric McGill who scored his lone field goal on a fastbreak layup to dice SIUE's lead to four. Then, McGill rebounded a missed 3-pointer by Burak Eslik and Trey Kellum scored on Southeast's ensuing possession to pull the Redhawks to within two (45-43).

Jones came up with another big steal, was fouled and made two free throws to tie the game at 45-45.

Eslik missed again from long range and Kellum was fouled the next time Southeast had the ball. Kellum's free throws gave the Redhawks a slight 47-45 advantage with 3:15 on the clock.

Shortly after Carlos Anderson's two free throws brought the game to a 47-47 deadlock, the Redhawks took over for good.

Kellum grabbed an offensive rebound and made a layup after Michael Chandler blocked a shot by Calvin. Kellum was fouled on the play and converted the 3-point play.

Southeast's defense stopped SIUE again and, this time, Calvin rebounded a missed layup by Kellum. Cleveland followed with a huge basket, giving Southeast a 52-47 lead with 59 seconds remaining.

Calvin took it from there, sinking his final six free throws to nail down the win.

The Ohio Valley Conference's 11^th and 12^th-place scoring teams combined for only 42 points in the first half.
 
Southeast forced nine turnovers, as SIUE had more turnovers than made field goals (8) in the game's opening 20 minutes.
 
SIUE held a 22-20 halftime lead.

The Redhawks, also 12th in the OVC in free throw percentage, outscored SIUE, 21-11, at the charity stripe in the second half. Southeast made 21-of-25 free throws for 84 percent.

"We wanted to make sure we were in attack mode and getting to the free throw line," said Ray. "I thought we did a good job of that. We also had some big offensive rebounds and never stopped competing."

Calvin pulled down a career-high eight rebounds and scored seven of his points (7-of-9) at the free throw line. Kellum added 14 points and seven rebounds, while Cleveland finished with 10 points. Joel Angus III contributed eight points and three blocks, and McGill collected six rebounds, as well.

In all, Southeast's guards had 22 of the Redhawks 43 rebounds, including five on the offensive end.

Defensively, the Redhawks forced 16 turnovers.

Eslik led SIUE with a game-high 16 points and Chandler gathered an OVC single-game high eight blocks.

Southeast and SIUE played in front of a national audience as the game was televised on the CBS Sports Network. Tonight's win was the Redhawks first in Edwardsville since 2011-12.

The Redhawks host Austin Peay Saturday. Tip-off is set for 4:15 p.m., CT, at the Show Me Center.