CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri (1-1) established new single-game records in steals, turnovers forced and points off turnovers during a commanding 86-54 victory over Hannibal-LaGrange Sunday afternoon at the Show Me Center.
 
SEMO disrupted HLG into committing 30 turnovers, collected 23 steals and scored 41 points off the Trojans mishaps. All three of those marks are single-game records in the Redhawks NCAA Division I era which began in 1991-92.

SEMO used another strong start, this time going on a 12-2 run to build its first double-digit lead of the season over the opening 4:47 of the game. The Redhawks forced three turnovers and received six points from Trey Kellum to key the surge that ended on Kellum's jumper with 15:13 left to play in the first half.
 
HLG battled back to tie the game when Tim Pace buried a 3-pointer to make it a 25-25 contest with 5:22 remaining. Izack Hively later followed with a trifecta to give the Trojans their first lead (28-27).
 
The Redhawks closed out the half on an 11-3 run as Denzel Mahoney scored five points, Milos Vranes added four and Jonathan Dalton contributed two to grab SEMO a 38-31 advantage at the intermission.
 
HLG made seven 3-pointers and shot 50 percent from the field in the first half, but turned the ball over 12 times. SEMO scored 17 points off those miscues.

SEMO turned it up a notch higher on the defensive end in the second half, forcing 18 more turnovers.

That momentum carried over offensively when Vranes' 3-pointer jumpstarted a 26-1 run with 8:47 on the clock. HLG had six of their second-half turnovers during that run alone. Jaylen Benton's layup then gave SEMO its largest lead (86-52) before the Redhawks polished off the win.

SEMO improved to 6-0 all-time against HLG and 20-6 all-time in home-openers since joining the Division I ranks. The Redhawks also ran their winning streak to 25-straight games against non-Division I opponents.

The Redhawks shot 48.4 percent (31-of-64) from the field with five players scoring double figures. Antonius Cleveland paved the way with 16 points, while Mahoney followed with 13, Dondre Duffus added 12 and Kellum and Vranes each pitched in 11. Kellum pulled down a game-high seven rebounds.

Meanwhile, Jamaal Calvin had a career-high six steals, Duffus notched four and both Cleveland and Benton had three apiece.

Additionally, SEMO shot 86.4 percent (19-of-22) at the free throw line, sinking its first 12 free throws of the game.

Pace led HLG with 19 points. The Trojans made only two 3-pointers in the second stanza.

SEMO begins a two-game road trip when it visits Western Illinois on Nov. 16.