PEORIA, Ill. – Southeast Missouri (2-2) suffered an 84-78 road loss to Bradley (2-2) Friday night at Carver Arena.
 
SEMO missed a season-high nine free throws and those loomed large in the end.
 
William Tchiengang scored his first points of the season at the free throw line to slice BU's lead to 47-44 with 12:48 left to play, but that was as close as the Redhawks would get in the second half.
 
BU, which led the entire game, took its largest lead of the night when Darrell Brown split a pair of free throws to make it a 74-59 game at the 2:47 mark.
 
The Redhawks kept fighting and managed to outscore the Braves, 19-10, the rest of the way, but ultimately fell short.
 
SEMO fell behind by nine points (25-16) with 7:42 left in the first half. After going a stretch of 5:48 without a field goal, Jamaal Calvin and Daniel Simmons ended the drought with 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions.
 
Calvin and Simmons ignited an 11-4 SEMO run capped by two free throws by Kellum that made it a 29-27 game with 3:38 remaining.
 
Jonathan Dalton later drained a 3-pointer to chop BU's lead to 31-30 at the 2:47 mark before the Braves took a 38-35 edge at the half.
 
SEMO entered the game shooting 76 percent at the free throw line, but finished 13-of-22 tonight.
 
Antonius Cleveland and Daniel Simmons led the Redhawks with 16 points apiece, while Trey Kellum and Dondre Duffus each followed with 10. Cleveland also had five rebounds and missed six free throws. It was his 14^th-straight game scoring in double figures.
 
In his return home, Peoria native Kellum scored all of his points in a strong first half. He fouled out with a little over five minutes left in the game.
 
Meanwhile, Simmons reached double figures for the first time this season.

The Redhawks forced 15 turnovers to just five that they committed themselves. SEMO outscored the Braves, 42-32, inside the paint and scored 16 of its points off turnovers.
 
JoJo McGlaston led BU with a game-high 19 points. The Braves shot 54.2 percent (26-of-48) from the field and outrebounded SEMO by a +20 margin (43-23). BU shot 38 free throws, as well.
 
"I thought we were going to have to defend if we wanted to have a chance to win this game," SEMO head coach Rick Ray said. "We helped them by giving up uncontested shots and had too many breakdowns."
 
SEMO, which saw its two-game winning streak come to an end, returns home to host UT Rio Grande Valley on Nov. 22. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m., CT, at the Show Me Center.