CANCUN, Mexico - Freshman Ledarrius Brewer scored a game-high 20 points in his first career start to lead Southeast Missouri (2-2) to a 74-59 victory over Cal State Northridge (1-3) Tuesday at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.

Brewer, one of three Redhawks in double figures, shot 6-of-15 from the field and made four of his field goals from 3-point range. He also made 4-of-5 free throws in 32 minutes and dropped in 15 of his points in the first half.

SEMO buried a season-high 10 three-pointers and led for 27:39 of the contest in its first-ever meeting with Big West Conference member CSUN.

Denzel Mahoney joined Brewer with double-digits in the scoring column in the first half leading SEMO to a 39-28 lead at the intermission.
 
Brewer paved the way with 15 points in his first 17 minutes, knocking down three 3-pointers along the way. Mahoney added four field goals, including two from downtown.
 
SEMO trailed, 22-19, before going on a 9-0 run. Mark Laros' layup off a steal by Mahoney gave the Redhawks their first lead at 24-22 with 7:48 remaining. Mahoney added two free throws and later capped the surge with a layup to stretch SEMO's lead to 28-22.
 
Mahoney's 3-pointer put the Redhawks ahead by double figures (37-26) with under a minute left before they headed into the locker room with their biggest halftime lead of the season.
 
The Matadors did not make a field goal for the final 5:10 of the first half.

SEMO took its largest lead by 22 points twice in the second half when Brewer's layup gave the Redhawks a 72-50 advantage and Justin Carpenter's jumper made it 74-52 within the final five minutes.

The Redhawks went 10-of-24 from beyond the 3-point arc for 41.7 percent and held CSUN to 33.9 percent (21-of-62) from the field. SEMO also had 17 assists on 28 made field goals.

Mahoney shot 7-of-9 from the field and finished with 18 points and six rebounds. Ray Kowalski followed with 10 points, while Carpenter added nine points and five boards off the bench. All of Carpenter's points were in the second half. Laros contributed eight points and nine rebounds, as well.

Michael Warren and Lyrik Shreiner each scored 14 points to lead the Matadors.

SEMO advances to the Mayan Division Championship to face Montana State at 2 p.m., CT, Wednesday.