CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Marquis Terry ran for a career-high 184 yards and two touchdowns, and the defense had four takeaways to lead Southeast Missouri (1-4, 1-1) to a commanding 29-10 victory over Eastern Kentucky (1-3, 1-1) Saturday night at Houck Field.
 
Terry ran for 116 yards in the second half and posted his second 100-yard game of the season.
 
Defensively, SEMO put together its best game, getting three interceptions, a fumble and a safety. The Redhawks also made three fourth-down stops, held the Colonels to 1-of-13 on third down and limited EKU to only 11 rushing yards.
 
"I am super proud of how our defense played. I also loved the way we attacked them on offense," said SEMO head coach Tom Matukewicz. "It was a great win tonight!"
 
On the first play from scrimmage, Tim Boyle threw a 47-yard completion and completed a 16-yard pass to Jaelin Carter two plays later to give EIU a first-and-Goal at the SEMO 2-yard line. The Redhawks dug in and dropped Ethan Thomas for no gain on three rushes and forced Boyle to throw an incompletion making a huge stop on the opening drive.
 
After a scoreless first quarter, SEMO put up 20 points in the second and pulled ahead, 20-3, at the half.
 
Nicholas Litang kicked field goals of 38 and 36 yards, Terry hit paydirt on a 4-yard run and Cameron Sanders ripped off a 77-yard touchdown run in the second quarter alone. Sanders' run was the seventh-longest rushing play in school history.
 
Lucas Williams' 41-yard field goal put EKU on the board with 53 seconds left in the first half.
 
SEMO forced Boyle to throw the ball away when the Colonels were backed up at their own 8-yard line. An intentional grounding penalty resulted in a safety with 8:17 to go in the fourth quarter.
 
One final touchdown, this time a 1-yard plunge by Terry, put the 29-10 win on ice.
 
The Redhawks snapped a seven-game losing streak and picked up their first win of the season. SEMO ended a six-game skid in its all-time series against EKU, as well. The Redhawks beat the Colonels for the fourth time since the teams first started playing each other in 1990.
 
Terry carried the ball a career-high 31 times and averaged just under six yards per carry (5.9). He scored a rushing touchdown for the fourth-straight game.
 
Sanders tallied a career-best 86 rushing yards and one touchdown.
 
SEMO outgained EKU, 299-11, on the ground and put up 375 yards of total offense.
 
Boyle completed 15-of-35 passes for 232 yards and Ryan Markush caught four passes for 122 yards to lead the Colonels.
 
Special teams wise, Jake Reynolds had a nice night punting the ball for SEMO. Reynolds averaged 43.6 yards on nine punts and dropped four of his kicks inside the 20-yard line. He also had a 59-yard punt.
 
"Jake did a good job," said Matukewicz. "Since the Southern Illinois game, he has really punted well."
 
Demarcus Rogers led SEMO's defense with seven stops, while Mike Ford, Omar Pierre-Louis and Shabari Davis added one interception apiece. The Redhawks also finished with seven quarterback hurries, two sacks and four tackles for loss.
 
In addition, Chad Meredith followed with six tackles on the way to clearing 200 in his career.
 
SEMO will be idle next week before hosting Tennessee Tech on Homecoming Oct. 14.