CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Freshman Alex Caldwell scored 15 points to lead six players in double figures as Southeast Missouri (1-2) picked up its first win of the season with a 102-66 pasting of Quincy University (1-1) Monday night at the Show Me Center.
 
Eleven different players wound up in the scoring column for SEMO, which drained 14 three-pointers and shot a blazing 62.9 percent (39-of-62) from the field. The Redhawks also finished with 22 assists and turned the ball over seven times, including just twice in the second half.
 
"We did a really good job of sharing the basketball to get open shots," said SEMO head coach Rick Ray. "It was a really good performance on both the offensive and defensive end."
 
SEMO led for all but 2:28 of the contest and started its onslaught behind Caldwell's four 3-pointers in a span of 4:42. His fourth trey during that stretch gave the Redhawks a comfortable 34-18 advantage with 8:20 remaining in the first half.
 
Ledarrius Brewer's jumper and Isaiah Gable's 3-pointer widened SEMO's lead to 25 on two occasions before the Redhawks carried a 53-32 lead into the intermission.
 
Less than five minutes into the second half, SEMO put together a 18-5 jaunt to pull ahead, 80-50. Caldwell knocked down another 3-pointer, while Nygal Russell added seven points to key the surge that ended on a pair of Russell free throws at the 8:43 mark.
 
Redshirt-freshman Khalil Cuffee stole the show toward the end scoring 12 points in eight minutes. Cuffee hit a near-perfect 5-of-6 field goals, buried a pair of 3-pointers and had a breakaway crowd-pleasing dunk en route to his career high. He also scored the basket that gave SEMO 100 points and followed with another bucket to put the Redhawks over the century mark.
 
SEMO went a stretch of 12:30 without turning the ball over in the second half as seven players went turnover free.
 
Caldwell shot 5-of-7 from the field and missed just one of his 3-point attempts (5-of-6). Mark Laros followed with a career-high 13 points off the bench, while Skyler Hogan and Cuffee each added 12, and Brewer and Russell pitched in 10. 
 
SEMO's freshmen combined for 47 points on the night.
 
As a team, the Redhawks shot 50 percent (14-of-28) from 3-point range, outrebounded the Hawks, 34-31, and scored 58 bench points.
 
Demetrius Houston and Jah-Kobe Womack topped Quincy with 15 and 14 points, respectively.

The 102 points were SEMO's most in a game since the Redhawks scored 118 against Murray State on Mar. 1, 2014.
 
Additionally, SEMO picked up its 27th consecutive win over a non-Division I program.
 
The Redhawks head to the South Alabama Tournament to face Jacksonville (Nov. 16), Chattanooga (Nov. 17) and the host Jaguars (Nov. 19) in Mobile.