MOBILE, Ala. – Southeast Missouri men's basketball (3-2) dispatched Chattanooga (2-3), 63-42, Saturday afternoon at Mitchell Arena to improve to 2-0 at the Goldie and Herman Ungar Classic.
Southeast is now on a three-game winning streak.
Skyler Hogan led the team with a career-best 15 points in 29 minutes on the court and
Ledarrius Brewer chipped in 11 in the victory.
The Mocs opened the contest with back-to-back three pointers before Hogan drilled a three to cut the early deficit to 8-7. Brewer then slammed a dunk to pull the Redhawks ahead, 9-8, as Chattanooga took a timeout.
Alex Caldwell added a jumper with six seconds remaining in the opening half to extend the Redhawks advantage to 26-17.
Hogan paced SEMO with 10 points and made both of his three-point attempts in the first frame.
In the second half, the Redhawks grew their advantage to 19 points, 37-18, on a layup from Hogan at the 14:37 mark.
Brewer then posted a lay-up in the paint with 5:36 remaining in the contest to push the advantage to 51-27.
SEMO had it highest advantage (61-34) in the game of 27 after
Gabe McGlothan sunk a free throw with 1:08 left in regulation.
The Redhawks will take a day off before concluding the Ungar Classic on Monday with a 7:05 p.m. matchup with tournament host, South Alabama.