CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Skyler Hogan registered a career-high 18 points and Sage Tolbert recorded a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds as Southeast Missouri men's basketball (4-4) fell to Western Illinois (4-4), 70-63, Saturday night at the Show Me Center. Alex Caldwell added 11 points off the bench.
 
Hogan opened the contest with a three at 19:46 in the first half before the Leathernecks took their largest lead in the game of 12, 17-5, on a jumper by Kobe Webster at 14:39.
 
Gabe McGlothan and Hogan each knocked down back-to-back three-point baskets to cut the deficit to six, 17-11, with 10:50 left in the half.
 
Southeast would pull ahead, 19-17, after Tolbert converted his layup at 7:39.
 
The Leathernecks then reclaimed the lead before Mark Laros drained a three to bring Southeast within a point, 25-24.
 
Caldwell chipped in a three with 1:03 left in the first half to tie the game at 27-27 as both teams went to their respective locker rooms at the break.
 
The Redhawks shot 31.3 percent in the opening frame and were five-for-16 from three-point range.
 
The second half started like the end of the first as a back-and-forth affair. Tolbert hit a three early in the stanza to cut the Leathernecks lead to one, 33-32.
 
Hogan then tied the contest at 34-34 with a basket and threes from Ledarrius Brewer and Isaiah Gable propelled the Redhawks to their largest margin in the game of four, 40-36, with 15:44 left in regulation.
 
Caldwell added a lay-in off the glass to put SEMO up two, 45-43, at 12:20 in the second half.
 
Western Illinois responded with three straight three-pointers from Jeremiah Usiosefe and Ben Pyle (2) to take a seven-point advantage, 52-45, with 9:25 left in the non-conference meeting.
 
A layup from Webster would extend the lead to 10, 62-52, with 1:02 to play as Southeast came as close as five points on a three from Gable with 14 seconds left in the game.
 
Isaac Johnson then added two free throws to seal the win for Western Illinois, 70-63.
 
Southeast shot 34.8 percent in the game behind a 13-for-34 second half.

The Redhawks relied heavily on their bench, which totaled 25 points.
 
Pyle and Johnson led WIU with 18 points each. Pyle converted four of six three-point attempts and added 11 rebounds for the double-double outing. Webster chipped in 16 points.
 
Southeast next travels to Itta Bena, Mississippi, for a 6 p.m. tip-off against Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday, Dec. 4 before returning home to face regional rival, Southern Illinois on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Show Me Center.