CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.– Southeast Missouri (3-2, 1-0) scored the final 13 points to beat Tennessee Tech (4-2, 1-1), 43-37, in a dramatic double overtime affair Saturday night at Houck Field.
 
Tied, 30-30, after TTU's Haidar Zaidan kicked a 51-yard field goal, the Golden Eagles pulled ahead by seven on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Bailey Fisher to Andrew Goldsmith during TTU's first possession of overtime.
 
Mark Robinson answered with a 16-yard touchdown run to force a second overtime period.
 
After TTU elected to go on defense, Zion Custis broke free for a 13-yard touchdown run to put SEMO ahead, 43-37. Kendrick Tiller then missed his second extra point.
 
The Redhawk defense, which was remarkable all night, came up a huge stop to put SEMO's Ohio Valley Conference opening win on ice. SEMO dropped Fisher for a loss of three yards. After that, Fisher threw three incompletions.
 
 Early on, the teams combined for three turnovers in a quick stretch of 83 seconds. DJ Freeman intercepted Fisher's pass on the first drive of the game.
 
On the fourth play of SEMO's opening possession, Adam Swayze picked off Daniel Santacaterina in TTU's end zone. The Redhawks, however, got the ball right back when Derrick Calhoun hit David Gist on the ensuing play. Gist fumbled and Ryan Ochoa recovered at the TTU 20-yard line.
 
SEMO capitalized on its fumble recovery by scoring the game's first points on a 2-yard touchdown run by Robinson.
 
The Golden Eagles responded by scoring the next 17 points to take a 27-20 advantage.
 
Fisher hit paydirt on a 5-yard run at the 9:23 mark of the third quarter to break the 20-20 halftime score.
 
Tiller's 35-yard field goal and a 1-yard touchdown run by Geno Hess gave SEMO a 30-27 edge.
 
Kristian Wilkerson caught five passes for 124 yards en route to breaking SEMO's all-time career record in receiving yardage. Wilkerson, who recorded his eighth career 100-yard receiving game, surpassed Willie Ponder for the new mark. He now has 2,623 receiving yards.
 
Custis ran for over 100 yards for the first time in his college career. He ran the ball 18 times for 117 yards and scored the game's final touchdown.
 
SEMO finished with 393 yards of total offense, including 221 on the ground.

Fisher completed 26-of-54 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 68 yards and another score to lead the Golden Eagles. Fleming also had nine catches for 108 yards.
 
TTU racked up 421 total yards.
 
Defensively, Derrick Calhoun posted a game and career-high 12 tackles and forced a fumble to top the Redhawks. DJ Freeman added six tackles, a sack, one interception and two pass breakups, as well.
 
SEMO, which won its 10th-straight game at home, heads to Austin Peay on Oct. 12.