YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio–
Darrious Agnew dropped in a season-high 17 points and
Isaiah Gable added 10 as Southeast Missouri (3-7) fell to Horizon League member Youngstown State (6-5), 65-50, Sunday night.
SEMO dropped its third-straight game and fifth in its last six contests.
The Redhawks simply couldn't get anything going against YSU which outscored SEMO, 38-24, inside the paint.
SEMO led for just 1:26 of the game and pulled ahead by four early on
Skyler Hogan's 3-pointer.
Tied, 6-6, YSU used a 17-3 run to open a double-digit lead as the Redhawks went 1-of-10 from the field and turned the ball over four times in that stretch.
Gable led SEMO with nine points off the bench in the first half, all from 3-point range. Hemade the Redhawks only field goal during the Penguins lengthy run.
YSU later led, 38-24, at the half.
SEMO trailed by as many as 22 points with 14:41 remaining in the second half before falling to its seventh true road loss in a row dating back to last year.
Agnew scored 13 of his points in the second half during his second-straight start for the Redhawks. He was 8-of-14 from the field with six rebounds, two steals and one assist.
A native of Greenville, Ohio, Gable finished with six rebounds in addition to his 10 points off the bench in the return to his home state. He made 3-of-4 three-pointers.
SEMO shot just 33.9 percent (20-of-59) from the field to YSU's 51 percent (26-of-51) clip. The Redhawks 50 points marked their fewest in a game this season.
Naz Bohannon led YSU with 14 points and nine rebounds.
The Redhawks close out their two-game Ohio road swing at #3 Ohio State Tuesday.