Redhawks End Non-Conference Play with 74-59 Win Over Missouri Baptist - Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Sunday, December 29

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

4:00 PM

Southeast Missouri State University

4-9

Missouri Baptist

7-5

Team	1	2	F
Missouri Baptist	23	36	59
Southeast Missouri	30	44	74

Final Statistics

Photo by: Aaron Palmer

12/29/2019 6:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Final Statistics Highlights

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.– Alex Caldwell scored 15 points and Sage Tolbert added a double-double 11 points and 11 rebounds to lead Southeast Missouri (4-9) to a 74-59 win over Missouri Baptist (7-5) Sunday at the Show Me Center.

SEMO snapped a five-game losing skid and improved to 3-1 at home this season.

In its first home game in over a month, SEMO led for all but 6:38 of the contest.

After missing eight of its first nine field goals of the game, the Redhawks used a 12-0 run to take a 15-5 lead with 9:52 to play in the opening stanza.

Quatarrius Wilson made a pair of free throws to tie the game before Caldwell scored the next five points. Nygal Russell also threw down a dunk before DQ Nicholas made three free throws after he was fouled in the act of shooting a 3-pointer.

Skyler Hogan's 3-pointer gave SEMO a 30-23 lead at the half.

SEMO built its biggest lead of the game to 26 (67-41) when Jordan Love scored on a dunk after Caldwell recorded one of his game-high three steals with 7:31 on the clock.

The Redhawks didn't let up the rest of the way en route to winning their non-conference finale.

SEMO limited MBU to just 1-of-14 (7.1 pct.) from 3-point range and kept the Spartans under 40 percent (39.7) from the field. The Redhawks also held MBU under 30 points for the first 28:12 of the game.

Caldwell shot 6-of-9 from the field and buried three 3-pointers to lead four Redhawks in double figures. He added five assists and three steals, as well.

Tolbert turned in his second double-double of the season, while Russell and Khalil Cuffee followed with 12 and 10 points off the bench, respectively. Russell tied his career high in points and Cuffee logged a career-best 17 minutes.

SEMO's reserves outscored MBU's bench, 35-4.

The Redhawks outrebounded the Spartans, 40-37, and finished with a 44.6 percent clip from the floor. In addition, SEMO scored over 70 points for the fifth time and posted its largest margin of victory through 13 games.

SEMO rings in the New Year when it travels to Austin Peay to open its 18-game Ohio Valley Conference slate on Jan. 2.