CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Eric Reed, Jr. scored a season-high 26 points to lead Southeast Missouri (4-4) to a 76-64 win over Webster University (1-5) Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center.

Reed, Jr. scored 15 of his points and knocked down four of his game-high five 3-pointers in the second half.

SEMO and WU were locked up in a tight game until the Redhawks pulled away for good in the final 5:43.

The Redhawks, who were ahead, 60-54, with 6:28 remaining, quickly extended their lead to 12 on a pair of 3-pointers by Reed, Jr. The second of those two increased SEMO's margin to 66-54 with 5:13 to go.

Another 3-pointer by Reed, Jr. gave SEMO a 14-point lead before Dylan Branson's layup gave the Redhawks their largest advantage (74-58) with 3:22 left to play. SEMO led by double figures for the last 5:13 of the game en route to its first double-digit win of the season.

SEMO and WU battled to six ties and four lead changes in a first half where neither team led by more than seven points.

Knotted at 14-14, the Redhawks went on a 9-2 run to take their largest lead of the opening stanza. Reed, Jr. scored seven of the points and capped the surge when he buried a 3-pointer to put SEMO ahead, 23-16, with 7:47 left to play.

Stephen Hawkins later made a jumper to tie the game at 29-29 at the 3:18 mark before the Redhawks carried a 34-31 edge into the locker room at intermission.

Reed, Jr. scored 11 points in the first half.

Reed, Jr. shot 8-of-17 from the field and 5-of-12 from 3-point range. He added 5-of-6 free throws, three rebounds, four assists and a block in his third 20-point effort this year.

Manny Patterson followed with a near double-double 14 points and nine rebounds, while Nygal Russell and DQ Nicholas contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively.

SEMO outscored WU, 42-39, in the second half and hit 41.8 percent (28-of-67) of its field goals for the game. Additionally, the Redhawks attempted a season-high 32 three-pointers and posted a season-best seven blocks.

Wynne Brown, Jr. led the Gorloks with 26 points and Mark Moore had 12. WU turned the ball over 16 times and SEMO capitalized with 23 points off those miscues.

SEMO returns to action when it hosts Missouri Valley Conference member Evansville on Dec. 8.