CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Manny Patterson scored 22 points, Jordan Love added 14 points and Southeast Missouri (7-11, 5-7) put together a ferocious second half comeback to overpower Tennessee Tech (2-17, 2-10), 68-64, Thursday night at the Show Me Center.

SEMO trailed by 16 points (26-10) with 9:28 remaining in the first half and 13 (39-26) at halftime before taking down the Golden Eagles in the final 20 minutes. The Redhawks outscored TTU, 42-25, and didn't miss a free throw (14-of-14) in the second half.

Love, who poured in all of his points in the second stanza, scored eight in a row to single-handedly get the Redhawks back in the game.

After Parker Long's 3-pointer cut TTU's lead to five at 52-47 with 10:15 to go, Love made a layup, was fouled and converted a 3-point play to make it a two-point game. 

On SEMO's next possession, Love drew a foul and made two free throws to tie the game. He then buried a 3-pointer to put the Redhawks ahead, 55-52, at the 7:49 mark.

Jr. Clay scored a layup to regain a 58-57 edge for the Golden Eagles, but Love stepped up again, this time sinking a jumper to get SEMO a 59-58 cushion.

After Damaria Franklin split a pair of free throws to bring the game to a 59-59 deadlock, Eric Reed, Jr. drained a big 3-pointer from the right corner and later sunk two free throws after TTU pulled to within one again. Love then made four free throws in the last four seconds to polish off the victory.

With its win, SEMO matched its total of seven victories from a year ago. 

Patterson, who started his third-straight game, became the third Redhawk to score over 20 points in a game this season. He shot 10-of-14 from the field en route to his season-high. Patterson also topped SEMO with six rebounds.

Love also reached a season-high in points. He went a near-perfect 3-of-4 from the field and didn't miss a free throw (7-of-7) in the second half. Love's seven free throws made are a new career-high.

Chris Harris was SEMO's other double-digit scorer with 13 points.

The Redhawks shot 48.9 percent (22-fo-45) from the field and a season-best 94.7 percent (18-of-19) at the free throw line. Additionally, SEMO scored 24 points in the paint.

TTU, which made seven 3-pointers in the first half, went 0-of-7 from long range in the final 20 minutes.

The Redhawks, who won three of their last four games, close out their season-long homestand when they host Jacksonville State Saturday.