CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Marqueas Bell finished with a double-double 15 points and 10 rebounds, and 12 different players scored for Southeast Missouri (1-2) in an 87-41 blow out win over Webster University Wednesday.
 
SEMO led wire-to-wire in a dominating performance to grab its first win of the season.
 
The Redhawks were all over the Gorloks from the opening tip.
 
SEMO used an 11-2 run out of the gate and built a 29-6 lead in the first 9:25 of the contest. Nine players reached the scoring column during that surge that ended on a Braxton Stacker 3-pointer with 10:35 left in the first half.
 
Almodovar extended the Redhawks margin to 38-13 when he buried a 3-pointer with just under seven minutes to go.
 
After redshirt-freshman Jay Reynolds' first career 3-pointer put SEMO ahead by 26, Troy Cole, Jr. threw down an alleyoop dunk off a pass from Bell to give the Redhawks a 45-17 advantage at the 3:53 mark.
 
SEMO headed into the intermission with a comfortable 46-22 lead.
 
The Redhawks heated up to shoot 54.8 percent (17-of-31) from the field and forced 11 turnovers in the first half.
 
SEMO continued to destroy the Gorloks in the second half.
 
This time, the Redhawks put together a 19-2 jaunt to grab a 41-point lead. Blaize Sagna drained a 3-pointer to widen SEMO's lead to 65-24.
 
Defensively, SEMO held WU scoreless for the first 5:18 of the second stanza.
 
The game couldn't get over quick enough for the Gorloks who were outscored, 41-18, in the final 20 minutes of play.
 
Another 3-pointer by Reynolds ran SEMO's lead to 75-31 with 6:51 to go.
 
Cole, Jr.'s tip-in (85-35) and a breakaway layup by PJ Farmer (87-37) gave the Redhawks their largest leads of the night before polishing off the victory.
 
Bell completed his first career double-double by shooting 6-of-8 from the field and a near-perfect 3-of-4 at the free throw line off the bench. It was his third-straight game scoring in double figures. He also matched a career-best six assists.

Stacker followed with 10 points.
 
The Redhawks finished the night with a .516 field goal percentage and made eight 3-pointers. Additionally, SEMO received a big 50-19 boost from its bench.
 
SEMO improved to 26-9 all-time in home-openers during its NCAA Division I era. Tonight marked the Redhawks 10th home-opening win in the last 14 years.
 
The Redhawks also won their 41st-consecutive game against non-Division I schools.
 
SEMO returns to action when it hosts St. Thomas on Nov. 15.