FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Braxton Stacker scored 15 points and Southeast Missouri (2-5) made a late push in a 79-72 loss to Northern Arizona (4-2) in the final game of the NAU Multiple Team Event Wednesday.
 
SEMO won the second half for the second-straight night and rallied down the stretch, but NAU scored five points in the final 1:03 to fight off the Redhawks.
 
Down 14 (65-51) with 7:47 left to play, SEMO had a chance to get within three on two occasions.
 
Luke Almodovar and Brendan Terry each scored layups and were fouled. Both, however, missed a free throw that would have made it a three-point game.
 
Terry's layup made it a 74-70 game with 1:32 remaining.
 
After that, NAU finished things off with three of its last five points coming at the free throw line.
 
The Lumberjacks shot 56 percent from the field with makes on 14 of its 25 attempts in the first half.
 
SEMO led just once in the opening stanza when Terry split two free throws to give the Redhawks a 3-2 edge less than two minutes in.
 
Ryan Abelman's jumper put the Lumberjacks ahead by double figures at 32-21 with 5:17 left to play. 
 
The Redhawks pulled within seven on Almodovar's layup before NAU headed into the locker room with a 39-29 advantage.
 
With the win in the first meeting between the teams, the Lumberjacks improved to 4-0 at home this season.
 
Stacker shot 6-of-13 from the field, made three 3-pointers and grabbed two rebounds. He averaged 16.5 points in his two starts in Flagstaff. Stacker has scored double figures a team-high six times this season.
 
Terry was 6-of-10 from the floor and had four boards. David Idada added a season-high eight points and four rebounds off the bench.
 
SEMO outscored NAU, 43-40, in the second half and held a +10 advantage in points in the paint (48-38).

Abelman pitched in a game-high 20 points to lead four NAU players in double figures. 
 
The Lumberjacks shot 52.8 percent (28-of-53) for the game and outscored the Redhawks, 18-7, at the free throw line. Eleven of those makes were in the second half.
 
SEMO returns home to host Lipscomb two days after Thanksgiving on Nov. 29.