Redhawks Start Season with Balanced 86-79 Win Over Lipscomb - Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Monday, November 2

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

6:30 PM

Southeast Missouri State University

1-0,0-0OVC

Lipscomb

0-1,0-0ASUN

Team	1	2	F
Lipscomb	42	37	79
Southeast Mo. St.	40	46	86

11/2/2026 9:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri (1-0) used a balanced effort with Drew Cooper scoring 14 points to lead five double-digit scorers in an 86-79 season-opening win over Lipscomb (0-1) Monday night at the Show Me Center.

PJ Farmer followed with a career-high 13 points, Fontaine Williams, Jr. added 13, Alonzo Clawson-Smith pitched in 12 and Marqueas Bell contributed 10 joining Cooper in double figures.

SEMO showed its strong depth outscoring LU by a staggering, 51-15, off the bench.

The Redhawks trailed, 42-40, at halftime before outscoring the Bisons, 46-37, in the final 20 minutes.

Clawson-Smith buried a 3-pointer to put SEMO ahead, 57-56, with 12:20 left to play and the Redhawks didn't lose their lead the rest of the way.

The Redhawks led by as many as nine points three times in last 12-plus minutes. Cooper's 3-pointer made it an 86-77 game with 33 seconds on the clock before SEMO put the win on ice.

SEMO jumped out to a seven-point lead in the first 8:03 of the contest.

Marcus Eaves made a pair of 3-pointers and a jumper. Eaves' second three put the Redhawks ahead, 19-12, with 11:57 left to play in the first half.

LU answered with a 12-0 run and went up 24-19 on Titas Sargiunas' 3-pointer at the 9:42 mark.

The Redhawks later regained a 36-34 edge on Farmer's layup before the Bisons carried their two-point lead into the intermission.

Farmer shot 5-of-10 from the field and 3-of-4 from 3-point range. He also dished out two assists and collected two steals. Williams, Jr. was 4-of-8 from the floor and had four assists, while Clawson-Smith hit 5-of-9 field goals. Cooper hit 5-of-10 from the field and pulled down six rebounds.

Clayton Jewell led SEMO with seven rebounds and the Redhawks outrebounded LU, 38-33.

SEMO shot 55 percent (11-of-20) from downtown and 47.9 percent (34-of-71) for the game.

Takai Simpson paced LU with a game-high 22 points.

The Redhawks opened a season at home against an NCAA Division I opponent for the first time since 2003. SEMO improved to 14-22 all-time in season-openers during its D-I era and 4-3 in such games under Head Coach Brad Korn.

SEMO hosts NCAA Division III member Webster University Wednesday.