TUESDAY'S SCORES
Southeast Missouri 77, @Mississippi Valley State 57
@Belmont 76, Lipscomb 74
@Eastern Illinois 90, Fontbonne 37
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 77, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 57
ITTA BENA, Miss. - Skyler Hogan scored a career-high 25 points to lead Southeast Missouri (5-4) to a 77-57 win over Mississippi Valley State (2-8) Tuesday night at the Harrison HPER Complex.
Hogan led three SEMO players in double figures as the Redhawks picked up their first true road win of the season.
A native of Melbourne, Florida, Hogan shot 10-of-16 from the field with five of his makes coming from 3-point range. He also dished out four assists, grabbed two rebounds, gathered two blocks and had a steal in his sixth double-digit scoring game this year.
After closing out the first half with a 7-0 run to take a 33-25 halftime lead after MVSU pulled within a point, the Redhawks poured it on in the game's final 20 minutes.
Isaiah Gable buried a 3-pointer, his third of the first half, and Gabe McGlothan scored back-to-back layups to help get SEMO its halftime advantage. McGlothan stole Jordan Evans' pass and broke away for an easy layup just before the half ended.
MVSU managed to get within five points twice in the second stanza, but that was as close as it would get. SEMO led by double figures for the final 9:40 of the contest and blew the game open when it went on a 10-3 run to widen its lead to 70-50 at the 3:37 mark. McGlothan rebounded Ledarrius Brewer's missed 3-pointer and threw down a dunk to cap the surge.
Khalil Cuffee's four points in eight seconds led to SEMO's largest lead of the night at 77-54 with under a minute left.
Gable and McGlothan joined Hogan with double figures in the scoring column. Both scored 11 points with McGlothan adding eight rebounds and a game-high four blocks in a narrow miss of a double-double.
Sage Tolbert led the Redhawks with 11 rebounds, his third double-digit rebound game in five starts.
SEMO shot 43.3 percent (29-of-67) from the field with a 50 percent (16-of-32) clip in the second half. The Redhawks buried 12 three-pointers, as well.
Defensively, the Redhawks had a season-high nine blocks. The last time SEMO had nine blocks in a game was at UT Martin on Feb. 16, 2013.
Dante Scott led MVSU with 19 points. The Delta Devils shot just 31 percent (18-of-58) against the Redhawks strong defense. MVSU attempted 34 free throws and missed 15 of those tries. Additionally, the Delta Devils shot only 13.3 percent (2-of-15) from beyond the arc.
BELMONT 76, LIPSCOMB 74
NASHVILLE - Freshman Caleb Hollander hit a runner with 4.9 seconds remaining to lift Belmont University men's basketball to a thrilling 76-74 victory over Lipscomb Tuesday from the Curb Event Center.
Lipscomb had one final opportunity, but Nathan Moran's baseline 3-pointer at the buzzer rimmed out.
Belmont trailed by as many as 11 points in the first half, as seniors Dylan Windler and Kevin McClain battled early foul trouble. But the Bruins trimmed the margin to 35-33 at halftime, and led 59-50 with 9:57 remaining on a McClain free throw.
Rob Marberry powered an 11-1 Lipscomb run that gave the Bisons a 61-60 lead.
Though Belmont would twice lead by five points in the final five minutes, timely scores from Marberry and Moran kept Lipscomb within reach. A Marberry basket tied the score at 74 with 33 seconds left, setting up Hollander's game-winner.
Freshman Nick Muszynski led four Belmont players in double figures with 19 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots. Marberry led Lipscomb (6-2) with 26 points.
Belmont (7-1) has handed Lipscomb - who boasts wins at TCU, SMU and Middle Tennessee - its only two losses of the season; Belmont won at Lipscomb, 87-83, Nov. 15.
The game marked the 144th meeting of the college basketball rivalry known as the 'Battle of the Boulevard.'
EASTERN ILLINOIS 90, FONTBONNE 37
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Eastern Illinois had a balanced attack on Tuesday night with four players scoring in double figures off the bench during the Panthers 90-37 win over Fontbonne University as the final game as part of the visitcurrituckOBX.com Battle in the Blue Ridge Tournament.
EIU improved to 4-5 on the season. Fontbonne is 3-3.
The Panthers were led by Kashawn Charles who opened the game 7-of-7 from the field as he finished with a game high 21 points. He would finish the contest 8-of-10 from the floor and 4-of-5 from 3-point range. As a team EIU finished the night 12-of-17 from 3-point range for a 70.6 percent clip. The Panthers shot 61.4 percent from the field.
EIU used a 17-3 run earl y in the first quarter to jump out to a 23-6 lead. Mack Smith, Josiah Wallace, Ben Harvey and Charles all hit 3-pointers during the run as EIU went up 46-19 at the half.
JaQualis Matlock would add 14 points off the bench going 7-of-9 from the field while Braxton Shaw (11 points) and Harvey (10 points) also reached double figures. EIU would score 67 of its 90 points off the bench.
The Panthers defense limited Fontbonne to just 28.3 percent shooting as the 37 points are the second lowest total by an opponent in Lantz Arena history. Jared Woodcock would score nine points to lead to the Griffins.
EIU added a season high 22 assists with four each by Shareef Smith, Logan Koch and Matlock.