On Wednesday, Southeast Missouri, SIUE and Southern Indiana each picked up non-conference men's basketball victories.
 

WEDNESDAY'S SCORES
@SIUE 85, Concordia Chicago 61	Box Score
@Southeast Missouri 90, Webster 65	Box Score
@Southern Indiana 112, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 42	Box Score

SIUE 85, CONCORDIA CHICAGO 61
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Jordan Pickett fueled a second-half surge and SIUE men's basketball pushed past Concordia-Chicago 85-61 at First Community Arena Wednesday.

Pickett finished with a career-high 19 points, including 17 in the second half, as SIUE improved to 2-0 to start the season.

Concordia led by as many as six midway through a first half which saw 11 lead changes and five ties in a matchup of Cougars vs. Cougars.

Gianni Cobb's driving layup at the buzzer gave SIUE a 35-34 lead at the half.

CUC led by three early in the half, when SIUE used a 14-0 run to take control. A Pickett three-pointer made It 53-42 SIUE with 13:16 to play. A pair of free throws from Jayden Riley extended the SIUE lead to 61-46 with 9:17 left.

Pickett scored on a fast-break layup with 5:43 to play then following a steal by Brennan Miller and a feed from David Wilson, buried another three to swell the SIUE lead to 20 (72-52).

Harrison Alexander hit a three-pointer with 2:23 to play and another two minutes laterto give SIUE its largest lead at 83-56 with 23 seconds left.

Pickett went 7-10 from the field and 3-4 from three-point range in the second half. SIUE shot 52 percent (32-62) for the game and was 18-31 (58 percent) in the second half. SIUE also went 7-12 (58 percent) from three-point range after halftime.

SIUE outrebounded Concordia 37-25 and finished with a 23-8 advantage in fast-break points and a 42-30 advantage in points in the paint.

Wilson and Miller each finished with 12 points. Miller added seven rebounds, two steals and four blocks. Wilson grabbed six boards and added two steals and three blocks. Cobb scored 10 points and handed out three assists.

Dehrio McCaskill scored eight points, pulled down six rebounds and added four assists. Jayden Riley scored six points off the bench and dished out a game-high five assists.

St. Louisan Jacob Robinson scored 17 points to lead Concordia. Matthew Guthrie added 13. Concordia shot 43 percent (23-53) for the game.


SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 90, WEBSTER 65
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -  Marqueas Bell had a double-double 16 points and 10 rebounds to go along with five assists leading Southeast Missouri (2-0) to a 90-65 win over Webster
University Wednesday at the Show Me Center.

SEMO is undefeated in its first two games of a season for the second time under Head Coach Brad Korn and first since the 2022-23 campaign.

After a shaky first half, the Redhawks regrouped to take control during the opening 5:21 of the second stanza. SEMO went on a 17-4 run and the Gorloks never recovered.

Landren Blocker got the Redhawks going with a dunk and scored eight points to key the stretch. He also knocked down a 3-pointer and threw down an alleyoop dunk off a pass from Fontaine Williams, Jr. Bell later made two free throws to give SEMO a comfortable 59-41 lead with 14:39 left to play. He then drained a 3-pointer to extend the Redhawks lead to 83-61 before his team finished off the Gorloks.

Neither team led by more than five points in the first half. Down, 35-32, the SEMO made six-straight field goals and used a 10-2 run to pull ahead, 42-37, at the half. Bell made a jumper and Williams, Jr. followed with a 3-pointer. Drew Cooper knocked down a three of his own and PJ Farmer added a jumper during the Redhawks strong push to end the opening half.

Bell shot 6-of-10 from the field and had two blocks, as well. It was the fourth double-double of his career. Three more starters scored double figures along with Bell. Blocker and Darrion Sutton each had 14 points, while Fontaine, Jr. added 10.

SEMO assisted 22 of its 34 made field goals and shot 50 percent (34-of-68) for the game. The Redhawks made 18-of-33 shots at a 54.5 percent clip in the second half alone. The Redhawks outrebounded WU, 43-33, and held a 48-36 advantage in the paint.

Charles Nelson led the Gorloks with a game-high 19 points.


SOUTHERN INDIANA 112, SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS 42
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Recap coming soon.