CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - Nino Johnson scored 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Southeast Missouri State past McNeese State 64-53 on Thursday night.
Tyler Stone added 18 points for the Redhawks (2-1) and was 8 of 11 from the field. Johnson and Stone combined for 17 of Southeast Missouri State's 27 field goals.
Dontae Cannon scored 10 points to lead the Cowboys (1-2) but was just 2 of 11 from the field. McNeese State shot 36 percent as a team.
The Cowboys led for much of the first half, but a 14-4 run to close out the half gave the Redhawks a 33-24 halftime lead. Southeast Missouri State never trailed in the second half, leading by as many as 21.
Marland Smith scored just three points, but the Redhawks guard's five 3-point attempts moved him ahead of Derek Winans as the school's all-time leader in that category.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| McNeese State (1-2) | 24 | 29 | 53 |
| Southeast Missouri State (2-1) « | 33 | 31 | 64 |
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| McNeese State Cowboys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Guidry, F | 29 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| A. Lewis, F | 19 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Cannon, G | 36 | 2-11 | 6-6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| K. Hardy, G | 36 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Mitchell, G | 25 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Fields | 28 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Wells | 10 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Regis | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| P. Kpan | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Johnson | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-56 | 8-9 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 53 | |
| 35.7% | 88.9% | ||||||
| Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Stone, F | 37 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| N. Johnson, F | 34 | 9-11 | 2-5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| L. Nutt, G | 35 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| A. Jones, G | 27 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Smith, G | 27 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Niemczyk | 25 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| C. Wilford | 11 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Tolbert | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 27-50 | 6-9 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 64 | |
| 54% | 66.7% | ||||||
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