CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - Glenn Cosey had 21 points to lead five Eastern Kentucky players scoring in double figures in an 81-72 victory against Southeast Missouri on Saturday night.
Mike DiNunno added 18 points, Tarius Johnson 14, Eric Stutz 12 and Marcus Lewis 10 for the Colonels (17-6, 7-3 Ohio Valley), who shot 52.8 percent (28 of 53) from the floor.
Eastern Kentucky took the lead for good on Stutz's layup to make it 48-47 with 15:43 remaining, part of a 14-3 run.
Corey Wilford scored 27 points and Tyler Stone 16 for the Redhawks (11-13, 3-7), who slumped to 35.7 percent shooting (10 for 28) in the second half after hitting 60 percent before intermission.
Eastern Kentucky has won nine straight regular-season meetings between the schools, but Southeast Missouri claimed matchups in the conference tournament the last two years.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Kentucky (17-6) « | 38 | 43 | 81 |
| Southeast Missouri State (11-13) | 40 | 32 | 72 |
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| Eastern Kentucky Colonels | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| E. Stutz, F | 30 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| G. Cosey, G | 37 | 4-10 | 9-10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| M. DiNunno, G | 37 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| T. Johnson, G | 35 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| C. Walden, G | 18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| M. Lewis, G | 27 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Johnson, F | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Knipp, G | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Muff, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Stenzel, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 28-53 | 16-18 | 29 | 13 | 22 | 81 | |
| 52.8% | 88.9% | ||||||
| Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| T. Stone, F | 35 | 7-11 | 2-4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| C. Wilford, G | 35 | 9-17 | 7-7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| A. Jones, F | 34 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| M. Smith, G | 31 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| L. Nutt, G | 19 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| N. Johnson, F | 23 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| N. Niemczyk, G | 17 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Tolbert, F | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 25-53 | 18-25 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 72 | |
| 47.2% | 72.0% | ||||||
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