NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Eric Stutz scored a career-high 22 points and notched his second double-double as Eastern Kentucky defeated Southeast Missouri State 84-69 Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.
Stutz was 9-of-11 shooting foul shots and grabbed 10 rebounds to help the Colonels (24-8) overcome a 38.9-percent shooting performance (21 of 54) that included a 5-of-24 showing from 3-point range. Eastern Kentucky went to the foul line 45 times, though, converting 37 shots (82.2 percent).
The third-seeded Colonels will take on No. 2 Murray State at 8 p.m. Friday.
Southeast Missouri State (17-16) entered as the fifth-best 3-point shooting team in the country, hitting 40.2 percent, but shot just 13.6 percent (3 of 22) from deep Thursday. Corey Wilford, a 44.1-percent 3-point shooter for the year, was 0 for 7. Nick Niemczyk accounted for all three makes in seven attempts, while Nino Johnson had 18 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southeast Missouri State (17-16) | 31 | 38 | 69 |
| Eastern Kentucky (24-8) « | 39 | 45 | 84 |
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| Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Stone, F | 29 | 5-12 | 4-4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| N. Johnson, F | 23 | 8-14 | 2-3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| L. Nutt, G | 36 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| C. Wilford, G | 27 | 1-11 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| A. Jones, G | 19 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith | 37 | 4-12 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| N. Niemczyk | 27 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| J. White | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Tolbert | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-64 | 16-18 | 34 | 18 | 28 | 69 | |
| 39.1% | 88.9% | ||||||
| Eastern Kentucky Colonels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Stutz, F | 33 | 6-9 | 9-11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| M. DiNunno, G | 38 | 2-10 | 4-6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| C. Walden, G | 33 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| G. Cosey, G | 30 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| T. Johnson, G | 19 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Lewis | 22 | 2-6 | 5-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| O. Williams | 18 | 3-7 | 7-8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| J. Johnson | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Babb-Harrison | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Knipp | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Muff | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Parsons | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Stenzel | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-54 | 37-45 | 41 | 14 | 15 | 84 | |
| 38.9% | 82.2% | ||||||
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