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DURANT, Oklahoma – The University of Arkansas at Monticello men's basketball team scored 55 points and shot nearly 70 percent from the field in the second half of an 85-61 victory over Southeastern Oklahoma State on Thursday inside Bloomer Sullivan Arena.

The victory marks UAM's first road win of the year and moves the Weevils to 4-6 overall and 2-5 in Great American Conference games. Southeastern drops 6-8 overall and 2-4 in the GAC.

The Weevils finished the game shooting 53 percent overall from the field, highlighted by a 19-for-28 shooting performance in the final 20 minutes. UAM trailed 37-30 at halftime after shooting just under 40 percent from the field. Southeastern shot just over 45 percent in the first half, but dropped to 30 percent in the final period after making only eight shots on 27 attempts.

UAM started the second half with three three-pointers, two from junior Jamal Peterson and one from senior Sharif Hudson, to quickly turn that seven-point halftime deficit into a 39-all tie at the 17:35 mark.

UAM took the lead for good at the 15:25 mark on a three-pointer from Peterson, hit the double-digit lead mark with 7:33 remaining on a layup by junior Kazmere Boyd and held its largest lead of 27 points on a fast break dunk by senior Cameron Blue with 40 seconds left in the game.

Peterson led all scorers with 20 points. UAM placed four others in double-digits with Blue at 16 points, Hudson at 14, Boyd at 12 and senior D'Audrio Patton at 10. Patton also turned in a game-high nine rebounds.

Danny Powell led Southeastern with 17 points. Anton Cook added 11.

The Weevils held a 47-27 edge in rebounding, including a 14-8 advantage on the offensive glass.

UAM is back in action on Saturday at home against Central Baptist. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. inside Steelman Field House.