The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Wednesday night.

The fifth-seeded Redhawks defeated the eight-seed Eastern Kentucky Colonels 75-65 behind a good shooting night. Southeast shot 49.1 percent from the field.

Forwards Tyler Stone and Leon Powell each recorded a double-double. Stone scored 18 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and shot 9-of-14 from the field, while Powell scored 12 points, hauled in 14 rebounds and shot 5-of-10 from the field.

Guard Marland Smith led Southeast in scoring with 20 points and shot 5-of-10 from the field. He also shot a game-high 13 free throws and made nine of them.

Southeast out-rebounded Eastern Kentucky 44-33 and outscored the Colonels in the paint 40-28.

Eastern Kentucky guard Jaron Jones led all scorers with 28 points.

Southeast will face fourth-seeded Tennessee Tech in the quarterfinal round at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The winner will face top-seeded Murray State at 6 p.m. Friday.