Updates from Southeast Missouri State at UT Martin football game

Southeast defeated UT Martin 31-27 in its Ohio Valley Conference opener.

The Redhawks defense came up with stops on fourth down on the Skyhawks' last two possessions of the game.

We're heading down for postgame interviews. Complete coverage will be up later on semoball.com.

Halftime: Southeast 21, UT Martin 17

Southeast Missouri State and UT Martin have been trading scores throughout the first half of the Redhawks conference opener.

The Redhawks carry a 21-17 lead into halftime.

UTM scored on a 23-yard touchdown reception by Rod Wright with 10 minutes, 22 seconds to go in the first quarter.

Southeast tied it up on a 65-yard pass from quarterback Kyle Snyder to Peter Lloyd less than a minute and a half later.

The Skyhawks held a 10-7 lead after the first quarter when they scored with 3:57 on a 36-yard field goal.

Southeast's Lennies McFerren ran it to the UTM 3-yard line before the end of the quarter and the Redhawks scored to take a 14-10 lead on a 1-yard Snyder run with 13:15 left in the half.

UTM scored on a 24-yard pass to Kyle Kerrick about three minutes later.

Snyder scored his second 1-yard rushing touchdown with 4:24 to go in the half and give Southeast its halftime lead.

Snyder has completed 10 of 17 passes for 172 yards and a touchdown. Lloyd has six catches for 139 yards and a touchdown.

UTM quarterback Jarod Neal has completed 12 of 18 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns.

McFerren has 69 yards rushing on 13 carries.

Rachel and I are all set up at Hardy Graham Stadium in Martin, Tennessee, for the Southeast Missouri State football team's Ohio Valley Conference opener against UT Martin.

We'll have updates on here throughout the game. You can also follow us on Twitter @semoballErin and @semoballRachel.

You can read the game preview here and catch up on the first four weeks of Southeast football game coverage here.