Cherry-Evans collected the injury attempting a tackle on Gavin Cooper in the first half and did not return after the break.
Cowboys prop Matt Scott left the field early in the second half due to a knee injury and also did not make it back on the field.
Antonio Winterstein scored two first-half tries, and Michael Morgan scored one second-half try and set up another, as the Cowboys held onto second place on the ladder.
Winterstein opened the scoring for the visitors in the seventh minute from a Johnathan Thurston kick, as the Cowboys dominated the early exchanges.
Cherry-Evans hit back against the run of play for the Sea Eagles in the 17th minute when he pounced on a loose Winterstein pass that Scott could not handle and kicked twice for himself and scored untouched.
But from then on, off the back of a forward pack making big metres, it was all the Cowboys.
Kane Linnett scored the Cowboys' second converted try in the 28th minute before Thurston added another penalty goal to his tally.
Winterstein then grabbed his second try of the night on the back of a 70-metre movement in the 38th minute for a 20-6 lead at half-time.
The Sea Eagles gave themselves a chance of a fight-back when Brett Stewart scored his 86th try at Brookvale Oval just three minutes after the break before just 7,643 spectators.
But without Cherry-Evans the Sea Eagles attack could not find a way through or around the Cowboys.
Morgan sliced his way through the Sea Eagles line from short range for the Cowboys' fourth try of the night in the 59th minute and when he helped create Jake Granville's try in the 65th minute the result was beyond doubt.
The Sea Eagles last missed out on the finals in 2004, but now need to win all of their final seven matches to guarantee a top eight berth, a tough prospect given they face the Warriors, Brisbane and South Sydney in the next three weeks.
The Cowboys have now won 13 of their last 14 matches and eight straight on the road.
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