NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri women's basketball brought an end to its six-game road swing with an 84-69 victory over Lipscomb University (3-7) Tuesday.
 
The Redhawks win their second game in a row, their fourth road victory, to improve to 6-4 on the season.
 
"Lipscomb is a really good basketball program and a very good team that's hard to guard because they can do so many things," Rekha Patterson said. "I think our ladies executed the game plan and we had players step up, knock down some shots, and score and rebound for us. I am very happy with this win."
 
The Redhawks tied a season-high with five players with double-digit points, led by Deja Jones' first double-double performance with a career-high 19 points and 10 rebounds. Jones celebrated her 20^th birthday on Tuesday in her hometown.
 
"Can it be her birthday every day? Can we play in Nashville every night," Patterson said with a laugh. "I am so happy she got to have the performance she had in front of her family this evening."
 
Before long, the Lady Bisons had a six-point lead on the Redhawks with 4:38 to play in the first quarter, 12-6.
 
Hannah Noe drained her second 3-point bucket two and a half minutes later to give the Redhawks a lead.
 
The Redhawks finished the first period on a 14-point run to hold a 25-15 lead on Lipscomb after the first 10 minutes of play.
 
Noe had three 3-point makes in the frame to lead Southeast with nine points.
 
The Bisons opened the second quarter with seven unanswered points to pull within three points of the Redhawks.
 
The Redhawks' first field goal of the period came three minutes and 36 seconds into the frame when Imani Johnson drained a layup to halt the Bisons' run.
 
The Redhawks and Bisons went bucket-for-bucket until a minute and a half left.
 
Southeast ended the first half on a seven-point run, capped by Noe's fourth 3-point bucket with six seconds left to bring the Redhawk lead back to 10, 45-35, at halftime.
 
Noe's 12 points led the Redhawks in the half, already tying a career-high.
 
Erin Bollmann also put up double-digit points in the half with 10. Johnson was the Redhawks' rebounds leader at half with five.
 
Lipscomb pulled within one point of the Redhawks with 5:04 to play in the third but the Redhawks went on an 8-2 run to widen the lead back to seven, 59-52.
 
Southeast finished the third quarter out in front, 61-54.
 
The Redhawks outscored the Bisons 23-15 in the final quarter to pick up their fourth road victory, 84-69. Southeast's 15-point win was its largest margin of victory this season.
 
Johnson finished behind Jones with a new career-high 18 points. Noe picked up 15 points on five 3-pointers, both career-best marks. Bri Mitchell tallied 12 points while Bollmann had 11.
 
Johnson was one rebound shy of picking up her second double-double in a row.
 
"Nobody tried to do something they weren't capable of doing tonight, which is what I like to see out of our players. We felt like we could get some paint points and Deja did a great job of that in this game. We played well in the post but I was also pleased with our performance from the perimeter as well," Patterson added.
 
As a team, Southeast scored a season-high 46 points in the paint.
 
The Redhawks shot 34-of-66 (51.5%) from the field, almost a season-high. Southeast's 34 field goals were a season-high for the team.
 
The Redhawks will return home for a five-game homestand beginning Sunday, Dec. 13 when they host Central Arkansas.
 
"We are going to be playing another good program whose head coach has been coaching there for a while; she is very successful and she will have her team prepared. We are going to take tomorrow off and get back in the gym to shoot the next day and start to get better at things that we need to get better at to continue to have success on the floor."
 
The Redhawks will be hosting a free youth clinic following Sunday's game. The clinic is part of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Clinic Series. The clinic is open to kids in sixth grade and younger. Additionally, kids ages 14 and under will receive free admission to Sunday's game.
 
Patterson concluded, "I'm very excited for our free youth clinic on Sunday. We can't wait to see lots of kids at the Show Me Center for the game and hope they stick around afterwards to learn from our players and staff."