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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Southeast Missouri (10-18, 3-12) held a lead over the No. 2 team in the Ohio Valley Conference with just over 12 minutes left but the Redhawks were unable to hold on in a 78-67 loss at SIU Edwardsville (17-11, 12-3) Wednesday night.
 
"I couldn't be more proud of this basketball team," head coach Ty Margenthaler said. "Every single one of those young ladies gave it their all tonight. I told them that they should be proud of the way they competed and didn't lay down against a very good team. Allyson Bradshaw was tremendous tonight, Brianna Mitchell has taken her game to another level and Erin Bollmann was also great offensively."
 
Bradshaw finished with a team-best 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting, including a 3-for-8 mark from long range. Mitchell added 13 points with six assists and tied a career-high with three steals. Bollmann also scored 13 points with four rebounds. Olivia Hackmann added seven points, four steals and three assists.
 
The Redhawks outscored SIUE 17-8 in points off turnovers and 7-0 in fast break points. The Cougars held a 42-22 advantage in points in the paint. For the game, Southeast shot 42 percent (27-for-64) from the field, 25 percent (5-for-20) from 3-point range and a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line.
 
Gwen Adams led SIUE with a game-high 21 points, including a 10-for-12 total at the free throw line. Shronda Butts scored 16 points while Micah Jones finished with 14 points and six boards.
 
Early on, the teams traded baskets as they played to a 10-10 tie on Bradshaw's 160^th career 3-pointer just over four minutes into the action. The Redhawks made four of their first seven shots and the initial two from beyond the arc.
 
Bradshaw again tied the game at 15-15 with her second triple of the evening. She scored eight early points, making three of her first four shot attempts.
 
SIUE opened up a 23-17 lead with 11:04 remaining before halftime, led by Butts, who made her first four field goal attempts of the evening.
 
Southeast then went on a 5-0 run to cut the lead to 23-22, including a 3-point play by Mitchell and long jumper from Bollmann.
 
Hillary Lively scored on a layup following a steal and assist by Hackmann to make the score 31-30 with 5:04 remaining in the first half.
 
Bollmann added a layup after a steal and assist by Mitchell and Hackmann banked-in a short jump shot to make the halftime score 36-34.
 
During the first 20 minutes, Southeast shot 47 percent (15-of-32) from the floor and 50 percent (3-of-6) from beyond the arc. Mitchell made the lone free throw attempt during the first half by the Redhawks.
 
At the break, Mitchell both led Southeast with nine points, four assists and three steals while Bollmann also had nine points. Bradshaw added eight points while Hackmann had four points, two blocks and two steals in the opening half. The Redhawks held a 13-5 advantage in points off of turnovers.
 
SIUE shot 50 percent (14-for-28) from the field and made all three of its 3-point attempts in the first half. Butts led the Cougars with 10 points while Gwen Adams added eight points at intermission.
 
Bradshaw drained her third triple of the game and then converted two technical free throws to pull the Redhawks within two at 43-41. Jasmine Robinson then followed with a layup to tie the game at 43-43 with 15:24 remaining.
 
Robinson gave Southeast a 47-46 lead on two free throws with 12:40 left to play.
 
Butts and Adams scored on consecutive possessions to give the Cougars a 56-52 lead with 10:03 remaining.
 
SIUE pulled ahead 63-54 on two successful free throws by Adams with 6:45 left. Micah Jones then increased the Cougars lead to 69-56 with 4:42 remaining.
 
Connor King and Robinson scored on consecutive offensive trips to trim the margin to 69-60 at the 3:40 mark.
 
That was as close as the Redhawks would come as SIUE was efficient at the free throw line to close out a 78-67 final.
 
Southeast concludes the season as 3:30 p.m. CT on Saturday vs. Austin Peay. All four seniors will be honored during a pregame ceremony.