Louisville, Ky. – Southeast Missouri (1-0) women's basketball opened the season falling to ninth ranked Louisville (1-0) 80-40 in the first round of the preseason WNIT.
 
In the first half, the Redhawks struggled to take care of the ball. Turnovers and poor shooting dug the Redhawks into a deep hole, scoring just 5 points in the first quarter and 6 in the second.
 
Southeast headed into halftime down 42-11.
 
The Redhawks started out the second half much stronger, but weren't able to put any sort of dent in Louisville's lead. The Cardinals only outscored the Redhawks by three points in the third quarter, but it was far past the point where trading baskets would get SEMO back in the game.
 
Southeast kept showing some fight in the quarter, but ultimately ended up falling 80-40.
 
As a team, Southeast shot 29 percent from the field and had 28 turnovers that led to 33 points for Louisville.
 
The Cardinals finished the game shooting 48 percent from the field and 44 percent from the three-point line, connecting on 8 attempts.
 
Tesia Thompson, in her first ever regular season NCAA game, led the way for the Redhawks with 10 points and eight rebounds.
 
Adrianna Murphy added 8 points and 3 assists for Southeast.
 
For Louisville, Jazmine Jones led the way with 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists. The Cardinals had three double digit scorers off the bench in Dana Evans (11), Kylee Shook (11) and Bionca Dunham.
 
With this loss, Southeast will move into the consolation bracket of the Preseason WNIT. Southeast will head to a host school for a game on Nov. 17 and Nov. 18. The location and times of those games will be announced tomorrow.