Clarksville, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri women's basketball fell to the Austin Peay Governors ­66-65 to wrap up a two game road trip.
 
Southeast got off to the slow start, scoring just two field goals in the opening quarter. The Redhawks did manage to get to the line 12 times in the period, hitting nine. The Govs shot 42 percent from the field in the opening quarter while also getting to the line at will with 10 first quarter attempts.
 
At the end of the first quarter Southeast trailed 22-13.
 
The Redhawks opened the second period on a 6-0 run led by a couple drives from Tesia Thompson, cutting the lead to just three.
 
Both teams traded baskets back and forth for the rest of the quarter as the Govs took a three point lead into half. Southeast shot 55 percent in the second quarter compared to 18 percent from the field in the first.
 
Austin Peay led 29-26 at the half.
 
The third quarter began with back and forth scoring in the opening minutes, with Austin Peay hanging on to a small cushion. About halfway through the third quarter both teams went extremely cold, neither scoring a field goal for over four minutes until Austin Peay hit a shot at the third quarter buzzer.
 
Austin Peay took a 44-38 lead into the fourth quarter.
 
Southeast fell down double digits early before they went on a 10-3 run led by Tesia Thompson and cut the lead to just four points with just 4:42 remaining.
 
The Redhawks then tied the game at the 2:38 mark after a pair of free throws from Deja Jones and Kaley Leyhue.
 
The Governors answered Southeast with a 4-0 run their own to go up 61-57 with 1:44 remaining.
 
Leyhue then answered back with a three, putting SEMO down just one point at 61-60 with 1:26 remaining.
 
Austin Peay was fouled on the next possession and hit the pair, putting them up three. Southeast missed on the other end forcing them to foul again. Peay split the pair, giving them a 64-60 advantage with 35 seconds left.
 
The Redhawks came down and scored a quick two to cut it to two points with 19 seconds remaining. Austin Peay then hit a pair when fouled to go back up four, 66-62.
Deja Jones was fouled with three seconds left. She hit the first, and missed the second but the ball went out of bounds off Austin Peay, giving the ball to Southeast on the baseline with two seconds remaining.
 
Southeast got the ball to Kaley Leyhue and she was fouled on a three-point shot, giving her three free throws down three with 0.1 seconds left.
 
Leyhue went to the line and missed the first. She made the next two free throws, but it wasn't enough as Southeast fell by one.
 
For the game Southeast shot 39 percent and had 19 turnovers, Austin Peay shot just 37.5 percent but turned the ball over only 11 times.
 
Tesia Thompson led the way for the Redhawks once again with 18 points and eight rebounds. She also knocked down her first career three-pointer.
 
Deja Jones had another strong performance with 17 points and eight rebounds.
 
Kaley Leyhue chipped in 12 points for the Redhawks as well.
 
The Redhawks will return to Cape Girardeau, Mo. for their next game against Morehead State on Wednesday at 5:15 p.m.