CARBONDALE, Ill.– Carrie Shephard scored 12 points on a game-high four 3-pointers as Southeast Missouri (0-3) dropped a 60-40 decision to longtime rival Southern Illinois (1-1) Wednesday afternoon in front of a loud crowd of 2,500 at SIU Arena.

SEMO and SIU played an early contest as part of the Salukis "Field Trip Day" which included attendance from several area schools.
 
Shephard buried a pair of 3-pointers and used a 12-0 run to grab a 15-3 advantage with a little over two minutes left in the first quarter. SIU then scored 18-straight points, including 13 in a row to start the second quarter. 
 
Brittney Patrick scored the game-tying and go-ahead baskets for SIU which took its first lead at 17-15 with just under eight minutes remaining in the second period. The Salukis later carried a 25-20 lead into the intermission following their 17-5 second-quarter surge.
 
Shephard drained another 3-pointer to bring SEMO within four (29-25) early in the third quarter, but that was as close as the Redhawks would get. SIU answered Shephard's three with a 10-3 run to pull ahead, 39-28, at the 3:15 mark.
 
SEMO made it a two-possession game once more when Jocelyn Taylor's layup closed SIU's lead to 42-36 twelve seconds into the final stanza. After that, the Salukis scored 12 unanswered points as the Redhawks did not score for 5:36.
 
Shephard played 26 minutes with all of her points coming from beyond the arc. It was the first time she scored double figures as a Redhawk. Tesia Thompson followed with eight points and seven rebounds. Adrianna Murphy contributed five points and now has 700 in her SEMO career. Meanwhile, Taylor pulled down a season-high eight rebounds and three blocks.
 
SEMO shot just 25.9 percent (14-of-54) from the field and turned the ball over a season-high 23 times.
 
Nicole Martin paved the way for SIU with a game-high 19 points. Martin went 8-of-13 from the field, pulled down eight rebounds and dished out two assists. Makenzie Silvey added 17 points and Abby Brockmeyer turned in a double-double 11 points and 13 rebounds.
 
SIU finished with a .386 (22-of-57) field goal percentage and moved to 7-0 against the Redhawks in Carbondale.
 
SEMO, which opened the season with three consecutive road games, will host Western Illinois in its home-opener after a six-day layoff. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m., CT, at the Show Me Center on Nov. 20.