Southeast Falls, 80-67, in Game One of NJIT Thanksgiving Classic

Saturday, November 24

Newark, N.J.

2:00 PM

Southeast Missouri State University

1-4

North Alabama

6-0

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Southeast Missouri	17	7	18	25	67
North Alabama	18	20	26	16	80

11/24/2018 6:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NEWARK, N.J.- Jocelyn Taylor posted 19 points for a career-high as Southeast Missouri (1-4) dropped a 67-80 decision to North Alabama Saturday evening in game one of the New Jersey Institute of Technology Thanksgiving Classic.

The Redhawks were held to a season-low one three-pointer against the Lions, shooting only .167 from behind the arc.

Kennedi Allen scored her first double-double of her career with 10 rebounds and 13 points.

For the second-straight game, Southeast had four players in double-figures. Along with Taylor and Allen, Adrianna Murphy (11) and Tesia Thompson (11) scored extra points.

At the start of the second quarter, the Redhawks trailed 17-18. In the second quarter, Southeast came out on a 6-0 run, only to be halted by a 20-0 run by UNA.

North Alabama pulled away at this time, and the Redhawks could not catch back up.

SEMO shot just 47.2 percent (25-of-53) from the field and turned the bal over a season-high 31 times.

UNA finished with a .510 (26-of-51) field goal percentage and moved to 6-0 in the season.

SEMO will face NJIT tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., CT at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey. Southeast will then return to the Show Me Center to host Indiana State (Nov. 29).