OXFORD, Miss. – Tesia Thompson scored a game-high 16 points and went over 1,000 in her career as Southeast Missouri (6-2) toppled Southeastern Conference member Ole Miss (5-5), 70-53, Saturday at The Pavilion.

SEMO knocked off a SEC opponent on the road for the first time in program history. The victory was the Redhawks second against a SEC foe and first since they beat Missouri, 90-71, at home on Nov. 24, 1998l.

Thompson led four SEMO starters in double figures and now has 1,012 points in her career. She became the 10th member of the Redhawks 1,000-point club.

The Redhawks led for all but 47 seconds of the game in a dominating effort. 

SEMO won each of the first three quarters and took its largest lead (51-25) on Thompson's fastbreak layup with 5:23 remaining in the third period. Thompson officially recorded her 1,000th career point a little over three minutes into the contest.

The Redhawks held a 35-25 advantage at halftime and used a 21-point third quarter to blow the game open.

SEMO outscored Ole Miss, 34-20, in the paint and scored 20 points off 22 Rebel turnovers.

Thompson shot 8-of-19 from the field and pulled down nine rebounds. She also dished out two assists and had a pair of steals.

Carrie Shephard and Taelour Pruitt followed with 14 points each. Shephard buried four 3-pointers bringing her career total to 101 threes made.

Jessie Harshberger contributed 11 points as the Redhawks shot 44.9 percent (31-of-69) from the floor, including a 56.3 percent clip in the third quarter.

Valerie Nesbitt led Ole Miss with 15 points. 

SEMO improved to 6-0 when leading at halftime and remained unbeaten in games with Thompson, Shephard, Pruitt, Denisha Gardener and Harshberger as its starters.
 
The Redhawks are 6-2 to start a season for the first time since 1993-94.
 
SEMO returns to action when it travels to Western Illinois Tuesday.