AUSTIN, Texas – Southeast Missouri women's basketball (1-2, 0-0 OVC) dropped an 88-47 decision to #12 Texas (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) Wednesday afternoon at the Frank C. Erwin, Jr., Special Events Center to close the Redhawks trip to the Lone Star State.
 
Freshman Jaliyah Green paced SEMO with 12 points and six rebounds in 29 minutes of action. The freshman from Wentzville, Missouri, shot 4-for-6 from the field including 2-for-3 behind the arc.
 
Taelour Pruitt, a senior from Crowley, Texas, chipped in 10 points to conclude her return to her home state.
 
Roshala Scott added nine points and four boards. Kennedi Watkins had six points with three rebounds.
 
Texas opened the game with a 3-0 lead before a jumper by Pruitt.
 
Green then hit a basket at 8:13 to tie the contest early in the first quarter at 4-4.
 
The Longhorns went on a 14-0 run to pull ahead 18-4 with 3:36 remaining in the opening period.
 
Green then knocked down a pair of 3-ptrs before a bucket by Scott to cut the deficit to 18-12.
 
SEMO shot a game-high 45 percent in the opening frame.
 
Texas then outscored the Redhawks, 23-6, in the second quarter to head to the break leading 42-18.
 
Scott added a trey at 7:29 to cut the edge to 50-21. The Longhorns grew their advantage to 65-29 after a 3-ptr by Ashley Chevalier in the waning seconds of the third quarter.
 
SEMO continued to fight and had its best quarter of the day in the fourth. The Redhawks posted 18 points compared to 23 for Texas.
 
Pruitt posted eight points in the final period, shooting 3-for-5 from the field and 50 percent from three-point range. She hit consecutive triples down the stretch to cut the Texas margin to 88-47.
 
Femme Masudi registered a dunk to push the Texas lead to 81-37 with 3:50 left to play.
 
The Longhorns took their biggest lead of the day, 86-37, with 2:51 remaining in regulation on a jumper by Deyona Gaston.
 
SEMO shot 34 percent from the field while the Longhorns converted at a 50 percent clip including 71 percent in the fourth.
 
The Redhawks were a perfect 6-for-6 at the charity stripe. Green was 2-for-2 and Watkins finished 4-for-4.
 
Michaela Mayfield hauled down a career best matching six boards for the second-straight game. Scott and Shymaryia Christopher each had four.
 
Texas benefited from 50 points in the paint, 35 points off turnovers and 36 bench points. In comparison, SEMO had 18 points in the paint, 11 points off turnovers and 17 bench points.
 
Joanne Allen-Taylor led Texas with 13 points while Lauren Ebo, Rori Harmon, and Aliyah Matharu each had 11. Ebo posted a double-double, adding 10 boards.
 
SEMO continues non-conference play when it hosts Arkansas State Monday evening at 5 p.m., CT at the Show Me Center. The Redhawk men will follow, playing Missouri Baptist at 7 p.m.