CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Jaliyah Green scored a career-high 18 points and led a big third quarter charge, but it wasn't enough as Southeast Missouri (5-8, 0-2) fell to SIU Edwardsville (2-11, 1-1), 76-61, Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center.
 
Green scored 17 of her points in the third quarter where SEMO outscored SIUE, 27-9, and shot 64.7 percent with 11 makes on 17 field goal attempts.
 
She buried all three of her 3-pointers and missed just once (7-of-8) from the floor. Green's jumper at the buzzer got SEMO within seven at 55-48 at the end of three quarters.
 
SEMO, which trailed by as many as 25 points, simply couldn't catch the Cougars despite its big third quarter surge.
 
SIUE heated up to shoot a scorching 66.7 percent from the field in the first half.
 
SEMO, meanwhile, started slow missing its first six shots and turning the ball over five times in the opening 3:29. SIUE capitalized on the misfortune with a 9-0 run and scored 12 of the first 14 points to build a 12-2 lead with 5:34 remaining in the first quarter. Kiyley Flowers' fastbreak layup was the Redhawks only basket in that stretch.
 
SIUE later used a 7-0 surge to increase its lead to 24-9 before closing out the first quarter ahead, 26-14.
 
The Cougars continued their hot shooting making eight of their 10 field goals at an 80 percent clip in the second period. SEMO did not score for the final 4:43 of the quarter as SIUE headed into the intermission with a big 46-21 lead.
 
SEMO shot just 23.7 percent (7-of-30) and had 15 turnovers in the first half. Those miscues led to 18 points for SIUE.
 
Doyle's fastbreak jumper again got the Redhawks within seven (57-50) early in the fourth quarter before SIUE answered with six-straight points to grab a 63-50 advantage at the 7:25 mark.
 
SEMO continued to battle and managed to make it an eight-point game when Kennedi Watkins scored to trim SIUE's lead to 64-56 with just under five minutes left. That, however, was as close as the Redhawks would get the rest of the way.
 
Green shot 7-of-12 from the field, 3-of-5 from 3-point range and 1-of-2 at the free throw line to lead SEMO. Doyle and Watkins followed with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Watkins added nine rebounds, as well.
 
SEMO finished the day shooting 35.4 percent (23-of-65) from the field and turned the ball over 21 times. The Redhawks had just six turnovers in the second half though.
 
Additionally, the Redhawks pulled down a season-high 16 offensive rebounds.
 
The Redhawks are back in action when they travel to UT Martin on Jan. 5.