CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Rahmena Henderson came off the bench to score a game-high 19 points leading Southeast Missouri (9-11, 4-5) to a 77-59 win over Tennessee State (7-13, 3-7) Thursday night at the Show Me Center.
 
SEMO, which has won four of its last five games, improved to 8-2 at home this season.
 
The Redhawks dominated from start to finish and set the tone early by making seven of its first nine shots to grab an early 19-8 lead. SEMO used an 11-1 run and buried five-straight field goals on the way to its double-digit advantage. Kiyley Flowers came off the bench to score five points and key that run which ended on her own 3-pointer.
 
Henderson later buried a 3-pointer and followed that up with a layup to stretch SEMO's lead to 27-12 after one quarter of play. The Redhawks forced nine turnovers in the game's opening 10 minutes, as well.
 
TSU answered by winning the second quarter, 15-11, but trailed SEMO, 38-27, at the intermission.
 
Erica Haynes-Overton's basket cut SEMO's lead to 40-35 with six minutes remaining in the third quarter, but that was as close as the Tigers would get.
 
SEMO responded by scoring 14 of the final 15 points of the quarter and went ahead, 54-36, with 34 seconds left in the period.
 
The Redhawks continued to pour it on and built their first 20-point lead at 63-43 on Kennedi Watkins' layup with 6:28 to go. Jaliyah Green's 3-pointer gave SEMO its largest lead (74-52) with just under two minutes to go.
 
TSU did not lead for a full minute and was outscored 33-6 from 3-point range. SEMO, after going 0-of-16 from long range in its previous game vs. Tennessee Tech, nailed a season-high 11 threes tonight.
 
Henderson reached double figures in the scoring column for the eighth time this year. She shot 7-of-9 from the field and a near-perfect 5-of-6 from 3-point land.
 
Green followed with 12 points and Sophie Bussard added 11. Both Green and Bussard contributed six rebounds apiece, while Green also dished out eight assists. Meanwhile, Flowers registered 10 points as SEMO's fourth double-digit scorer.
 
As a team, SEMO shot 49.1 percent (27-of-55) from the field and scored 30 points off 22 TSU turnovers.
 
Haynes-Overton paced TSU with 14 points.
 
SEMO returns to action when it visits Ohio Valley Conference leader Eastern Illinois Saturday.