CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Freshman guard
Indiya Bowen recorded a career-high 19 points as Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (1-1) defeated Stephens College (4-1) by a final score of 82-60 on Saturday afternoon at the Show-Me Center.
Bowen, from Nesbit, Miss., shot 50-percent from the field (6-12) including 2-for-4 from three-point range, and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the charity stripe in her second-straight start of the season.
Four different Redhawks finished the game in double-figures in points as
Alecia Doyle and
Jaliyah Green scored 17 and 15 points, respectively.
Forward
Amiyah Buchanan, making her first career-start for SEMO, dropped in 17 points as she finished a near-perfect 6-for-7 from the floor. She collected four rebounds in 25:30 of game time.
SEMO got off to a fast start as they led 39-29 at the halftime break. SEMO shot 57-percent as a team in the first quarter and followed it up with a 54-percent second half. The Redhawks were led by
Alecia Doyle at the break with 11 points.
In the first half, SEMO got out and ran on the fastbreak collecting nine points in transition to just two points from Stephens College.
With two minutes remaining in the half, SEMO grew its largest lead of the game to 12.
The Redhawks dominated the second half as they cruised to their first win of the season by 22 points.
As a team, the Redhawks shot 29-of-51 from the field, a staggering 56.9-percent as all 10 Redhawks who suited up played in the game.
Jaliyah Green and
Indiya Bowen led the Redhawks as both guards shot 50-percent from three-point land, SEMO finished 5-of-12 from three-point range.
SEMO dominated in the paint, scoring 36 of their 82 points from inside. Stephens scored just 28 points in the paint.
In back-to-back games, the bench was well utilized as SEMO recorded 27 points off the bench as SEMO led for 35:27 of the game.
SEMO Women's Basketball will be back in action on Friday, Nov. 17, when they take on Illinois-Chicago. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m., CT. in Chicago, Ill.
