TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (2-7) fell on Sunday afternoon to Indiana State (4-4) behind a career-high 23 points from guard Jaliyah Green, by a final score of 65-57 at the Hulman Center. 
 
Green, who came into the contest as SEMO's leading scorer, registered 13-of-her-23 points in the fourth quarter. She finished the game 7-for-19 from the field and an impressive 8-for-10 from the free-throw line. 
 
As a team, the Redhawks shot 19-for-51 from the field (37-percent) and were just 1-for-8 from three-point range. 
 
Forward Abby Stephens registered a new SEMO career-high in points and tied her SEMO career-high in rebounds, finishing with eight and seven, respectively. Stephens also made her third-straight start of the season.
 
SEMO forced 23 Indiana State turnovers and had just 19 of their own as they converted them into 24 points. Green led the Redhawks with three steals. 
 
Freshman guard Daejah Richmond chipped in 10 points off the SEMO bench, as the Redhawks scored 21-of-their-57 points off the bench. Forward Julia Sion scored eight points herself off the bench as well on 3-of-5 shooting. 
 
Jaliyah Green got the Redhawks on the board on the first Redhawks' possession of the game. Green took the pass from Alecia Doyle and finished a nice little runner just outside of the lane for her first points of the contest. 
 
The Redhawks and Sycamores played a back-and-forth opening 10-minutes as SEMO shot 50-percent from the floor, led by Julia Sion and Green with four points. 
 
Midway through the first quarter, forward Abby Stephens collected an offensive rebound off a missed three-pointer and laid it back up and in for two-of-her four first quarter points. Stephens led the Redhawks with four total rebounds. 
 
ISU extended their lead out to 10 with a 7-0 run over two-minutes of game time before a pair of free throws by Kiyley Flowers got the Redhawks to within eight at the end of the quarter. ISU led 24-16. 
 
Indiya Bowen opened the scoring for the Redhawks in the second quarter. A steal by Bowen turned into her taking it coast-to-coast for the fastbreak layup to cut the ISU lead to just six. 
 
A quarter of runs, the Sycamores would go on a 7-0 run over two-minutes to take their largest lead of the contest, 31-18, after a driving layup by Kiyley Bess. 
 
SEMO would not go quietly. A pair of Abby Stephens free-throws at the 4:48-mark, sparked a 7-0 Redhawks run to cut the Sycamores' lead to just six with 3:02 left in the half. 

During the run, Julia Sion made a nice move in the lane with the shot-clock expiring following Stephens' free-throws. Sion collected the pass from her frontcourt partner, turned into the lane and finished the hook shot. She finished with six points off the bench for SEMO on 3-of-7 shooting at the break. 
 
A pair of free-throws by Jaliyah Green with the half winding down, plus an elbow jumper from Stephens got the Redhawks to within three with just 21-seconds left. 
 
ISU responded with a pair of free throws with just six seconds left and took a 37-32 lead into halftime. 
 
Abby Stephens led all SEMO scorers with eight points, and five rebounds, making her third start of the season. The Uniontown, Ohio-native was 3-of-5 from the floor in the first 20-minutes, including 2-for-2 from the charity stripe. 
 
As a team, SEMO was just under 40-percent shooting in the first half (11-28) and was an impressive 10-for-12 from the free throw line (83-percent). 
 
The Redhawks outrebounded the Sycamores by a 15-14 margin and forced 11 first half turnovers. 
 
Kiyley Bess opened the second half scoring for both sides, draining her only three-pointer of the contest to give ISU an eight-point lead at the 8:38 mark in the third quarter. 
 
Jaliyah Green got the Redhawks on the board with an old-fashioned three-point play, taking the contact and finishing the layup. She converted the free throw as SEMO trailed 40-35 early in the third.
 
SEMO grew cold following a pair of free throws by Daejah Richmond at the 3:56-mark and failed to score until there was just 1:08 left in the quarter. 
 
Trailing by as many as 18 in the fourth quarter, the Redhawks made a ferocious comeback beginning with a Green three-pointer at the 6:11 mark in the game's final 10-minutes. 
 
SEMO utilized its defense to get back in the contest, forcing Indiana State into nine fourth quarter turnovers, converting them into 10 points on the offensive end. 
 
Jaliyah Green's 23^rd point came off a layup with 1:23 left in the quarter to get the Redhawks to within six, but a pair of ISU free-throws by Bess sealed the eight-point Sycamore victory. 
 
SEMO will be back in action on Tuesday, Dec. 19, when they return home to host Eastern Kentucky. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m., CT. from the Show-Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.