COLUMBIA, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (2-5) fell on Saturday afternoon on the road to Missouri (6-3) by a final score of 88-43 from Mizzou Arena.
Ohio Valley Conference Co-Freshman of the Week
Daejah Richmond led all Redhawks in several categories including 10 points, seven rebounds, and four assists off the bench for SEMO in the contest.
Six of Richmond's 10 points came from behind the three-line. The Cordova, Tenn.-native came into Saturday's contest without a three in the first six games, she finished 2-of-3 from behind-the-arc.
SEMO struggled offensively shooting just 27-percent from the field (16-60) and just 19-percent from three-point range (5-27).
Defensively, the Redhawks continued to be solid as they forced 13 MU turnovers, including eight in the opening 20-minutes.
Kiyley Flowers finished with a team-high three steals. SEMO converted the turnovers into 13 points.
Forward
Abbigail Stephens made her first career start in a SEMO uniform on Saturday as she finished with seven points, on 3-of-7 shooting, and knocked down just her second three-pointer of the season in 17:15 of action.
Missouri finished the contest shooting an impressive 56-percent from the field and nearly 35-percent from three-point land as four Tigers finished in double-digits. MU was led offensively by forward Haley Frank who finished with 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting.
The Redhawks started the first quarter out using defense to frustrate the Tigers to the tune of seven first quarter turnovers, led by
Kiyley Flowers with two.
Flowers, who finished second in the Ohio Valley Conference in steals a season ago, intercepted a pass early in the first quarter which led to a
Julia Sion layup to get the Redhawks on the board.
The Redhawks scored four of their seven first quarter points in the paint.
Freshman guard
Daejah Richmond drained her first career three pointer in the quarter, SEMO's lone three-point field goal in the first 10-minutes.
SEMO trailed Mizzou 18-7 at the end of the first as forward Haley Frank led all scorers with seven points.
Missouri started out the second quarter on an 8-5 run before SEMO called a timeout early in the quarter.
Daejah Richmond continued to stay hot from behind the three-point line as her second three of the contest fell to cut the MU led to 11 at the 8:18 mark (21-11, MU).
A steal by
Indiya Bowen, one of eight first-half MU turnovers, led to a nice pick-and-roll layup between Richmond and forward
Amiyah Buchanan. The basket got the Redhawks to within nine, their lowest deficit since the first quarter media timeout.
The rest of the quarter went the way of the Tigers as MU held a 41-19 halftime lead. SEMO was led in scoring by Richmond who finished three-of-six from the field for eight points.
As a team, SEMO shot just 26-percent from the field in the first half and was just three-of-15 from three.
Forward Abby Stephens chipped in five first-half points in her first career start in a SEMO uniform. Stephens knocked down a nice three-pointer, her second of the season.
SEMO played well on the defensive end in the first 20-minutes forcing eight Tiger turnovers, three steals, and a block by Buchanan.
After the halftime break, the Tigers controlled the quarter scoring 18 points in the third and holding SEMO to just six points as the Redhawks endured a 6:41 scoring draught to close the quarter.
An
Alecia Doyle elbow jumper marked the first basket of the quarter for SEMO. Doyle took the jumper through contact and completed the three-point play. A
Kiyley Flowers three-pointer at the 6:41 mark of the third was the other basket as the Redhawks failed to score from that point forward.
The Redhawks rattled off 18 points in the fourth quarter, their most in any quarter during the contest as junior guard
Jaliyah Green finished with nine points, all of them coming in the fourth quarter.
SEMO will be back in action on Wednesday, Dec. 6, when they head to West Lafayette, Ind. to take on Big 10-member Purdue to continue non-conference play. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. at Mackey Arena.
