CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (3-8) dominated Evansville (2-9) on Thursday afternoon by a final score of 74-44 to conclude the non-conference portion of their schedule led by freshman guard Daejah Richmond. 
 
Richmond finished with a team-high 14 points and a career-high seven assists as she was the catalyst for the Redhawks offense. 
 
As a team, SEMO was much improved from the floor as they finished 30-of-65 from the field (46.2%) and a near-perfect 13-15 from the free throw line. Three Redhawks were perfect from the charity stripe in Indiya Bowen, Jaliyah Green, and Amiyah Buchanan. 
 
SEMO was all over the defensive end of the floor, forcing Evansville into 26 turnovers and converting them into 26 points. The Redhawks also got out and ran in transition as they converted those turnovers into 20 points on the fast break. 
 
SEMO controlled the paint, scoring 50 of their 74 points in the paint and outrebounded the Purple Aces by a 39-35 margin. Daejah Richmond was the leading rebounder for the Redhawks with six.
 
Indiya Bowen opened the scoring for the Redhawks on a breakaway layup for the game's first points. A defensive rebound by Kiyley Flowers got the Redhawks into transition as she found Bowen for the layup. 
 
Bowen finished the quarter with eight points and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line. 
 
Two of her free throws gave the Redhawks a 4-0 advantage before UE's Kynidi Striverson got the visitors on the board with a pair of free throws. 
 
The Redhawks forced nine first quarter turnovers and converted them into eight of their 20 points, including 10 on the fastbreak. 
 
The Purple Aces got within three, the closes they had been since the opening basket, off a Mason Striverson three-pointer at the 4:23 mark as SEMO held a 12-9 advantage. 
 
A quick 6-0 run by SEMO grew the lead to 18-9 via baskets from Amiyah Buchanan, Jaliyah Green, and Megan Barton. 

SEMO led 20-10 at the end of the first quarter. 
 
Evansville started the second quarter on a quick 4-0 run with back-to-back layups by Barbora Tomancova to cut the SEMO lead to six. 
 
A trip to the free throw line for Jaliyah Green got the Redhawks on the board in the quarter at the 7:23 mark and it was all SEMO from there. Green sunk both free throws to extend the lead to 22-14. 
 
Abby Stephens had a nice second-chance opportunity midway through the quarter. Stephens missed a hook shot in the lane but collected her own rebound and finished up and over a UE defender. 
 
SEMO got out and ran in transition with back-to-back forced turnovers leading to easy baskets on the other end by guards Chandler Davis and Daejah Richmond, respectively. A missed shot by UE on the other end led to Stephens' fourth point of the quarter and forced UE into a timeout with 4:40 left before halftime. 
 
The Redhawks closed the half on a 16-3 run over the final three minutes to give SEMO a 38-18 lead at halftime. 
 
SEMO shot an impressive 16-for-32 from the floor in the first 20-minutes (50%) led by Jaliyah Green with 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting. SEMO was also a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line. 
 
The Redhawks controlled the glass outrebounding UE by a 19-15 margin led by Green and Megan Barton with four rebounds apiece.  
 
On the defensive end, SEMO forced 13 UE turnovers and turned them into 14 points all coming on the fastbreak. 
 
The Purple Aces shot just 6-for-31 (19.4%) from the floor in the opening half and were just 2-for13 from three-point land. UE was led in scoring by Mason Striverson with 5 points. 
 
Alecia Doyle got the scoring going in the second half with a pullup jumper at the 8:44 mark to give SEMO a 22-point lead as the second half was dominated by the Redhawks. 
 
As the quarter was nearing the end, Abby Stephens stepped out and drained her lone three-pointer of the contest off the assist by Daejah Richmond. Richmond finished with seven assists in the game. 
 
The Redhawks dominated the fourth quarter and closed the game on a 6-0 run over the final 3:41 of game time to snap a four-game losing skid and conclude non-conference play with a 74-44 victory on Thursday afternoon. 
 
SEMO will take a holiday break over the next week and will be back in action on Friday, December 29, when they host Southern Indiana to begin Ohio Valley Conference play. Tip-off is set for 5:15 p.m. at the Show-Me Center.