CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Jaliyah Green scored 20 points and Southeast Missouri (13-14, 8-8) forced a season-high 26 turnovers in a 63-59 win over Southern Indiana (11-16, 5-11) Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center.
 
SEMO's defense locked down to force 25 or more turnovers for the second-straight game after turning Eastern Illinois over 25 times at home Thursday. The Redhawks also pushed their winning streak to four-straight with just two games left in Ohio Valley Conference play.
 
Down, 11-7, SEMO went on a 13-0 run to grab a nine-point advantage toward the end of the first quarter. The Redhawks forced eight turnovers in a span of 3:22 and kept USI scoreless for the final 3:22 of the quarter.
 
Following two free throws by Rahmena Henderson, Kennedi Watkins scored back-to-back baskets. Sophie Bussard scored a layup off a steal by Kiyley Flowers before Henderson made another free throw to give the Redhawks a 20-11 lead after 10 minutes of play.
 
The shooting and turnover woes for the Screaming Eagles carried over to the second quarter. USI missed four shots and turned the ball over twice before a basket by Hannah Haithcock broke USI's lengthy scoreless stretch. Haithcock's bucket put an end to a streak of 15-straight points by SEMO.
 
After Haithcock's jumper, Jaliyah Green responded with a layup to give the Redhawks a double-digit lead at 24-13 with 6:48 left to play in the second quarter. Diona Reed's second-chance basket tacked on two more points before Green's layup increased SEMO's lead to 15 (28-13) with 3:34 to play.
 
SEMO later led 33-15 at the half after USI scored only four points in the second quarter. The Redhawks smothered USI into committing 15 first-half turnovers, including 11 in the first quarter alone.
 
USI outscored SEMO, 23-13, in the third quarter and was within eight points after Meredith Raley made two free throws with 19 seconds. 
 
The Screaming Eagles kept chipping away and found themselves in a two-possession game when Haithcock's two free throws dropped SEMO's lead to 46-40 early in the fourth period.
 
A second-chance layup by Raley made it a six-point game again, 50-44, at the 7:28 mark.
 
USI later got within two points on a jumper by Haithcok and then made it a 53-52 contest on a pair of Haithcock free throws with 3:36 left to play.
 
SEMO answered with a layup by Green and forced two turnovers on USI's next two possessions. Green scored again, this time on a reverse layup, to give the Redhawks a 57-52 cushion at the 2:08 mark. 
 
Green gave the Redhawks another five-point advantage on her layup and Halle Smith made two free throws to keep SEMO ahead, 61-57, with 54 seconds on the clock.
 
Clinging to a 62-59 lead, Green was fouled on the inbounds pass and split two free throws with 14.5 seconds. After Green's miss on her second attempt, Flowers stole the ball on the last possession to bury the Screaming Eagles for good. 
 
SEMO led for over 32 minutes of the game.
 
The Redhawks collected 18 steals, a season-high in OVC play. Addiitonally, SEMO scored 31 points off USI's mishaps.
 
Green shot 9-of-19 from the field, while Henderson followed with 14 points, eight of which came at the free throw line. Flowers added a career-high nine steals, as well.
 
USI was led by Raley's game-high 27 points.
 
SEMO returns to action when it visits Lindenwood on Feb. 23.