CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (5-10, 2-2 OVC) dominated in-state rival Lindenwood (2-11, 0-3 OVC) on Thursday night, winning by a final score of 80-63 at the Show-Me Center. The win marked the second-straight conference win of the season. 
 
Preseason First-Team All-OVC selection Jaliyah Green led the way for the Redhawks offensively, scoring 16 points on 6-for-11 shooting and was a perfect 2-for-2 from the charity stripe. She finished 2-for-3 from behind the arc as well. 
 
Four Redhawks finished in double-digits, including Green, as SEMO had one of their best offensive days of the season. The backcourt trio of Green, Alecia Doyle, and Kiyley Flowers scored 16, 14, and 12 points, respectively. Forward Amiyah Buchanan finished with 10 points and missed just one shot in the contest. 
 
SEMO scored half of their points the paint with 40 to just 26 from Lindenwood. The Redhawks also outrebounded the Lions by a final margin of 25-16. Kiyley Flowers had a game-high seven rebounds to lead the way. 
 
As a team, SEMO shot 30-for-49 from the field (61-percent) a new season-high in 2023-24. The Redhawks also set a new season-high shooting 50-percent from three-point land (5-10). 
 
Amiyah Buchanan got the scoring underway for the Redhawks with a nice post move in the lane, off the feed from Jaliyah Green. Buchanan turned over her left shoulder and finished the layup. 
 
Three straight baskets from the Lions gave LU an early 6-2 lead. Alecia Doyle cut into the lead with a nice jump shot, elevating over a defender to get the Redhawks to within two. 
 
Back-to-back layups gave SEMO its first lead of the contest at the 4:18 mark. Daejah Richmond and Abby Stephens, off the bench, scored on back-to-back possessions to give the Redhawks an 8-6 lead. 
 
Trailing 9-8 late in the first quarter, Jaliyah Green went on an 8-0 run by herself to give the Redhawks a 16-9 lead with 2:25 left in the quarter. The Redhawks leading scorer buried back-to-back triples, and a trip to the free throw line for a quick eight points. 
 
An Alecia Doyle jumpshot was the last basket of the quarter for SEMO as the Redhawks led 18-12 after the first 10-minutes. 
 
SEMO started the second quarter on a quick 5-0 run helped by a Megan Barton three pointer, and a layup from Indiya Bowen on the fast break. 
 
The Redhawks won the second quarter 22-15, led by Jaliyah Green who finished the quarter with six points. 

With 6:50 to go in the second quarter, guard Alecia Doyle had a nice jab step, jump shot just outside of the elbow to give SEMO a 27-14 lead. 
 
The Lions would cut it to as close as eight points with an Ellie Bureggemann second-chacne three pointer, trimming the score to 29-21 SEMO.
 
The Redhawks closed the half on a 6-0 run over the final 1:56 of the quarter. In contrast, LU ended the half on a 2:14 scoring draught as the Redhawks led 40-27 at halftime on Thursday night. 
 
At the half, SEMO was shooting 56-percent from the field (15-27) and 43-percent from three-point land (3-7). Jaliyah Green finished the half with a game-high 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting and was a perfect 2-for-2 from the charity stripe. 
 
SEMO's defense forced Lindenwood into 15 first half turnovers which the Redhawks converted into 17 points. SEMO outrebounded LU 12-8 in the opening 20-minutes led by Kiyley Flowers with five rebounds. 
 
Lindenwood shot just 48-percent from the field and was led in scoring by forward Alyssa Nielsen with eight points. 
The Redhawks continued their dominant ways in the third quarter, starting with a pair of Indiya Bowen free throws to give SEMO a 15-point lead. 
 
Forward Amiyah Buchanan continued to dominate the paint, scoring a nice jumper just inside the free throw line off an assist from Kiyley Flowers. 
 
Leading the OVC in steals, Flowers stole the ball on the defensive end of the floor and dribbled coast-to-coast and found Jaliyah Green for an easy two-point basket as the Redhawks led 46-30 with 7:25 left in the quarter. 
 
The Lions never got above the 16-point deficit mark, as they cut it to 16 with 5:10 left off a Makayla Wallace free throw. 
 
With 2:14 left in the third, Amiyah Buchanan finished another layup, growing SEMO's lead to a 20-point advantage nearing the end of the quarter. 
 
Back-to-back second chance baskets from SEMO, an Abby Stephens layup and an Alecia Doyle pullup jump shot, gave the Redhawks a 21-point advantage. At the end of the third, SEMO led 62-41. 
 
The Redhawks grew their lead right out of the third quarter break with a pair of free throws by Daejah Richmond to give SEMO a 23-point lead. 
 
Kiyley Flowers scored seven-of-her-10 points in the fourth quarter on a perfect 3-for-3 shooting quarter. 
 
SEMO shot an impressive 6-for-8 from the floor in the final period and was 6-for-7 from the charity stripe and held on for an 80-63 victory. 
 
The Redhawks will be back in action on Saturday, January 13, when they travel to Cookeville, Tenn. to take on Ohio Valley Conference preseason favorite Tennessee Tech. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m., CT. from the Eblen Center.