CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (6-11, 3-3 OVC) returned to winning ways on Saturday afternoon with an 86-72 victory over SIUE (3-17, 0-7 OVC) at the Show-Me Center. Led by Jaliyah Green, five different Redhawks finished in double figures. 
 
Green led the way with 22 points on 7-for-12 shooting and an impressive 5-for-6 from the charity stripe. She also shot 50-percent from three-point land (3-6), to lead SEMO to their third conference victory of the season. 
 
The backcourt sprung SEMO to victory as Alecia Doyle, Indiya Bowen, Kiyley Flowers, and Daejah Richmond were the four other Redhawks in double-digits. Bowen and Richmond both finished with 11 points while Doyle had 10. Flowers finished with 15 points on 50-percent shooting in her best shooting performance in conference play. 
 
As a team, SEMO shot nearly 50-percent from the floor (30-61) and an impressive 33-percent from behind-the-arc (5-15). One of the best free-throw shooting teams in the league, SEMO finished 21-27 from the stripe in Saturday's contest. 
 
The Redhawks, defensively, caused havoc for SIUE today forcing 20 Cougar turnovers and converted them into 26 points on the other end. SEMO also won the rebounding battle by a 31-27 margin, 24 of those coming on the defensive glass. 
 
SIUE shot 42-percent from the floor led by Sofie Lowis who scored a game-high 23 points on 9-for-15 from the floor. 
 
Guard Kiyley Flowers got the Redhawks on the board at the 9:04 mark with a nice pull up jumper at the elbow. Flowers used a screen nicely and stopped and drained the jump shot for her only points of the opening quarter. 
 
SIUE would get out to a 5-2 lead off a three-pointer from Macy Silvey and a layup by Halle Smith on back-to-back possessions. 
 
SEMO would fall behind 8-3 in before the media timeout, but the Redhawks would fight back on the offensive glass. Jaliyah Green snatched an offensive rebound and found a cutting Abby Stephens who finished with her right hand. 
 
The Cougars and Redhawks traded three-pointers beginning with SIUE's Molly Sheehan who made it an 11-5 SIUE lead. Indiya Bowen would respond with a three of her own, the Redhawks first three of the contest, to cut the SIUE lead to just three. 
 
SEMO got the lead back for the first time since the opening basket, midway through the quarter on a beautiful driving layup from Green to make it 12-11 SEMO at the 5:19 mark. 
 
A steal by Bowen led to the Redhawks getting out in transition. Bowen ripped the ball from Ava Stoller and drove the length of the court, dishing it to Daejah Richmond for the easy lay-in. 
 
SEMO led by as many as eight points in the opening 10-minutes and led 21-16 at the end of the first. 
 
The Redhawks immediately extended their five-point lead to seven with a pullup jumper from Alecia Doyle. 
 
SIUE would cut the deficit to three with a quick 4-0 run by Halle Smith on back-to-back layups from the Cougars' forward. 
 
SEMO would respond with a 7-0 run of their own following the SIUE baskets, started with a pair of Indiya Bowen free throws. Jaliyah Green would knock down a three-pointer to make it 28-20 with 7:53 left in the half. 
 
Another Redhawks offensive rebound led to a Kiyley Flowers jumpshot to give the Redhawks a 30-20 lead with seven minutes to go. 
 
Nearing the end of the half, Daejha Richmond got the Redhawks running in transition and found Megan Barton off a beautiful feed to give the Redhawks a 34-22 lead with 3:14 left in the half. 
 
SEMO led by as many as 13 in the quarter after a Bowen layup off an SIUE turnover made it 40-27. SIUE made the half's final basket, a three-pointer from Sofie Lowis, and SEMO led 40-30 at the end of the half. 
 
Jaliyah Green led SEMO in scoring with 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting and shot 40-percent from three-point land (2-5). 
 
The Redhawks shot 45.7-percent from the floor in the opening half as nine different Redhawks registered points. As a team, SEMO shot 30-percent from three-point land, led by Green and Bowen (1-2). 
 
The Redhawks forced 12 first half turnovers and converted them into 15 points, including two fast break points. SEMO lost the first half rebounding battle, 17-13, but had 16 points in the paint. 
 
SIUE opened the second half with a pair of free throws and cut the lead to six with a made jump shot by Macy Silvey. With 9:28 left in the quarter, SEMO led 40-34. 
 
Forward Michaela Mayfield registered the first basket of the second half for the Redhawks, a wide-open layup off an assist from Kiyley Flowers. 
 
 
A driving layup from Daejah Richmond got the Redhawks back up to a nine-point lead with 6:55 left. SIUE's Macy Silvey drained a three-pointer on the ensuing possession to trim it back down to six. 
 
A back-and-forth third quarter, Megan Barton hit a three on the right wing off the feed from Richmond with 6:16 left in the third. 
 
SEMO closed the quarter on an 11-3 run over the quarter's final 4:10 and led 62-48 at the end of three quarters. 
 
Jaliyah Green hit a three-pointer to start the fourth quarter to give SEMO a 65-48 lead as the final quarter began. 
 
SIUE trailed by as little as nine points, but failed to get past that mark as the Redhawks continued an impressive shooting day as SEMO held on for an 86-72 victory at the Show-Me Center. 
 
Looking Ahead
The Redhawks will be back in action on Thursday, January 25, when they head to Martin, Tenn. to take on UT Martin. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.