CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (1-5) fell 68-65 on Saturday night to Indiana State (2-4) from the Show Me Center. 
 
Freshman Ainaya Williams led the Redhawks in scoring as she was one-of-three players who finished in double digits. Williams, who came off the bench, finished with 12 points on 6-of-13 shooting and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds. 
 
For Williams, the 12-point, 11 rebound game was her first double-double of the season. Lexi McCully chipped in 12 points of her own, followed by Zoe Best (11), and Indiya Bowen (10) to lead the offense. 
 
As a team, SEMO shot 43.3-percent from the field (26-60) in the game, but just 45-percent from the free throw line (4-9). The Redhawks outshot ISU from three-point land by a 37.5 to 33.3-percent advantage. 
 
ISU was led by Chloe Williams who finished with a game-high 22 points as the Sycamores finished 21-56 from the field (37.5%) and held an advantage at the charity stripe (78.6%). 
 
Lexi McCully opened the scoring in the first quarter with a three-pointer off an assist by Briah Hampton that sparked a 5-0 run by the Redhawks. 
 
After a missed shot from ISU, Anjelicia Del Valle made a jump shot off a pass from Zoe Best to make it 5-0 with 9:10 left in the first. 
 
Over the next three minutes both teams struggled to find the basket before Hampton made her first basket of the contest to make it 7-1 Redhawks.

A 7-0 run from ISU gave them their first lead of the ballgame with 2:48 left before the break after a layup from Keslyn Secrist made it 9-7 Sycamores. 
 
McCully finished a layup on the fastbreak after a defensive rebound from Best to tie it at nine with two minutes left. 
 
ISU scored the next four points, before Kennedy Claybrooks drained a three-pointer off the pass from Indiya Bowen to make it 13-12 ISU at the end of the first. 
 
Claybrooks began the scoring in the second quarter by splitting a pair of free throws to tie it at 13. 
 
A minute later, the Sycamores were assessed a technical foul as Zoe Best made 1-of-2 free throws to give SEMO its first lead since midway through the first. The Redhawks led 14-13 with 8:31 left before halftime. 
 
Bowen burst onto the scene in the second quarter, finishing with a team-high eight points at halftime. 
 
After Best drained a second chance, pull-up jump shot off an offensive rebound from Ainaya Williams, Bowen would go on a 6-0 run by herself with a pair of threes on back-to-back possessions to make it 26-19 Redhawks. 
 
Sophie Bussard, who returned to the court after missing the last three games, continued the run with a three of her own to make it 29-19 as ISU burned a timeout. 
 
At the end of the half, SEMO led 32-25. As a team, SEMO shot 40-percent from the field (12-30) and from three-point range (6-15). The Redhawks scored 20 second quarter points to take a seven-point advantage into the locker room. 
 
SEMO led 53-50 entering the fourth quarter as Bowen opened the fourth quarter scoring to give the Redhawks a five-point advantage. 
 
A pair of free throws and a layup from Indiana State's Mia Simpson cut the Redhawks advantage to 55-54 with 7:41 left in the final quarter. 
 
Leading 65-60 after a Zoe Best layup with 1:19 left, the Sycamores used an 8-0 run to close the game and win 68-65. 
 
Looking Ahead
Women's Basketball will return to action on the road next Sunday, December 8, to take on Arkansas. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m., CT. in Fayetteville, Arkansas.