CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (1-7) fell on Monday afternoon to Missouri State (7-3) by a final score of 77-49 from the Show Me Center behind a season-high 19 points from Indiya Bowen. 
 
The Redhawks shot 18-63 from the field (28.6-percent) and just 4-23 from three-point range (17.4-percent). SEMO had a great day from the charity stripe going 9-for-11 from the line as a team. Bowen was the lone Redhawk who finished in double figures in the contest. 
 
MSU shot 53-percent from the field (26-49) and 50-percent from deep (8-16) led by Cady Pauley with 17 points. 
 
On the defensive end, SEMO edged the Bears in steals with a 10-8 advantage. The Redhawks forced the Bears into 23 turnovers, converting them into 15 points on the offensive end. 
 
Bowen opened the scoring for the Redhawks at the 8:10 mark in the first quarter with a reverse layup in the lane to make it 3-2 MSU. 
 
After an 11-2 run to open the game from MSU, Bowen halted the scoring draught with a pullup jump shot at the elbow. Zoe Best would split a pair of free throws before another Bowen layup would make it 11-7 with 3:09 before the end of the first. 
 
Lexi McCully would make the final basket of the opening quarter for SEMO at the 1:51 mark with a driving layup to make it 12-9. MSU's Cady Pauley would hit a layup with 20-seconds left to make it 14-9 MSU after the opening frame. 
 
Anjelicia Del Valle got to the free throw line in the first 30 seconds of the second quarter, splitting a pair of free throws to get the Redhawks to within four points. 
 
After a pair of free throws from MSU's Lainie Douglas, Bowen continued scoring with another layup around the Bears' defense to keep it a four-point ball game. 
 
A 7-0 run from MSU pushed their lead to 11 before a great play from Skylar Barnes. Barnes blocked a shot on the defensive end, grabbed the rebound, and went coast-to-coast for the layup to halt the visitor's run. 
 
The Bears would go on another run, this one a 4-0 run. Bowen splashed her second three pointer of the contest to halt the quick run, pulling SEMO to within 10 (27-17). 
 
As the clock was winding down, Jariyah Williamson nailed a three pointer at the halftime buzzer to trim the deficit to 11. At halftime, SEMO trailed 31-20. 
 
Three-straight baskets to start the second half from MSU gave the visitors their largest lead of the afternoon after a Kiley Bess layup made it 37-20 Bears. 
 
McCully would score with 6:36 left in the third quarter on a jump shot off an MSU turnover to cut it 15 points. SEMO would get as close as 13 in the third, with a pullup jump shot from the free throw line by Zoe Best to make it 43-30 MSU. 
 
The Bears would close the quarter on a 6-0 and take a 49-30 lead into the final quarter. The fourth quarter was all MSU as they would hold on for a 77-49 victory on Monday afternoon.
 
Looking Ahead
Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball will return to the Show Me Center on Thursday, December 19, to open Ohio Valley Conference play against Eastern Illinois. Tip-off is set for 5:15 p.m., CT. in Cape Girardeau.