Redhawks Fall to #21 Illinois Sunday - Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Sunday, November 15

Urbana-Champaign, Ill.

2 PM

Southeast Missouri State University

0-5,0-0OVC

105

Illinois

3-0,0-0Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Southeast Mo. St.	9	8	14	18	49
Illinois	21	27	31	26	105

Photo by: SEMO Creative Media

11/15/2026 3:57:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

The Southeast Missouri women's basketball squad fell on the road to No. 22 ranked Illinois 105-49 Sunday afternoon at the State Farm Center in Champaign Illinois.

As a team the Redhawks shot 33.3% from the field but were turned over 22 times. The Fighting Illini (3-0) shot 59.7% from the field which included hitting 11 threes. Illinois went 11-for-23 from three-point range and dished out 22 assists on their 43 field goals.

Karris Allen led the Redhawks with 11 points on 2-for-8 shooting from the field and 2-for-4 from behind the three-point line along with 5-for-8 from the free throw line. Zoe Newland scored eight points and Carrington Jones and Dacarra Ward both added seven points.

Southeast Missouri opened with Hailey Buckman's jumper, but Illinois answered with a 15-0 stretch and turned eight SEMO turnovers into 11 points in the first quarter. Ward scored inside and Allen hit a 3-pointer to get the Redhawks to 15-7, but the Fighting Illini pushed the margin back out before Yar Manyiel's jumper at the horn closed the quarter at 21-9.

SEMO had its offense stall in the second quarter, scoring eight points with eight turnovers as the Fighting Illini posted a 27-8 edge in the quarter. After Madison Ayers made two free throws at 5:26, the Redhawks went 4:20 without a point until Courtenay Lee's jumper at 1:06. The Fighting Illini took a 48-17 lead into halftime.

SEMO was held scoreless until Carrington Jones' jumper at 7:16 of the third quarter as the Fighting Illini controlled the segment. Zoe Newland helped provide a late scoring lift with a jumper after an offensive rebound and a 3-pointer, while Jones added a 3-pointer and assisted on Dacarra Ward's fast-break layup. The Fighting Illini outscored the Redhawks 31-14 in the quarter, leaving SEMO down 79-31 entering the fourth.

SEMO was limited to three made field goals in the fourth quarter while the Fighting Illini scored 16 points in the paint and grabbed six offensive rebounds. Newland and Allen each hit a 3-pointer, and the Redhawks went 10-for-12 at the free-throw line in the quarter. The Fighting Illini won the quarter 26-18 and finished a 105-49 win.

Up next, the SEMO women's basketball team returns to Cape Girardeau and hosts Hannibal-LaGrange Tuesday with tip-off at 6:30 p.m.