Women's Basketball Recaps - November 11
SATURDAY'S SCORES
Kansas State 77,
@Little Rock 39
@Southeast Missouri 82, Stephens College 60
KANSAS STATE 77, LITTLE ROCK 39
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Little Rock women's basketball team fell behind by double digits early in Saturday's non-conference tilt with Kansas State, and the visiting Wildcats rode that momentum to a 77-39 victory over the Trojans at the Jack Stephens Center. Little Rock (0-2) will have a short turnaround before their next contest, a Tuesday night trip to Fayetteville to take on Arkansas (2-0) at 7 pm.
The Trojans – playing again with pre-season All-Conference selection Tia Harvey as well as returning starter Jaiyah Harris-Smith – trailed by 12 at the end of one frame and 30 at intermission. Kansas State shot 56 percent from the floor in the first half, compared to just 24 percent for Little Rock. Faith Lee led the Trojans in scoring for the second time this season, dropping 15 points to go with five rebounds. Jordan Holman added 13 points and Camryn James had six rebounds on her first time as a starter for Little Rock.
Kansas State never trailed in the game, closed the first half with a 24-3 run and led by as many as 40 in the fourth period. Ayoka Lee led the Wildcats with 32 points and 10 rebounds on 13-of-16 shooting from the floor. Little Rock put together a 10-0 run in the third period to get within 23 points at 53-30, but the Trojans closed out the game shooting just 14 percent (2-of-14) in the fourth quarter for a five-point period.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 82, STEPHENS COLLEGE 60
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Freshman guard Indiya Bowen recorded a career-high 19 points as Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball (1-1) defeated Stephens College (4-1) by a final score of 82-60 on Saturday afternoon at the Show-Me Center.
Bowen, from Nesbit, Miss., shot 50-percent from the field (6-12) including 2-for-4 from three-point range, and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the charity stripe in her second-straight start of the season.
Four different Redhawks finished the game in double-figures in points as Alecia Doyle and Jaliyah Green scored 17 and 15 points, respectively.
Forward Amiyah Buchanan, making her first career-start for SEMO, dropped in 17 points as she finished a near-perfect 6-for-7 from the floor. She collected four rebounds in 25:30 of game time.
SEMO got off to a fast start as they led 39-29 at the halftime break. SEMO shot 57-percent as a team in the first quarter and followed it up with a 54-percent second half. The Redhawks were led by Alecia Doyle at the break with 11 points.
In the first half, SEMO got out and ran on the fastbreak collecting nine points in transition to just two points from Stephens College.
With two minutes remaining in the half, SEMO grew its largest lead of the game to 12.
The Redhawks dominated the second half as they cruised to their first win of the season by 22 points.
As a team, the Redhawks shot 29-of-51 from the field, a staggering 56.9-percent as all 10 Redhawks who suited up played in the game.
Jaliyah Green and Indiya Bowen led the Redhawks as both guards shot 50-percent from three-point land, SEMO finished 5-of-12 from three-point range.
SEMO dominated in the paint, scoring 36 of their 82 points from inside. Stephens scored just 28 points in the paint.
In back-to-back games, the bench was well utilized as SEMO recorded 27 points off the bench as SEMO led for 35:27 of the game.