EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The SIUE women's basketball team defeated the Central Methodist (Mo.) Eagles in front of a packed crowd of students on Education Day Thursday afternoon. The win improves the Cougars to 3-1 on the season.
 
SIUE showcased a balanced offensive effort, with four separate players recording double figure points. Kiyoko Proctor and Tyra Robinson continue lead the offense, as Robinson scoring 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting through just 11 minutes of action. Proctor put up 16 points of her own, while adding three rebounds and two assists.
 
Junior transfer Riley Abney and freshman Jayla McClinton rounded out the group of double-digit scorers. McClinton finished with 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field and 5-of-8 from the free throw line. Abney contributed a season-high 11 points, knocking down a pair of three pointers alongside a layup and three free throws.
 
Senior Ava Gugliuzza dished out a career-high six assists, and Junior transfer Giselle Dogan grabbed a career-high tying six rebounds in the team's effort.
 

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SOUTHERN INDIANA 110, SPALDING UNIVERSITY (KY.) 18
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - University of Southern Indiana Women's Basketball cruised to a 110-18 win over Spalding University (Ky.) at Liberty Arena Thursday, giving the Screaming Eagles their first win of the season and a milestone 800th win in program history.
 
USI Women's Basketball (1-3) reached the century mark for the first time since November 2024 against Brescia University (Ky.) when USI tallied 100. The Screaming Eagles' 110 points are the most USI has scored since posting 115 points against Purdue University Calumet in November 2000. The 92-point margin was three points shy of the widest point differential in USI history, which was a 95-point, 113-18 difference against St. Mary's in 1978-79.
 
Defensively, USI held an opponent to 18 points for the second season in a row and for the third time in program history, which tied the second-fewest points allowed in a game. Last November, the Screaming Eagles defeated Fisk University 95-18. The record is 17 points allowed, which USI set in a 45-17 win against Kentucky Wesleyan College in December of 1976.
 
On Thursday, USI shot over 60 percent from the floor for the first time in two seasons, shooting 61.8 percent (47-76) against the Golden Eagles. The Screaming Eagles shot over 60 percent in three of the four quarters on Thursday. USI also shot at a 42 percent clip (8-19) from three and 50 percent (8-16) from the foul line. USI's defense held Spalding to just over 13 percent (7-53) overall and without a made triple in 20 attempts. USI also matched last year's season high with 55 rebounds.
 
Four Screaming Eagles finished in double figures, with sophomore forward Channah Gannon pacing USI with a career-high 19 points on 8-9 shooting in 10 minutes. Gannon has led or tied for leading the Screaming Eagles in scoring in each of the four games this season. Sophomore guard Lily Graves notched 14 points, three off her career best, while pulling five rebounds and dishing five assists. Freshman forward Maddy Shirley had her best game so far as a Screaming Eagle, netting 12 points and hauling seven boards. Junior guard Lexi Sepulveda scored 11 points and had four steals.

The Screaming Eagles came out of the gate with an 8-0 lead in the first minute-plus, with Gannon sparking the USI offense early. USI's lead reached double digits by the midway point of the first quarter and swelled to a 29-8 advantage going into the second period. USI's defense kept shutting down Spalding with a scoreless stretch of over nine minutes and limiting the Golden Eagles to one made field goal in the second. Gannon and Graves both reached double digits in scoring in the first half, as USI went on to lead 56-12 at halftime.
 
In the second half, it was more of the same from USI Women's Basketball. Gannon poured in nine of the team's first 11 points in the third quarter to help extend USI's lead to 67-12. Then Shirley kept the momentum rolling, reaching the 10-point mark for the first time in her USI career. Meanwhile, Spalding was stuck on 12 points until less than two minutes remained in the third. USI led 87-16 after three quarters and went on to put the finishing touches on the win in the fourth quarter by spreading the wealth to get all 12 active Screaming Eagles into the scoring column and holding the Golden Eagles through another scoring drought, who made only one field goal once again in the third and fourth quarters.
 

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MURRAY STATE 81, MOREHEAD STATE 72
MURRAY, Ky. - The Morehead State women's basketball team had three players finish in double figures, two with double-doubles, and scrapped to the finish before falling 81-72 to the Murray State Racers in the CFSB Center Thursday afternoon in Murray, Ky.
 
Heidi Smith led Morehead State (0-4) with her second career double-double, matching her career highs with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Kensley Feltner recorded her first career double-double with 17 points and set a career-high with 11 boards. Courtney Smith finished with 10 points, also a career high.
 
Murray State (2-2) the preseason favorite in the Missouri Valley Conference, was led by returning MVC Player of the Year Halli Poock with 21 points. Sharnecce Currie-Jelks finished with 13 points and nine rebounds; Katie Reed added 12 and Claire Johnson tossed in 10.
 
In the opening quarter, Murray State ran off an 11-2 run to lead 15-8 at the media timeout and took a 24-14 lead after the first 10 minutes. Morehead State shot 6-17 (35%) from the floor while Murray State went 9-19 (47%) from the floor, including 4-11 from three-point range in the opening stanza.
 
Both teams struggled shooting in the second quarter: the Eagles were 5-17 (29%) from the floor, while the Racers went 2-13 (15%), missing all four of their three-point attempts. Morehead State trailed 37-28 at the half.
 
Both teams found the range in the third quarter: the Eagles shot 6-14 (43%) including 2-4 from three-point range. The Racers shot 10-20 (50%) from the floor and 3-8 (38%) from beyond the arc. MSU's Kensley Feltner led Morehead State in the stanza with seven points and three rebounds in her return to action after not playing the entire second quarter due to early foul trouble. Morehead State committed six turnovers in the quarter as Murray State turned up the defensive pressure. The Racers had a 10-0 advantage in points off turnovers in the quarter.
 
Morehead State outscored Murray State 27-19 in the final 10 minutes. Courtney Smith led the way for the Eagles with all of her 10 points coming in the final frame. She hit all four of her field goal attempts and two of her three free throws. The Eagles went 11-16 (31%) from the floor in the final frame.
 
Morehead State returns home Sunday to face off with IU Indy in Johnson Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET.  The game can be heard with on the Eagle Sports Network with Tom Lewis and Wes Holland on the call. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Jared Stacy and Dean Hardin describing the action.
 

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MISSOURI 103, UT MARTIN 59
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Tennessee at Martin women's basketball fell to Missouri, 103-59, in its first road game of the season Thursday night at the Mizzou Arena in Columbia.
The Skyhawks got off to a hot start and held an 11-6 lead midway through the first quarter. However, the Tigers battled back to overtake UT Martin and cruise to a 44-point win. The Skyhawks got a big lift from their bench with 30 points on the night, taking the reserves' average on the season to 38.5.

Lily Espelet and Sidni Middleton led the Skyhawks in the game with 10 points, a career high for Espelet, who also had four rebounds and three steals. Mimi Lazaravic had a team-high five rebounds to go with right points, while Olivia Smith had nine points and four rebounds.