Missouri crushes Southeast

The losing streak continued for the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team.

Missouri scored 29 of the game's first 31 points during Monday's 60-31 romp in Columbia.

Southeast fell to 4-8 with its fourth consecutive setback. The Redhawks have lost eight of their last nine games.

MU of the Big 12 Conference improved to 7-4 as the Tigers notched their sixth straight win.

The Tigers scored nine points before Southeast scored.

Southeast then hit a major scoring drought as MU put up the next 20 points to lead 29-2.

It was 40-12 at halftime, and the Tigers cruised in the second half.

Southeast's scoring output matched its lowest of the season, which first came during a 62-31 loss at Florida State.

The Redhawks' top scorer was senior forward Crysta Glenn with five points. She pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds.

Southeast shot just 18 percent (11 of 61), including only 7.7 percent on 3-pointers (2 of 26).

The Redhawks played their third straight game without senior point guard Tarina Nixon, who has a finger injury that has bothered her most of the season.

MU was led by junior forward Jessra Johnson with 14 points.

The Tigers shot 39 percent (23 of 59), including only 20 percent from 3-point range (4 of 20).

But MU shot 51.9 percent during the decisive first half.