Holman, Henry's career nights lead Trojans to season sweep of SEMO

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri — The Little Rock women's basketball team found the cure for its recent offensive woes in the hands of a couple of less likely places Thursday, turning to Sha'Nequa Henry and Jordan Holman for career-best performances in a 61-48 win over Southeast Missouri at the Show Me Center. The Trojans (10-16 overall, 9-6 OVC) secure a spot in next month's OVC Championships with the win, and stay in play for the No. 2 seed, which would give Little Rock the coveted double-bye into the semifinals. The Trojans also completed the season sweep of SEMO, which fell to 8-18. 4-10.
 
Holman came off the bench to score a game-high 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting while also grabbing a game-high seven rebounds. Holman's 20 points eclipsed her previous career-high by seven points. Henry also turned in her best effort as a Trojan, hitting 8-of-13 shots and finishing with 17 points to go with four rebounds and three steals. Faith Lee added 12 points, while Jayla Brooks and Jaiyah Harris-Smith each dished six assists. Leilani Wimbish-Gay tied a career-high with three blocks.
 
Indiya Bowen led the Redhawks with 15 points and Alecia Doyle had 10, but SEMO shot just 35.6 percent from the field (16-of-45), turned the ball over 22 times and watched as Little Rock converted those miscues into 27 points. The Trojans also turned in one of their best shooting nights of the season, hitting 26-of-50 from the floor (52 percent). The two teams played to a 12-12 tie after one period before Little Rock took a 29-21 advantage into the half. It got much better for the Trojans in the third, making 10-of-15 shots while doubling SEMO in the scorebook (22-11) and making their lead turn from eight at halftime to 19 entering the fourth. Little Rock led by as many as 23 with 7:47 remaining.
 
The Trojans head north to take on Lindenwood on Saturday at 1 pm inside Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo. The game can be seen on ESPN+ or heard on Sports Animal 920 AM.