NEW ALBANY, Ind. - The IU Southeast women's basketball team fell to Midway 73-47 on Saturday.

 Midway jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the first three minutes of the first quarter. Back-to-back threes by the Eagles forced a timeout by IU Southeast with the score 15-4 Midway. The Grenadiers trailed 26-12 after one.

 IU Southeast opened the second quarter on a 7-0 run to cut the Midway lead to 26-19. Midway responded with a 12-0 run to extend their lead to 19 at 38-19. The Grenadiers trailed 40-21 at halftime.

 The Grenadiers cut the lead to 14 at the beginning of the third quarter on a Sierra Graham three. A 7-0 Midway run extended the lead to 21 at 49-28.

 After two IU Southeast free throws made it 49-30, Midway used an 8-0 run to extend their lead to 57-30. Leah Miller scored three straight point to close the quarter, but IU Southeast found themselves down 57-33 after three.

 Midway's lead never fell below 20 points in the fourth quarter, and the Eagles would go on to win 73-47.

 Sierra Graham scored a game-high 15 points, going 5-10 from the field and a perfect 4-4 from the free throw line. Graham also grabbed a Grenadier-high nine rebounds. Leah Miller and Karly Sweeney scored nine points apiece. Abby Young scored six points, grabbed six rebounds and added two steals in the contest.

 IU Southeast falls to 12-7 overall and 5-5 in RSC play. The Grenadiers return to action on Tuesday against Alice Lloyd.