HAMMOND, La. — After playing Southeastern Louisiana even for a half, Central Arkansas ran into offensive difficulties in the second half – shooting just 25 percent from the field as the Lady Lions outscored the Sugar Bears 36-15 after the break, sending the Sugar Bears to a 63-42 defeat at the University Center on Wednesday.

The Sugar Bears (8-11, 4-6 Southland) were tied with the Lady Lions (8-11, 5-5) at 15 after one quarter and at 27 at the half, but went scoreless for the first 5:29 of the third quarter as Southeastern got off to an 8-0 run that the Sugar Bears would not recover from.

After outscoring the Sugar Bears 16-9 in the third quarter, the Lady Lions kept Central Arkansas to just 2-for-9 shooting (22.2 percent) in the fourth while putting together a 10-0 run to put the Sugar Bears away.

For the game, the Sugar Bears shot just 31.8 percent (14 of 44) including 25 percent over the final three quarters. Southeastern shot 47.3 percent, including hitting 33.3 percent of their 3-pointers while the Sugar Bears hit just 20 percent – going 0-for-10 over the final three quarters.

Central Arkansas committed 20 turnovers while forcing just 9, with the Lady Lions getting 20 points off turnovers to the Sugar Bears' 7. Southeastern doubled up the Sugar Bears on points in the paint, scoring 28 to Central Arkansas' 14, and had a 13-0 advantage in fast break points.

Alana Canady had 10 points and 4 rebounds for the Sugar Bears, with Taylor Sells adding 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Carley Hudspeth added 7 points and 4 rebounds, and Hannah Langhi added 4 points and a team high 6 rebounds.

The Lady Lions got 19 points from Celica Sterling and a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double from Caitlyn Williams.

The Sugar Bears will look to salvage a split on the road trip as they travel to Natchitoches to take on Northwestern State on Saturday before returning to the Farris Center next Wednesday against Lamar.