MACOMB, Ill. (Interstat) — Mia Nicastro scored 27 points to lead Western Illinois to a 69-55 victory over Southeast Missouri State in an Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball game Thursday night at Western Hall.

The Leathernecks improved to 17-3 overall, while the Redhawks fell to 7-13. Western Illinois held a 30-24 halftime lead and extended its advantage with a 17-point third quarter. Nicastro’s game-high scoring was supplemented by 16 points from Addi Brownfield and 10 from Mallory Shetley. Southeast Missouri State, which lost for the second time this season to Western Illinois, was led by a 20-point fourth quarter but could not close the gap.