The Skyhawk women held host Tennessee Tech scoreless for the first five minutes of Thursday night’s Ohio Valley Conference basketball game, but Martin native Kendall Cavin led a Tech charge that showed no mercy.

Cavin scored 18 points and went 4-for-7 from three-point range to lead Tech to a 66-43 victory over the Skyhawks.

Tech used a 31-10 run in the first half and never looked back en route to the win. At the break, Tech led 31-17.

Cavin knocked down three treys in the first half and recorded 11 of her game-high 18 points in the first half.

Tech held the Skyhawks scoreless for the final eight minutes of the first half.

In the second half, the deficit was too much for the Skyhawks to overcome. Senior Keva Robinson scored 10 of her 12 points in the final 20 minutes of play.

Junior Andreika Jackson finished the game with 13 points and nine rebounds.

Tech won the battle of the boards as well, 36-31. Cara Reed had nine rebounds and five points, while senior Emily Christian tossed in a dozen points and collected eight rebounds.

The Skyhawks ended their home portion of the season on Saturday night.

Southeast Missouri State (18-7, 15-3 OVC) used a 10-5 run over the last three minutes the Ohio Valley Conference contest against UTM to post a 54-49 victory.

With the loss the Skyhawks fall to 8-18 overall and 6-13 in the OVC. The Skyhawks will close out the season Saturday, Feb. 25 at Murray State.

The losses also sealed the Skyhawks’ post-season fate, as UTM was mathematically eliminated from the OVC tournament.

With 3:10 left in the game, Skyhawk senior Keva Robinson knocked down a three-pointer to tie the game at 44-all.

Southeast Missouri jumped out to a six-point lead, 52-46 with 23 seconds left, but Robinson hit another trey to cut the lead to three points, 52-49, with three seconds left.

The Skyhawks were forced to foul and SEMO’s Wanika Owsley sealed the win by hitting two free throws with two seconds left. Robinson, who was honored before the game with her senior plaque, finished the game with 11 points.

The Memphis native made 3-of-4 three-pointers and went 4-for-7 from the field. She also had seven rebounds in the game to match her season-high.

Junior Andreika Jackson led the Skyhawks with 12 points and eight rebounds.

Katrisha Dunn led the way for SEMO with a dozen points, while Natalie Purcell scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.