The Southwestern women’s basketball team twice cut Southeastern’s lead to single digits in the second half, but both times the Blackhawks came back with an answer, as Southeastern held on for a 69-54 win here Wednesday.

Trailing 40-28 at halftime, Southwestern stayed within the 10-13 point range until an 8-0 run got the Spartans back within six at 49-43 with just under 12:00 remaining to play.

Kourtni Stumpf grabbed an offensive rebound off a missed free throw and scored a reverse layup, and then Jamee Miner hit a floater to make the score 49-43.