Southeastern Set for ECU Road Trip

Women's Basketball | 1/21/2015 4:37:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will set out to snap a three-game losing streak when it closes out its current three-game road swing with a 5:30 p.m. matchup against rival East Central on Jan. 22 in Ada, Okla.
 
The Savage Storm head into Thursday night's contest at 12-5 on the season and 5-4 in Great American Conference play and on the heels of a 71-67 loss at Ouachita Baptist.
 
SE is now tied for fourth in the league standings with Arkansas-Monticello and can move into a tie for third with a win over ECU.
 
The Storm will once again look to Emily Williams who returned to form in the last two games, posting 20 points against Arkansas Tech and adding 16 at OBU. 
 
She is averaging 17.2 ppg and is fifth in the league in scoring, while also adding 7.2 rpg which ranks her seventh in rebounds.  In addition she is dishing out 3.0 assists per game which is tied for fifth and makes her the only player in the GAC ranked in the top 10 in all three categories.
 
She is joined in double-figures by Olivia Potter who is averaging 10.9 ppg and has become not only one of the best three point shooters in the conference, but also the nation.
 
She is eighth in the country in threes made per game with 3.24 and 13^th in three point field goal percentage at 46.6 percent.
 
Despite its current losing streak, Southeastern remains one of the conference's top offensive teams, ranking third in points per game at 72.9 and third in scoring margin at plus-9.3.
 
The team leads the GAC in three-point percentage as a team at 38.4 percent as well as shooting from the free throw line at 76.1 percent.
 
ECU enters the contest with a 10-5 record overall and a 6-3 mark in GAC play, but are in the midst of their own three-game losing streak.
 
The Tigers are led by a trio of double-digit scorers who are paced by Dilan Webster at 14.5 ppg, while Taylor Fischer is adding 11.9 and Ashleigh Kelman-Poto is right behind at 11.7.
 
Jalyn Jackson leads the team on the glass with 6.1 rpg, while Erin Walling is dishing out a team-high 3.0 assists per game.