SHAWNEE, Okla. -
Kaylie Baxter scored Southeastern's first 11 points and posted a season-best 24 en route to an 85-73 road win over St. Gregory's on Saturday afternoon in Shawnee, Okla.
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The win lifts the Savage Storm to 3-6 on the season heading into a Dec. 16 contest against Cameron at 6 p.m. in Lawton, Okla.
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Baxter finished the day 7-of-12 from the floor with a 3-for-5 effort from behind the arc while adding a 7-of-8 performance from the free throw line.
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Three others reached double-figures on the contest with
Taylor Richards chipping in 15, followed by 14 from
Katie Webb off the bench and 13 by
Olivia Potter.
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Richards posted a 9-of-9 effort at the free throw line en route to her season-high outing, while Webb hit 6-of-9 from the floor. Potter added three three-point buckets and shot 50.0 percent overall from the field.
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SE shot 52.8 percent as a team on the day and returned to form from long range where they hit 7-of-17 for a 41.2 percent outing.
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Richards dished out a game-high six assists on the game and three others added two each while the Storm tallied 15 as a team.
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Webb led the team on the glass with eight rebounds, while Baxter was right behind at seven.
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Southeastern forced 21 turnovers on the afternoon while committing just 12 of their own, with Baxter adding a game-high four steals to her numbers for the day.
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After SGU opened the game with a three, the Storm bounced back with a 13-0 run that included Baxter scoring the first 11 points before Webb added a jumper that opened up a 13-3 lead.
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The Cavaliers would close to within six over the course of the first quarter, but SE would push its lead out to 21-12 by the end of the first.
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The lead stayed at eight points or more for the entire second quarter, and stretched out to 13 on a Potter bucket with less than a minute to go in the half before a late SGU layup cut the Storm halftime lead to 40-29.
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Southeastern pushed its lead into the 20's in the third quarter, first on a
Sa'Liesha Hunter three and again on a Baxter three, but SGU would close with a 13-5 run to cut the Storm lead to 67-53 heading into the fourth.
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The Cavaliers would close all the way to within five points by the 5:10 mark of the final frame, but a Richards three-point play would end that run and outscore SGU 16-9 over the final five minutes to pull away with the 85-73 win.
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