SE Makes Final Arkansas Road Trip

Women's Basketball | 2/11/2015 7:08:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will set out on its longest remaining road trip when it makes the trek to Monticello, Ark., for a Feb. 12 matchup with Arkansas-Monticello at 5:30 p.m. before taking on Harding on Feb. 14 in Searcy, Ark., at 1 p.m.
 
The Savage Storm head into the road trip with a 15-7 record overall and an 8-6 mark in Great American Conference play.
 
SE has also won two-straight and three of its last four which has lifted the team to fifth in the league standings, just a half-game behind its Thursday night opponent UAM.
 
Emily Williams continues to pace the Storm offense with 18.4 ppg which is good for fifth in the conference, while the team's overall offensive production is the league's third best with 73.1 ppg.
 
She is joined in double-figure scoring by Olivia Potter who is adding 10.2 ppg off the bench.  She is doing so as arguably the most prolific three-point shooter in the conference, averaging 3.0 threes per game and shooting at a 43.6 percent clip on 149 attempts.
 
Taylor Richards and Williams have triggered the offense and are both ranked in the GAC top-10 in assists while pushing the Storm to 15.7 assists per game which is good for second in the league.
 
Williams and Kaylie Baxter are each in the top-10 in the conference in rebounding with 7.4 and 7.0 rebounds per outing, respectively.
 
UAM enters the contest off a two-point loss to East Central which snapped a three-game winning streak, dropping them to 11-9 overall and 9-6 in league play.
 
SE pulled out a 61-58 win in Durant when these teams last met with a Potter three with 31 seconds to play as the go-ahead shot and a pair of Rachel Wallace free throws with less than 10 second to play sealing the deal.
 
The Cotton Blossoms are led by the league's fourth-best scorer in Jordan Goforth who is averaging 18.5 ppg, while Tori Nichols leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per game.
 
Harding heads into the weekend with a 17-4 record and a league-leading 13-2 mark in GAC play, but are coming off a loss at Southwestern Oklahoma State and have lost two of their last four games.
 
When SE faced the Bisons in Durant HU held off a late Storm charge to win the game 76-67.
 
The offense is paced by Arielle Saunders who is averaging 16.0 ppg and is sixth in the league in scoring, while A'ndrea Haney is dishing out a GAC best 3.9 assists per game.