SE Set for 100th Meeting With ECU

Football | 11/11/2016 7:24:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern closes out its regular season slate on Nov. 12 when it squares off with long-time rival East Central for the 100^th time in series history at 2 p.m. in Ada, Okla.
 
The Savage Storm come into the weekend having already secured a winning season at 6-4, its third-straight, and will be aiming to keep its hopes for a possible bowl bid alive with a win.
 
A victory would be the third in-a-row for SE in the series after winning last year's matchup 37-27 to take a 47-46-6 lead in the longest running small college rivalry in Oklahoma and the fourth-longest in Division II history, becoming just the fourth to reach the century mark.
 
The Storm is coming off a 44-26 win over Arkansas-Monticello in the season finale which saw record fall as Ronnie Green and Devlon Wortham became the first running back tandem in the GAC to rush for 1,000 yards in the same season, and just the second in SE history. Wortham also cashed in four touchdowns and became SE's single-season TD leader to go with his career record.
 
Wortham took over the career rushing yardage top spot earlier in the year, while Green joined him with his performance on Saturday and is now fourth all-time.
 
Green has pushed his total to 1,105 yards on 186 carries, the fifth-best single season total in school history, while Wortham has 1,043 yards on 157 carries and now has the sixth-best season all-time.
 
Wortham's 17 touchdowns leads the GAC, while Green has added seven.
 
CB Cantwell paces the passing attack with 2,159 yards while completing 64.3 percent of his passes and connecting on 18 touchdowns.
 
Of those 18 scores, 12 have gone to two players.  Kaymon Farmer has six receiving TD's with a total of 43 catches and 555 yards, while Bryce Steele has 493 yards on 39 grabs with six scores of his own.
 
Defensively, Kevin Jones leads the way with 48 tackles, while Raheem Wilson recorded his fifth interception of the season against UAM and the 18^th of his career. He is also now SE and the GAC record holder in career picks and career passes defended.
 
ECU comes into the contest with a 1-9 record on the season and have dropped seven-straight.
 
The Tigers are led by Brooks Holder who has passed for 1,484 yards and 12 touchdowns while completing 52.2 percent of his passes.
 
David Moore is his top target, hauling in 49 catches for 771 yards and 10 scores.
 
Tre'von Jackson leads the rushing attack with 291 yards, while ECU has rushed for 74.4 yards per game on the season.