SE On the Road to Face ATU, HU

Women's Basketball | 2/24/2016 6:28:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will close out the regular season with a final two-game road swing to Arkansas where it will face Arkansas Tech on Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in Russellville, Ark., and close with a trip to Searcy, Ark., to face Harding at 1 p.m.
 
The Savage Storm head into the final two games with a 13-13 record overall and an 11-9 mark in Great American Conference play.
 
SE has won nine of its last 11 games, including a 73-70 win over Southern Nazarene in its last outing.
 
While the Storm lost to ATU and HU in their first meetings this season, both were close with SE falling 70-65 to the Golden Suns and going overtime in a 103-95 loss to the Bisons.
 
Olivia Potter continues to lead the team in scoring at 12.6 ppg, with Rachel Wallace closing to 12.3 ppg on the strength of her GAC record-setting 48-point performance last week.
 
They are joined in double-figures by Kaylie Baxter who is averaging 11.4 per contest.
 
Taylor Richards is one of a trio of players who is averaging more than seven points per outing, but are not in double-digits, while she is also dishing out a team-high 4.5 assists per game and is within striking distance of fourth on SE's all-time assists list for her career.
 
Wallace leads the way on the glass with 6.2 rebounds per game, while Baxter is right behind at 5.7 while three others average four or more per game.
 
ATU comes into Thursday's matchup at the No. 15 team in the nation and ranked sixth in the Central region with a 21-3 record overall and a 19-1 mark in GAC play.
 
While the Golden Suns come in with the league's best record the Storm have found some success against ATU in recent seasons, splitting the regular season meetings in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
 
They are led by Fatima Adams who is averaging 21.7 ppg on the year along with 9.4 rebounds per outing, but did sit out the team's Saturday matchup.
 
HU is 15-9 overall on the season and 13-7 in GAC play coming into the weekend, while the teams have found themselves fairly evenly matched, splitting the season series in three of the past four years.
 
The Bisons are paced by Sydney Layrock at 19.3 ppg on the season while she also leads them on the glass at 6.4 rebounds per outing.