SE Sends Seniors Out with Win over ATU

DURANT, Okla. – Anton Cook and Jett Jobe each reached the 20-point mark as Southeastern closed out the 2016-17 season with an 89-81 Senior Day victory over Arkansas Tech on Saturday afternoon in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
The win is the third-straight to end the season and lifts the Savage Storm to 12-16 overall and 8-14 in Great American Conference play.
 
It was the final game in the careers of seniors Anton Cook, Tyler Lonzie and Nathan Jackson as well.
 
For the 11^th time this season Cook passed the 20-point barrier, this time leading all scorers with 29 points with a 7-of-15 effort from the floor while hitting four threes and going 11-of-14 at the free throw line.
 
Jobe went 5-of-9 from the floor and hit four threes as well while going 6-for-6 at the charity stripe to finish with 20 points while handing out a game-high seven assists.
 
Lonzie reached double-figures in his final game as well and for the seventh time this season he registered a double-double by hauling in a game-high 14 rebounds.
 
Bobby Johnson came off the bench and turned in 14 points with a pair of threes.
 
The Storm shot 42.4 percent from the floor and hit 13 threes in the game, while holding the Wonder Boys to a 38.4 percent shooting night from the floor.
 
ATU jumped out to a 9-2 lead early, but an 8-0 run capped by a Kyle Roberts three would put SE up 11-10 at the 14:34 mark.
 
The Storm would edge ahead and eventually use another 8-0 run capped by a Jose Libanio layup to push that lead out to 28-17.
 
ATU would rally and go up 34-30 before the Storm offense would again answer, this time a pair of Dino Mumenovic threes would put SE back in front and they would take a 40-36 lead to the locker room at halftime.
 
The Wonder Boys would stay close and take a lead at the 14:43 mark, setting up the teams trading one possession leads until the 10:43 mark when ATU jumped out to a 61-57 lead.
 
Tech would hold a lead as late as the 2:11 mark at 77-75, but Cook would hit a three at the 2:01 point and draw a foul, converting the four-point play and regaining the lead for good.
 
Cook and Jobe would each add a pair of free throws and the lead would extend to 83-77 with 44 seconds to play.
 
Cook and Jobe would combine to go 6-of-6 after that at the line to preserve an 89-81 victory.