SE Downs No. 22 ATU For Senior Day Win

DURANT, Okla. – Katie Webb paced Southeastern with 19 points as the Savage Storm finished off the regular season schedule with a 71-63 win over No. 22 Arkansas Tech to earn a victory on Senior Day in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
The win lifts the Savage Storm to 17-9 overall on the year and 15-7 in Great American Conference play, but as a result of Southwestern Oklahoma State recording a win in its finale as well SE will open GAC tournament play at noon on March 3 as the four seed and facing rival East Central in Bartlesville, Okla.
 
Saturday was the final home game for seniors Olivia Potter, Rachel Wallace and Kierra Davis.
 
Potter finished with eight points and Wallace added seven, but it was a sophomore in Webb who went 6-of-11 from the floor and finished with 19 points to lead the team on offense.
 
Ariannah Kemp came off the bench to join her in double-digits with 10, while Sa'Liesha Hunter added nine, Emem David and Potter chipped in eight each with Wallace and Courtney Brady adding seven apiece.
 
Webb also dished out a team-high four assists, while it was David who lead the way on the glass with 11 rebounds.
 
The Storm held a 42-to-36 edge in rebounding and an edge shooting, hitting 42.2 percent to ATU's 34.7 percent.
 
SE trailed by six point early at 10-4, but Brady would score the next seven points on three-straight possessions and turn that into an 11-10 lead with 1:15 to go in the first quarter, leading to a 13-10 lead after one.
 
Wallace would cap a drive run that extended that lead to 20-12 early in the second, but the Golden Suns would rally to close the gap to one point before a Tracy Johnson three would trigger a 9-0 run which was capped by a Hunter jumper with four seconds left to make it 34-24 at halftime.
 
The lead would reach 12 with the first points of the third quarter, but a 19-2 run by ATU would erase that advantage and leave the Storm trailing 43-28 with 3:11 to go in the third.
 
They would get their answer with a Kemp jumper and a Webb three which tied the game, while Hunter and Webb would each hit a pair of free throws and Southeastern would lead 47-45 going to the fourth.
 
SE never trailed in the fourth as it turned a two point lead into an 11 point advantage with a 14-3 run and the Storm would go 10-of-14 from the line over the final two minutes to hold onto a 71-63 victory.