Southeastern Falls Hard at ECU

ADA, Okla. – Southeastern was unable to keep pace in a scorching second half as the Savage Storm saw its four-game win streak come to an end in a 120-86 loss at East Central on Tuesday night in Ada, Okla.

The loss drops the Savage Storm to 8-7 overall and 7-3 in Great American Conference play.
 
"We let them get off to a good start," said head coach Kelly Green, "And we were late on our closeouts early and they got into a rhythm."
 
Northwestern is really good," said Green, taking about the upcoming schedule. "We saw them to open the year. They are good. They're athletic and they play at a fast clip. The next couple weeks are going to be difficult."
 
Jett Jobe led a foursome of double-digit scorers with 19 points on the strength of four threes, while Kevin Buckingham added 15, Markell Henderson chipped in 14 and Adam Dworsky scored 12.
 
The Storm shot 48.3 percent from the field and 43.5 percent from three-point range, but could not counter a 62.9 percent effort from the field and an 18-of-32 three point shooting effort by ECU.
 
Dworsky dished out a game-high seven assists, with Buckingham adding four and Jobe three.
 
On the boards it was Dworsky and James Donelan leading the way with four each.
 
SE took the lead out of the gate and found itself up 14-12 at the 15:08 mark of the first half, but ECU would respond with a 13-2 run and the Storm found themselves in a 25-16 hole.
 
Southeastern would chip away and a Markell Henderson three would close the gap to 36-31 with 4:53 to go in the first half, but the Tigers would hold off the rally and lead at the break 48-41.
 
Back-to-back Buckingham buckets early in the second half would cut the deficit down to six points again at 56-50, but seven-straight Tiger points would open up a 21-5 run and the Storm found itself down 77-55 with 12:12 to go.
 
The Tigers would outscore SE 45-31 over the final 12 minutes to hand the Storm the 120-86 road loss.