Southeastern Drops Road Matchup at HU

SEARCY, Ark. – A trio of fourth-quarter turnovers would prove costly as a pair of late Harding scores would hand Southeastern a 24-10 loss on Saturday afternoon in Searcy, Ark.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 5-5 overall on the year and Great American Conference play heading into the season finale rivalry matchup with East Central in Ada, Okla., at 2 p.m. on Nov. 10.
 
The SE defense was paced by Conner Swope who finished with 14 tackles on the game, while Seu Luafatasaga was right behind with 10 stops.
 
Andrew McBeth finished with 2.5 tackles for loss, including a sack, while Troy Parker forced a fumble, while Jacob harper and Quincy Dotson each added a fumble recovery.
 
The Storm defense held HU to its lowest total yardage tally of the season at 279 total yards as well as its second lowest rushing effort with 258 yards, nearly 100 yards under its season average.
 
The offense had its moments, with Rollin Kinsaul connecting on 22-of-38 passes for 271 yards, but he was sacked five times and threw four interceptions.
 
Braxton Kincade had a season-high 100 yards receiving on five catches with a long haul of 35 yards, while Tyler Stovall added 68 yards on four catches.
 
The rushing attack never got moving and Kenneth Burks finished with nine yards on six carries, while CJ Shavers added seven yards and a touchdown on six totes.
 
Harding connected on a 28-yard field goal late in the second quarter with under a minute to go and would take that 3-0 lead to the locker room at halftime.
 
SE's defense would force a three-and-out to open the second half, but a turnover on the first offensive play of the half would prove costly as the Bisons drove 68 yards on 13 plays, taking a 10-0 lead on a Cole Chancey five-yard run.
 
The Storm would answer on the ensuing drive with a 66-yard drive over 13 plays before Joel Carlos would connect on a 26-yard field goal to cut the deficit to 10-3 which is where it would stand heading to the fourth quarter.
 
Southeastern would find itself backed up inside its own 10 before the Bisons would pick off a Kinsaul pass and convert it into a Chancey touchdown to open up a 17-3 lead with 6:53 to play.
 
SE would start on its own 13-yard line on the ensuing drive and the turnover bug would bite again as HU picked off a pass at the Storm 26-yard line and Chancey would score his third TD of the day and open up a 24-3 lead with 5:21 to play.
 
The Storm would look to rally though, marching 75 yards on its next drive, bolstered by a huge 35-yard pickup on 3^rd-down from Kinsaul to Kincade before Shavers would score from two-yards out on fourth down to close the gap to 24-10 with 1:58 to play.
 
Southeastern was unable to get the onside kick attempt, but defense found an answer on the first play of the drive as Parker forced a fumble which was recovered by Dotson at the Bisons 43 yard line.
 
Kinsaul would hit Kincade on the first play of the next drive for 29 yards to the HU 14 yard line, but was picked off in the end zone to effectively bring the game to an end.