DURANT, Okla. – No. 20 Southeastern will return to Great American Conference action when it travels to Alva, Okla., to take on Northwestern Oklahoma State at 1 p.m.
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The Savage Storm come into the contest at 4-1 on the season and 2-0 in league play, while the Rangers enter the weekend at 5-3 with a 1-1 mark in GAC action.
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SE slipped slightly in its second week in the national rankings to No. 20 after a six-point road loss to a nationally-ranked Texas A&M-Commerce squad after opening the year 4-0, including a victory over then No. 17 Southwestern Oklahoma State.
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The Storm are paced on offense by a trio of double-digit averages, led by
Katie Webb who is second in the GAC in scoring at 18.8 ppg, while
Kamryn Cantwell is in the top-10 with 17.0 ppg which ranks sixth.Â
Briley Moon rounds out the double-figure averages with 15.2 ppg which is just outside the league's top-10 in 12
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Webb also leads the club on the boards where she is pulling down 7.8 rpg, while Cantwell is next in line with 6.0 per outing.
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Cantwell leads the team and ranks third in the conference in assists as well, dishing out 5.8 assists per contest while SE averages a league-best 19.0 per game as a team and boasts the GAC's best assist-to-turnover ratio.
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NWOSU is in the midst of a three-game winning streak and are led by Bailey Brown and Kalea King who average 15.9 and 15.6 ppg, respectively.
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Brown is pulling down a team-best 8.1 rebounds per outing, while Kyleigh Leverich leads the team in assists with 2.6 per game.
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The Rangers are averaging 69.0 ppg on offense and shooting 41.2 percent as a team while opponents are putting up 66.4 per game.
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