SE Women Welcome SAU, UAM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern heads into the second-to-last weekend of the regular season looking to pick up key victories when it hosts Southern Arkansas at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 followed by Arkansas-Monticello at 1 p.m. on Feb. 23 in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
The Savage Storm come into the contest with an 11-11 record overall and a 9-9 mark in Great American Conference play and are holding the six position in the conference standings with four games to play, with wins in these contests, or a combination of a win and a loss by Oklahoma Baptist, securing SE a postseason berth in the conference tournament.
 
Southeastern is looking to snap a four-game losing skid and will be leaning on current leading scorers Briley Moon and Katie Branam as the Storm look to rekindle an offense that has cooled due to injuries.
 
Moon is one of the top-two scoring freshmen in the conference this season, and currently paces the Storm with 10.0 ppg thanks to a 41.5 percent effort from beyond the arc.
 
Branam missed time and returned to the starting lineup last week and is putting up 9.2 ppg and is hitting 44.8 percent from long range.
 
In the first meeting with SAU the Storm started strong with a 20-7 first quarter and left with a comfortable 75-61 win, which was on the heels of a 74-41 road win over UAM two days prior.
 
The Muleriders come to town with a 2-22 record overall and a 1-17 mark in GAC play and are led on offense by Arianna Guinn who is the only other freshman ranked alongside Moon in the top-30 among GAC scoring leaders.
 
The Cotton Blossoms come into the weekend with a 6-17 mark overall and a 5-13 record in league play and are led by Mackenzie Johnson who is averaging 16.7 ppg.