Ice Cold Second Half Dooms SE in Loss

ADA, Okla. – It was a tale of two halves for Southeastern as 53.6 percent shooting first half turned into a 23.1 percent second half effort in a 77-65 loss at East Central on Thursday night in Ada, Okla.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 15-6 overall on the season and 12-5 in Great American Conference play heading into a Saturday home matchup with Northwestern Oklahoma State at 1 p.m. in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
Katie Webb and Briley Moon each put up 20-point efforts in the loss, with Webb finishing with 25 for her ninth 20-plus point outing of the year while Moon's 20 points was her third such outing.
 
Haiden Williams added eight points in her first career start, while Kamryn Cantwell finished with five.
 
Moon pulled down a team-high eight rebounds, while Cantwell added five.
 
Southeastern hit 6-of-9 from three-point range in the first half, including a 3-for-3 effort in the second quarter while knocking down 15-of-28 overall from the field.
 
Webb and Moon each posted double-figure halves with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
 
After the Tigers took the early lead out of the gate at 3-2 it was the Storm would control the remainder of the first quarter, outscoring ECU 19-8 to take a 21-11 lead after one quarter.
 
SE would score the first five points of the second quarter on a Webb layup and a Williams three to go ahead 26-11.
 
The Storm would push its lead to as many as 16 points in the quarter before the Tigers closed to make the halftime advantage 38-25.
 
The third quarter belonged to ECU as Southeastern went cold, hitting 26.7 percent from the field and getting outscored 22-13 as the Tigers shot 75.0 from the field and closed the Storm edge to 51-47 after three quarters.
 
The woes continued into the fourth as ECU opened the quarter on a 17-2 run to take a 64-53 lead before a Webb three at the 4:19 mark ended the run.
 
Unfortunately, the Storm were unable to shift the momentum after that and would finish game getting outscored 30-14 overall over the final quarter as SE dropped the contest 77-65.