SE Stumbles at Home vs. SNU

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern had a pair of game-tying looks over the final 22 seconds but both were off the mark in a 77-74 loss to Southern Nazarene on Saturday afternoon in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 17-6 overall on the season and 11-5 in Great American Conference play.
 
Kellen Manek finished with a career-high 28 points to lead SE while shooting 11-of-15 from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range.
 
Adam Dworsky was next in line with 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting with a trio of threes as well while also dishing out a team-high five assists.
 
Kevin Buckingham rounded out the Storm shooters in double digits with 11 while also hauling in a game-high seven rebounds.
 
Southeastern finished the game shooting 60.0 percent overall and was 47.6 percent from beyond the arc, hitting 10-of-21 threes, but it was not enough to offset a 63.6 percent effort from long range for SNU who hit 14-of-22 from three-point range.
 
After a Manek bucket got SE on the board first the Crimson Storm would answer with five-straight and maintain the lead until a Bobby Johnson three at the 13:35 mark when SE went ahead 14-12.
 
The teams would go back-and-forth trading the lead over the middle portion of the first half with a Manek jumper with 6:30 to go giving the Storm a 26-24 lead.
 
SNU would answer with a 7-0 run to take the lead and would lead by as many as five over the final five minutes of the half before a Manek three with 3.2 seconds to go cut the gap to 39-37 at halftime.
 
The Crimson Storm would maintain the lead early but could not grow it and an 8-3 run caped by an A'Torey Everett layup would knot the game at 49-49 at the 14:42 mark of the second half.
 
After a SNU three the Storm would reel off a 7-0 run finished off by a Manek three to take a 56-52 lead with 11:45 to go.
 
Southeastern would maintain its lead, with SNU tying the game but never stealing the lead.
 
That lead would grow to 74-69 with 2:45 to play, but the Crimson Storm would score the final eight points of the game to steal the game by a final of 77-74.