Southeastern Set to Face UAM Saturday

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern returns to the friendly confines of Paul Laird Field looking to stay in the playoff hunt when is welcomes Arkansas-Monticello for a 2 p.m. kickoff on Oct. 30.
 
The Savage Storm come into the weekend with a 6-2 record after an overtime road loss to Oklahoma Baptist, but opened the week ranked 10^th in the first Super Region Three poll of the season.
 
SE suffered its first loss to an in-state foe this season despite posting 468 yards of total offense, including a season-high 335 yards through the air.
 
The matchup also included a four touchdown game for Deundre Wheeler who scored three times on the ground and added another through the air on the final play of regulation to send the game to overtime.
 
Wheeler ranks among the best in the country at putting the ball in the endzone, scoring 11 times on the ground and adding one more through the air while putting up 347 yards on 67 carries this season.
 
CJ Shavers leads the rushing attack with 505 yards on 95 carries with one touchdown.
 
Hatley is coming off a season-best 335 yard performance and has piled up 2,121 yards while completing 66.8 percent of his passes with 18 touchdowns across from four interceptions.
 
He has spread the ball around with 10 different players recording touchdown receptions, led by Braxton Kincade's five scores while adding 411 yards on 34 catches.
 
Marquis Gray leads the team in yardage with 518 yards on 24 grabs, ranking him among the best in the nation in yards per catch with 21.6 ypc, while Katrell Blakely has a team-high 46 catches for 417 yards.
 
Duce Pittman and Gray each have three touchdowns, while Hunter Hawthorne has two.
 
Maalik Hall leads the defense with 45 tackles, including 8.5 tackles for loss and three sacks, while Josh Mulumba is right behind with 44 and Scooter Baker had 43.
 
Ja'Lon Freeman has added 6.5 tackles for loss, while Mulumba and Jaylen Shaw have two interceptions each.
 
Mulumba, Ke'Shawn Somerville, and Jeremiah Baltrip are tied atop the team with six passes defended each.
 
The Boll Weevils come to Durant with a 4-4 record, but have dropped their last two contests by a combined score of 98-7 versus Ouachita Baptist and Harding.
 
UAM is averaging 20.25 ppg on the year while allowing 35.38 to opponents, while putting up343.3 yards per game of total offense.
 
The majority of that offense come by way of Demilon Brown who has 108 rushes for 487 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground, while adding 1,562 yards and 11 touchdowns through the air while completing 58.0 percent of his passes.
 
CJ Parham has been his top target on the year with 42 catches for 577 yards with five scores.
 
The Weevil defense is led by Kaytron Allen with 44 tackles, while Tahji Gilbert has a team-best 6.0 tackles for loss.