Savage Storm Men Tip-off GAC Play Thursday

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern is looking to extend its current four-game winning streak when it opens Great American Conference play on Dec. 2 with a 7:30 p.m. matchup against Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford, Okla.,, before returning home to Bloomer Sullivan Arena to host Southern Nazarene at 1 p.m. on Dec. 4.
 
The Savage Storm have put together four-straight wins to improve to 4-1 after suffering a one-point loss to open the season, with the most recent victories coming against Drury and Missouri S&T in the Drury Classic on Nov. 23 and 24.
 
SE has been a scoring machine to open the season, topping the 100-point mark twice, and reaching 90 one other time, and comes into the conference-opening weekend posting 96.0 ppg which ranks fourth in the nation in points per contest.
 
That number is driven by a foursome of double-digit scorers, led by Jett Sternberger who is third in the nation with 26.6 ppg while shooting 54.9 percent from the field and 48.9 percent from beyond the arc.
 
Ante Brzovic is next in line with 15.0 ppg, while Kellen Manek is putting up 14.8 and Adam Dworsky is adding 14.0 per game.
 
Dworsky continues to trigger the offense as effectively as he has over his entire career and is currently ranked second in all of Division II in assists with 8.0 assists per game.
 
Ante Brzovic leads the way on the boards with 9.2 rebounds per contest, while Manek is right behind with 8.4 rpg.
 
SWOSU enters Thursday night's matchup with a 1-3 record on the year after a road loss to a nationally-ranked West Texas A&M team.
 
The Bulldogs are led on offense by Chris Braggs Jr. who is averaging 13.8 ppg, while Kamden Gipson is dishing out 3.0 assists per game.
 
SWOSU is led on the boards by Deangelo Adkins who is pulling down 5.8 rebounds per game.
 
SNU enters the weekend 4-1 and riding a three-game winning streak into Thursday night's games.
 
Xavier Bryant and Jalen Lynn lead the way for the Crimson Storm with 13.4 ppg each, with Bryant dishing out a team-best 5.6 assists per game.
 
Maik Bouwer leads the team on the boards with 6.0 rebounds per game, while three others are averaging five or more per outing.