DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will square off with its final non-conference opponent when it welcomes Seattle Pacific for a 7:30 p.m. contest on Dec. 15 in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
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The Savage Storm come in riding a seven-game winning streak which has them sitting 7-1 on the season and 3-0 in Great American Conference play.
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SE is coming off of back-to-back double-digit victories over teams picked ahead of them in the GAC preseason poll and has featured the league's Player of the Week award winner in four-straight weeks with a different player taking home the honor each time.
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The latest of those winners was
Bobby Johnson who picked up the award after pouring in a career-high 28 points, powered by eight three point buckets, in Southeastern's 82-64 win over Oklahoma Baptist over the weekend.
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The Storm offense rolls into its ninth game of the season as one of nine teams in all of Division II averaging over 90 points per game, sitting at 90.1 ppg on the year while shooting 50.0 from the field and 43.1 percent from beyond the arc.
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SE is paced by
Jett Sternberger who is averaging 21.1 ppg which leads the GAC and paces a group of five Storm players averaging double-figures.
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Ante Brzovic is next in line among that group with 16.1 ppg and is just short of averaging a double-double with a team-high 9.5 rebounds per outing.
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Adam Dworsky follows with 13.8 ppg while providing fuel for the offensive fire by handing out 7.6 assists per game which ranks fourth nationally.
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Kellen Manek is right on his heels with 13.3 ppg and is pulling down 7.3 rebounds per contest, while Johnson has lifted his season average to 11.8 per game.
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Seattle Pacific comes to town on a three-game winning streak which includes a Monday night victory over Texas A&M-Commerce and are 7-4 overall on the season and 1-1 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play.
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The Falcons are paced by Divant'e Moffitt who is averaging 18.3 ppg on the season and is dishing out a team-leading 3.6 assists per game.
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Three others are averaging double-figures, while Harry Cavell is pulling down a team-high 6.0 rebounds per contest.
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Overall, SPU is averaging 75.3 ppg and winning games by a 4.0 ppg margin.
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