Six Reach Double-Figures in Win Over ECU

Box Score DURANT, Okla. – Jaedaun Slack led a group of six Southeastern players in double-figures en route to an 85-77 win over rival East Central on Monday night in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
The win lifts the Savage Storm to 5-7 overall on the season heading into a Feb. 11 road trip to face Northwestern Oklahoma State at 7:30 p.m. in Alva, Okla.
 
"What's happened is we can't become so dependent on a ball screen, it makes us play slower and slow minds make for slow feet. We were telling the guys, get the ball out of your hands. Trying to get Adam [Dworsky] to get the ball out of his hands. I thought he did a great job tonight of getting it out of his hands and advancing the ball."
 
Slack turned in 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting with a pair of threes to lead the Storm in scoring, while Adam Dworksy was next in line with 14 points but picked up his fourth double-double of the season with a game-high 12 assists.
 
RJ Weeks and Bobby Johnson each added 12 points, while Taylor Cox chipped in 11 and Kellen Manek finished with 10.
 
Manek led SE on the boards with eight rebounds, while Slack hauled in six.
 
After a Johnson three gave the Storm the lead to open the game, ECU would use a 9-2 run to take a four point lead by the 15:47 mark of the first half.
 
Southeastern would turn the tide with a 10-1 run capped by a Cox three to take a 17-12 lead with 13:02 to go in the first half.
 
After ECU answered, the Storm would push the lead back to five points with 9:39 to play before the Tigers reeled off an 11-2 run to go ahead 26-22 with 7:10 to go in the half.
 
A Johnson three would trigger a response as SE ticked off a 19-4 run capped by a Cox three with 2:00 to play in the half to take a 41-30 lead.
 
ECU would chip away again in the closing minutes, moving to within five points before a Dworsky buzzer-beating layup would give the Storm a 430-36 lead at the half.
 
The Southeastern advantage would see-saw early in the second half, reaching eight points early before a 13-5 run by the Tigers would knot the game at 54-54.
 
ECU would even take a 56-55 lead 1:40 later, but a quick 5-0 spurt by the Storm would regain them the lead for good.
 
After the Tigers edged to within two points with 11:05 to play, a pair of Manek free throws would double that edge.
 
The Storm would hold ECU at arms-length with at least a two possession lead, and eventually used another short 5-0 burst capped by a Dworsky three point play with 3:30 to play to stretch the lead to 78-67.
 
The lead would cap out at 12 points in the final minute before the Tigers scored the final four points to fashion the final of 85-77.