Four Reach 20-Point Mark in Lopsided SE Win

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern had four 20-point scorers and knocked down 18 threes as a team on its way to a 115-58 victory over Harding on Thursday night in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
The win lifts the Savage Storm to 13-4 overall on the year and 8-3 in Great American Conference play heading into a Saturday afternoon matchup with Arkansas Tech at 3 p.m. back in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
 
"Every mistake you make gets amplified the later the season goes," said head coach Kelly Green. "When you don't take care of business, it's not even so much what you don't do, but if somebody else in the league does. Goes in and wins someplace. You lose at home and somebody else doesn't lose to that team at home then it puts you a step behind."
 
"The first time we played Harding they played very well," he continued. "They made shots and we turned the ball over, and we missed shots. But we knew that we got open shots. We knew that if we just keep coming, and keep coming and keep our pace up we're going to start making shots. It's the same thing we've said since way back when, what are we going to do when we don't make shots. We've got to defend, we've got to rebound and we can't turn the ball over."
 
Bobby Johnson paced all scorers with 26 points on the night, hitting 6-of-11 from beyond the arc and going 10-of-15 overall form the field.
 
Jett Sternberger was next in line with 22 points with a trio of threes while also hauling in seven rebounds.
 
Kellen Manek was right on his heels with 21 points thanks to a 5-of-8 effort from three-point range and he rounded out the double-double by pulling down 11 rebounds in the game.
 
Adam Dworsky rounded out the team's 20-point scorers by finishing with 20 points exactly on 6-of-11 shooting with a 6-of-6 effort at the free throw line as well as flirting with a triple double by pulling in seven rebounds and handing out eight assists.
 
Ante Brzovic led all rebounders with 12 boards and was just short of a double-double by finishing with eight points.
 
Southeastern's 57-point margin of victory is a GAC record for largest margin of victory by a league school over a Division II opponent, beating the previous best of 46 points.
 
SE got on the board first with a three-point play by Sternberger on a breakaway inside the opening minute and Harding would hit a three at the 18:26 mark to tie the game.
 
Manek would immediately answer with his first three and the Storm would never trail again.
 
After slowly starting to edge away, the Storm would use an 11-0 run capped by a Dworsky bucket with 13:02 to go in the first half to stretch its lead out to 13 points.
 
HU would put together a rally, using an 11-4 run to trim the SE lead to just six points by the 10:09 mark of the half.
 
The Storm would pick up the pace again and answer with a 7-0 run to take a 31-18 lead with 8:02 to play in the first half, eventually pushing that lead to 19 points on a pair of Manek free throws with 3:32 to go in the half.
 
The Bisons would close the gap to 15 points twice, but a Manek hook shot and a Dworsky three in the final minute would give Southeastern a 51-31 edge at the half.
 
HU would open the second half by closing the gap to 16 points twice and would keep the Storm from pulling away, until a Johnson three at the 15:29 mark cued a 35-3 run that was capped by another Johnson three with 7:47 to play, giving the Storm a 95-44 lead.
 
That lead would peak at 59 points hen an Enzo Silveira layup gave the Storm a 105-46 lead with 5:30 to play.
 
Southeastern would ultimately hold on for a 57-point win by a score of 115-58.