Southeastern Welcomes OBU For Homecoming Matchup

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern returns to the friendly confines of Paul Laird Field looking to celebrate Homecoming weekend with a victory when it welcomes Oklahoma Baptist to town for a 2 p.m. kickoff on Saturday, Oct. 22 in Durant, Okla.
 
Tailgate for the contest is open from 11 a.m. till 25 minutes prior to kickoff and free food will be available courtesy of First United Bank.
 
Southeastern fans can watch the contest live via the Southeastern Sports Network on GoSoutheastern.com/SESportsNet or can listen live either online or across the largest DII radio network in the area with Jay Lindly and Rob Johnson on the call. Local fans can pick up the game on 96.1 FM, while fans across southeastern Oklahoma and north Texas can pick up the games on 94.7 FM in Valliant, Okla., 97.7 in Ardmore, Okla., 99.5 in Rattan, Okla., 102.1 in Atoka, Okla., and 107.5 in Atoka.
 
The Savage Storm come into the weekend winners of two in-a-row with a 4-3 record on the season and looking to avenge a narrow overtime loss to the Bison last season.
 
SE is rolling off its biggest win of the season with a 44-7 victory over Northwestern Oklahoma State on the road.
 
The Storm offense continues to rank among the best in the conference overall with 439.3 yards of total offense per game, but specifically in the passing attack where SE has racked up 313.1 yards per contest.
 
Daulton Hatley leads the league by a wide margin with 300.4 yards per game passing and has completed 65.8 percent of his passes and connected on 18 touchdowns on the season.
 
Of those 18 touchdown tosses, 10 of them have been to Marquis Gray who leads the Storm receiving corps as well as the nation in receiving yards and touchdowns, snagging 51 receptions for 875 yards with his 10 TDs.
 
He is joined by Katrell Blakely who has hauled in 34 catches for 289 yards and a score, while Duce Pittmann has a pair of TD and Matthew Nunez has three on eight total catches.
 
The SE rushing attack has picked up a little momentum and is putting up 126.1 yards per game on the ground, with Deundre Wheeler leading the way with 550 yards on 107 carries with eight touchdowns, while Jason Ngwu has picked up 301 yards on 54 carries with a score.
 
Southeastern's defense saw the return of Maalik Hall last week after a one-game absence as he racked up 12 tackles and lifted his team-leading mark to 58 stops on the season with 6.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.
 
Cameron Tate and Kevin Simes have each added three sacks as well, while Conner Swope snagged his second interception of the season last weekend.
 
The Bison offense is led through the air by Dalton Wolfe who is averaging 220.5 yards per game while completing 61.1 percent of his passes with nine touchdowns.
 
His top target is his top returner from a season ago in Keilahn Harris who has six touchdowns and 796 receiving yards on 56 catches.
 
Buddy Bizzell leads the ground game with 310 yards on 74 carries with five touchdowns.
 
Elijah Tomplin is the team's top tackler with 58 stops, while Nick Boone and Nick Carpin have two sacks each. Kaleb Peters and Chase Whitebear have a pair of interceptions each while Tomlin has two fumble recoveries.