SE Welcomes Ranked OBU For Senior Day

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern heads into its final home contest of the season looking to topple league-leading and No. 3 ranked Ouachita Baptist when the two square off on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. at Paul Laird Field.
 
Saturday's contest is Senior Day for the Savage Storm who will be recognizing 21 seniors who will be playing in their last game in front of a home crowd.
 
Tailgate for the contest is open from 11 a.m. till 25 minutes prior to kickoff and will feature a chili cook off.
 
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 Storm are riding a four-game winning streak following a 48-20 road win over Arkansas-Monticello last Saturday.
 
SE saw a pair of players hit milestones in that win, with Daulton Hatley moving into second-place all-time on the career passing yardage list and tying the record for career passing touchdowns with 65.
 
He was joined by Marquis Gray who has been chasing down the top marks for receiving in a single season, claiming one of them on Saturday with his 14^th touchdown grab to claim the record for receiving TDs in a season.
 
Hatley comes into the weekend averaging a league-best 293.3 yards per gamer through the air while completing 64.8 percent of his passes with 26 touchdowns, just one shy of the school record he set a season ago.
 
Gray has continued to be the top receiving target in the Great American Conference and has racked up 1,096 yards on 60 catches with 14 touchdowns, including a pair of three touchdown outings.
 
Katrell Blakely, Braxton Kincade, and Duce Pittman have each collected 25 or more catches, while Matthew Nunez is second on the team with four receiving touchdowns.
 
Deundre Wheeler has led the ground attack on the year with 724 yards and 12 touchdowns, while Ryan Hirt led the rushing attack a week ago versus UAM with 79 yards, while four back combined to rush for 239 yards between them.
 
Maalik Hall has logged a team-high 64 tackles and is among the league leaders in sacks with 5.0 on the season with 8.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble.
 
Cameron Tate and Ja'Lon Freeman have 48 stops each, while Tate and Kevin Simes have each recorded 3.0 sacks.
 
OBU comes into the weekend with a 9-0 record and ranked as high as third nationally.
 
The Tigers are paced by their rushing attack which has amassed 2,957 yards overall, led by TJ Cole's 1,373 with a national-best 21 rushing scores.
 
Riley Harms is completing 67.6 percent of his passes for 1,3701 yards and 13 scores, with his primary target being Connor Flannigan who has hauled in 33 catches for 576 yards and seven touchdowns.
 
Jax Miller leads the Tiger defense with 63 tackles, while Anthony Freeman has logged a team-best 4.0 sacks.
 
Trey Proctor and Mario Ganter have each snagged two interceptions, while Andrew Hayes has a team-leading eight pass breakups.